"There were some serious stuff-jobs going on…"
Games of grab-ass ain’t new at Desert Point, an insanely hollow lefthander on the Indonesian island of Lombok and long a stop-over for tube-hunters, mostly of the screwfoot persuasion.
Do you remember the video of a Mexican surfer being attacked by a Brazilian mid-wave there? Maybe one year ago?
Anyway, that, and this video below, highlight the absurdity of the once-secret wave. Even in your ol pal DR’s lifetime he got to surf it with one pal and the mysterious tube-hunter Jim Banks. Slick four-footers scudding down the line, only front-door exits available, doggy-doors firmly closed. A divine scene.
In this video, we find Koa Rothman using the locomotion of a speed boat to avoid the four-hour ferry from Bali, a benefit of his high rank and status within the worldwide surfing community. Rothman arrives, tide and wind combine to rake the surf into near perfection, he paddles out, camera in mouth etc, and, first wave, discovers what a circus the joint can be. (Five-and-a-half-minutes in.)
“There were some serious stuff-jobs going on,” Koa Rothman says, with understatement.
Still, for the tall, slender and graceful Koa Rothman, this thirty-year-old with dark olive skin which makes his almost purple eyes striking, nothing can stop his Desert Point adventuring, as he homers in on barrel after barrel.
Essential.
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I liked Koa until he put that stupid wolf logo on the nose of his board. Mo more HamSammish!
love to homer in on things
It doesn’t count, in fact it is encouraged, if the alleged victim has a camera in his mouth.
A cunt who thinks he is a good bloke is the biggest cunt of all
Words of wisdom
Given that this dickwad deserves a lifetime of dropins, how about an annual international drop in on koa week
Best I can do is the whole year.
ah the joys of work…having to surf somebody else’s surf spot, but work comes first…..last swell was packed with freeloaders….even Joel T slapped a Portuguese surfer for dropping in at deserts…just desserts?
Joel who?
Nothing Koa Kook does is essential viewing Dez…you know this!
Wheres a black short when you need them.
Must bring the Father to regulate.
Not a Brazzo on the planet would step to an angry geriatric Hebrew bro pro from Bakersfield talking pidgin.
Fuck Eddie “crackhead” Rothman
Guy with camera crows about exposure, crowds etc. Wake up
There was a time when Hawaiian pros dished out slaps to interloping snakes at waves around the world…. Now, it appears that they just whine and complain in the internet. what happened? What would Makua do?
Really ?
I’ve heard over the years that a few have come off second best when they’ve tried pulling rank out of their hometown…
Did the bad man make him cry again?
I really want to watch but fuck this guy. Seriously. Entitled wanker. In his defence it’s his job to be a wanker.
Xox
I had to read that again,…are you giving Paddling Arms a run for his money? Maybe record it, and watch it later…
No mas helmets.
Please cue up Koa’s quote about him burning non locals at Pipeline.
“This winter I will be going on whatever wave I want at Pipeline. No hard feelings (but) that is what is going to be happening!”
what goes around comes around?
such a douche!