Matt Warshaw's Top Five

Saw this somewhere recently. Stewart belongs in the top 5 imo.

 

I might would say switch ST and KS order but other than that pretty good list. I think Slater has advanced surfing more than Shaun. Shaun was/is great but Slater is better.

 

kick out 1 & 3

add rabbit and curren

 

What aboot Curren in place of Thomson?

 

Damn you are faster than me. Just getting ready to say the same thing.

 

i hate greenoughs haircut

 

I think you can make a case that one of the following - Shaun Tomson, Mark Richards, or Michael Peterson needs to be on the list because of they pioneered riding 6 foot boards in essentially the modern style. Kelly AND Curren arent both needed.

 

Maybe I don't know enough about ST, and I'm not taking anything away from him, but Curren defines power surfing, right?

 

Bingo! Curren def boots ST off the list for me.

 

After my session this morning, I'd have to replace Shaun Tomson with Chavez.

 

1) Ancient Polynesians
2) Duke Kahanamoku
3) George Freeth
4) Eddie Aikau
5) Wilbur Kookmeyer

 

I'm gonna run with this idea but put dolphins at #1...then the ancients, etc, etc...well played.

 

Occy

 

NJShredmachine in the number1 spot.
everyone else is number 2 or lower.

 

greenough was so far ahead of his time, we're STILL trying to catch up. i have misgivings about lynch & tomson, though. i think lynch is pretty far ahead of his time now w/ his finless stuff, but tomson wouldn't have accomplished what he did w/out other in his generation pushing him, & he wasn't THAT much better, IMO. bob simmons, on the other hand...like greenough, he was on a completely different trip than his contemporaries.