As a goofyfooter, I’ve always tried (and failed) to emulate Bobby Martinez on his backhand. His style his mechanical and explosive, all with a consistent flow that seems to match any wave type. However, I think the days of me tucking my ears into my fitted cap are over (not to say I […]
Wave pools are wild. And I think anyone who says they wouldn’t want to at least try surfing Slater’s Ranch is out of their got damn mind. However, who watched the Founder’s Cup? I honestly did not watch it as attentively as I should have (hell it was the first time Slater’s wave would […]
Jeremy Flores takes over John’s backyard with a win at the Billabong Pipe Masters, and John Florence must settle for the rest of the world… The classic Banzai Pipeline was semi-firing yesterday (by Pipe standards) with windless conditions to start the day, and a ton of amazing surfers in the water. John John was very easy to […]
What Your Peers Thought of the Founders’ Cup
After the first-ever WSL event ran at Slater’s wave pool in Leemore, California, the worldwide web’s surfers caused a ruckus on surf-centric Internet platforms. The modern wave pool has also begun making a waves outside surf culture as well. The event even got attention from general news media sources and love from all kinds […]