checked it out yesterday,,,one hell of a good publication. keep up the great work guys

Wavekiters should read the Felix interview.
Pages 32/33
Felix's comments about riding switch are right-on.
Don't be a tweaker.
Face the wave frontside, turn off the top and follow thru with your arms.
Pretty to watch.

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Originally posted by CarlBevo

Oh wavey cant ride backhand

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Horsesh1t.
I'm a natural-foot surfer.
But after years of wavesailing the West Coast frontside left...
I'm comfortable with switch.
It's a mind thing.
If you can overcome the bias, you can become totally balanced and equally strong both ways.
It just needs lots of practise.

That felix interview is the biggest load of s.hit ive ever read, wat a tool. he says its so important to ride switch because thats what other good sports athletes do like burnquist and so on, except the one sport that he is poorly imitating (surfing) doesnt do that at all, i dont see kelly out there kooking it on his switch side, instead i see him using it to his advantage being able to spin into different style airs an so on just like wakeboarders do riding toeside into the wake instead of natural.
P.S. if he was f'ing killing it like kelly i would agree with him but hes not hes crabbing it big time.

sick mag good work

hey ben. obrien rips at goin in switch at pipe an commin at natural (watch campain2 sickest section) but thats not the point, im not righting off going switch im all for it, but.... hes knockin riding backhand like its something kooky to do and people only do it because they cant ride switch when the truth is, backhand opens a multitude of different approaches and takeoffs from the lip where totally different moves can be done., to say that backhand is **** because u cant flow and open up your body an this an that is just pure ignorance. riding switch is cool and quite technical but it is more of a novelty than anything. if felix actually was ripping switch and pulling off some insane **** like rodeo clowns and such (maybe even riding unstrapped switch) maybe i would listen to his ramblings a bit more, but the truth is hes crabbing it and claiming it like its going out of style.
p.s. i actually like watching guys on there backhand kiting a bit more than forehand as they tend to flow into their turns more surf like and tend not to butt drag all the time.

Why not do both?

You would need to be on an island where the wind blew everyday.