robdog said..
James Casey was ripping at Sunset today.
Highest scoring wave and heat score of the day.
Check his waves out at 3:22, 3:27, and 3:37 mark

f..king insane surfing from James. Best rail to rail surfing I have seen for a long time. Hope he takes it all the way to the final and more!

Watched it at Windsurfnsnow with Sam & John, he was killing it. Just so far above the rest. To have Kainoa McGee say that's how sup surfing should be done is a huge compliment!!

Impressed by Kai Bates last wave in the next heat. Pity though the previous 15 minutes of from the shore fotage was nearly all Lecco including long scenes of him paddling out. Typical of the favouritism that plagues competition????

Regardless, the commentary was fun!

Great to see the Aussies like James and Kai.ripping.

One question though: who in the heck is RORY CHAPMAN???? Comp draw says he is from AUS.
Tried searching his name here, but nothing came up. Doesn't he have friends!

Nice video......I was thinking "this vid is 4 minutes and 57 seconds long......but nah! I was way out in my estimations

Laying into it for sure.

Did someone say highlights video?

Looks like sups really suit sunset waves!!!!!

surfershaneA said..
Great to see the Aussies like James and Kai.ripping.

One question though: who in the heck is RORY CHAPMAN???? Comp draw says he is from AUS.
Tried searching his name here, but nothing came up. Doesn't he have friends!

I assume you're joking considering he hales from Caves Beach and sails yachts.

surfershaneA said..

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surfershaneA said..
Great to see the Aussies like James and Kai.ripping.

One question though: who in the heck is RORY CHAPMAN???? Comp draw says he is from AUS.
Tried searching his name here, but nothing came up. Doesn't he have friends!

I assume you're joking considering he hales from Caves Beach and sails yachts.

No I am not joking. Guess I am too busy sailing and surfing myself to hang around listening to the gossip about whose hot and whose not?

Then again, when I was a kid I lived at Blacksmiths next door to Rex Elvin. Gave me some top tips in life!

Bet your never heard of him either? Might be worth asking your grandparents.

Unfortunately, my only real link to other people's crap is the freaking internet. Commonse should be telling me to even leave this alone?

..and what were those inspirational tips that Rex Elvin the legend gave you?

Hey you asked the question and even went looking for the gossip. Can't have it both ways.

110 litres?!?! That's a bit silly

burleighlocal said..
I would love to see a min volume introduced for everyone. 110L or there abouts…. and it would be like what lots of us surf.

That is just ridiculous are you trying to kill the sport.

Piros said...

burleighlocal said..
I would love to see a min volume introduced for everyone. 110L or there abouts…. and it would be like what lots of us surf.

That is just ridiculous are you trying to kill the sport.

Agree 100%

No rules please. They were all standing, looked good

It is just an opinion...

These guys sink if they stop paddling..and have to sit down and wait. It becomes short board surfing with a paddle.

laceys lane said..

Piros said..

burleighlocal said..
I would love to see a min volume introduced for everyone. 110L or there abouts…. and it would be like what lots of us surf.

That is just ridiculous are you trying to kill the sport.

yeah sup surfing is doing a very good job of killing its self thankyou very much .

I have a theory surfers go real good on sup when they get the hang of it. very good surfers go nuts then after a while they fade. maybe sup induces bad, lazy, surf habits.

I believe you still need to surf a lot on what you used to surf to actually hold your form on surfing sups.


im going to get slaughter here but ive seen a lot of good ripping surf sup surfers come and go

I don't know that it is killing itself, but like anything it is getting taken to the extreme in self discovery. Though I tend to agree, the race to the shortest board is taking it right back to the best board for performance on a wave which is, OMG.....a surf board
I have gone short ( for me ) and while it performs great on a wave, it will never surf like a surf board, and it has taken the fun factor out. SUP to me as I've come to realise is the "overall" experience. I love SUP and it has gotten me back into short (prone) boarding again. So on the day, conditions and mood will dictate what I will take out.
Bit like a sports bike and a cruiser. You can raise the foot pegs on a cruiser but the best bike for a twisty hill blast is a sports bike, and there are some that can put a sport bike rider to shame on a cruiser. (I'm not one of them)