“Anyone can do it,” says Joel Parkinson. Nope. Going to have to disagree with Parko on this one. Not everyone can do it even poorly. Simply charging this reef break takes a crazy amount of, well, crazy and these boys are on a whole other level. Take Kelly Slater’s mental drop at the :17 mark. Not just “anyone” can do that.
In the latter half of the edit, Fred Patacchia Jr. makes a great point: this wave really does bring out the best claims — Andy Irons’ shotgun claim at 2:20 is case in point.
