What it feels like to burn Dane Reynolds at Seaspit, Santa Babs…
Oh, there’s been a ton of waves in California, dazzling outstandingly beautiful waves. Do you like the sessions filmed at Sandspit, that lil drainer next to Santa Babs harbour that was formed in 1929 when the breakwall was built?
If you watch this clip (by the fabulous norwell9) below you will see it in undeniable form.
Even better, at the one-and-a-half-minute mark, you’ll see a goofyfooter drop out of the lip onto Dane Reynolds. It is a game of the cat versus the mouse, Reynolds stiffening his muscles as the surfer completes his drop-in, and later waving his arms in protest.
I could care less but random barneys act like I fucked his chick and spit on his baby or something…just a minor little head high grinder…he got plenty better waves than this that day. Should’ve seen the other things that happened out there…way gnarlier. Even saw a bodyboarder and another pro roast Bobby on a real set wave…now that’s heavy.
Do you wonder who the surfer is? Do you wonder of the circumstances?
Let’s ask Chucky aka the_rig, whom I engaged on Instagram.
“Yeah it was a great moment it ‘s even better that I blew it after…I love it. I have an epic photo of it…and I have no business pigdogging small waves shoulda surfed somewhere better without 100+ guys out. The glare was super bad looking up the point, some guy yelled “go”, he knew I didn’t see him and he got over it and stopped crying pretty quick…there’s a ton of groupies that had their panties up their ass over it…the wave is small not like I roasted him at 10ft pipe…I could care less but random barneys act like I fucked his chick and spit on his baby or something…just a minor little head high grinder…he got plenty better waves than this that day. Should’ve seen the other things that happened out there…way gnarlier. Even saw a bodyboarder and another pro roast Bobby on a real set wave…now that’s heavy. Hey…at least I’m not Sean Penn hahahahaha.”
It’s a brilliant story. Do you have more?
“Some people love it, some hate it, and it’s El Niño so everyone that actually surfs has been getting good waves all week and forgot about it instead of looking at the Internet all day. I just happened to notice it between absolutely scoring today. Dane’s cool he’s probably had more than a few good laughs since…super minor.”
Did Dane remark on the event?
“He was snapped, just like anyone in the world would be initially…but when we squashed it 30 seconds later he knew it wasn’t intentional and was cool…said it was all good and no worries. I surfed for 2 more hours.”
it’s funny, this barney calling people barneys.
Will do, unfortunately on a work computer with my boss continually asking “How I am going?”. Thus I often neglect to properly edit my essay. I will try not let it occur again.
I perhaps need to study Slater’s designs now to see if worthy of any negativity. Thanks again for the corrections
thanks for the insightful conversation, I have enjoyed myself immensely. will look forward to reading more of your excellent commentary
Good on ya, tell me when its you “schooling” me out in the line up. I’ll happily paddle to the beach and get some video or maybe even some footage from the shoulder of you at work.
Are you actually talking about driving a car through the line up, or you get a lot of drive in your bottom turn??
I love to learn.
You totally missed the point of respect in the water, but that’s ok
forget it fuckwit you cant write for shit – I live on the coast north of a populated city.
I never mentioned “entitled” you tool – I mentioned respect in water that’s it!! you mentioned entitlement based on ability not me – read your previous comments. Respect garners returned respect.
your shit attitude would get you knocked out where I surf – so come on down
“If you want further conversation, have enough self respect to write in complete, meaningful sentence, kook” – that is not even a fucking sentence so go back to school
talk about a way to turn a comment around. I will put it simply then i’m done
1) nice to say gday in surf smile and be happy – then goes both ways you wont need to hassle, snake, drop in. works for me and I live outside a big city.
2) if you go deep after every wave, expect to get burnt if you don’t make the drop
3) if it is not in their ability then most wont go anyway
4) if you start with 1 rest kind of happens
Simple I am gonna give everyone benefit of the doubt when they paddle out. I surf uncrowded waves so why would I assume it is my right on my ability to take every wave I want. if I want to I will, but no point as too many waves anyway. if they fuck up then I will take the majority or more than my share if it is warranted. then generally they don’t care – or realise.
But all depends on how you start, your attitude from the start.
But you enjoy your crowds show no respect and I will do what I do. I have a great time every time I surf
if they didn’t make the drop you didn’t burn em, problem here is that Dane made the drop, was driving through a bowl, and somebody still went. i’ll even tell guys on the shoulder to go if i’m not sure i can make it around a section, i do not intend to allow them to decide if i’m making it around that section, however.
I call guys on if am too deep and cant make it as well etc – I reckon if you have surfed long enough you know what section you can make as well if the other person has the ability to make a section, so you go – so it all works out.
I am certainly not the guy who paddles out and believes my ability is above the next guy so I am entitled to any wave I want!!!
I am advocating bit of friendliness in the line up that’s it.
bit of a “g’ day mate” goes along way.
All my point was, it was crowded Dane got shitload waves, was he perhaps showing etiquette to the others – yes we only saw an edit. Just because he rips does not entitle him to paddle to inside every time.
Maybe this guy had enough and “pretended” not to see.
maybe gets into the video story on Stab as well
i’m more than happy with the amount of waves I get and yeah is based on ability but I am also not a prick, happy to have a chat and share a few with others with less ability. where I surf I can always get solo sessions so forget your crowds.
the only reason I would sit on the shoulder is to pick up the scraps of kooks like you who think they can paddle deeper and deeper and continually blow it . so happy days you keep paddling deeper and deeper, so you actually paddle off the bank
preach it
Before you all put in your two cents (which ain’t worth shit) you might as well know that the guy dropping in on Dane surfs very very well. He made finals in contests as a kid, still rips, is still sponsored. He’s also one of the coolest guys you’d ever meet. Everybody knows and loves Chucky. He doesn’t make a habit of dropping in. Shit happens. This is not the case of a kook dropping in on a pro. This is a guy who probably surfs better than you accidentally dropping in then doing the right thing by apologizing to Dane immediately.
we just need a few more posts about it for you to get your point across.
wait… some groupies dropped in on Barney’s baby and spat in Dave’s face? Who pig dogged Dave’s girlfriend then? Bobby or Chucky?
since my previous comment was not put up – read my reply below to bitter guy.
then maybe sensei you can give me a lesson as you obviously sit deep all day
Drop your sense of entitlement and show respect – fuck off. I do believe like road rules there is a certain etiquette in the water, and i will give respect say gday have a chat and it does not happen to me anyway. Was making the call that Dane got a lot of waves that’s it!! – read above.
I have had words with marauding packs of brazzos and in the end I burnt and snaked them back, so easy done. you can choose to be a cunt or not
But maybe you can give me a lesson sensei as you obviously sit deep all day
nah
We’re interviewing the young man in the red wetsuit (in front of Dane Reynolds) this week.
What should we ask him?
And, for the record, you should know that in real life this guy rips, is one of the nicest dudes you’ll ever meet and has worked in the surf industry for years.
the Internet freaks out? Sure the internet just doesn’t reflect people’s attitudes generally? for instance, the fact we Google “Kim Kardashian’s latest baby” so much is the reason that celebrity gossip sites exist (and have a shit-ton of traffic). What’s unique about this is two things: it was on video; he burned someone worth videoing. This guy’s angle will be “it wouldn’t be a big deal if i burned some nobody local” and he’s right, but he burned Dane, which means he’ll burn pretty much anybody. Questions you should ask: “do you let other people in the water tell you which ones to go on?” and “why don’t you just cop to the burn and say ‘i can’t believe i ended up on the internet. guess i burned the wrong guy’?”
ummm what the fuck does “has worked in the surf industry for years” having anything to do with it. i’ve been a fluffer too and it ain’t impressive nor does it deserve accolades.
Wait, he couldn’t get a real job?
ask him; do you have fiery red pubes or are you follicly challenged in that area also?
i’d like to know what his surf industry buddies have to deal with.
Ask him what the red wetsuit’s compensating for.
I roasted Dane at Rincon couple years back. Where’s my interview?
I think Lost used to pay that guy money to surf. He was like Jimbo’s younger ginger brother from HB.
Yeah, he looks/sounds familiar, a former hanger-on for sure.
bunch of sookie-lalas. I drop in all the time. waves are for sharing. sharing is caring. do people hate me? yes? am I a barney? yes. do I ruin other people’s sessions? yes. do I suck? yes. am I kook? yes. do I experience violence? yes.
do I care? only if they are devastatingly handsome. as for the violence: my face can’t get much uglier and pain is strangely sexually fulfilling.
…’tis gold…
Keeping it real… If Kelly can turn his wave pool volume up 1ft…it’d shit on this wave. KS’s pool has a perfect performance section from the start and then runs into a longer, more flawless barrel. Yeah, yeah…purists will say “yeah but it’s the imperfections and improvisations riding waves in Mother Nature that make surfing what it is…” And yes, nothing man made will ever top the high of a perfect natural ride. But if we’re talking about THIS wave specifically, and considering where most people are in life, with having to pay bills and make end’s meet… I’d rather pay for 5 non-hassled, no drop in waves in an hour and then go do some other productive shit the rest of the day versus bobbing for 3hrs, only to possibly get a couple scraps while watching Dane and some fucking pros catch a gazillion waves.
“fucking pros”, you’re such a kook. you know how many places you could have had to yourself that day? the area is littered with poinbreaks. when you go to the premier spot and you can’t make a drop out the back, you get SCRAPS. what’s unfair again?
You said it exactly dipshit. If that’s your PREMIER spot in your area, and it’s pretty comparable to a fuckin wave pool… I’ll take the wave pool with no pros and kooks who can’t make drops… Kook.
only kooks pay for waves, have fun at the country club
you ever pay to snowboard at a resort bitter melon? You can hike and do one backcountry run every hour or so for free. i hope you being mr cool guy isn’t throwing down cash to ride man made shit. Same principle…kook.
shit analogy student. in both cases you ride the same mountain. i could also get to the top with a sled or heli. you want to go play in a pool in Lemoore rather than the Pacific Ocean
Same mountain? So the guys who heli Valdez ride the same mountain as Alyeska Resort? True backcountry is riding free of charge, where nobody owns the terrain and runs. I’m not talking about traversing to some ungroomed backside of some resort you paid to get into. I see guys building kickers roadside all the time. That’s free. If they want to ride Unbound at Mammoth they have to pay. That’s no shit analogy. It’s the same thing. You can skate a half pipe you build at home or skate shit in the streets for free or you can pay to go to Woodward. They’re all kooks too? I’m acknowledging change and technology. You’re just too cool. I guess Kelly’s a kook too. He didn’t just “pay”. He invested millions to go play in a pool.
let’s stick with your shit analogy, which was essentially that wavepools are like chairlifts and i’m “too cool” for pointing out that whether you hike, ride a chair, or jump on a sled, you get to the top and you ride down the same mountain no matter how you got there. that’s why its a shitty analogy if you’re saying Kelly’s wave pool is like a chairlift. Kelly’s wavepool is in Lemoore, someplace you’d never go, and its not similar to the Ocean other than the fact it creates something you can paddle into.
You’re missing the point. The story is about people making a big deal about some regular joe burning a pro on a wave that’s pretty damn similar is size and sections to KS’s wave. Watch the pool video again if you need refreshing. That day and surf at sand spit is NOT epic in regards to world class waves. If that’s the case, I’d take the wave pool without pros, crowds and drop ins. If someone were to create a 6-8ft flawless pipe/backdoor wave, would you rather pay to surf that or go sit outback with the WolfPak for 4hrs and probably not catch a single wave?
Well, it sounds like you’re pretty much the dude they’re building all that shit for.
Kelly’s pool is a performance wave. You need some above average skill to ride that “shit”. I’m not lobbying to pay to surf some lapping burger at Mandalay Bay. If you’re gonna pay to ride kelly’s wave and have only the skill to trim on a wavestorm or dodge the barrel… You’ve wasted money. Would I pay to do two off the lips, a roundhouse cutty and then snap, then tuck into a 10 second barrel and come out and do an air reverse on 5 waves without hassling or getting dropped in on? Yes. If you wouldn’t or don’t have the skill set to… That’s your deal.
Hey bud, ever hear of a demonstrative pronoun? That’s my use of “that shit”, not a comment on the wave’s quality. The $20/wave model works for you. It doesn’t work for me or lots of others, even those of us who surf better than you may assume.
So I’ll repeat, you’re pretty much the dude they’re building all that shit for. Glad your trust fund will go to good use, though.
i dropped in on bob at snapper one time – unintentional of course, he fucken spat it.
dude…. SANDspit