Pipeline came alive! It started pumping yesterday morning. There was some really good waves made and some even better wipeouts. You always see the guy who gets the good waves photos and clips but I wanted to show what happens out at Pipe to “non pipeline specialist.” 
Hurley Phantom boardies. Best in the business! I honestly can’t imagine surfing in anything besides them. Really been diggin the Bloc Party models. Working on some new color ways with the boys too… Black and Red, and a few other ideas!
The day after my round 1 heat I had a day off (I’ve ended up having 3 days off). Our good friend Beren Hall lives down in Byron Bay and we decided to go for a quick drive south of the Goldy to go visit him. We surfed a super peaky rippable bank on a beautiful beach with no one around until we were surfed out before heading into the town of Byron for some lunch. In a state of food comatose we decided that gliding on some longboards at the Pass sounded more appealing than trying to shred a blown out beach break on full stomachs. So we scrounged up 3 logs and headed out to The Pass. The wind was light offshore and the waves were small but groomed to perfection and running down the sand bank. It felt amazing to ride a long board. The simplicity of standing in one place on a board and just playing with your speed and trim felt really fresh. Thanks Bez, Dion, and Warren for letting us borrow their boards!
Well, the contest finished at Sunset yesterday in fun Sunset! I made the semi’s and had a super close heat. There weren’t too many waves in our semi and I got knocked out of advancing in the last minute. It was a tough loss but a keeper result in the ratings to qualify for world juniors next year, which is the main goal. Zeke Lau, the man to beat the whole contest, won the final and 4 G’s! Congrats Zeke! Besides surfing Sunset, we got some super fun days out at Rocky Point. Everybody was out and there was some serious ripping going on. Mason Ho solidified himself as my new favorite surfer those couple times I saw him surf. He was doing these HUGE airs over dry reef with these awesome old school 80′s look-downs. I was psyched. Jimmicane was here shooting the Surfing Magazine swimsuit edition and we snuck a photo and some sneaky butt clips for the upcoming webisode. Yes, they’re amazing. The waiting period for the Volcom Pipe Pro started today and is looking like we are a go for a possible start Wednesday. Until then… 
Here are some screen grabs:
Burleigh is kinda like Rincon. Perfect little reeling rights along a rock point. So it’s been a pleasure to surf Rincon for two weeks before coming over here for this contest. The water is so clean and crystal clear here that it is nearly hard to concentrate on turning while your going down the line. Gerr snapped these two photos as I was heading out for my round one heat at perfect shoulder high burleigh. The comp should be on again tomorrow!
Gerr and I arrived at our humble abode here on the point at Burleigh yesterday and let me tell you, the life down under is the good life. We made our way out from Brisbane by way of Chase Wilson and his ozzie friend Anthony. They are legends and we thank them greatly because if it weren’t for them we might still be figuring out the confusing train system. But, our journey did entail stacking the car quite high with board bags. People honked at us the whole way trying to warn us of our catastrophic board stack, but we just threw them all a thumbs up and kept on driving. Once at Burleigh we surfed the super fun rock bank out frontAnyways, Parker and Perry are in Hawaii while Gerr and I are here for the World Juniors. Unfortunately FATBOYSURFCAMP is disassembled and I greatly miss my counterparts. We’re going to have an epic time, and so will they, but it’s just not quite the same without the team fully assembled. I’m exhausted, Gerr’s exhausted, and we’re getting up at 430 to surf straddy, so I’m passing out. Good night…..ZZZZZ
Well, it wasn’t how the forecasters claimed it was gonna be, but there was still a lot of fun waves. It was crowded beyond belief but both Conner and I managed to get a few fun waves. Check out the new vid:
Yes, we have them. We will ship them. All you must do is buy them:) 20$ a piece and that includes shipping!!!! Woohooo!
Perry, Oda, and I arrived about three days ago to the lovely island of Oahu. Conner couldn’t come because he is going to Oz for a run of events so I’m the solo Coffin on the island. I was sad to leave Conner for a month, but really excited to be here. It’s pretty weird not being here with him actually. I think I’ve only been here one other time without him. Anyways, the waves have been really fun! There’s a junior Pro at Sunset this week so I’ve mainly been surfing out there trying to figure out my boards. Besides surfing sunset we’ve been doing the usual: eating a lot of food, being perverts on the beach while girls are laying out, and then eating even more food. Below are some photos from the past couple days. Hope the contest goes well! 
It was good. It was Clean. It was sunny. It was crowded, but with the right people. It was a perfect day at Rincon. Here’s some screen grabs from Perry’s edit. We’ll be posting the vid on Monday…..
Catrin Claeson. This Tail of The Week has more photos than normal. There were just so many, it was hard to narrow it down. So, we just left them all hoping to satisfy everyone’s likings.
First off, let us thank you for everyone’s participation in the giveaway. Everyone’s ideas were great and it was very hard to pick a winner. In fact, we will probably use most of your ideas at one point or another throughout the lifetime of our site. With that being said, we picked Taber Bartoshesky. Stayed tuned for the next giveaway and a chance to win some free YWT swag.
Jimmy Wilson, AKA Jimmicane, AKA Jaguar Jimmy, is a classic human. Opinionated, straight forward, honest, patriotic, passionate, hilarious. Jimmy has made a name for himself photographing surfing, most notably for his Jimmicangle, as well as writing/photo editing for Surfing Magazine. He patented the term “whitewater rafting” within the world of surf, and has taught us all the correct terminology of the various grabs we do on surfboards. Frontside grab not indy, mute not slob, etc…. He takes unique photos and is a really fun person to hang out with. Jimmy is one of those people who cane make the worst of trips absolutely hilarious and enjoyable. That’s kind of what happened this last week. Typical of any big northwest swell to head towards CA, our most recent swell was a bit of a disappointment. Way over hyped, major wind chunk, and incredibly crowded, like beyond belief crowded. Jimmy came up to hang out with us and shoot photos, but it turned into more of a hangout session than scoring epic surf. Although it wasn’t ideal, we managed to have some good laughs, surf some fun waves, and enjoy the pristine days. Jimmy donated his left over photos from the voyage up the coast, and we are very appreciative of his photographic brilliance. Thanks Jimmy!
Getting hyped on starbucks mid surf check.
Rincon was hectic to say the least.... hard to kick out when someone else is burning you.
Parker lip bashing.
Parker and Bobby post surf
The Jimmicangle
Richie keeps up during the day, but can't quite hang on the couch.
Sorry if you guys have tried to buy t shirts in the last month. We had a slight malfunction with this dealio. Anyways, it is all fixed now so go ahead and get your t’s!
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You know those strawberries that you dip in chocolate? That taste realllyyy good? That’s what our necks look like. It’s a good thing though, because it means we’ve been surfing a LOT. Parker took a picture of mine tonight, but it doesn’t even do it justice. Damn.
Looking at our new year’s resolutions, one of them is to generate some new content on youngwisetails and improve it in any way possible. We have some ideas, but we want to hear from you guys about what you want to see. So, we have a YWT t-shirt, a pair of customized Frends headphones, and a pack of stickers for whoever sends us our favorite idea. You guys have until Friday to submit your ideas to youngwisetails@yahoo.com and then we’ll pick our favorite one, post it on the blog, and announce the winner. Get Creative!!!!!! Go!
The past few weeks at home have been amazing. We’ve been cruising at home with good friends just driving up and down the coast in search of waves. It’s been ridable everyday and we have been taking advantage of it! Life doesn’t get much better than these past few weeks. Gotta love it!
Shaping…? Well, I tried. I was bored this afternoon so I went into Channel Islands and met with Mike Walters and Blake Howard. They instructed me how to shape my first ever shortboard. I had a lot of fun, but realized how hard it is. I definitely will never say a board looks horrible again because now I know how hard it is to make a surfboard even look remotely like a surfboard. We pretty much spent 6 hours on my board but it ended up actually looking insane. We called it “The Meat Pie” because when we were finished shaping we decided a meat pie sounded delicious. I’m gonna get it glassed next week and bring it on my upcoming trip to Hawaii! Should be interesting 
