I Get Goose Bumps Everytime...

I literally just finished watching this movie 10 minutes ago.

You aren't stalking me, are you?

 

Nice DPSUP! Very nice

 

Can I hijack your thread a bit? I was going to start a new thread on this, but seeing we're both talking about the same movie, it might fit better here regardless.

I'm specifically referring to the part with that ugly green board.

So I've been thinking that while a lot of us spend a lot of time worrying about having the "right" board, it occurs to me watching that segment that you're either a good surfer or you aren't. What I mean is that a good surfer will kill on a **** board. A mediocre surfer will be mediocre no matter what you put under his/her feet.

That's not to say that a good board isn't important. But I wonder if perhaps we worry too much about it.

Watching Go Proe videos of myself surfing, I realize that I am truly just an average surfer. Maybe my board holds me back, but more likely, I'm just average. A good surfer will make anything work.

That's what that clip shows me. When you see those guys just killing it on that ridiculous board, it makes you realize- well, makes me realize- that the problem isn't my board.

 

If you YouTube Thicker Than Water, it's at like the 12:00 mark or so, the ugly green board with a single fin and no leashe that Kelly and co. are ripping on.

 

My son and I watched this video about a month ago after a really good day of surfing. You can see where the board holds them back; where they want to hit a move, but the board just doesn't quite react like they want it to. But still, they're ripping.

Sometimes when I'm wrestling over two inches on my next board, I think of that clip and just laugh at myself.

 

Let's see if this works (no music, though):

[video=youtube_share;oI0dfWJ7qdI]http://youtu.be/oI0dfWJ7qdI?t=13m25s[/video]

 

^ Kelly Slater hanging 5 on that thing at 18:00.

I mean, maybe it's an Al Merrick single fin...

 

That tube at 1:15 was very nice. I could watch that over and over.

 

Toonce...I think U got somethin in that a good surfer knows how to dial in regardless, i.e. Wave, break, period, wind, boart, sand reconne, tiddde, etc

 

22 second mark, give or take-- north end of trestles (cottons)?

 

I think im gonna cry

 

That' how I feel about this tune...
[video=youtube;9ChADh1zt5I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ChADh1zt5I[/video]