Your Surf videos

[dtc]

One of the biggest ever paddle-in waves ever surfed? /

Doesn't count unless you ride it all the way to the end...

(there are people who are missing a gene, I think. the fear gene. One of my friend's 9yr olds boys is like that - stop looking at him for 2 minutes and he will climb a 70ft tree or onto the roof of the house or try to see whether he can break through a window by running at it. He will be a big wave surfer, except he doenst understand why you should bother to learn to swim when you can just let the wave ragdoll you back to shore)

[drowningbitbybit]

Doesn't count unless you ride it all the way to the end...

My personal scoring system counts any wave where I make the drop, so that would definitely count for me

...except that I have a very active fear gene...

[oldmansurfer]

The big wave guys discuss what it means to just try to catch a wave that size. Just that he tried means something and that he made the drop means something but I wouldn't think it should qualify for ride of the year but maybe wipeout of the year....that's just me and the Big wave awards aren't being chosen by me.

[oldmansurfer]

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[dtc]

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I wonder how many attempts were made to get the ones that appeared in the video. Still, even if it was 1/5 success rate (or 1/100), that's some pretty impressive surfing (and the recovery at about 1.35 is extraordinary). Looks like a good wave, the reef wasn't too shallow (although hard to tell)

[oldmansurfer]

I think that is Alana Blanchards boyfriend Jack Freestone. Pretty darn good surfing and good waves too.

[dtc]

I think that is Alana Blanchards boyfriend Jack Freestone. Pretty darn good surfing and good waves too.

Its interesting that this style of surfing isn't what appears in WSL/competitive surfing, except very occasionally at the end of a wave someone might try something. I've no doubt that the competitors surf in a way that maximises their points in light of the scoring rules, and the rules don't encourage it. But I do wonder if now and then, for one event perhaps, they could have a scoring method to maximise 'trick' surfing. Would probably get some views from the non surfer as well.

[oldmansurfer]

certain maneuvers require certain waves so sometimes you don't see much airs in the WCT contests but if you watched the last QS contest at Lower Trestles Felipe Toledo did 3 air reverses on the same wave (lots of surfers were throwing airs). I think if the conditions aren't perfect then success rate goes down so then it is risky to attempt them in a contest. In less than perfect conditions most surfers would only do them if they were ahead and they needed to better an already high score or as a last ditch effort to make a huge score (unless you are JJF).

[oldmansurfer]

There is a WSL QS event about to begin but there will be no live feed of it. It is the Local motion surf into summer Pro at Alamoana Bowl. I have never surfed the bowl because it is always so crowded and the surfers there are very aggressive hot tempers and all not my scene. But because of that fact I did catch one of the best waves of my life in a nearby break in much less crowded conditions. Anyway here is a video of the bowl

[Jester]

There was a lot of that trick stuff going on at the oi Rio pro!

[Jester]

Some nice snappy turns off the lip at bowl's

[Jester]

This is just beautiful and scary as!!

[jaffa1949]

Somewhere on this forum was a complete learner ( snowboarder and skate) who was convinced he could just go out and ride that

[Jester]

Hope it's not like that for you tomorrow uncle J, be kind to your knees please, don't be a cripple, start off on a ripple!

[oldmansurfer]

Some nice snappy turns off the lip at bowl's

Kaimana Jaquias is from Kauai (took fourth place) as is Evan Vallere semifinalist

[oldmansurfer]

JOB in all his craziness....... really seems like someone I would have hung out with long ago

[Jester]

Brains the size of his balls but balls bigger than that wave!! My life

[dtc]

Big wave hedge surfing...it's a terrible idea but actually more sensible than his shore break contest!

[oldmansurfer]

Hahahaha this is what gopros are made for.......welll not really but it's a blast

[dtc]

That nose dive early on was most impressive