What's your steeze?

Indeed. The arms are an often over looked part of it all. From Barrels, to laybacks, to digging a bottom turn or even adding more pivots to a roundhouse. The arms are a complete necessity.... Don't use them much on a LB, but they are really the only way to keep speed for me in a barrel on an LB. Without that, the tank just wants to keep moving faster.

 

posting out of obligation, but this tread?
I wish i had 4 thumbs so I could give these titties (dis tread) 4 thumbs down!

baddy is the only one with a worthwhile post

Emass, you going to make a decision tree/instruction manual?
if the waves pitches (go to number 4)
if it crumbles (go to number 2)
if you blow it...you must be emass

 

Agreed. Dude is a total beast. You see all the Cinderella aerial surfers, toss him in the lineup with them, and finesse they throw suddenly disappears. His style is absolutely brutal.

Something about making the wave your ***** is way more appealing than throwing 3's. I'd be fine with never being able to do any aerials if that meant I could shred with power half as good as he can.

I've been watching all his videos as of late. Completely changed my perspective on surfing.

 

Yes knox is a beast when it comes to moving water, but the dude can throw an air any time he wants. He is almost 45 years old, so you don't see it much anymore, but any little pro that grew up in San Diego can throw an air, he just happens to hack it up with the best of them....

 

dear E-hole
theres surfing and then there is what you post which is akin to a caricature of surfing
big difference
dont get mad, truth hurts


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agreed knox is a beast, if I could surfing like anyone, it would be him or pancho sullivan but I surf like me which is ok I guess. no one knows me but I have fun

 

We all start somewhere.

And yeah, agreed, I think any of us would sell a kidney if that meant we could surf like him. At the very least donate a bit of liver (well, those of us that aren't smashing bottles down like champs, and I feel like there's a great many of us that fall into that category, they don't want our livers). Although, renal system is kind of a big deal. No kidneys. Keep the kidneys.

 

That's why Dane is the sh!t. He surfs with as much power as anyone and can pull any air. Even his airs are powerful.
There was an interview in one of the mags with Dane and Taylor. They went to Mexico and Taylor said he was actually trying to learn airs. He can obviously do an air (anyone that good can), but he (to his own admission) was terrible when trying

 

Although I am in the process of moving, I did find photos that illustrate my copious use of hands in the wave to tweak and torque. Ironic that the thread is called "steeze" when I quite clearly lack style... o well

 

sorry... double post

 

I think you can say the same about Slater... the perfect combination of power and grace... airs and rail... and the fluid, stylish transitions between the two.

For me it's all about tubes and hard, round turns. A solid down carve feels sweet.

 

on my thruster, i try my best to let the wave guide me rather than hacking the sh!t out of the wave. so usually i end up flowing up and down the face, like bassmon said, but with a more aggressive bottom turn each time i go up. when i get to the end of the wave i usually go for a super aggressive cutback, go vertical, or anything else of that nature depending on the wave.

 

I like it. Reminds me of old school knuckle dragging snowboarding.

 

Absolutely. There's nothing Slater can't do as good or better than anyone.

 

also don't undedrestimate rail grabs. they can be fun. square your frame to the oncoming impact
and......"johnnie-boy" it........you know; put some oink in your pig-dog.

 

pits and titz
tubes and boobs
hacks, hoes, and cutbacks

 

I have always been a fan of the styles that look like they are just holding on. Not frantic, yet pushing the limit on every turn.

 

boats and hoes!

and yea, McCall I agree, Currens one footed layback in searching for tom curren seems to be the epitome of this