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!
(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.)
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Tan lines bro.
I know it’s not funny, but that one SF dude got fucking ruined in LA a few years back. Just acknowledging your reference.
More IG followers
Felipe seems nice.
thought the same damn thing..
we know she’s going to do it, no need to stretch out the faux cliffhanger for so long!
but still fun to watch
Jeez, no spoilers!
y’all don’t shop for bikinis too often do you 👀
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.
If a “series” is like 12-minutes long, does it really need to be broken into three parts?
probably is in the contract, to be honest.
Sad truth. Carissa rips so hard that she gets a pass on the boardies.
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
step offs, junior! used for maximum wave riding, not artificial speed.
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
for take off speed sure, but by the time you’re reaching a section it has no bearing
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.
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!
you must be some sort of physicist. not sure why you’re writing for beachgrit… oh yeah, now i remember.
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!”
goat!
apparently two years, according to jjjjjjjjjjjf
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.
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.
This is rad.
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!
The hormone therapy that made that air possible seems to have turned Lakey into Nor’easter dude.
*ha! you corrected the video.