should 30+ year olds "boost airs" ?

beats me…

… but ‘popeye’ ‘popped’ one this morning !

" little buddy" RIPS !

go , gilligan ! "you rip , ‘bru’ ! " [is that what they say in ‘S.A.’ ?]

well …

…here’s another 30 + guy boosting …

Occy, on a nice dahlberg 6 channel , from a few years back now …(he will turn 40 this year apparently , the poor old feller !)

ben

[the only airs I let rip with are after I’ve eaten good ol’ baked beans sandwiches …yewwwww…or is that "pewwww , WHAT was THAT !!! " Whoa there chip WAAAY too much detail , buddy ! ]



very polite of you, ben, but it’s a bit closer to 40 than 30 now :slight_smile:

…and i’m just as surprised as you, believe me!

"the only airs I let rip with are after I’ve eaten good ol’ baked beans sandwiches …’

do you light them ? i find my rubber gear gets in the way , and occassionally MELTS. any suggestions?

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very polite of you, ben, but it’s a bit closer to 40 than 30 now :slight_smile:

REAALLLLLY ???

" …and i’m just as surprised as you, believe me! "

I’m surprised , too !! [does your wife ever tell you you’ve got a baby face , and accidentally mix you up with your son , when it’s … er… feeding time ?]

…So …

what you are saying is maybe I should have posted the photo on the RIGHT of you , then , Pazza ??

… and maybe renamed this thread …“old farts and airs” ???

ben

[… well , I’d LIKE to , but I would have got "moderated " , probably]

haha…

(no comment)

if i get some film for the watercamera , do you reckon you can repeat the air ?

[surfing , that is !]

ben

I wish

air most photogenic under water.

stealing at any age is dicy.

boosting ah mean

over thirty,is untrustworthy

t.leary “dont trust anyone over 30 years old”

after stealing some air

they just might release it when you are about to inhale?

Unfortunate breath.

swimming is an honorable pastime.

…ambrose…

Of course not, they should be riding straight to the beach.

So where does she keep her wallet?

Hi Ben,

I don’t think it’s a question of “should 30+ year olds boost airs?”, but rather, “can they boost airs?”. I have three friends that are between 35 & 36 years old and they pull them off all the time. Granted, these guys are in great shape and are far better than the average surfer. I haven’t pulled one off since last fall but that is primarily due to the style of boards I’ve been riding. Hulls, eggs and longboards. Tried one a couple of weeks ago on my friend’s 6’4" thruster and had a scary landing. (BTW, it wasn’t more than a foot above a chest high wave.) At that point I decided I don’t NEED to do them anymore. These days I’m more interested in improving my style than impressing the kids.

Marc

30? Try 50.

I would like to see some photographic documentation of the oldest surfer to boost and land an air. Not just 30 something but 50 something. I’ll bet Michael Ho has done a few. Shaun Tomson? Rabbit aka Buggs? Buttons? What ever happened to Mark Liddel?

Hey All,

I’m 43 and still trying some airs. Why pics? Who cares? It’s about me and my challenges.

Hey I got a 45 yr old mate who gets air on a 9’3" longboard!! All the young guys watch him to get ideas! He’s only broken 6 so far! Lucky he makes his own! thanks Swaylocks!

Go the flow!

good question…

hmm, why dont we ask Mr.Slater?

First airs were in 1974 …w/ a couple 360 airs…most were successfully landed…This wasn’t some… one time freak occurence,but done several times over a long period during the 70s…These were done on several boards but my fav boards at the time was a… 5’-10" Dyno fish …shaped by Steve Brom,and a stringerless fish @5’-8" made by David Nuuhiwa Surfcrafts…shaped by Terry Martin…The Dyno/Brom out edged the surfcraft by a good margin.

…Now I know what you’re thinkin’,and no I’m not full of sh^t…

…okay…let me bend your eyeballs abit more…

…I was told by my elders like Rick McHale not to do those skateboard tricks anymore!!!,or he’d stop teaching me surfboard

construction…in his words, "that’s not surfing,that’s some kiddy shit,stop foolin’ around and you might learn how to surf LIKE A MAN!!!

…I was even threatened by older guys at Malibu because it was such a shock that it was the only way they knew how to respond…(Thanks to Steve Mc Queen for backin’ me up in a fight)…Even my good buddy,Bell,Ca. Resident(a transplant from Venice,Ca.) Mike Short use to laugh at my airs,told me that they’d kick me out of contests for doing them.

…GEEEEEEZZZZZZ…should have quit surfin’ then…I guess???/

…Here I am nearly 50 yrs old and can still boost and land airs…with my record highest ,“pulled-off” @12 feet (approx). according to witnesses, one said 16’…When conditions are right…equipment…bla,bla,bla,I usually get a few in… during a session,these days…

by-the-way…most of my airworks were witnessed,…even by magazine staff photogs that turned there heads to it,this includes the 70s…everyone just about disowned the fact it was being done.

…FUCK AGE HANG-UPS… If I’m still able to do it today/tommorrow/from my grave… then I’m going to keep rattlin’ there cages…

…I LOVE IT!!!

shoot, i boost air all the time after a night of jalapeno margaritas and goat cheese sandwiches…goin’ on 50…

i reckon 30 + is a great time to be punting airs…

by then you have 20+ solid years under your belt, great timing all round, and most important a strong fluid style…

nothin is worse than watching these young kids at the beach with super rank styles, blowing wave after wave on throwaway airs in stupid sections because they like “fair bits”.

it does no-one any good…although i do enjoy cackling with laughter as i watch them wiggling along the face, gammy poo-stance, doing something resembling the macarena, on acid… (macarena…spelling???-trajic dance song a few years back…ya know? whatever) then falling backwards, flinging their stick out in front of them in an attempt to get air… learn to do a full rail roundhouse cutty first my friends…so so important

they need to spend time developing style, sort their shit out first… then start on airs- as an extension of the style.

ive done my time… joining the dirty thirty club in a few months… and im damn pround of my airs…and of my roundhouse cutback too…

Well… I visited my local surf shop t’other day…run by a local legend - I went to his 50th birthday party 7 years ago.

The legend shows me some salomon s - cores and I’m amazed at the lightness - I ask him how they go and he beckons me to to take a look at a pic on his ceiling…

A local photog snapped him pulling a backside air (about 4 ft above the wave) - 4 months ago on the salomon he was showing me…

hmmmm…

I felt awed and inspired

Now then - here’s an amazing thing - this is the pic!