Surfing Waves

Posted: **Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:11 pm**

i know that at the end of the day people will disagree but hey thats what it is all about i guess, here it is ,

1) laird hamilton,

Tom Carrol,
2) Kelly Slater 9) Shaun Thomson,
3) Gerry Lopez 10) Sunny Garcia,
4) Greg Noll 11) Mickey Munoz,
5) The duke 12) Eddia Akiaku
6) Shane Dorian 13) Mark Foo
7) Tom Curren 14) Andy Ions

the rest i guess could slot in anywhere on there including Nat and Boe Young, Mick Fanning, CJ hopgood, Taj Burrows.

Posted: **Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:38 pm**

me

Posted: **Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:56 pm**

no its me!

Posted: **Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:59 pm**

i always thought its was me

Posted: **Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:11 pm**

laid by a long way, hes pionered (sp) tow in surfing and now hes helping bring stand up paddle surfing back, sure kelly slater has been at the front of high performace surfing and has helped improve the way contests are run, im not saying hes a bad surfing, but laid has done and is doing so much more for the sport, he did the impossible

Posted: **Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:46 pm**

You forgot the Duke in your list of best all time surfers.

Posted: **Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:50 pm**

yeh well he forget me aswell

Posted: **Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:30 pm**

I'd have to add Mickey Dora to your list. Way back before your time, but definitely one of the greats.

Posted: **Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:11 pm**

I agree about Dora, for me it would probably be between Curren and Dora

Also:

Tom Carroll
Shaun Thompson
Rabbit
Mark Richards
Terry Fitzgerald

Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:07 am**

what? no Occy?

Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:11 pm**

Eddie Aikau was the best waterman of all time, not really surfer.

Probably Kelly Slater because of the innovation he has brought to the sport

Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:17 pm**

Dec wrote:Probably Kelly Slater because of the innovation he has brought to the sport

*spits coffee alll over the computer monitor* did i just hear u right dec. Did you say Kelly Slater! :shock:

KS

Posted: **Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:06 pm**

why would Laird ever be considered the greatest of all time? He would get blown away in any competition by those dudes, and his style isn't even close to revolutionary like Tom Curran's is....what is the criteria that would give him the honor? He's probably the greatest athlete that surfs, but not greatest surfer by any means. Yeah he played a huge role in tow-ins and stand-up, but that leaves a relatively small impact compared to other's achievements? The progression of surfing has been on the shoulders of Duke, Lopez, Beetleman, TC, Occy, and Slater, and while being a great surfer, Laird is not the first person you think of when you hear greatest surfer of all time. If so, you need to stop watching Riding Giants.