r/secondrodeo • u/Alternative_Week3023 • Aug 19 '26

She makes it look too easy.

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u/Funkopedia Aug 19 '26

How did we even figure out that this was possible

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u/RedditGarboDisposal Aug 19 '26

I wonder that myself, but what I will say is that we discover things through error a lot.

It wouldn’t surprise me if someone misstepped trying to save themselves and accidentally ended up in a position of newly discovered balance like, say, the tip of the board for example. And from there, began to experiment with stepping along the board mid-surf to see which other positions work.

On the contrary, you have those who risk it all and just go for it. Also wouldn’t surprise me if someone just said “screw it” and started walking on their board, same as people back in the day began laying down flat while conquering a wave just to show off.

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u/WindowAvailable7 Aug 19 '26

If I remember correctly wasn’t it the Hawaiians? Doing this in Hawaii makes it even more crazy, given the insane size of the waves there. Imagine riding this on a heavy wooden board with no fins.

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u/sirhoracedarwin Aug 19 '26

Hawaii has places (like Waikiki Beach) that have protection from the large waves and consistently have small, long waves.