>Surfin stuff< |
Sunday, January 11, 2004
The full list you cold vote from in TRACKS Andy Irons Barton Lynch Barry Kanaiaupuni Beau Emerton Ben "Space Ghost" Mondy Bob McTavish Brad Gerlach Brenden Margieson Brock Little Bruce Irons Brunker Spreckles Bryce Ellis Bud Llammas Buttons Kaluhiokalani Buzzy Kerbox Captain Goodvibes Chappy Jennings Cheyne Horan Chris Brown Chris Davidson Christian Fletcher Chunk Chisnell CJ Hobgood Col Smith (Narra) Corey Lopez Damien Hardman Damien Hobgood Dane Kealoha Danny Wills Darrick Doerner Dave Macaulay Dave Rastavich David Hasselhoff Dean Morrison Derek Ho Derek Hynd Eddie Aikua Fabio Gouvia Flavio Padaratz Frankie Oberholzer Freda Zamba Gary Elkerton Gary Green George Greenough Gerry Lopez Gidget Glen Winton Greg Noll Hans Hedaman Ian Cairns Isobel Latham Jake Paterson Jake Spooner Jeff Hakman Jeff Booth Jim Banks Joe Engel Joel Fitzgerald Joel Parkinson Joel Tudor Johnny Utah Johnny-boy Gomes John Shimooka Josh Kerr Kalani Robb Kelly Slater Ken Bradshaw Koby Abberton Laird Hamilton Larry Bertelmann Larry Blair Layne Beachley Lisa Andersen Luke Egan Made Kasim Manoa Drollet Mark Foo Mark Occhilupo Mark Richards Mark Sainsbury Mark Warren Martin Potter Marty Thomas Matt Hoy Matt Archibald Maz Quinn Merrick Davis Michael Ho Michael Tomson Michael Peterson Mick Campbell Mick Fanning Mick Lowe Mick Macauliffe Midget Farrelly Mike Boyum Mike Parsons Miki Dora Mitch Thorsen Mitch Cumstein Munga Barry Nat Young Nathan Hedge Nathan Webster Nick Wood Ozzie Wright Pam Burridge Pancho Sullivan Paul Cunningham Paul Paterson Pat O’Connell Pat Curren Pete Nolan Peter Drouyn Peter McCabe Peter Townend Peter Troy Rabbit Bartholomew Reno Abellira Richard Cram Richard Kelly Richard "Dog" Marsh Richie Lovett Rizal Tadjung Rob Machado Robbie Bain Robbie Page Rocky Occhilpuo Rod Kerr Ronnie Burns Rory Russell Ross Clarke-Jones Shane Beschen Shane Dorian Shane Herring Shane Powell Shaun Tomson Simon Anderson Simon Law Simple Ben Sunny Garcia Taj Burrow Taylor Knox Terry Fitzgerald Terry Richardson That Guy Todd Chesser Todd Holland Todd Prestage The Duke Thornton Fallander Tim Curren Tom Carroll Tom Curren Tony Ray Vetea David Wayne Dean Wayne Jaggard Wayne Lynch Wendy Botha Wes Laine Wazza TRACKS
Checked out the latest TRACKS with the 100 Greatest surfers of all time. For the record the top 10 are: 1 Kelly Slater (no arguments there) 2 Occy (ditto) 3 Tom Curren (dunno, haven't seen him surf enough) 4. Tom Carroll (definitely; actual water-man) 5. Taj Burrow (okay, alarm bells ringing!! Taj Burrow is the 5th best surfer of all time???????? What the ??) Billabong surfer 6 Mark Richards (agree) 7 Mick Fanning (more alarm bells, louder this time! Mick Fanning is the 7th best surfer OF ALL TIME! I saw him surf at Bells and he's hot, and fast..but ALL TIME??? Or maybe he's the RIPCURL candidate; keep that Tracks advertising dollar nice and evenly! 8 Joel Parkinson (wow, how amazing! three of the best surfers OF ALL TIME are current Australian surfers, and not a World Championship between them!; surfing in Australia sure is in terrific shape!) 9. Andy Irons (no arguments) 10. MP (no arguments from a man who bought his first TRACKS mag in 1972! But come on! Is this real? Consider some of the others down the track: 11 - Layne Beachley (fair call, heaps of world titles, she can surf) 12 - The DUKE - surely a top ten contender? 13 - LAIRD - fair enough, if you call that stuff surfing. 14 - RABBIT - good call - breaking down the door 15 - NAT - a little low? 16 - LOPEZ - fair enough, only really stood out at PIPE and maybe at INDO later. 20 - Wayne Lynch - Hoax Caosters like to see a VICCO there. 22 - Bruce Irons - ?? 24 - RCJ - too high, for just a tow-in surfer? 25 - Cheyne Horan - too low? 27 - Micky Dora - way too low 46 - Terry Fitz - sultan of speed is rated too low, as are most of the people who didn't actually compete on the TOUR this year. 63 - Jeff Hackman - too low a ranking for Mr Sunset It's all a bit of a game, so you can't take it all seriously, but some of it is too laughable to be even a game!
Summer; time of the great south-easterlies and the dreaded 'in between swells', too big for the beach breaks unless you're into riding reforms (and they're not good for my ears!) and too small for the Western Port waves. So, each morning it's log on to the Coastal watch site and see what intrepid reporter Steve Robertson has to say about the East Coast, and look at some blurry shots of Portsea, which this morning is all being made up for the IRON MAN lifesaving competition. I DID have a good surf the other day on a little reef break, so clean that the waves kinda pulled over the rocks like a little bubble and you could see the reef and the seaweek and the potholes and the lava rocks below as you flew along these little punch waves. That was fun. |