The Electric acid surfboard test with Steph Gilmore

tacos

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Perfect surfer for this sort of thing IMO. Best style on tour (except maybe JJF) and I wish there was more footage of her on the Alex Knost board. Interesting to see her on a black beauty and hearing her say longer boards look better—totally agree.
 

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Greg Griffin said:
She was very kind in her comments towards some of the boards .

Not surprising it seems to be her character and she talks about it somewhat in the vid. I was surprised she liked the knost board so much. It looked pretty extreme. Too bad the pro's don't feel they can ride 'fun' boards in a contest. And McConnell did nothing to alleviate that with his comments. Just that would make pro surfing a lot more interesting to watch.

She looked great on the MR and the Simon Jones; I could watch her surf all day long :facelick:
 

silentbutdeadly

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I could watch her all day.

That was a great video. She really ripped the MR and the winning board. That video really made me want to go surfing.

Also nice to see some local shapers.
 

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silentbutdeadly said:
I could watch her all day.
I watched it this morning, and about 1/4 of the way into it actually thought to myself, 'Jesus, I bet SBD's pants are around his ankles, at this point' :smoking:

All jokes aside, I really enjoyed this too and could also watch her all day!

:bowdown: :applause: :jam_on:
 

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I met her at the Stamps factory a few years ago, shes real nice, down to earth
He surfed with her in the HB area & talked about what an absolutely amazing surfer she is...
Taking off way behind the peak & her point A to point B burst of speed was off the charts..
 

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Steph rips!!

That quiver is just about every board I want, though I think Mayhem should've sent the Maysim
 

freeride76

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Glad she called the Simon Jones Channel twin the winner, because that looked by far the best board under her feet.

twin fin speed and proper turns.


 

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freeride76 said:
Glad she called the Simon Jones Channel twin the winner, because that looked by far the best board under her feet.

twin fin speed and proper turns.
i was very impressed with that one also.
 

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I liked Steph's movie better too. Looked like she was enjoying the premise, where Dane complaining about it turned me off from the jump.