You’re going to watch this minute and 45 seconds of Dane Reynolds surfing because it’s a minute and 45 seconds of Dane Reynolds surfing. We’re fairly confident that could have been the headline and it’d still have gotten the job done.
But there’s also an interesting little tidbit behind the video itself that was worthy of a rif.
Yes, the Youtube video itself is essentially an advertisement for the Channel Islands Neck Beard 2, which they say Dane is surfing in this video “off the rack” after doing the standard surf shop board inspection dance: dropping it under the shoulders, inspecting the shape of the rails, feeling the weight, and probably holding it up in front of himself and looking at it from nose down to tail. He asked if he could take the board home because who’s going to say “No Dane Reynolds, you may not surf that board,” when the guy is in your surf shop? As you can see, Reynolds proceeded to rip as only he can.
We all know this is significant because “stock” surfboards are supposed to be for us peasant surfers without massive endorsement deals. The first noticeable perk for any professional surfer is having their specific board needs met down to the most minute detail. They don’t pluck boards off the rack, they exclusively surfboards made specifically for them…at least that’s the general belief. And funny enough, this still serves as an endorsement of that board to the rest of us. We’re a weird bunch, us surfers? We see a thing that looks good and we want to do a similar thing, possibly on the same craft that made said thing possible. Just goes to show how valuable a bit of good surfing is. We all appreciate it. So enjoy your next minute and 45 seconds appropriately.
