75. Tanner
McDaniel
Tanner
McDaniel qualified to compete at Pipe at an age where most of us are too busy
discovering ourselves sexually. That he pulled off an angry dragon in a contest
at half point would be enough to impress anyone… that he’s pulling off ARS’s
after riding for 2 years, if that, is plain scary. We’re keeping an eye out for
this kid and hoping that he keeps humble, hungry and charging.
74. David
Tuarau
Tahitian
bodyboarding is blowing up and one of the biggest exponents is David Tuarau,
who is pulling off Angry Dragons and spine twisting moves off sections most
mortals would rather just stall and get shacked on. Seeing what he’s doing is
like seeing in real life what we’re all trying to figure out with an action in
our hands.
73.
Seamus Mercado
In the 80’s
and early 90’s, Merc charged with the best of them. His through-the-lip rolls
and Sandy Beach exploits were killer inspiration to anyone with charging on
their agenda but his claim to fame had to be those first board cam shots on the
cover of BB magazines.
72.
Kai Santos
Talking about
charging at Sandy Beach… Kai Santos was a Sandy’s maniac. Pulling into the
scariest shorebreak slabs you could imagine, often subjecting his body to
attempting psycho rolls on macking closeouts or going for lip bashes on waves
where the lip was twice as thick as the wave. Simply put, his segments made me
want to charge huge shorebreaks.
71. Chris
Tennberg
Chris Tennberg
held true to the Kauai Classic formula, solid DK, solid prone, fierce
competitor. There has to be something special brewing in the water over there.
He may have been the most subdued of the Kauai Classic team, but seeing as how
good they all were, that’s not saying much.
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