Watch: Kai Lenny // Hot dogging Rincon

Stu Nettle (stunet)
Swellnet Dispatch

No towrope. No gun. No sail. No foil.

Kai Lenny shucks all his big wave equipment for fun-sized Rincon. Or almost all of it...

Bet the organisers of the Rincon Classic went looking for the rulebook.

 

Comments

inzider Monday, 1 Apr 2019 at 10:09 am new

Well that was a wasted minute of my life

blower Monday, 1 Apr 2019 at 10:55 am new

Some solid carves and a bit of footstrap (a la' 80's Hynd) progression, pretty sick.

Whitebait Monday, 1 Apr 2019 at 11:33 am new

Inzider, perhaps you shouldn't waste any more minutes...

Kai Lenny is more freaky that your profile image. Obviously you surf as well as Kai.

warddy Monday, 1 Apr 2019 at 12:59 pm new

Theres always a hater .... amazing?

seen Monday, 1 Apr 2019 at 02:48 pm new

A mix of strapped-in/normal surfing - reckon he paddled those waves then put his feet in for the strapped sections? or got towed in?
Supposing he paddled them and then put feet in straps, would that be legit in a comp?
It looks like windsurfing tricks without the sail... Interesting and different. Obviously not traditional, but how long before he lands a monster method out of a barrel at jaws and redefines the game?

dandob Monday, 1 Apr 2019 at 04:02 pm new

Knee or ankle injury waiting to happen you'd think?

dangerouskook2000 Monday, 1 Apr 2019 at 07:33 pm new

I couldn't see the straps at first. Looks pretty sick those airs

icandig Tuesday, 2 Apr 2019 at 12:23 pm new

Two different boards? Grip / straps on one of them....Edits and close ups deliberately evasive? It'd be pretty hard to slip the foot in on take off. I'm guessing tow ins. Laird was doing this stuff 20 years ago on monsters. Still - kind of impressive. Edit**just had another look (and a read of the lead in). He's wearing a contest singlet, and according to Stu - no tow ropes. Even more impressive.

Kham Tuesday, 2 Apr 2019 at 09:26 am new

Ya gotta love a hater that can't count, it was 1.28 of progressive surfing with a hint of old school flair.
Kai rips.

inzider Tuesday, 2 Apr 2019 at 03:28 pm new

Look you haters
I think Kai is an absolute weapon of a shred lord .
Just didn't like this minute of Gaylord bootstrap airs.

t-diddy Wednesday, 3 Apr 2019 at 01:51 am new

fully sic!

jaunkemps Wednesday, 3 Apr 2019 at 08:54 am new

Yup two different boards, looks like no plugs in the opening shot, awesome move that upside down corky carroll roll, no takin that tag its mine........Giddyup