this guy watched me backdoor a huge dk barrel at seaside aka st george reef in the mid 94s i saw him sitting on the sand getting ready to paddle out with his crew and i was way out back i always sit the furthest out. i knew he was watching me do prone and dk magic for some seaside cardiff magic like i airdrop into this beast of barrel late drop shoulda went right u know backside grab the outside rail drop the inside hand and stall like i always do but not this time, i just had to go left to impress the best dk master of all time and i land hard, oh no bail and go straight to blow it nah lets dig rail and cut and bottom turn left and go backdoor like a boss backdoor, so backdoor it doesnt even make sense to me honestly best wave of my life type shit. i come flying out with u huge spit to hear him and raffi and a few other screaming lol. saying to myself did that seriously just happen. mind you i was so far on the other side of the right barrel like more than 15 ft away. imagine that, how good the waves were that day and many other days in the late 80s and 90s, back then i was dialed, my bz customs were so dialed the waves were epic. i musta got over 1000s dk and prone barrels this last 35 years. i mean i literally backdoored for real i even went and floated over the foam ball, the boil all of its inner wave workings like magic seriously its was god mode type of shit and caught air off it while chiming back into position and drawing speed and landing holding rail with no hands total control. ive only done it once and he saw it. i just tried to do it tahiti last week in front of my apprentice well i hit the reef pretty hard straight dry docked it. oh well im getting older and slowing down. sure i proned a 15 ft chopes barrel last week though i hope i can continue to do this a few more years. my next stop is apocalypse indo, cloudbreak fiji and the back to chopes and rocky point for the winter and a few other spots on my bucket list. if i see you in the water ill wave and smile. remember me for who i was not what ive done at wild rivers wave pool
El Nino in 96/97 was pretty sick, back when Aliso had the pier. I was a North LA/Ventura guy before I got land locked. But we’d cruise down to OC and SD all the time, especially if there was a No Friends premiere. Hahaha, that was a lot of fun back then. I like that things today are cooler between surfers and bodyboarders, but the whole ocean experience was still way better back then. Before the internet when you would pull up, no one is out, and it’s pumping even though yesterday was flat. You weren’t fussing with phones and all the web cams. When the internet came out I learned how to use NOAA and do my own weather and surf forecasts. That was awesome, but that’s when wave riding started to loose its magic, which I think is gone for good. With the internet I learned how to read the ocean floor that way, though. Anyways, it was better back then for so many reasons.
paul clare isnt polypro better for warm waters? pokyethylene is more suited for the cold I thought... 50s is not so bad... it gets in the upper 30s here in NY...
some say he never grabs the rails, not even when walking up the stairs ...
Him and kainoa in fumanchu 🤯
Some of the best memories sponging here as a kid.. South swell would generate backwash barrels u could fit a Volvo into..
On a major swell you could fit a double decker bus into there
this guy watched me backdoor a huge dk barrel at seaside aka st george reef in the mid 94s i saw him sitting on the sand getting ready to paddle out with his crew and i was way out back i always sit the furthest out. i knew he was watching me do prone and dk magic for some seaside cardiff magic like i airdrop into this beast of barrel late drop shoulda went right u know backside grab the outside rail drop the inside hand and stall like i always do but not this time, i just had to go left to impress the best dk master of all time and i land hard, oh no bail and go straight to blow it nah lets dig rail and cut and bottom turn left and go backdoor like a boss backdoor, so backdoor it doesnt even make sense to me honestly best wave of my life type shit. i come flying out with u huge spit to hear him and raffi and a few other screaming lol. saying to myself did that seriously just happen. mind you i was so far on the other side of the right barrel like more than 15 ft away. imagine that, how good the waves were that day and many other days in the late 80s and 90s, back then i was dialed, my bz customs were so dialed the waves were epic. i musta got over 1000s dk and prone barrels this last 35 years. i mean i literally backdoored for real i even went and floated over the foam ball, the boil all of its inner wave workings like magic seriously its was god mode type of shit and caught air off it while chiming back into position and drawing speed and landing holding rail with no hands total control. ive only done it once and he saw it. i just tried to do it tahiti last week in front of my apprentice well i hit the reef pretty hard straight dry docked it. oh well im getting older and slowing down. sure i proned a 15 ft chopes barrel last week though i hope i can continue to do this a few more years. my next stop is apocalypse indo, cloudbreak fiji and the back to chopes and rocky point for the winter and a few other spots on my bucket list. if i see you in the water ill wave and smile. remember me for who i was not what ive done at wild rivers wave pool
El Nino in 96/97 was pretty sick, back when Aliso had the pier. I was a North LA/Ventura guy before I got land locked. But we’d cruise down to OC and SD all the time, especially if there was a No Friends premiere. Hahaha, that was a lot of fun back then. I like that things today are cooler between surfers and bodyboarders, but the whole ocean experience was still way better back then. Before the internet when you would pull up, no one is out, and it’s pumping even though yesterday was flat. You weren’t fussing with phones and all the web cams. When the internet came out I learned how to use NOAA and do my own weather and surf forecasts. That was awesome, but that’s when wave riding started to loose its magic, which I think is gone for good. With the internet I learned how to read the ocean floor that way, though. Anyways, it was better back then for so many reasons.
It is a song by Lisa G. a good friend of the Cartel. It is was produced exclusively for this edit.
scotty carter was just having some fun remixing it. so we posted that too...rock on!
Where is Paul roach now? Wanna see new vids of his Dk style ;)
The stance of legend ! Greetings from Reunion Island we met one time... And i have your signature manta board !
He's alive! He was one of my idols in high school
Roach is the dk boss
Roach the King Dk..
Super awesome yeeees....
Where the lagoons are blue!
🤞🏻🤫
The lads still chargin' hard, l see.....Bodyboarding legend, to be sure..!!!
Thanks for sharing yes...
we let Scotty Carter play around with a few re mixes and figured what the hell put it up for all the real Roach die hards to trip out on.
Is Roach still at it in 2018?
De paul fue que Yo aprendi a darle duro al Drop.... back side y front side
full interview and pics of PR next issue of BBR mag.
What board is the best for all around riding?
What core is best for Santa Cruz area?
pp core 2 stringers works killer for cold water. you can call 760-809-7431 to get it lined up ask for paul
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paul clare whats the water temo in Santa Cruz?
cold. in the 50's
paul clare isnt polypro better for warm waters? pokyethylene is more suited for the cold I thought... 50s is not so bad... it gets in the upper 30s here in NY...
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fucking legend!!
song
nicee