“A duel, whether regarded as a ceremony in the cult of honor, or even when reduced in its moral essence to a form of manly sport, demands a perfect singleness of intention, a homicidal austerity of mood.”
-Joseph Conrad
Two riders, one session, the same waves, the same conditions, and two very different surfing styles. The elegance of the dance of these two surfers in the best waves of the final of the Salinas Longboard Festival 2013 in phenomenal.
Antoine Delpero and Elliot Dudley were consistent and powerful in their approach to these waves. Salinas gave its best: a good-size swell with a decent period so these gentlemen could unpack their bag of tricks and show us how a wave is read and ridden under pressure.
“Dueling Single Fins” is about pitting two surfers against each other and letting the spectator enjoy the duel.
