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Tom Curren's Infamous '94 Bawa Session
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Tom Curren and Sonny Miller interviewed about the wave and session at Bawa in Indonesia.
"We came around the corner of this one island and there was a perfect setup," Curren remembered. "Kinda like Inside Sunset on a north swell. There was a really good swell coming and we were looking down the eye at these amazing waves. Conditions were really glassy."
"It was like being at the Super Bowl by ourselves," Miller said. "We were at this wave that was known of, but had never been seen like that, and it was only us. No surfers ever showed up. We saw some signs of civilization, there was a hut on stilts built on the beach, but plenty abandoned, no one manning it. There was no surf camp at all, and here were these waves that were ridiculous."
@joelhorwitz2236 7 жыл бұрын
It is not mindblowing for 'back then', it's mindblowing for eternity. If you have ever surfed Bawa (then or now), truly acknowledging the power and violence of that place is something to behold. While it may have changed after the earthquake a decade ago, the 16,000' foot canyon that funnels south swell onto the reef still packs as much punch as ever. Bawa is remote and dangerous, and to have the skill and confidence to master that place is in those conditions remarkable. Those dreamy lines belie the essence of Bawa, it's an intense experience. There is nothing dreamy about big Bawa; it's 100% focus and attention, all muscles clenched, balls to the wall charging. I don't care where you're from or what you've surfed, it's not a case of hyperbole or marketing. That iconic session deserves it's spot in surfing lore.
@collincoffey5882 2 жыл бұрын
Just saw one of his boards on California gold for 3700. So cheap. He made history here. Not to mention Curren's point where a young Slater paddled in after 3 waves. No disrespect to Slater who is definitely in a class of his own. I compare the two to Magic and Jordan
@Nalu_TV Жыл бұрын
Timeless! Thank you, Sonny Miller and Tom Curren!
@legentilhommedefortune 4 ай бұрын
20 years later average joe's still gets a lot of fun & locals are fed better than for my first surf there in 91 living on the beach .. thanks Curren for the exposure ..
@user-zw2cm1du9i 11 ай бұрын
i think tom is son of sea god !
@mahroney 11 жыл бұрын
you see the way Curren just slid under that lip; pure beauty!
@krustysurfer 5 жыл бұрын
Awesomeness!
@jackh8561 3 жыл бұрын
“We were just really .. uhh stoked”
@RobCummings 2 жыл бұрын
A perfect example from the Bull Durham book of sports interviews.
@PhaaatCat 11 жыл бұрын
no one had it like that again
@jamesgonda3785 4 жыл бұрын
Was big😎🤙🏻🇺🇸🌺🧻🌴
@Dunningsd 11 жыл бұрын
I like to surf! haha
@roboticpoopie 10 жыл бұрын
How was this session "infamous"?
@creamfury 7 жыл бұрын
thank you
@Indonesiansurftravel 7 жыл бұрын
Because it blew everyone away at the time, back then it was unheard of to take out a short fish type board in those type of waves, everyone was surfing 6,1 to 6,5 shortboards and in waves like that would be surfing 6,6 to 7,0+ boards. This session when it came out in vids and magazines (no internet back then) made people re look at what was possible how we looked at shorter wider boards in a different light, these days its not that unusual for guys to ride short wide boards in solid waves, back then they were considered only for dribble two foot waves. This session is well known and is a historic turning point in what was possible and how almost everyone approaches surfing solid waves these days. If you talk to surfers from this era and say "what about curren riding that fish out at Bawa in the 90's" 90% of surfers from that era will know and go...oh fark yeah that was insane, he was so far ahead of his time. Hence why "infamous"
@lilbootybandit8996 6 жыл бұрын
if the session was "infamous" it would mean it was well known for a bad reason. What you have said describes the session as being "famous", not "infamous"
@alohavision1263 5 жыл бұрын
surfers are infamous by nature
@joenance8641 2 жыл бұрын
@@Indonesiansurftravel infamous means famous for a bad quality or reason
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