Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Brad Domke: master of big wave skimboarding 26 May 2014 | Skimboarding
- 26 May 2014 | Skimboarding
Brad Domke keeps teaching surfers how to ride waves in finless board mode.
He is one of the best wave riders in the world. Grab a thin finless skimboard and try to imitate the magician from Wabasso, Florida. Nice effort, it's simply impossible.
Domke is never lost, and he can often be found cutting the cleanest wave lines on Planet Earth. In half. Actually, Brad is the pioneer of big wave skimboarding. How can he do that?
The latest video confirms his surf n' skim skills. Most of the clips have been lost due to a major hard drive failure. Luckily though, they were filmed with an iPad before disaster struck, and they've been cut from that.
Next time, we'll be watching Brad Domke charging hard at Teahupoo with a simple skim board. Any doubts?
South America, Central America and Mexico just enjoyed one of the biggest south swells in years
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July 8, 2014
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South America, Central America and Mexico just enjoyed one of the biggest south swells in years
Saturday, July fifth was no exception. By now most of the civilized surf world has seen the clip of Shane Dorian's epic, tip-toe drop into the inside hydraulic, another example of his uncanny cool and total mastery of heavy situations. What the clip doesn't reveal, however, is how that was not only the best wave Dorian caught all day, but the only wave.
"I remember at the time thinking how it was a great warm up wave," says Dorian with characteristic understatement. "I had no idea it was gonna be the only one I'd get. Every time I'd go for a wave I'd either be out of position of they'd be some guy on a nine-foot board paddling on my inside."
When Dorian says "some guy" he means it. On this day, at least, the unknowns had it. How else can you explain the fact that with an all-star crew of big wave hellmen in the lineup, the comment most often heard on the sand was "Who's that?" How these civilian chargers seemed to prevail over the likes of Dorian, Greg Long, Mark Healey, Rusty Long, Skin-Dog Collins, Billy Kemper, Derek Dunfee, Ryan Hipwood, Nick Lamb, Jamie Mitchell, Gabriel Villaran (who at least got the heaviest barrel of the day late in the session) is a mystery. At least Zicatela acalde Coco Nogales maintained some order, catching his share of big waves while being filmed for a Mexican television show. All-in-all it was wild show and one that went far to explain the enduring appeal of the Mexican Pipeline. On a big day it can offer up the tube of a lifetime, but no guarantees. Quite simply, Puerto rules.
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