WQS Training Camp: July 2008 Archives
By Ben Mondy"It
was a pretty surreal situation, just standing there at the water's
edge, surrounded by a full scrum of spectators and media and the Red
Bull guys, not knowing if I had won the whole event."
That
was Tim Boal, describing pretty accurately what was, by any stretch of
the bizarre, a pretty surreal situation. Tim had already surfed through
four heats today, progressing from the round of 16 all the way through
to final of the Honda US Open.
"Introducing Tim Boal," Andy King has earlier cried, in fierce pride when Tim had surfed with immense flair and huge composure to score a semifinal winning wave with less than ten seconds to go, overcoming home town hero Brett Simpson.
"Introducing Tim Boal," Andy King has earlier cried, in fierce pride when Tim had surfed with immense flair and huge composure to score a semifinal winning wave with less than ten seconds to go, overcoming home town hero Brett Simpson.
Continue reading Red Bull Rising: "Introducing Tim Boal".
Check Out The PhotosWords by Ben Mondy
"I swear on my mother's grave, that's what I saw, why would I make that up? I couldn't even begin to make that up." I'm in the passenger seat being driven down from LAX to Huntington by Red Bull Rising coach Andy King. And I'm incredulous. Kingy had just told me that only an hour ago, in a mall, he had watched slack jawed, widemouthed and freaked out, as a dog came walking through carrying a cat. Now that, possibly, is weird enough, but not only was the dog carrying a cat, but the cat was carrying a rat. He was too stupefied to even take a photo. The dog, the cat, and the rat just walked by, no owner (or owners) in sight, off into the fluro lit distance.
Continue reading Red Bull Rising: From Gilligan's Island to the Holy Grail.
"I love coming to California, I really do. You know it's a good place
to prove yourself and even if the waves are sloppy, it's still such a
good place to do well. To me, down here, it feels like a real sport.
There's the infrastructure and the hype and just the interest, so I'm
always excited to come to California and try and win. Before here I'd been home back in Kauai for a little while, I went home to work on my boards and my surfing and gather my marbles and just get ready for this event, the Honda US Open. I came in about a week and a half ago - I came early as there was no waves in Hawaii and I heard there was swell here, so I got here as quickly as I could.
Continue reading Red Bull Rising: Gavin's Thoughts.
