no idea why you're advertising it... you gotta hide it - especially with things slowing down... The reality is - using concrete rocks or (coated) used cargo containers we could make breaks like this all over the place with a little sand pumping to get the head of land in place.
No, he invented the new style tri fin using Mark Richards flat side foil twin fins,Simon just added an extra fin to Marks design,calling it a thruster. Tri fins date back to 1970 a lot of the original twin fins came with a center box fin option Owl Chapman rode tri fin guns in 1969 .
@@Thecoachco I remember trifins from the '70's. Nothing like the thrusters that Simon invented. I'm also aware of Marks contributions to twin fins - earlier used by Corky Carrol. Mark toed-in his fins, (shaper Brian Hinde) that loosened up the boards. I heard that Simon invented the thrusters for riding backhand at D'bar. And that makes sense.
@@overheadunlimited amazing - thank you. Asu is one of my favorite places and I surf there regularly. I’ve always wanted to see the wave pre-tsunami, so thanks very much ! Earl, who runs @asucamp , thanks you as well! I’ll be there next weekend in fact and I’m looking forward to it!
Hate to say it but contests like that back then were way better than today. Fewer people fewer sponsors better announcers no spectators clogging up the channel no drones buzzing all around. RIP solitude.
Giving his life to save the lives of his friends stranded out in open ocean. A rescue party did find them, but Eddie had already made the ultimate sacrifice. What A Legend of a human.
I remember back in the day this was on Public access 17 in Santa Barbara, Ca. I used to watch it all the time. An exciting day for me was getting to surf an NSSA heat with Peter Townend and Alen Sarlo. Seniors Division. When i was 13 in 1983 surfing the boys division I never thought I would be competing into my late 40's
Way before his time. Early 80s at panics, 4-6 ft…pulling into the barrel at the peak on every wave. Never saw anyone come close to his talent, that includes touring pros.
I think the wave as far as the surfing industry peaked in the late 90s. These riders used to get huge paychecks from sponsors. Put up in million dollar houses right on the beach of north shore. Now you'll be lucky to get a couple grand from some of the biggest sponsors. Surfing became too corporate
Thanks for posting these old vids, I swear i remember watching this one when i was 16 living in Carlsbad. Now I live in Vista, frickin crazy what’s happened to our sleepy beach towns in North County, disgusted.
yeah, was it top 6 waves in Bud Pro Tour contests? Those long range southern hemisphere swells that hit Trestles sometimes have long lulls between sets, too. Budroe was ripping.
