What would pictures of me surfing prove? I'm not the world champion.
Let me put it in context for you - if I saw pictures of Slater, or Parko, or Fanning, or Reynolds, or TB, or Jordy, or etc, etc, in a barrel like that I'd go yeah, cool wave but nothing special at that level. But here you have someone at the most elite level of SUPing, a Waterman World Tour champion, and I expected more.
Have a look at this 17 year old kid. He's got a bag of aerial tricks and certainly a cool head in the barrel but he's no power surfer and still a grom. Nowhere near the top of the sport but look how deep he gets.
Hey Legion,
When I get a barrel like that you'll know, you will hear me freaking out where ever you are in Aus.
I take your point that it may not be the best barrel of all time, but i didnt think it was billed that way.
SUP as a sport is so young and so are the board designs as well. The guys I surf with 12 months ago were on 9'6 now 8'10 is a big board. at noosa Zane and Shaun were riding 6'6s.
Every month I see something new done on SUP that I probably didnt think was possible 6 months ago.
The guys I surf with are stoked, happy, wrapped that who ever it is got a great wave.
We often dont disect it tear it to shreads and compare it the Kelly shreading super deep.
Its like comparing thrash metal with jazz?
The SUPers just see it from a different perspective, theres no right or wrong just fun!
Phill
Legion, doggie, start a thread, post something......anything interesting will do. You know, like , I went for a surf, it was really good, here's a picture of me surfing. that sort of thing.
Legion, you and your little wolf pack can use all the excuses to justify your posts, but they are so transparent that its pretty funny.....that your a joke. If you dont like sup thats fine, but why walk into a sup room and start talking ****......oh thats right its the internet and youve got nothing better to do.....instead of judging what is and isnt good, with no experince and a bad attitude, go surf what you like and enjoy that....or do you have self esteem issues that require the belittling of others to make yourself at ease with you short comings......
have a nice day
These shots are fantastic, it is really difficult to get the sup in that position in the tube, the physical strength required and the skill/ balance create a huge challenge to achieve it, to make an offhand remark like Legion, to detract from the original intention and divert discussion away to himself, and not fully understand what is involved in the process in immature, antagonistic and reminds me of a medical condition known as Attention Deficit Syndrome. On a positive note it can be cured, some doctors prescribe drugs, change of diet but in this case I think if the bloke in question just take his hands of his old fella I am sure that will solve the problem and ensure that the forum reverts to a more mature level of interaction amongst people with a genuine interest in the sport.
legion !!!!!! mate how much deeper do you want ??? thats one of the better backdoor sequences I,ve seen in a while , and to answer your question why chase down pumping waves on a sup? instead of switching back to a shorty ,I say if you think you can make it, then why the hell not, charge on !!!!!!!!
when i grow i want to be just like you, legion... as your comments are really insightful! And you seem to have sooooooo many friends to talk to..........................................
You could have mentioned Julia Gillard, speaking of which I'm having the new Julia Gillard value meal at KFC tonight. 2 small breasts, 2 large thighs and a big red box.