The Future of Surfing?

Towing in on a skim board???? Not my cup of tea. If I want to smell 2-cycle.....I'll take my boat and go fishing.

 

ya I posted that clip a little while back. dunno if it's really the future or not, perhaps just some freak with incredible genetics who can ride a potato chip like it's nothing on waves most would sh!t themselves just being in their presence

 

Yeah dig it or not, getting barreled at macking Puerto on a skimboard is pretty bad arse.

 

ya def give kudos to that guy, wish i had that kind of skill

 

No fins....no length....no rocker....no rail....and this guy is killing it.

And then there's the video of Slater surfing on a fkn table.

Kind of makes all those shaping arguments a little less relevant.

 

no worries brotha, it was a while back and on a thread about the wedge anyways lol. but yeah it's ridiculous. when I see that dude surf (or skim.. whatever the fck it's called) it makes me think of the retroesque alaia boards and this guy is using a skimboard as a modern version of it. if they could use a material that would allow those things some more float and paddle ability now that might be the next step of surfing evolution. he's getting towed into a lot of those bombs and already has a decent amount of speed at the beginning of each ride.

next thing you know this guy is going to be charging super sized chopes getting whipped in on his skimboard while all the pros and big wave chasers are sitting in the channel scratching their heads wondering wtf is happening

 

I wonder what volume he is riding that at

 

In one word it's ducked .

 

This shows that once a board is planed off it doesn't need to float anymore. Like volume is only needed to paddle and catch waves with. That dude has incredible edge control. Bet that the feeling of flying finless and dang near boardless is incredible.

 

That's what I was thinking. Seems you just need to be going the same speed as the wave and have a surface you can stand on without falling, a flat surface, once planed the momentum of the wave carries you with little need for volume, interesting concept....

 

Apparently my sarcasm wasn't picked up. ha

Looks dope though.

 

i got it

you need to post more

 

I lost it when I read this. Nice work here.

 

I read an article aboot guys in Eastern Cuba getting shacked on refrigerator doors. If they can just paddle dem tings across the Florida Straights to freedumb, watch out Kelly.

 

Same idea, different flavor

http://vimeo.com/15614139