"sup with this? Real? Some kinda photoshop? Memorex?
Seen plenty of stand up dick draggers.
I was so hoping that the mal would hit him…
Good footage otherwise…
Hi Dr. Strange,
My friends and I would take our body boards out when the black ball was on and it was a blast to just mess around standing up on the bodyboards. Good practice for balance and finding the edge. Some guys go standup while wearing their fins.
Cheers,
Rio
I just watched a bunch of skimming vids at www.skimonline.com and I thought we needed fins for drive, but I guess maybe not…? Love that non-finned stuff.
where you folks been?
that’s stuff’s old
Chris Won(Blue Crush)
was doing that over 10 years ago at backdoor. the westside etc etc
and before him was a host of others like drop knee ben
way before Stewart surfaced
Won could probably surf standup on his sponge better than 90% of those cruising around here
and frosty and stewart could body surf deep pipe better than folks here as well
it’s not lame stuff
it learning to make the most of what ever you do in the waves whether that’s
body surfing, hand boarding, paipo boarding, boogie boarding, air matting, short boarding, tankering, tandeming, standup, canoe or dingy surfing.
If standing up on your flexing sponge is so lame
then lets see you do a no hands uncle grant one knee take off on a 6-8 foot makaha peak then lie flat on your back in a pray for surf and get barrelled lying on your back feet first staring up at the heavens
I respect those that have mastered the art of enjoying the ride no matter what they are on…
Those folk are far and few between…
Thats insane!!
i guess it is a perfect wave though.
He has more drive and rips a hell of a lot more than the longboarder in front of him. I remember trying to stand up on a bodyboard and in frustration I got a surfboard.
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Seen plenty of stand up dick draggers.
LOL!
well if they’re draggin’ it while standing… wow respect aye!
on topic, tha bomb that sharkbiscuit, I’ve seen some really sick biscuits in SA, standing up, popin’ airs, riding multi overhead wedges in two feet of rocky-bottom water… there’s something wrong with these folk… the wildest bunch of sickos out there, cripples and biscuits… ROFL
while not a boooger fan ,
I have to say he outraced the old guy on the mal noticeably…
good on him !
I wonder if he had little keel fins on each rail ?
that was what I was waiting to check out , the bottom of the board !
[yeah , bernie ,
what WAS dropknee ben’s last name ? it has gone out of my head too ! was it …severson ??? ]
cheers !
‘straightleg’ ben
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I wonder if he had little keel fins on each rail ?
that was what I was waiting to check out , the bottom of the board !
haha…me, too!
I’m with you wild leg Ben…(yes it was severson although that wasn’t his nickname)
Personally I’m not a big fan of the sponges especially the clueless girls and gals who drop in all the time until you smack them good and yell at them to go in. Ever had a sponge drop in with the lip and land on your back or head?
But there’s more to Y’s perpetual design than most here could ever comprehend
bottom, size, shape and rail design allow such high performance
Y’s rail and soft core
is why there’ no need for anything on the bottom
there’s a hell of alot of engineering in that little piece of foam…
come on girls 
what’s this surfer / sponger debate all about?
Doesn’t matter what waveriding vehicle you’re using, good surfing is good surfing!
aloha,
Eef
I was impressed! Looking at his wake with my bleary eyes I sure did not see any fin turbulance. If you click and hold on the little progress button you can freeze frame. I looked best I could at spots where bottom of boog was showing near the end of the clip and no sign of any finnage at all…very cool! I love minimalist equipment and you gotta hand it to him for precise rail use and picking his lines for max speed.
Its Malibu, right?
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But there’s more to Y’s perpetual design than most here could ever comprehend
bottom, size, shape and rail design allow such high performance
Y’s rail and soft core
is why there’ no need for anything on the bottom
there’s a hell of alot of engineering in that little piece of foam…
I used to wonder why there had been so little obvious improvement/change in the original Morey design over its first thirty years. Now lately I’ve been thinking maybe it was pretty much hatched at 80% of design parameter potential. It does what it was made for very, very well. Maybe that isn’t always what I would like it to do, but that’s a reflection on me, not the bodyboard.
As to standing on them…Pat Caldwell (recently San Clemente lifeguard)…something like 6’3" tall standing on a 42" bodyboard and really surfing waves…maybe a couple of decades ago now? Probably the logical end of a pendulum swing as to the smallest board you can standup surf on. Feel free to challenge…but do send photos…
Don’t look for fins on modern bodyboards!!!
Nowadays, bodyboards feature a channeled bottom. This channels should be close to the rail to “sharpen” the low part of the rail, so you can hold the board to the wave.
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I remember seeing a guy surf a bodyboard like that at Rincon last time I was there- 5-6 feet, he was making every section. Absolutely amazing. -Carl
That rail next to the pocket looks kinda quasi-finny.
A good little option-thought to keep in mind for the surf/skateboard-oritentated
My bad…
I thought I recognized those moves…
Seems like it was indeed Chris Won(now Taloa) showing the bu crowd how it’s done on the westside…
Since getting into the movie business with Blue Crush and all I guess he’s moved to hollywood part for more film work like Vince.
The boys that can do those moves with their fins still on are even more amazing…
Those watercraft are amazing
If you look at those, water park boards and tow in boards you can see that you don’t need alot of foam to get radical.
Then on the other side of the spectrum you got Blane guys charging Waimea, Chopes, Jaws and Sunset with paddle in hand.
From one end of the extreme to the other
the chargers are out there redefining this concept called surfing…