Can't believe this guy...this must be ridiculously difficult to pull off! Have seen video of him doing it, but it's still damn impressive!

He's amazing..

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DavidJohn said..
He's amazing..

A mere human can't do that..

Aww c'mon, when we were 30 kgs wringing wet, had the flexibility of a Russian ballet dancer I reckon we could have given it a red hot go. Bit harder now with seized up joints, a massive board to hold my not so nimble well fed frame I'd have buckles! Bloody impressive though.

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yt04 said..
Aww c'mon, when we were 30 kgs wringing wet, had the flexibility of a Russian ballet dancer I reckon we could have given it a red hot go. Bit harder now with seized up joints, a massive board to hold my not so nimble well fed frame I'd have buckles! Bloody impressive though.

It IS a really hard move (never managed it), but Patrice Guenolé pioneered it in 2010 (Kai frst documented one was at La Torche in May 2011), weighting 108kg at more than 6' tall, on "normal" european (corsican) waves, on a 6'3" of ~ 120 liters
www.gong-galaxy.com/magazine/news/how-to-real-stand-up-duck-dive/
Dicussions (in French) www.gongsup.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15049#p15049

First failed attempts in 2007: www.gongsup.com/+MOVE-first-duck-dive-on-a-SUP+.html

A recipe to get badly hurt.

It's Actually a lot easier than it looks! All you need is balance and a wave that is going to break over you (not too big not too small) At state titles a few years ago I did it on a 12'6 naish! The wave has to be breaking in a certain way to be able to keep your momentum to push yourself through it. !!

That's friggin cool

Dogman is pretty good at these and I have nailed a few BUT here's a tip make sure you rest your head on your front arm when you go through , otherwise the wave pushes your head to your chest.

That looks like the affect i have on most boards, including a few race ones. Pretty easy to do, it's getting it to re-float where i struggle…!!!

I'm Pretty sure Frank Latta started that back in the 80's.
He used to do it on 9.0 long board, as has been said already it's more about the wave than and your position than the manoeuvre.

I still think Kai Lenny is a freak!

I haven't made one yet, but I did somehow manage a Hawaiian pull out a few years back...

Im so going to try and master that!

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JKimbler said..
I haven't made one yet, but I did somehow manage a Hawaiian pull out a few years back...

Great job.. and great vid..

Pretty sure that was a Shaun Tomson move.. and he was the first doing it.

I have a great pic of him and Kia together that was taken recently.

Yep that was a Shaun Tomson invention, have yet to meet him but I did run into Tom Carroll a few times over the years. I have always been a huge fan of his, and was blown away when I came across him at the super market here in Hale'iwa... he actually was apologizing for being in the way of me grabbing a head of lettuce.... I was just staring thinking: Holy **** that's Tom Carroll, and he thinks he was in my way at the market... Jeez that is just a super nice guy. Saw him SUP surfing that same winter, he was super cool, actually gave me a little hoot as I dropped into a wave at Himalayas... that was seriously one of the coolest things and I will always remember what a cool feeling it was to have your hero encourage you! Good times.

Around 1.50 !

Aw geez how are the rails on that green board? I think I'm in love.