Conner Coffin's heavy-footed highlights - video

Stu Nettle (stunet)
Swellnet Dispatch

Three contests into his maiden CT tour and young Conner Coffin is sitting just outside the top ten. He even spent a few weeks in second position, so all things considered Conner is having a stellar start. There appears little secret in his approach; don't overthink the heat strategy and when it's your time to ride blast the bejeesus out of the wave. It's a distilled version of comp surfing and it's immensely entertaining.

Here's Conner's latest clip, featuring a few waves from home, a few from Hawaii (freefall drop at 1:49 is sublime), and then a few from the road - Snapper, Bells, and Margs.

Comments

Blowin Tuesday, 10 May 2016 at 11:51 am new

I'm such a fan of this guys surfing.

Craig Tuesday, 10 May 2016 at 12:00 pm new

And to the soundtrack of BJM, so epic!

OHV500 Tuesday, 10 May 2016 at 01:22 pm new

Hack-orama. awesome sauce !!

zenagain Tuesday, 10 May 2016 at 01:29 pm new

Tubes and hacks, never get tired of tubes and hacks.

Surfsnb Tuesday, 10 May 2016 at 03:47 pm new

Good to see young guys hacking instead of flapping.

spencie Tuesday, 10 May 2016 at 03:56 pm new

All of the above!

simba Tuesday, 10 May 2016 at 05:36 pm new

Top ten no worries,great style.

chickenlips Tuesday, 10 May 2016 at 07:54 pm new

Sorry to do this here?! The WSL is dead! Kelly wins again!!!

aaronwithadoublea Wednesday, 11 May 2016 at 08:39 am new

Reminds me of Julien,.. ability, style, looks.
Could be WSL new poster boy

Island Bay Wednesday, 11 May 2016 at 08:56 am new

It'll be interesting to see him at JBay. Hopefully things click for him there, cause it could be beautiful to watch him on song in good JBay.

Stinky Friday, 13 May 2016 at 05:51 pm new

Wow. Good to see great power surfing isn't dead.

Person Friday, 13 May 2016 at 07:24 pm new

Absolute animal, couldn't keep my eyes off the buckets being blown off the top.

BobC Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 06:50 am new

There was a great surfer named Jeff Hackman. Now we have Conner Hack man. He's one of those guys you could watch all day.

southey Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 12:24 pm new

Was plenty to like and at times brutal on his forehand , backhand less so .