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Grant Trouville

Swellnet Sessions

John John Backside Air

Grant Trouville
Wed 20 February 12:00am

The last sequence Grant Trouville sent us was an ultra-comitted backside bottom turn and barrel at Shark Island by 'Boogs' Vanderpolder. The latest sequence by Grant shows no less commitment but it's of a surfer of different nationality taken on a different coastline.

John John with a tweaked out backside punt in Hawaii.

Swellnet Sessions

John John Backside Air

Grant Trouville
Wed 20 February 12:00am

The last sequence Grant Trouville sent us was an ultra-comitted backside bottom turn and barrel at Shark Island by 'Boogs' Vanderpolder. The latest sequence by Grant shows no less commitment but it's of a surfer of different nationality taken on a different coastline.

John John with a tweaked out backside punt in Hawaii.

Swellnet Sessions

Backside at Shark Island

Grant Trouville
Wed 30 January 12:00am

"I think I was lucky to get under the lip of that one," said Darryl 'Boogs' Vandepolder of this Shark Island gaper.

As he scratched backside off the bottom the lip came down like a guillotine, but a swift rail transition and experienced positioning put him in the eye of the pit. Right about now most backsiders would be reaching for their rail but Boogs stood steadfast. "I go hands free in most big ones at the Island," he said later, "it lets you stomp on the inside fins when you need speed and stability in the barrel."

Swellnet Sessions

Backside at Shark Island

Grant Trouville
Wed 30 January 12:00am

"I think I was lucky to get under the lip of that one," said Darryl 'Boogs' Vandepolder of this Shark Island gaper.

As he scratched backside off the bottom the lip came down like a guillotine, but a swift rail transition and experienced positioning put him in the eye of the pit. Right about now most backsiders would be reaching for their rail but Boogs stood steadfast. "I go hands free in most big ones at the Island," he said later, "it lets you stomp on the inside fins when you need speed and stability in the barrel."

Swellnet Sessions

Back to Fiji

Grant Trouville
Tue 1 November 12:00am

Back in July of this year a rare weather feature enveloped the Tasman Sea. Spawned from a storm in the Southern Ocean below Tasmania, winds blew the length of the Tasman north-east toward Fiji. Over five days and 5000 kilometres the south-west winds created a huge, long-period swell.

With approx. nine days warning surfers gathered in Fiji hoping to score big Cloudbreak. They'd seen what was possible the previous September when a similar weather system dished up huge waves, including that barrel to David Scard.

Swellnet Sessions

Back to Fiji

Grant Trouville
Tue 1 November 12:00am

Back in July of this year a rare weather feature enveloped the Tasman Sea. Spawned from a storm in the Southern Ocean below Tasmania, winds blew the length of the Tasman north-east toward Fiji. Over five days and 5000 kilometres the south-west winds created a huge, long-period swell.

With approx. nine days warning surfers gathered in Fiji hoping to score big Cloudbreak. They'd seen what was possible the previous September when a similar weather system dished up huge waves, including that barrel to David Scard.

Swellnet Sessions

Kelly Slater - The Cape Crusader

Grant Trouville
Fri 25 March 12:00am
Surfing's own Superhero threaded a few tricky pits during a fly-in fly-out session at the Botany Bay reefbreak during the recent run of swell in Sydney. Grant Trouvile was on hand to film three of his waves.//STUART NETTLE
Swellnet Sessions

Kelly Slater - The Cape Crusader

Grant Trouville
Fri 25 March 12:00am
Surfing's own Superhero threaded a few tricky pits during a fly-in fly-out session at the Botany Bay reefbreak during the recent run of swell in Sydney. Grant Trouvile was on hand to film three of his waves.//STUART NETTLE