joel tudor cant surf a thruster as well as guys like knost or toryn spelling.
most ppl who chit on thrusters can't surf them
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Did Thrusters Screw Up Surfing??
- Thread starter ReForest
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most ppl who chit on thrusters can't surf them
Gots to agree with Hav - the amount of 'new' surfers or born again surfers since covid is insane...i've seen some next level crazy in the water since covid.
No. Watch an old surf movie and at least 50% of the surfing on single fins was horrible to watch. The guys who truly surfed well on them were really talented but even they had a lot more awkward moments than your average pro on a thruster.
There's a better argument that competitive surfing killed style but you can ignore that and watch the stylish guys who have carved out careers outside of the tour. If Curren were coming up today he would have done the whole Search thing without needing to do the tour.
There's a better argument that competitive surfing killed style but you can ignore that and watch the stylish guys who have carved out careers outside of the tour. If Curren were coming up today he would have done the whole Search thing without needing to do the tour.
Thrusters did nothing to "ruin" surfing. COVID is the only thing that has truly made surfing unbearable. Can't wait til this sh*t is over. This summer is going to truly be a disaster.
it changed the long drawn out power bottom turn into a double pump two staged thing and basically made things a little more herky-jerky. Sort of eliminated the need to find the clean true power line in a wave because you could generate your own speed with a pump or two. moved things from the rail to the fins. But it wasn't that much better before hand, maybe a little smoother and slower. You only see that slowness now when it's big and powerful enough to overcome the tow-in of the outside fins.
when surfing was boring and slow
riding 16-17" wide rockets, getting your ass handed to you but coming up smiling all day
surf muscle
fitz
eos.surf
bruce
booby
when surfing was boring and slow
riding 16-17" wide rockets, getting your ass handed to you but coming up smiling all day
surf muscle
fitz
(VIDEO) Terry Fitzgerald: Faster than a Locomotive
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eos.surf
bruce
booby
Truth be told Joel Parkinson and Taylor Knox were the last two tour surfers with great style. Everybody since is doing tricks to get points.
my two cents: i compare the thruster to the small wheel era of skateboarding, skateboarders needed to learn control and small wheels made this possible, once the code was cracked wheels and tricks got bigger and now we live in the ride everything era much like surfing.
never really considered joel stylish, just nuetral. hes relaxed, but it aint really what i'd call a good style
curren looked cooler than joel despite putting in the effort to truly rip a shortboard. many do.
curren looked cooler than joel despite putting in the effort to truly rip a shortboard. many do.
Harley rips.
Tough to compare him to Joel. If you've never watched Joel in person, particularly in the presence of other loggers for comparison, he's hard to appreciate. The way he navigates sections while on the nose and the economy of movement is pretty amazing. It's cool to see how deceivingly LITTLE he appears to be doing at times. Luckily for him, it ages well too.
who?
this could be any number of surfers anywhere in the world, yes he can surf well but thats not style in fact this surfers approach might be an example of how the thruster ruined surfing because there is no real movements that separate him from joe ripper
since were on the subject
how bout???
rob machado
Torren Martyn
Mikey February
ryan burch
or...
Going back to my above post.....I was referring to on tour. Mikey has great style.
Also Torren Martyn and Mikey February (as of late at least) are surfing twin fins.
I think the move toward potato chip thrusters and back has pushed older twin fin designs to loose some bulk and gain some bite and given them a push in the right direction.
Unrelated, would someone please tell Mikey Feb to stop with the stupid karate kick bullshit. It really distracts from his otherwise smooth surfing.
I think the move toward potato chip thrusters and back has pushed older twin fin designs to loose some bulk and gain some bite and given them a push in the right direction.
Unrelated, would someone please tell Mikey Feb to stop with the stupid karate kick bullshit. It really distracts from his otherwise smooth surfing.