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With any competition it is difficult to predict the outcome, the fact
of the matter is, some times you win but most times you loose. No one
will deny that to be successful you have to have lady luck with you
and there can only be one winner. At this level, anyone of the top 16
pro longboarders can win. Putting in the correct perspective is what
really matters. Matthew Moir is one truly great surfer who advanced
yesterday and lost today, he has what I consider, the correct
understanding of competition. After having a stroke back in January
this year he is very thankful to be alive,Matthew says it was the "
deepest barrel of my life and I was lucky to come out of it "
Another situation that came up today to remind me of the correct
perspective for competition was when Phil Razman ripped the bag out of
a wave, nothing unusual there you say, however he should not have been
succe ssful when he smashed the lip,spun the tail out and stayed on. I
am sure Phil was as surprised as everyone on the beach, 9 times out of
10 when you try a radical move like that you get wiped out , not
today, it was Phil' s heat he was given a 9 point 1 for that wave.
That's what competition is all about , trying the extra ordinary,
pushing the envelope and sometimes you pull it off
So the first contest in the 2009 Oxbow World longboard Championships
is over, mother nature was on our side in Japan today, gone was the
rain,fog and on shore winds of yesterday. We woke up to a gentle off
shore wind and consistent 4 foot spiraling peaks both left and right
at Long Beach in Tahara, we are all very thankful to be alive.
