I agree Baz... John John! Holy Moly! That one where he pulled out of that barrel? I thought he was down for sure and then nope, he comes gliding out. Insane!!!!!

I was telling my son Adrian the same thing about Kelly's ride while waiting for the score. But on seeing the replay could see why the the scores went the way it did. Plus its tough to beat the champ. Great event for John John may lock up the triple crown for him.

To bad the conditions fell off soo much. Its amazing to see the rides these guys get out of messy conditions.

Kieren Perrow Is doing really well thruout the event!

WOW :eek: this Brazilian kid Gabirial Medina is showing amazing skills!! A new crop of greats are here.

Tweez too bad you are locked in on Oahu for your visit, I'm sure you will have fun, but you've got to fit Kauai into future trips. Tomorrow is the Honolulu Marathon these big events really mess up the traffic with the road closures. Will hope to hook up with you on future trips, get our boys out in the surf.

Cheers Richard

That's OK - Parko and Slats are in the Semi right now with 21 minutes left in the heat!

Parko wins and is in the finals! :p

I'm calling it , Kieren and Joel in the final with Kieren taking it all.

Loving the humble attitude of these guys in the interviews.

I got Parko to win.......woot! :p

Parko has the edge in contest success, But Kieren seems to be riding with mana.
This will be good OY OY.

This is so exciting! And I love the trophy board. I think if I was reborn, I would like to be board shaper and designer. How cool would that be?

And Richard, right? Some of those waves didn't look so good and they would pull it off!

I would love to go to Kauai one day. I haven't been there. Are you offering up to be my tour guide? LOL! I just looked up airline tickets. Not as bad as I thought. I love Hawaii... I think I was meant to live there. :0) Only thing is I wouldn't have any where to snowboard!

KP gets it! Good call, Richard! He had a great strategy. :cool:

And Tweez.....glad you got some of this...wow....I have a feeling if you lived in Hawaii you wouldn't miss snowboarding AT ALL! ;)

Man what a great result. Did you see the shot with him holding his kids and his wife beaming at him.

So happy for him!!!!

Tweez, come on over I would love to show you around Kauai.

Cheers Richard

So cool that John John won the triple crown and is the youngest person to ever win it. And KP, his story is cool. Glad he won.

I am glad I caught the end of this too. So awesome! And it is so true what Andy Irons said about catching a wave. "It's like being kissed by God". RIP. Even me, who literally sucks at surfing, knows what he is talking about. Totally true. Fleeting but for an instant, it seems like time is going by so slow and your senses are heightened. You can feel, hear, see the wind and the water all at the same time. And the rest of the time, you are chasing that feeling again. Even for only seconds. I can only imagine how these guys feel. I am just going straight. These guys are riding all these big barrels. I love it! Thanks for letting me know it was going on, Richard! I love this thread! :)

Hmmm... I don't know, Baz. I really like snowboarding. It gives me a similar rush as surfing but without all that damn paddling! Ha! But the snow, definitely different than the ocean. There is a whole zen factor with the ocean. Surfing is so hard though... and you have to look good... you are half naked. Snowboarding, I can be fat. It will just look like more padding in my snowboard pants. Ha ha!

Merry Christmas to all you surfers!!!
 

Izzat you Jim?

Beard looks similar....

Im heading to Costa Azul near Puerta Vallarta for some surf after Christmas.

Anyone been there?

Either way Ill post details here when I get back.

Oh and the water is 84.5 degrees today down there........

For Richard and all of our island Pelicans!


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My new stick!
 

I bought my stick!!!!!! So stoked right now! It's a 9'0" South Coast Longboard! 3" thick. I need to buy a fin for it. I love the color. So fitting for me. Loud and bright! Say hi to Ikaika!!! I need to buy a fin for him though. I can't wait to ride him! Wooooo Hoooooo!!!!



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Then I would have loved your 57' Chevy. ;)

Surf is rocking right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Salt Creek was double overhead. I caught a few and got clocked on more than a few.

Get that long board out here and head down to old mans and have a blast!!!!!!!!!

HA - nice Tweez.......Schmi owned on that one! :D

Congrats on your new stick T - it's about time!!! :rolleyes:

That is old school right there....:cool: