There's something brewing in professional surfing. A swing of the pendulum from uber-healthy-athleticism back to a more relaxed breed of surf competitors.
In 1998, former world champion Wayne Rabbit Bartholomew took over what was then known as the ASP and was handed a World Tour that was going into cardiac arrest. The majority of surf contests were being held in urban surfing centers, often in sub-par waves. Six times world champ Kelly Slater had .
The original 5'5 x 19 1/4" film paved the way for riding smaller boards in bigger waves. At the time, guys like Andy Irons, Chris Ward and the Lopez brothers were exclusively riding long and narrow boards in basically everything, and the 5'5" surfboard was looked at as a small wave novelty weapon. .
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