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Tow Surfing Begins; from "Riding Giants" (2004)

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Features

"THE NEXT REALM" BY BRUCE JENKINS. GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ENGINES!
MISFIRE! WHY DIDN'T MOTORIZED BIG-WAVE SURFING HAPPEN 40 YEARS EARLIER?

The Sunday Joint

SUNDAY JOINT, 12-4-2022: WE DESERVE A CARNIVAL!
SUNDAY JOINT, 4-7-2019: TOW SURFING ORIGINS, KELLY'S POOL, BUZZY KERBOX
SUNDAY JOINT, 4-9-2023: HIT IT, DON’T BABYSIT IT

Videos

Buzzy Kerbox
Darrick Doerner
Herbie Fletcher, Maalaea, 1985
Laird Hamilton at Peahi
Martin Potter, Tow Surfing at Pipeline in 1987