good to see someone logging with more functional technique little less focus on style. Alex Knost on the other hand is painful to watch

Great to watch. Takes years to get that good. I'm sure most log riders would love to get near that level....

My memory s a bit foggy, but weren't you going to not publish mal riders without legropes Stu? didn't see one in that clip and there was a few other people in the water.

Wasn't really impressed with the surfing, but i'm a hater.

I'm with you on that one Shaun.

He must be so good that he doesn't have to wear a leggy because he never falls off.

And the surfing didn't really blow the hinges off my door either.

I know like all things in life we all have our own likes & dislikes, but what's not to like about what that dood was doing on that log from a surfing point of view??

The first few waves i was like ha ha cool wow shit he has talent!…then next few waves i started to feel dizzy and felt like i was watching the first few waves again, then a few waves latter i just wanted to grab him and tell him to stop it.

luv short and longboarding but didn't get that.is it a ten foot kneeboard?

That was the best logging I've seen since I was a young man when a bloke called (Alan Noble) blew me away with that same ability that can read the small wave with precision and get about quickly and accurately. this guy was better though, switch footing like most you could tell it strained, great logging !!! definitely an inspiration. And guys the leggy isn't the issue here.. the inspiration that surfing brings out is...and I love short boards most !! so there is my thoughts.

Guy has skill but would prefer to see grommets having fun on that sick little wave,as for no legrope I saw the first non legrope wearer at our local the other day.(he was sent in)

Got to agree with a few other posts above that it was interesting for a few waves but yawn,got boring real quick,still see that 10ft mal coming towards me a few years back that smashed into my lower back and laid me up for 10 days.....

I thought that was good surfing in small waves. Very skillful and he was doing his own thing. He couldn't surf like that with a leg rope on but the place didn't look crowded.

Summed up perfectly Smeeagain.......

Yeah, nah, still not grinning.

Another empty promise broken.

All the finesse of a ballet dancer and with about as much mass appeal.

Thank Christ for the hipster/ longboard crowd that would rather practice shimmying around in slop than hunt down a decent wave.

Thank you and thank you again Swelnet forum readers. It's lucky for all us that Swellnet forum readers are out there protecting our beaches from people not wearing leashes/legropes. I could only imagine what our beaches would be like if more surfers chose not to wear these essential items of safety equipment. These "surfers" would be forced to swim and retrieve their boards leaving the break free for those who haven't lost their boards... hang on!!

I think you've missed the point Dirk. I'm not sure that the Swellnet crew are actually too concerned about the safety of the useless cunts endangering kiddies lives by surfing leggie free amongst other surfers of varying degrees of experience.

LOL.. ahh you legrope haters n nit picking nuts!!!! this is about surfing.. pure n simple.. SURFING... the guy is having a ball and that's obvious.. isn't that the name of the game??? have fun.. we all started surfing to "have fun" damn.. i started 40+ years ago cause i "had fun".. surfing is a life style... there should be no "rules" or differences made at this day and age if a guy who rips and is having a ball with a leggie or not.. yeah can be a safety issue these days but hey.. i started without em.. near died with em and use em now cause im now an old fart and could not be buggered swimming in to get my board off the rocks :) damn.. guys.. keep focus.. "your a surfer.. you surf" thats it... the rest is all bullshit.. keep it pure.. if you don't want to wear a leash.... don't.. simple ... but its not up to you to piss on the masses who do now... times they have a changed... ... how about just enjoying the stoke.. :)

That's all well and good Abe so in the future (and i sincerely hope it doesn't happen) a wayward board happens to smash your front teeth out or worse, you'll throw out a shaka and huge toothless grin and put it all down to the dude having fun.

I'm with Zen - it's irresponsible to not wear a leggy at a crowded beach no matter how good you think you are. Given the unpredictable nature of the ocean how can anyone can possibly predict the outcome of every situation. Even worse in this case is that it's someone else that gets hurt if he fucks up

Sigh.. again.. narrow thinking.... this is not an argument about legropes or not.. its about the dude having fun.. wow... maddogmorly n Zen... i did not raise the issue of legropes for the safety of the masses.. whinge n whine as much as you want about the most dangerous thing invented for surfers ease... yup.. its the truth... surfing is about knowledge and awareness of what around you and what your place is in the water... if not for legropes 50% of people in the water would not be there for the simple fact.. they cant swim to save themselves... many places surfed now would have a much more competent and respectful bunch of surfers due to the fact.. fall off with no leggie and your board is up for repairs after a bounce on the rocks... now days unfortunatly the ugly spectre of "law suit" is there too... "your board hit me so i sue you" damn.. guys.. think of what you say.. this video is about a guy.. having fun in his own way .. thats all.. fck the bullshit talk of legropes with or without... being hit by loose boards (you made the choice to surf.. not just boards hurt).. dont be so picky and pedantic over a surfer.. and seriously... that guy is a SURFER no argument.. like it or not its up to the individual watching.

For all your " it's all about fun " arguments, fair play, but it looks like his guy has spent more than a few sessions practicing his act on shitty waves.

As Occy said - " If you're a surfer, you want to be riding good waves. There's plenty of them."

Not riding shit like that. Stick your nose rides in your arse - it's all posing and wank.

Once - great fun, flat day novelty.
Twice - still flat, still fun ... Feel the glide.
Third time - fuck me. Is it still flat ? May as well get wet.
Fourth time - pub.
Fifth time- move somewhere with waves or go fishing.

Jeepers Blowin (by the way, is this a nickname you picked up in the Scouts or at boarding school?). I never realised that my small observation regarding leg ropes would force you to drop the C Bomb. What if the "kiddies" were reading your witty replies? You also missed what you do on Sixth Time - Blowin dudes.

Yeah Dirk, realisation can be a slow dawn breaking for most longboarders. The grim realisation that you've wasted the gloriously dynamic years of your youth shuffling your feet in slop when you should have been getting pitted off your head being a common theme running through the " fun " brigade I'd imagine.

Not too worried about reddening the kiddies ears with some coarse language either mate, they seem to be pretty well versed in the fine art of cursing these days.

In fact , just this morning ,I overheard a precocious little lass , that must of been all of 12 years old informing a wayward logger that if he let his ridiculously oversized piece of shit board careen dangerously through the middle of the pack after wiping out on a cheater 5 again , then she was going to lodge the board " firmly up your hairy date , you inconsiderate cunt". Her words, not mine.

BTW it's actually Blow-in, not Blowin'. My fault mate. I'm as bad at grammar as you are at grasping the concept of social responsibility.

Blowin, clearly you take yourself & your surfing very seriously. I hope your having some fun along the way too :-)

No Rabbits, I'm just another punter looking for a thrill. Its just that I find the thrill is to be found with speed, in the steepest part of the best waves that my Quasimodo - esque technique will allow and that I struggle to understand the idea behind limiting yourself to shit waves on a stupidly outsized board by choice.

Should old age and disability regal me to those ranks then so be it. But till that day I refuse to go gently into the night and will be raging against the dying of the light so to speak.

Hey Rabbbits68, I get the feeling Blowin does take himself pretty seriously and has a real need to tell everyone around him exactly how serious he is. I get it Blowin, you're a very serious surfer who quotes Occy and 12 year old girls. As an aside, the 12 year old girl sounds like a real "keeper".

Blowin when the waves aren't grinding hollow barrels but you still feel the need for a surf, if you haven't already, give these "shitty" waves a crack on a longboard & you might just be surprised. If not just go fishing, it's all good.

One mans trash is another mans treasure :-)

And remember, Blowin always has his NUMBER SIX option.

Stick to porn Dirk, you're obviously good at it.

Thank you fitzroy-21 and the ladies thank you.

Bit rich the comments about suspect sexuality from a guy with the moniker "Dirk Diggler"- a homage to a fella that wound up copping a fatally poisonous load in the tonsils after renting his mouth out to some seedy lurker in a darkened car park.

Any kind of surfing for a good time Rabbits. You just want to be wary of falling into disagreeable habits like riding longboards preferentially.

Nice one Blowin. You seem to be relaxing.