"Crazy wave that puppy!" says Tom Carroll.
The Hawaiian surfer and popular vlogger Koa Rothman, for whom no wave is too big nor slab too meaty or thick, has reported “one of the best days of surfing in my life” after a session at Kanduis in western Indonesia.
Rothman, whose creamy tan handsomeness and bawdy surfer boy personality could shuck anyone out of their drawers, scythed his way through barrels most regulars would describe as terror-hideous.
But Rothman, thirty, from Sunset Beach although his preferred his wave is Pipeline, a wave that almost claimed his life in January, tamed the swell with a rakish cock of his head, tip-toeing along the precipice, a dangerous situation in which the surfer is extremely close to disaster or failure.
“Today was crazy. One of the best days of life I’ve had my life,” writes Koa.
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The Indonesian adventure marks a return to form for Rothman whose Australian vacay was marred by surf locals who tried to muzzle the Jewish-Hawaiian superstar. After surfing a popular big-wave near Manly called Deadmans, Rothman returned to his car to find a sign warning him to not film for his YouTube channel.
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Do they still have Fast Eddie locked in the basement?
Poor Koa just going through life not realizing if not for his Gangstah Haole Dad he’d be selling used cars in Waipahu…
Do they still have fast Eddie locked in the basement?
He’s mellowed with age for sure. Especially since Makua tried to run for office. I guess the past is all good now, nothing to see here, just a little old grandpa…😂🤙🏽
With enough bintangs and dji sam sues I’d fucken go that.
I’d get annihilated but hey
Gives a fuck
If you want the ultimate, you got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It’s not tragic to die doing what you love.
A bit windy…
Saw a bit on youchube…Mamiya was by far the standout! Koa sucks.
Grown men watching vlogs are flogs!
Mastur-click-bator
Regards the wave.
Eddie would have went.
Tom Carroll would have dropped in.
Remember hanging out in Indo dodging absolute chaos and flat spells only to miss these days because a scorpion stung you on the bumhe or something equally as crook.
Xox
Imagine having the means and budget to just ping-pong between Australia and Indonesia multiple times a season when a swell appears..
And not have the resilience to handle a far more diluted version of your own brand of localism
Haha
Only a NIMBY knows the feeling
He’s livin’ it up now, but I’ve still got him as a solid pick on my This Is Livin’ In The Jungle Off Kam Highway bingo card in about 15 years.
haha