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Do you like airs in surfing?

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Do you like airs in surfing?

YES
9
56%
NO
3
19%
VERY SELDOM
3
19%
ANY AIR IS GOOD AIR
1
6%
 
Total votes : 16

Postby lappis89 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:20 pm

Josh Kerr made me fall in love with airs - at least his. He does some nasty aerials.
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Postby Country Honk » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:19 am

Tricks are for kids.
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Postby Sparky » Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:56 pm

Country Honk wrote:Tricks are for kids.


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Postby guppy » Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:55 am

Pulling in definatly scores high,

but flying is above it all....

a-frames and wedges are my fav for boosting.
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Postby pra_ggresion » Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:20 am

If you make it through my tube you'll definitely change you're mind.
p.s. if you want to practice before going out pm me.
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Postby brdsurf » Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:59 am

I liked the airs that guys like Pottz, Llamas and some back in the day did. Then thay were taken to a new level with guys like Jeff Kramer, Joey Hawkins. Now those are airs.
Not this little kick flip jib trick crap.
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Postby Quagmeyer » Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:11 pm

Airs are great most of the guys you see in videos now are sticking them on a regular basis so the waste a wave arguement is kind of null and void.

Taj, Dane, Kerr, Jordy, Goodall, and Dion Agius are my faves when it comes to airs, with full rotation 3's, corked spins, passion pops, kerrupts, and rodeos all starting to be pulled with regularity. A good air is a beautiful thing much like a good turn.

Airs are friggin hard too, I've tried them more times than I care to remember and more than I care to admit given my success ratio, but have only landed a couple and they were pretty meager at best. To get good height trajectory style and keep the tail high through the air is so friggin hard I think people under estimate the difficulty because a lot of guys who do them make them look so easy.
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