Can't wait for this. Hail Mary out July 11. His chopes footage is supposed to be coo-coo. Balaram has gotta be the most-talented-least-corny pro out there right now. Prove me wrong.
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Balaram: most-talented-least-corny pro
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partied with him at some coachella event Vestal put on several years ago. Probably the least hateable pro surfer I've met.
Happened to be sitting next to him at a bar years ago, zero pro surfer Dbaggery about him.
least corny for sure, most talented? not even close.
Use to watch him as kid down at Lido beach - skinny little kid - ripping the sh!t out it - always with a grin on his face. good kid.
The Guy Charges Big Waves, and hails from New York. Probably the hardest Charging East Coster in years. Also won The Pipe Masters last year. He’s A1 in my book
He’s about as normal as someone like him can be, out in the lineup at home on a really good day.
of course he gets the biggest and best waves, but he’s 100 feet deeper and yes he will have made that section before you’re even done paddling.,..but he doesn’t abuse his prowess to much.
if you’re in position on a good one, and he knows you can surf (that’s universal, we all eventually burn guys we know are not making it….ever) he won’t even do the “paddle and side eye move” he just chills. Usually doesn’t even sit with too many guys, if any, though he knows and is friends with them all.
after 8 years he knows me by sight well enough to nod hello. I’ll take it.
He might not be the best surfer in the world but he is in rarefied air; among maybe a few dozen guys, maybe couple hundred tops,, that can surf that variety of waves, and surf them all so well on every level
Pipe contest? For sure…
Tour? Why would be he bother…I don’t know what his contracts are like, but, he is making plenty of bank doing it the free style way….training and touring would just be a waste of time and talent for a guy like him I think.
hope he has a good financial advisor though…he will make millions, but how many will he keep into late middle and old age.
of course he gets the biggest and best waves, but he’s 100 feet deeper and yes he will have made that section before you’re even done paddling.,..but he doesn’t abuse his prowess to much.
if you’re in position on a good one, and he knows you can surf (that’s universal, we all eventually burn guys we know are not making it….ever) he won’t even do the “paddle and side eye move” he just chills. Usually doesn’t even sit with too many guys, if any, though he knows and is friends with them all.
after 8 years he knows me by sight well enough to nod hello. I’ll take it.
He might not be the best surfer in the world but he is in rarefied air; among maybe a few dozen guys, maybe couple hundred tops,, that can surf that variety of waves, and surf them all so well on every level
Pipe contest? For sure…
Tour? Why would be he bother…I don’t know what his contracts are like, but, he is making plenty of bank doing it the free style way….training and touring would just be a waste of time and talent for a guy like him I think.
hope he has a good financial advisor though…he will make millions, but how many will he keep into late middle and old age.
I dont think he actually makes a ton of money, his financial scene appears to be pretty modest. He was trying to get into the fire dept. a few years back which is not what one does when one is raking it in. Maybe winning pipe gets him a lot more money from volcom?
he was trying to join the fdny and did not make the cut accoring to my firefighter pals. If you are raking it in as a pro surfer that is not something one does, that is a move someone makes looking for stability and health insurance at the end of their career ie Chris Frohoff..
Being a pro from the NorthEast is nearly impossible unless you've got really deep pockets going in.....or your parents do.
Winning the Pipe Masters ought to improve his financial picture by a lot....."ought to"......but no guarantees given the state of pro surfing and the industry these days.
What happened to that guy? Seems like he had a pretty serious psychological break. Sad.