Iirc in the 90s we called these folks the wannabes and hanger-on’ers.
a different world when they have enough of each other to create their own economy.
a different world when they have enough of each other to create their own economy.
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Skipper's Surf Review: Is it time to stop hating?
- Thread starter casa_mugrienta
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Posers. The word is posers.
The silver lining with all these adult learner types for a fossil like me is that I can still surf circles around them. What a delusional ego boost. They bring the grading curve so low I moved from average to advanced. Haha.
I don’t mind Yury he rides a Daniel Jones boar and loves it.
what’s mind boggling is how @casa_mugrienta spends so much time posting and arguing here on the erbb yet still retains an advanced level of surfing…
This is what I said from the beginning.
And it's kind of fascinating some adult learner "from the southwest border of Russia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea" took up surfing as an adult in NYC and somehow managed to progress in some way...that isn't easy.
And then made a youtube channel out of it.
I also think it's hilarious he surfs better switch but doesn't seem to realize it.
I want to not like the guy but I can't.
Way more interesting than a former D-grade pro surfer who moved to the outskirts of Dallas to become a pro surfskater to maintain a YouTube following.
Yurt needs to bend his knees more instead of hunching over when a lip appears. That and use more of the wave, go a little more into the flats then jam a hard bottom turn. Learn to stall and then (bending the knees) fit into the tube. And pay more attention to rail engagement. How long has he been surfing? I can see how his reviews would be helpful to someone of similar or lesser talent. Me, I prefer to watch Dane Reynolds’ video clips to get an idea how a board will work.
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Yury’s front shoulder gets in the way of him rotating his hips and using his core to get more explosive turns. It’s too crunched up. He also looks like he uses his trailing arm to trigger what his body is going to do. Like when a baseball batter lifts up his front leg to trigger his swing. It’s opposite, he should trigger his body rotations with his leading shoulder by opening it up more and keeping his rear arm lower and quieter.
He bends his knees enough but it looks like he’s been coached and is trying to follow a script. That’s why it looks like he’s just a tad behind the beat. If you have to think about surfing while you’re surfing it’s looks and feels off.
If I could give him a suggestion I’d tell him to forget about doing turns and just learn how to pump the boar to go as fast as you can. Get that rhythm and motion down. It would also teach him how to use his rails by pumping rail to rail.
He bends his knees enough but it looks like he’s been coached and is trying to follow a script. That’s why it looks like he’s just a tad behind the beat. If you have to think about surfing while you’re surfing it’s looks and feels off.
If I could give him a suggestion I’d tell him to forget about doing turns and just learn how to pump the boar to go as fast as you can. Get that rhythm and motion down. It would also teach him how to use his rails by pumping rail to rail.
Exactly- he needs to master basic climb and drop motion to generate speed.
He's always stuck in first gear and no way you can do proper turns when you are going so slow.
plus it looks retarded.
He's always stuck in first gear and no way you can do proper turns when you are going so slow.
plus it looks retarded.
So in short, he can’t surf 
There’s a big guy in new zeland who does reviews too and also can barely stand on a board. It’s interesting to see him break down an A2 chilli sent him when the footage shows clearly that he had no business on anything less than twice that much surfboard. Interesting because, well, shapers are sending him boards!
There’s a big guy in new zeland who does reviews too and also can barely stand on a board. It’s interesting to see him break down an A2 chilli sent him when the footage shows clearly that he had no business on anything less than twice that much surfboard. Interesting because, well, shapers are sending him boards!
Link?So in short, he can’t surf
There’s a big guy in new zeland who does reviews too and also can barely stand on a board. It’s interesting to see him break down an A2 chilli sent him when the footage shows clearly that he had no business on anything less than twice that much surfboard. Interesting because, well, shapers are sending him boards!
It’s kinda messed up to say he can barely stand up, I was being mean. I do think it’s honest to say that he’s a surfer who would do better on a much larger board made for someone who just wants to swoop up and down a bit, not on a blown up Andy Irons board. But he’s standing in front of a quiver of boards designed for pros, then adjusted for “regular surfers”.
he does some episodes on midlengths and stuff like that where he looks like he’s having more fun and struggling less.
there are guys that totally rip doing good reviews, but I connect with the chubby guys that suck because in my mind I’m fat and suck at surfing and I want to watch their channels and see if anything helps them
I take offence at the call that he's from NZ - he's as Bru Crew as you get!
Oh duh lol sorry South Africa, forgot you exist! New zeland is not the only Australia adjacent accent
what's amazing is how much people prob pay to live in those crap condos in the lead-in, especially for the privilege of surfing that diarhea colored slop? Strong pass.
I was there a couple of times in 2023, the city def has a feeling...the beach on the other hand has a "i'm only here because I don't have a choice" vibe to it....
you don't even have to pay me to do that, i just did it in my previous post.