Lakey Peterson
One year after snapping her ankle on a dirty hunk of backwash at home in Santa Babs, Lakey Peterson came into the Full-Rotation project with gusto! | Photo: Jason Kenworthy

BeachGrit TV: Girl Goes Into Orbit #3

Lakey flies to Mexico with Filipe! Lesson one! Open your shoulders, turn head!

Sometimes, what the hell, go out and have a swing. Right?

And, so, here it is, Colima, rancheros country south of Manzanillo where Jalisco and Sinaloa cartels fight over control of the port. Where houses are surrounded by electric fences and a knock on the door causes the master to stiffen, look around, and whisper,

“Is anybody expecting a visitor?”

Where the army blocks highways, soldiers outfitted with bulletproof vests and the sexy-as-anything Mexican-designed assault rifle, the FX-05.

At the airport, the customs officer says, “Stay safe.”

In the town that serves as the base for our project where Filipe Toledo, and Brett Simpson, attempts to coach, and coax, Lakey Peterson into a full-rotation air, fire crackers pop from dawn to midnight, mimicking machine-gun fire.

The beaches are empty. A series of wanton peaks, begging you to swallow their spoonfuls.

In this, the penultimate episode of our Girl Goes into Orbit series, Filipe and Brett instruct Lakey on how to erase a too-low bottom turn, why she shouldn’t grab her rail pre-flight, how to open the shoulders and why a face in an armpit ain’t necessary the stuff of kink.

Watch here!

Episode 3 Lakey Gets Wings: Part 1

(And if you missed ’em, here’s episode one – how to build a board that flies, and episode two – A brief history of full-rotation airs.)

Episode 1 How to Build a Board that Flies
Episode 2 A Brief History of the Full-Rotation Air
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What's in the Box?
What's in the Box?
9 years ago

Tan lines bro.

Mariano Landa
Mariano Landa
9 years ago

I know it’s not funny, but that one SF dude got fucking ruined in LA a few years back. Just acknowledging your reference.

balloonknot bill
balloonknot bill
9 years ago

More IG followers

Audit In Progress
Audit In Progress
9 years ago

Felipe seems nice.

Abscessed Llama
Abscessed Llama
9 years ago

thought the same damn thing..

Ricoimmo
Ricoimmo
9 years ago

we know she’s going to do it, no need to stretch out the faux cliffhanger for so long!
but still fun to watch

Audit In Progress
Audit In Progress
9 years ago
Reply to  Ricoimmo

Jeez, no spoilers!

Jen See
Jen See
9 years ago

y’all don’t shop for bikinis too often do you 👀

Lemon Next to the Pie
Lemon Next to the Pie
9 years ago
Reply to  Jen See

No, I like to think of myself as a professional observer. However, it is only to appreciate the designs and in no way connected with sexist ogling.

Tom House
Tom House
9 years ago

If a “series” is like 12-minutes long, does it really need to be broken into three parts?

Tom House
Tom House
9 years ago

probably is in the contract, to be honest.

Neal Kearney
Neal Kearney
9 years ago
Reply to  Tom House

Sad truth. Carissa rips so hard that she gets a pass on the boardies.

Neal Kearney
Neal Kearney
9 years ago

I think this should be entitled “Girl goes into orbit- with help from Jet Ski”. Obviously tow-ats. Not a problem I just wish they’d mention that part

Michael Ciaramella
Michael Ciaramella
9 years ago
Reply to  Neal Kearney

step offs, junior! used for maximum wave riding, not artificial speed.

Neal Kearney
Neal Kearney
9 years ago

Who you callin junior, gremmie? 😉 Oh yeah…but,the truth lies in the middle, in my opinion. You think having a jet ski assisted step off doesn’t propel you into a wave faster? I dunno bout that mate

Michael Ciaramella
Michael Ciaramella
9 years ago
Reply to  Neal Kearney

for take off speed sure, but by the time you’re reaching a section it has no bearing

Neal Kearney
Neal Kearney
9 years ago

Hmmmmm! In my shitty opinion, if I get yanked into a wave on a PWC (regardless if I’m towing or stepping off), I’m gonna have a shit ton of speed to hit a section. If you cool down with some wraps and carves (as Lakey did in a clip or two), I could see how some speed might be wiped off. Think about how long it takes to get to your feet. Really quick if we are talking about “real” Colima surf. But if it’s a three foot windblown burger (like in the clip), you sacrifice your initial speed hopping up. No way you get the same propulsion.

Neal Kearney
Neal Kearney
9 years ago

btw Step Offs on two foot waves is hilarious. Still, I support the project, but I’m on the Grit so my cynicism sensors go cookoo. Keep it up girls!

balloonknot bill
balloonknot bill
9 years ago

you must be some sort of physicist. not sure why you’re writing for beachgrit… oh yeah, now i remember.

Slurpline
Slurpline
9 years ago

I’m suprised Clickbaitgrit didn’t title this video “Lakey Peterson sits on a dryer… What happens next will make you question professional women’s surfing!”

small fins
small fins
9 years ago
Reply to  Slurpline

goat!

DrunkenAngel
DrunkenAngel
9 years ago

apparently two years, according to jjjjjjjjjjjf

Jen See
Jen See
9 years ago

this is super fun. i don’t understand why they were sitting on the washer and dryer? but this is super fun. more, please!

er, also? just call it sb. it’s chill.

Slurpline
Slurpline
9 years ago
Reply to  Jen See

I was hoping they’d fire up that dryer and let Lakey take that for a spin. That would be way more entertaining than seeing her do tow-at chophops.

Chris Cote
Chris Cote
9 years ago

This is rad.

Wardo's PO
Wardo's PO
9 years ago

Ring Mullet’s bell, Quasi, and prove him wrong! The hunchback safety grab rotation ain’t conducive for a proper air rev, let alone a full rotation. Good luck correcting that fuckery in a week!

huma's tears
huma's tears
9 years ago

The hormone therapy that made that air possible seems to have turned Lakey into Nor’easter dude.

*ha! you corrected the video.


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