The world's greatest longboard wave sees hot action.
Disappointment reigns in longboard-curious professional surf fans’ hearts this morning as the Cuervo Surf Ranch Classic is live at the world’s greatest longboarding wave, yet the World Surf League has thrown some sort of evil hex on its YouTube stream and also not carrying it on Facebook which means BeachGrit‘s patented Open Thread: Comment Live must go old-school.
Like longboarding itself, I suppose.
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Is it wrong if I only like watching ladies logging? A lady logging with style is the most beautiful act in the world for me. Ocean, waves and women cross stepping does something to my senses that nothing else can. Should feel ashamed?
Shoot I missed it. Just kidding. I just didn’t care to watch it. Can’t wait for the Bu though. Log heaven and no leashes.
I never knew there was such a thing as safety surfing on longboards
This got really boring really quick, I saw no progression from what I was watching earlier today
Someone should feel guilt for this abomination
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
folks here have given up…. the commentary action is over on the youtube feed (yeew!tube)
Devon Howard has a lot to answer for.
I’ve just turned it on to see a woman in a helmet trim down the line in a wavepool.
That’s enough, thankyou.
Although I am genuinely curious what it is I’m missing about longboarding? I mean, I surf. I’m fairly well versed on what surfing is etc etc, but I have no fucking clue what longboarding is.
I mean, is there a mediocre surfer on the planet that couldn’t stand still and trim down the line on a giant board?
Mushy waves its easy. Hollow waves are trickier. Especially shitty hollow onshore waves…(ca?) They bog, cant pump them, catch rails, pearl nose etc. Short boards are more forgiving, in general terms, you can jerk them around with your feet if an error occurs. Im pretty ancient now so midlength and longboard is my fate…haha…everyones! Old people spazzing on shortboards…ugggg hideous.
How could you be well versed in what surfing is, but have no about clue about longboarding?
That’s makes no sense. I think maybe your self assessment is off. Have you never ridden a longboard? If you want to understand surfing than that’s where to start. Look what it did for Rick Kane
I was being slightly facetious.
But I still don’t get what’s interesting or clever about going straight on a 2ft wave.
It’s the glide. That’s where a lot of the good feeling comes from in wave riding. And on a longboard you get a lot more glide than a short board. That’s why it enjoyable even the waves are tiny. Try it, you’ll love it.
This is pro surfing?! They just did a replay of a longboard lady doing nothing on a long wave pool wave. 3x! I had to turn it off when they went for another angle. Wow. Bizarro world coming from every angle.
What a pile of kooky shit…
The nexus of longboards and surf ranch has culminated in a unique synergy of style and competition, arriving at the apogee of unwatchable surf events.
Well said.
shouldn’t have men’s event here. women only
Sponsored by the US Army !?
Longboarding Surf Ranch is infant-ry-ish.
If Sally knocks those tops out, I’m going to have to make a bid…..
ping me if joel smacks into the bottom and gets his teeth knocked out
What is the swell interval?
240 seconds
You know what that train needs?
A General Lee horn.
https://youtu.be/_IjE3KWxgdM
The train needs the band sing sing playing Sanford and son theme song
s0me of these guys can’t even make it one third down the wave while they’re just trimming.
I really don’t get longboarding unless the waves are really tiny.
I just watched 1 wave. Goodbye!
We really doing this?
Nope. 1 and done.