There is something to be said about the recent trend toward smaller and more maneuverable surf boards. It is difficult not to notice that even the best surfers in the world are altering their quiver towards a shorter wider, more maneuverable futuristic designs. Look at Slater and the "deep six" as he calls it, winning the pipe masters while riding a 5'8", or Dane Reynolds with his "Dumpster Diver", a relative grom shoartboard with a little extra foam. As surfing in its entirety begins to change with each passing year, as will the shapes we see under people's feet. Composite, or glass and resin, new materials and different approaches to riding a waves are quickly changing what was traditionally known as surfing.
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A NOTE ON SURFING FUTURISM
Where once we saw a single man's attempt to reach the sublime, we now find a believed passage to the stars. Yet the young should remember that while a wooden ship might take man across the seas, it will never sail him to the moon. Such is the naivete of the man who holds inverted rotations as the peak of human performance. For while he may have climbed the peak of Everest, he has not even set foot on the mountains of Mars.
A familiar rotation, while airborne, yet firmly gripped by both hands-a metaphor for both the soaring freedom of the mind yet the earthly prison of this body, a tumultuous reminder of the Cartesian duality to which we are all bound.
Feels like summer now, after those really warm days, we got our first glimpse at some good old summery winds swell. Waist to Chest sloppy shop, but so much fun if you want to get in the water. Summer is not all bad
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