Hey Guys, couldn't resist this one! What a shot!

Come on boys! If you have some good shots - lets see em!
Any of Kai Lenny or the other crew at Sunset?

PROJECTION

Noice. How's his wake - must have been travelling pretty fast.

Piros said...

Great shot ...where's Lacey that looks pretty rail to rail to me

Rob

umm, yeah, boards right angles to the water- not bad, actually HE IS SMOKING IT

Who said you cant get these things on a rail

Great pic

Yeah, finishing instyle with a few buckets thrown in-



Interesting that IK is still smashing it on the old 9'3 Ripper!



This is the only difference-

i love quads......just in case you did not know.

Scotty Quads are the go big time you know it

Some buckets throwen right there for sure, must be one of the best pics I seen for a long time on a sub

cranky said...

JB said...



Kai Lenny, Currently ranked #1 in the Sup world tour. Casually lining up on a nice Sunset wave. At only 17yo, Kai is ripping!

JB

He is in town this week, met him last night, seamed very gracious and a great ambassador for his generation. Apparently he put on a good show at Drummonds point last week, anyone that has ever surfed Drummonds would be in awe of that.

Kai is a natural waterman. He has been brought up by watermen like Robby Naish, Laird Hamilton and Dave Kalama. So it's no wonder why this kid is so good. Also riding with legends like this keeps you humble and very professional. We will be the next Super laird or bigger!

JB

Yeah it is a killer shot. One of the best I have seen in a long time.
Blows me away that he is still on the production 9'3 molded quad.
Raises the rocker line issue as well. I mean he drops pipe backhand on that board!
Is it a skill thing where he trades rocker for drive to project away from the wave when required? I watched Loco's ride a board with a lot of rocker a few weeks back (6' palmy)and he just got mowed down by the wave - he just couldnt escape it as the rocker just slowed him up. I know Blane has changed the rocker line on all the new boards, but we all know the 9'3 so well and IK is still smashing it on that thing!!

Hey AA,

The 9'3 is a killer board in the right hands no doubt and it suits a certain style of surfing and a certain wave.

IK, Bonga, Slater Trout, Matt Lumley, Jako and others can smash it on just about any board.

I think it comes down to having the break wired in the first place especially with pipe (local knowledge) and the skill ability and confidence that you can make it in the second place.

The board just dictates how you will take it on!

Phill.

AA said...

Yeah it is a killer shot. One of the best I have seen in a long time.
Blows me away that he is still on the production 9'3 molded quad.
Raises the rocker line issue as well. I mean he drops pipe backhand on that board!
Is it a skill thing where he trades rocker for drive to project away from the wave when required? I watched Loco's ride a board with a lot of rocker a few weeks back (6' palmy)and he just got mowed down by the wave - he just couldnt escape it as the rocker just slowed him up. I know Blane has changed the rocker line on all the new boards, but we all know the 9'3 so well and IK is still smashing it on that thing!!

I reckon as Hilly says, once it's big, the old PSH rockers come into their own. Where I found it more limiting was on smaller hollower stuff or when trying to surf tighter in the pocket. I'd imagine Blanes new smaller models will address this.

My laguna has what could be considered a lot of overall rocker - 7 inches nose and 4 in the tail but is very drivey and never gets mowed down even in double overhead. I reckon it has a lot to do with how the rocker is distributed plus the use of concaves.

I still reckon that for Sup surfing to really progress we will need boards that can turn in tighter arcs but with mucho drive and acceleration. can't wait to see the new models!!