"It's off with their heads, it's the least I can do. Off with their heads, is the only phrase that always rings true..."
Ladies and germs, mission accomplished. It has taken roughly 65,000 years, but at long last a human has successfully landed a full double backflip whilst riding a foil. Nikolas Plytas, described as a “Greek water sports phenom” by the Times of India, invested six months working on the trick. Taking to Instagram, the 29-year-old declared, “Hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life – and also the world’s first double backflip in foilboarding. Over the past six months, I gave everything to this trick. Every time I was on the water, my only focus was landing it. Huge thanks to @roycegavrias for driving and filming every single attempt, and to @vlasios_maras for helping me understand the mechanics of doing more than one flip a year ago. Hope you enjoy it!”
It is not Plytas’ first first in the surfing world. But who could forget, just over a year ago, when the dishwater blonde shared, “Landed another new trick today. I would say it is a Frontside 360 backflip. How would you call it? It’s the second Worlds First trick I land within three days so I’m super exited.”
Well, none other than Kelly Slater rushed in to broadcast his opinion, “I’m sure I’ll get tarred and feathered for this comment,” the 53-year-old boyfriend opened, “but…I get that skaters call rotation based on direction of rotation but in surfing, everything done facing the wall is and always will be considered frontside. The first rodeo (clowns) were done going (and called) backside rotating opposite to this. If skating is a precursor for direction of spin then should this just be called a backside mctwist and not a rodeo? Seems the medium you’re riding matters when distinguishing and thus the confusion we surfers suffer. Super sick though not matter what.”
Definitive.
But do you think Slater will re-enter the chat, as it were, or are flips, be they one, two or three, simply beyond debate?
Have at it.
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Beachgrit. Lodgegrit. Supgrit. Dickdraggrit. Kneegrit. Windgrit. Bodygrit. Foilgrit. You guys can be voice of action sports.
Would be beautiful performance art to see him doing that in the line up during the next Superbank swell.
Love how there is no mention from this guy of this being tow-in. No fucking way that could be done without tow.
not on just Red Bull…
I can already hear the sickening sound of foil impacting flesh, and the resultant screams already, as the few resident foilers in the crowded local line-ups start trying that.
“Hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life.”
And probably–the most worthless thing….
“Super sick no matter what”.
Anyone who considers that trick sick—is mentally sick.
Looks like Margaret River is on. Offshore, some waves, but looks a bit junky and jumbly.
Slater is so pedantic, and always undertone as if that’s the mark of a thoughtful mind.
Also, many people are mistaken about it, but pedantic doesn’t mean diddles children.
See what I did there? 😉
is front side facing the beach backwards ?
What a fuckhead.
Xox
Well that’s just nifty. For your next trick,try raising 4 daughters and not going completely fucking mad.
Might be a good move for foil enthusiast BL to get himself a much needed beard trim.
As they say, the Greeks invented foil double back flips, but the Romans invented it with women
That makes me want to drink a Celsius.
Makes me wanna drink some ‘shine.
And break out the tar & feathers…
Cheers to that.
Extra Stout too!
Usual sort of pseudoscience-mathematics on BG. 65,000 years ago?
Everyone, and their nan, knows that god created the earth on the 6th day, 6,500 years ago.
the devil put dinosaur bones here to test our faith.
Is anyone sponsored by Guinness? Tight, Irish bastards (not sure where Diageo is based).
Barnycle, aren’t you thinking Caledonia? And sponsorship by Laphroaig?
As bad as the surfing may be tonight / today, at least it’s not going to be Monaco GP 2025 bad.
Guess you wont be getting any of that RedBull money.
I got like $2 from that lawsuit…