Who gives a fuck if it's an indy, slob or lien when they're tweaked and varied every which way, and besides, the most impressive thing ain't where he lays his digits but the sheer speed, height and power.
"I was making fresh imprints on the planet, pushing surfing's limits to the max, being right where I wanted to be."
The world's most perfect wave won't exist in twenty years time.
It was an inauspicious way to start the day of the Good Vibrations Retro Single Fin comp - hungover. He was gonna ditch competing yet when Ellis Ericson got to the beach at Canggu he found himself in Heat 8 of the First Round. So, said Ellis, "I just got out there....I just kept powering and the heats just started turning over you know?"
It was an inauspicious way to start the day of the Good Vibrations Retro Single Fin comp - hungover. He was gonna ditch competing yet when Ellis Ericson got to the beach at Canggu he found himself in Heat 8 of the First Round. So, said Ellis, "I just got out there....I just kept powering and the heats just started turning over you know?"
Last week Pete de Haan's wife surprised him with an early father's day present – a ticket to Storm Surfers 3D. She even bought him a choc top for the special occasion. Pete, 35, went to the Cronulla screening on Thursday night with his wife and young son. They sat near the back and enjoyed the film immensely.
There is nothing that has been stumbled upon with my designs. They're a result of about eight years of direct intent to take high performance design to the next level. They utilise a specific design lineage of hydrodynamic planing hulls and parallel rail lines
Greg Long and Grant 'Twiggy' Baker are unlikely surf partners and not just because of their age difference. More than ten years seperates the big wave duo and they live more than 10,000 kilometres apart, Long in San Clemente, California, Twiggy in Durban, South Africa. Yet despite the distances in age and geography they've formed a formidable team, first as tow partners and now as sparring partners operating at the vangard of big wave paddle surfing.
Greg Long and Grant 'Twiggy' Baker are unlikely surf partners and not just because of their age difference. More than ten years seperates the big wave duo and they live more than 10,000 kilometres apart, Long in San Clemente, California, Twiggy in Durban, South Africa. Yet despite the distances in age and geography they've formed a formidable team, first as tow partners and now as sparring partners operating at the vangard of big wave paddle surfing.
Two of the most popular waves in the Maldives will soon be off limits to most travelling surfers and Maldivian locals
