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: Trick being hailed as the best in the sport's history

dinosaur
07-25-2013, 09:38 AM
This is pretty epic!

Surfer pulls off trick hailed as the greatest in sport?s history | World of Sport - Yahoo! Eurosport UK (http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/surfer-pulls-off-trick-hailed-best-sport-seen-113614594.html)

Any RS surfers out there?

I use to be pretty into the sport years ago. Been surfing in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Oregon. Has subscriptions to Surfer Magazine and watched a shit pile a movies....I miss it.
jbsali
07-25-2013, 04:42 PM
just amazing!
hal0g0dv2
07-26-2013, 04:57 PM
wowwww that was nuts
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lowside67
07-26-2013, 05:49 PM
Mad props for pulling it off but it blows my mind that that's the best trick in the history of surfing... I guess it is because it looks so deceptively similar to snowboarding and yet snowboarding has reached such incredible heights on the tricks being done.
dinosaur
07-26-2013, 08:24 PM
To pull a trick off like that without having the board strapped to your feet it out of this world!

Found another pic of him doing it another occasion....shit is intense!!

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stewie
07-29-2013, 08:58 AM
was a sweet trick. ive never really watched the sport, but wouldn't it be similar to skateboarding how its not attached to your feet?

are they able to do like kickflip style tricks on a surfboard as well? o.0
Gumby
07-29-2013, 10:46 AM
I know nothing about snowboarding, skateboarding, or surfing, but the first two are done on land. You have some control over the conditions of what you're 'boarding on, but you have zero control over wave conditions - so that must make surfing all the more difficult.
dinosaur
07-29-2013, 11:24 AM
Its all about physics.


Learning to surf - 04 - Basics - YouTube

Physics of Surfing - YouTube

Kick flip....not even close to a common trick though...
Surfing Kickflip Winner for Volcom Contest Zoltan Torkos 10K - YouTube
dinosaur
07-29-2013, 11:33 AM
but you have zero control over wave conditions - so that must make surfing all the more difficult.

I can tell you that at times, it can be terrifying.

I was held under in Oregon for a few waves after I had the wind knocked out of me. I really thought I was going to die.

For the next 4 days I have salt water leaking out my nose and ears....so gross.