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My Hawaii Quiver Winter 1993-1994

Got a funny memory about the 10 footer at Waimea with Frankenreiter, absolutely loved the 7'5 out at Pipe, and rode the 6'8 a bunch. Wish I still had these babies, this is the only photo i have of this quiver. I only have the 7'5 so if anyone has one of these I would be stoked to buy back.

One of my favorites

This is my little home away from home. I'm riding 3 different boards in the footage. All shaped by my boy Chris Christenson: First one is an OP3- 6'0 x 18 3/4 squash, the all white one is a hand shape 6'1 x 18 3/4 round pin, and the black railed board is a OP2- 6'1 x 18 3/4 squash.

Professional Surfing Coach

http://vimeo.com/16881396 

I like this thing that vice spain did on my new career. :-)

Former Number One

Ever since I finished the 1991 season on the Asp world tour I have been labeled a former number 2 surfer and I've been fine with that... Sort of... I don't see myself as bitter or all weird because I didn't win the world title... guess that's not for me to decide hahaha. Ok at least I don't feel weird. Anyway, I was watching tennis with bobby martinez the other day (not) and heard the commentator talking about a former number one player. So I started asking how that worked and I came to find that if a player held the number one spot at any time in his or her career than they were forever labeled a former number one. Mmmm that seemed cool to me because it was a fact. The other day I was cleaning a storage unit and found the 1991 ratings sheet. Haha proof! I am a former number one! Seems I should know that but the number 2 was seemingly beaten into me I guess.
So for all those surfers that held the number one spot, even for a week, give yourself the credit man!
Now I got to find the 1986 ratings sheet.

Ton o fun

I had a lot of fun today on a cool little right not too far from the homestead.
I rode the board on the right first. 5'8 x 20 x 2 3/16 its the op3 model cutdown I changed the front fins out from the Simon's I rode yesterday. I got them in Oz last month, they are Haden shapes, they were a touch smaller which made the board feel lil looser. I mean 20" wide is pretty extreme for me Anyway then i switched to the 5 finner. Which is hand shape. Which is same size and thickness only a quarter inch narrower at 19 3/4. Crazy how much more control I had. I really had a ton o fun on that board today! The 5th fin (knob) is actually called "the knub" or "knubster" works good with the quad set up for wider tails.

Small Wave Humblings pt. 2

This was fun trying different boards and different fin set ups. 

I found out that I liked the black railed board the best. 

It's dimensions are in the vid. I'm always interested in finding 

a board that flies in little waves and has no drag. I can't say I love 

this footage but it's cool to watch and from it coach myself. What I took away

from this was to move my arms less and straighten my back a little more. I 

am still very interested in getting better. 

As for the ending, I love the way this guy surfs but his taste is questionable. 

hahahahaha 

BG