Lowers Underated

Yeah, we all know Medina, Julian, and Simpo rule Lowers. Their clips go viral while everyone else just quietly shreds in anonymity. Well this one is for the underated ripper, for Laura and Lakey, for Caio, Fisher, Lucasik, Brendon, and Stu. It was just last year that I uploaded a video of a very little known Gabriel Medina (www.vimeo.com/23482301). Next year, one of these young bucks could own a gold trestle spike of his own.

The Art of Flight; Rincon to Lowers

Just a couple airs around Southern California.

Lowers Underage

Kolohe, Luke, and John shred a smaller morning at Lower Trestles.

Lowers Warm Up - Day 2

From before sun up, the boys are out ripping.

Huntington Beach 6.0

A short film about surfing south of the pier during the US Open.

Kolohe and Heitor

While the photogs were slogging it out for photos of dudes in jerseys, Kolohe and Heitor snuck down the beach in plain sight and flung a bunch of huge airs on 1 foot waves.

Kolohe Andino, Heitor Alves

Conner and Kolohe

Conner and Kolohe have an average session (for them) on an above average day at Lowers. Shot in 45 minutes.

Conner Coffin, Kolohe Andino

Kolohe Andino

In case you haven't heard, Kolohe surfs pretty well. Everyone says that throws sick airs, but I can't believe the quality of his rail turns.

He here is at Lowers, Rincon, and Huntington.

Lowers - The Warm Ups

Here's all the A-Listers warming up before the Nike 6.0 on 2 different morings this week.

Julian Wilson, Jack Freestone, Kolohe Andino, Nat Young, Luke Davis, Damien Hobgood, Shaun Joubert

Winners

The current generation has style and flair. We've been asking for "groms" to learn how to do turns with style, and these guys are leading the charge. Rincon brings out your best, and these 3 have a lot to showcase.

Kolohe Andino, Dylan Goodale, Luke Davis

1 Afternoon at Rincon

I slipped under the Orange Curtain up to Santa Barbara and caught Rincon pumping. Everyone got barreled and a few others punted some some crazy airs.

Conner Coffin, Dillon Perillo, Kolohe Andino, Damien Hobgood, Damien Fahrenfort, Josh Kerr

The US Open - UP CLOSE

All these surfers are attempting to acheive the same thing. Their common goal connects them and their lives overlap in a multitude of ways. Each individual makes their own contribution, and the sport progresses as a whole.

Everyone is just as unique as everyone else.

Simpo, Fanning, Kolohe, Navarro, Yeomans, Nathaniel, Bourez, Wilko, Wright, Medina, Hedge, Cansdell, Hopkins

The Close Ups from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

Kolohe Andino - The Warm Up Sessions

It's tough to pull off a neon green wetsuit. But Kolohe undoubtedly does it with style. This is a compilation of about 3 sessions during the week of the US Open. He rips!

Kolohe Andino - The Warm Up Sessions from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

The US Open - UP CLOSE

The US Open - UP CLOSE from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

The Warm Up - Kolohe, Taj, Navarro, Davis, and Davies

It's so cool to see the lesser known International pros (like Gony from Spain and Jay Davies) show up and surf just as well as all the highly-paid household names. And it's even cooler for the locals like Ted to hold his own with all of them.

But alas, our greatest hopes lie with the groms and these groms certainly live up to the hype. Kolohe Andino and Luke Davis rip with so much style, both on rail and in the air. They're like Slater and Machado, but not young Slaters and Machado, they surf like Slater and Machado do right now.

Much more footage to come!

The Warm Up - Kolohe, Taj, Navarro, Davis, and Davies from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

Vans Pier Classic 2010. Mostly Q-Finals Juniors. Doheny, Kolohe, others