See Kolohe Andino's "chicken wing" and John John Florence's "Aussie sprinter" pop-ups in slow motion…
Four weeks ago I wrote an unkind, but true, story listing five more ingredients of the filthy kook.
You know the sort of thing: measuring waves in metres, calling marshmallow soft mid-face direction changes “wraps”, riding a log without a leash and, pointedly, examining in serious detail as if it were the formula to curing inoperable cancer of the pancreas, your “pop-up.”
It surprised me, although it shouldn’t given the rise of the mega-kook adult, but it has become its own field within the study of surfing performance.
Let’s list again a recent Google search.
If that gallops your heart, examine this.
At the Founders Cup at Surf Ranch two months ago, a man called Brent Rose from the sports blog Deadspin filmed the “pop-up” of Kelly Slater, Jordy Smith, John John Florence, Carissa Moore, Gabriel Medina, Stephanie Gilmore, Matt Wilkinson, Kolohe Andino and a few more.
“Here we have the GOAT, the 11-time world champion… see that he’s kicking like crazy. That’s not so much to propel him forward, but to keep his board on a hydrodynamic plane so it goes smoother.”
“And now the reigning back-to-back world champion John John Florence…hands go back towards his waist…and look how high his front knee comes up. It actually hits him in the chest before it pops down. Both feet hit at the same time and his foot his way ahead of the traction pad so I guess he’s using that to generate drive.”
“Kolohe’s putting a ton of pressure onto the deck of his board and just…thumps down…when his hands hit the rails. So…boom…”
It makes for perversely compelling viewing.
… turn the sound OFF, then watch. It’s actually quite informative…
Topical: This dynamic duo amuse and irritate like an aqua 12″ zoob in the coit.
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
The term “baffled” is over-used, but I am totally baffled…W H A T was he thinking at any level at all in this production, unless it’s a piss-take. But Americans don’t really do Irony, now do they.
Me watching this video:
Wow I thought you were supposed to pop up with you palms flat
Damn the wave pool wave looks so sick!
What the fuck happened to Creed?
Jordy rips!
The band or the guy?
New Levels Of Kookdom Achieved!
Next: a kook compiles all Dane Reynolds’s ex Marine Layer clips and explains how Dane does cutbacks.
…Dane’s cutback is more an ‘unscheduled mass redundancy’ than ‘cutback’ to my eye.
Yah the mainstream has arrived
Im glad you described long boarders with leashes as kooks. Ironically, over the years, I have had to develop different pop ups, for different boards, in different conditions (shortboards, backside quad fish, logs, single fin mid lengths, etc.). It’s sounds inertiay, but a proper pop up is crucial on bigger boards bc it sets up the entire ride (positioning of board in wave, and proper stance). I digress. That video was pretty cool.
do enjoy getting hit in the head by longboards rolling through the inpact zone ? in small waves, no leash, crowded bigger surf, must have leash or surf very well
Maybe this will become a sex kink thing. ‘People who derive pleasure from being hit by loose longboards.’
There’ll be those who like to send the boards, and those who like to take them.
We need to encourage the belief that this actually exists as a thing. See if the Inertia will pick up on it.
You’re reaching…
…around?
You enjoy getting hit in the head by a longboard in the impact zone? You’re weird dude.
must be the brain damage
If he spends less time filming ,editing and posting his performance, he may one day find himself in that perfect place on a wave to do that most essential move of modern day high performance surfing “ the bottom turn “ ?
No wonder I was never 11time world champ . I’ve been taking off and not “ popping up “ like a toaster for the last 43 years . If only this video was available when I started ? I could have been the toast of the town ?
Hey, as an aging trans-toaster, I can assure you I ain’t got much pop. My crumpets barely lift off, baby.
Admittedly if I could spend more time in the water I’d be more like a proper poppin’ toaster and less like a sandwich grill who’s limp cheese-filled triangles flop listlessly while going over the falls.
Put that pop back into your toaster and you’ll be popping out club sandwiches 🥪 in no time . Channel could you please define trans-toaster for me ,(as I have lived too far away from the coal face of the living English Language),?My vocabulary will be richer for it .
Mmmm. You know how some people feel they are born into the wrong sexed body and work to become that boy/girl they know they are? And Rachael Dolezal feels that despite being of white European descent, she is actually black?
Well I’ve ‘realised’ I’m actually a useful household kitchen appliance. I’m Out and Proud!!!
I spend lots of time sitting on the kitchen counter polishing my chrome and making sure my crumb tray is emptied.
Besides, I know I must be a toaster because I can put a couple of slices of bread up my ass and they come out brown.
Congratulations Champ .As my wonderful grandmother always said “ If you try to please everyone , you end up pleasing no one . If you please yourself at least you’ve made one bugger happy “ .
BTW I think I’ll officially retire the toaster joke now.
Cheers.
One more crumb tray clean.
Please DM video
Oooh you saucy little minx!
Interesting, but what I want is super slow mo analysis of how the pros wax their boards. I figure that’s all that’s standing between me and being able to make it off the intermediate plateau of doom.