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| 219764 | 11198 | Lovelace FM Thoughts | 28 | jory | Sep 11, 2021 | 2021-09-11T07:52:20-0400 | Planktom said: No Joe Pro, but I would say so too. I would also not want my surfing to be contrasted against Trevor Gordon haha Surfing 'well' is hard to pin down.. one might excel in one little niche or could handle themselves in 1ft to 15ft with no particular flourishes. I'm neither Click to expand... Trevor Gordon is one of the most stylish surfers on the planet IMHO. I'm no joe pro either but to be fair I think most of us could gently climb and drop in a similarly competent fashion on a perfect right hand point wave. It's also fair to say that not all good shapers are excellent surfers. You don't have to be world class to make good boards. I think Ryan was early on the whole self promotion via the internet thing and profited from that. He did it at a time when it wasn't as much the norm in society as it is today and lots of the elders found distasteful. Plenty of people do like his boards. I think more recently he perhaps should have thought before he starting typing........ (Also Plancktom is a great surfer but very modest!) |