Curren Quad at J-Bay in 1992
Surf movie mix-up, Curren rides a 6’11” quad at J-Bay notta 7’3″ thruster. Thanks Pat Cahill.
Read the manifesto that accompanies the video here.
The above clip is from the move Ultimate Sessions which is a movie that basically takes all your greatest surf movie memories and runs them through a sanitizer, bleaching away all the stoke.
I’ve known about that quad for a long time now, nobody ever believed me.
I used to geek out on the Tom Curren segments in the Search movies and freeze frame all the bottom turns and shots of Curren on the beach with his boards.
Moonlight glassed the now famous Skip Frye Fish Curren is riding for Derek Hynd.
Half the boards Curren rides at J-Bay belonged to Hynd. There are also some shots of Curren on one of Derek’s Malcolm Campbell 5 fin Bonzers.
I had all the Rip Curl Search movies on VHS but they got stolen during a huge party me and my roommates threw the summer of 1999.
I wish those movies had shown the boards better. I do like how the Thomas Campbell movies have all the boards ridden on the credits.
Anonymous
July 20, 20093:44 is RAD!
mike@waveridersgallery.net
July 20, 2009Fine investigative journalism … Compelling and rich.
Anonymous
July 20, 2009J-bay trip 1 Search I was thrusters. J-bay trip 2 was those other boards.
Lamont
July 20, 2009Watching him surfing gives me tingles every time. Smoooooth.
Anonymous
July 21, 2009over-rated!
Anonymous
July 21, 2009…just kidding…that is the shit!!!!
Anonymous
July 22, 2009He looks super cute in pink!
mike@waveridersgallery.net
July 22, 2009Tooootallly!