Everyone knows big wave surfing is hard. Steep takeoffs, brutal wipeouts and multi-wave hold-downs all come with the territory of taking on the world’s waves of consequence. And it’s all pretty plain to see to even the most uninitiated.
Small waves, on the other hand, also have their own host of difficulties. And they are not so obvious. Sure, you’re not going to die out there, but trying to get a shortboard up to speed and do any semblance of a maneuver in one-foot slop requires a level of effort and skill totally disproportionate to the outcome. It’s the reason that some of surfing’s best competitors are born from some of the world’s most inconsistent, crappy waves.
Enter Kolohe Andino. Of course, being a San Clemente native, he’s no stranger to great surf, but in a recent video posted to the …Lost YouTube channel, he proved that he can also absolutely tear up knee-high garbage. And while he’s not going to win any wave of the year awards doing it, it’s absolutely a sight to behold.
