The Doctor - Surf Ski World Series Race - Video
Job offers should be lining up after that one Cecil, big thumbs up, well done!
#2 Wed, 02/18/2009 - 11:22am
Hmm is it just me or does it look like that gray boat in the back is making some wake for the dude?
#3 Wed, 02/18/2009 - 11:47am
100 m away? No way, that thing gets closer than that. around 12 minutes it gets pretty close.
#5 Wed, 02/18/2009 - 12:02pm
From what I saw there was a guy filming on that boat as well. Probably trying to outdo Rambo and get the best shots!
#8 Wed, 02/18/2009 - 12:52pm
Hey Cecil, it's 10.08am Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time, why aren't you out building a fence or something!
#10 Wed, 02/18/2009 - 1:08pm
I have to agree with PPP,
That guy looks totally out of shape and way slow. The only way he won was by help.
I know he is a former Olympic Gold Medal winner, but we know that after they win they just-
Hit the bong
Smoke the weed
Drink
Hang out with college age chicks
and Hit the Bong
#13 Wed, 02/18/2009 - 1:37pm
my favorite part is about 54 seconds in. so much to look at here. one guy without pants on the left. and then there are the two guys on the right. what the hell is going on there? all i can say is someone's a big fan of speedo's and it's not the guy wearing em.
oh yeah, awesome vid rambo. you da man.
#14 Wed, 02/18/2009 - 2:07pm
Wow-that guy's amazing. Robbo, I mean. The guy with the blue and white speedos isn't too shabby, either, I reckon. Absolutely zero self-conciousness there.
#15 Wed, 02/18/2009 - 2:29pm
I have to agree with PPP,
That guy looks totally out of shape and way slow. The only way he won was by help.
I know he is a former Olympic Gold Medal winner, but we know that after they win they just-
Hit the bong
Smoke the weed
Drink
Hang out with college age chicks
and Hit the Bong
Kona J
Are you confusing an aussie icon with an American swimming star! (ouch, I can feel the comeback already) !@#$
#16 Wed, 02/18/2009 - 3:04pm
Guys,
Welcome to the home of the budgie smugglers.
we wear em pride in Oz.
And when you row a surf boat you pull'em up your crack.
But that's a mans game that a lot of foreigners don't understand.
RAMBO fantastic vid and let's see more , can't wait to see the Jnr vid.
Know he wasn't well but from what i saw in the shorts he looks like he handled it well.
Cracker
#17 Wed, 02/18/2009 - 3:28pm
Just a little American Humor! It was more of an attack on our Olympic "Hero"
Your Aussie Icon can obviously smash everyone and is a great person and we can only hope he doesn't take up outrigger.
Many of our US athletes just lie about steroids, that they are not in it for the money, and when they are caught blame others.
#18 Wed, 02/18/2009 - 3:30pm
Robbo has had a crack at OC6 paddling, was in the winning Molokai crew 1992.
#19 Wed, 02/18/2009 - 3:45pm
Great stuff Rambo - I remain very impressed with your camera set up. Did you use your flywheel stabilizer a lot ?
#21 Wed, 02/18/2009 - 7:32pm
jc9 0: "Without pants?" Why, that's the real traditional way of paddling canoe and surfing. You paddled naked and stored your malo in the umeke. No back flap too.
#26 Thu, 02/19/2009 - 12:15am
Let there be light... sound... drums... guitars... let there be ROCK !!!
#28 Thu, 02/19/2009 - 8:32am
He made it out.....with a bullet in his back....
jailbreak......
Bon was the man.
#29 Thu, 02/19/2009 - 11:53pm
Phenomenal. I'd bet you could copyright your code and sell it to GoPro! It'll probably fund at least a year's worth of your traveling/filming excursions. Of course I'm sure you're already sponsored by them, if not you should be.
Thanks for all your hard work and contributions Rambo.
"I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy." Og Mandino
#31 Sun, 02/22/2009 - 1:13am
Hey Rambo: any chance of scabbing on an iako and ama on Robbo's V-10 ski? Wonder how it would perform as a OC-1 conversion? Just curious? Think Epic will come out with a OC-1 version of their own?
#33 Thu, 02/26/2009 - 10:32am
I think people have already slapped an ama on a surfski. Its called the OC-1.
#34 Thu, 02/26/2009 - 11:19am
the V10 has a big flat spot behind where you sit. I love how they made them . very well made.
#36 Thu, 02/26/2009 - 11:33am
Yeah, but got to figure them skis catch a different wave then we do, so even with my low level beginner skills, I won't be able to get that quick 1 and 2 stroke follow up that the kayakers have; They can take 2 strokes to my one and be sloppy with their strokes too. Now I wonder how that V-10 compares with the Hayden Molokai Robbo normally paddles? Oscar must of noticed something out in the Channel when Robbo would drop in and bump the shorter Hayden physically against his? I think it was something about the Hayden not having the glide capacity to keep up and that Robbo had to work harder to stay with him? So if Robbo was on his ski, he'd blow everybody away and probably set a new Molokai record? Guess Oscar has got himself a horse for the Molokai with a new record in mind as the goal? Anyway, maybe that's the thinking of the design of the new Karel canoe? But don't the Huki's look similar with the wave parting bow?
#37 Thu, 02/26/2009 - 2:13pm
I dunno bout now but it used to be the oc-1 hulls themselves were faster than surfskis because you didn't have to worry about balance with there being an ama. oc-1s could be narrower and faster. surfskis had to be wider to balance.
People have tried slapping an ama onto surfskis only to find that they have made a really really awkward boat.
Stroke count on a surfski makes a huge difference in the surf. HUGE. I'd be willing to go as far as saying they surf better than oc-1's not because of the design but because the paddler can get a much higher stroke count.
But today things might be different. I've been out of the loop.
#38 Thu, 02/26/2009 - 3:18pm
There is the possibility to..... and I know this is a repeat of what has already been said, but I havent seen it done yet, so must conclude that it needs repeating..............to stick a miniature outrigger assembly onto a surfski. It can be so small that it is barely noticed, so it shouldn't be awkward in any way.
Superior performance in rough water downwind, lower cost, easier storage and transport are all to be gained....... whats the problem, the hull type has been adopted for the benefit offered, so why not the blade as well.
#40 Thu, 02/26/2009 - 5:56pm
goodwaka, already been done, the training wheels that Jude makes for his skis.
#41 Fri, 02/27/2009 - 6:03am
right too ! have only just seen it......but the price is about 1000$ US, which makes it nearly double the amount when imported here.
I had imagined something much smaller and 'traditional' , which was only just poking out on the left side.
#43 Fri, 02/27/2009 - 8:56am
Huki's "gull wing" training wheels for skis is a cool idea. For sure anyone using it will get shit from other paddlers, but it should speed up the learning curve, and get a lot more people to try skis, especially in areas with cold or rough water.
#44 Fri, 02/27/2009 - 8:59am
Olympic Gold Medalist Clint "Robbo" Robinson won the Perth leg of the
Surf Ski world Cup in smashing style, the man is a machine. This video
showcases the event and what ever you do don't miss the final 5 mins of
"Robbo" smashing it on runner after runner..... it's awesome.
This is NOT the Outrigger version focusing on Karel Jr, that is still to come , however he is in this Video as well.
Filmed and Produced by Rambo
http://blip.tv/file/1787721
or
http://rambos-locker.blogspot.com/2009/02/doctor-surf-ski-world-series-…
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