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May 23, 2012 11:01 am
michel bourez too…big carves.. one of the most powerful of the WT i think
December 6, 2011 6:07 am
Saw that tatoo girl, sitting..or surfing, this number one!
September 17, 2011 4:45 pm
surf surf surf i love surf
August 19, 2011 7:07 pm
dane reynolds …period. and i watched bk surf sunset, etc.
no one comes close to dane, from any generation..
August 18, 2011 6:30 pm
Ian Kanga Cairns. Very powerful. Poor old guy. R.I.P.
August 18, 2011 6:27 pm
So many great suggestions below and all worthy of the Top 10 Power Surfers. Just yesterday, between waves, my buddy Tim and I agreed that Dane Reynolds is the most fluid power surfer alive. Kolohe and the rest of the rippers coming up should take notice and weight those rails.
August 16, 2011 9:54 am
Andy on lefthands like Indonesian waves, used to rock, maybe the most powerfull and stylish surf that i’ve ever saw!!!! I think he deserves to be on the list, it’s a shame!!!!
August 16, 2011 5:01 am
Have to agree with Mik. The consensus in the surf world has always been that AI was the only surfer in the sport who surfed 8ft waves like the rest of the pros surfed 4fters. He was in attack mode at all times. All you have to do is watch his segment from BURN to see proof of how he surfed more radically and powerfully than half the guys on this list – particularly on his backhand. And for new school power, Jordy pales in comparison to Dane Reynolds. Watch the heat of Dane against Parko in the 2010 Quik Pro at Snapper and you tell me who uses the rail with more power, speed and reckless abandon than Dane. No one. He made Parko look like he should have been surfing in the womens’ event. Or check his heats from the Puerto Rico event. His turns were so tweaked out that you would have swore he was going to break his spine in half. Even his airs make Jordy’s look like there in slow motion. To generate that much height and speed in your rotations, you have to be packing power. No one comes close to Dane.
August 15, 2011 10:51 pm
I’d put Kanga on the list.
August 15, 2011 9:05 pm
Johnny Boy Gomes ……
August 15, 2011 8:57 pm
I don’t come back to many comment boards, but this list just pisses me off the more I think about it. Was this like “Hey Taylor, pick your favorite 10 in 30 seconds” or what ? So wrong……
The title should read ” Taylor’s Idols”… that makes better sense than Top Ten of All Time…
August 15, 2011 5:33 pm
This is Taylor’s opinion NOT yours blokes – relax.
August 15, 2011 3:35 pm
Spot-on.
Kelly is at the top of every list so just leave him off.
August 15, 2011 3:23 pm
BETTER MAKE IT TOP 12 ,CAUSE YOU LEFT OUT THE 2 TOP MEN. ADD KELLY AND BRUCE IRONS,WOULD BE ANDY BUT HE ISN’T WITH US ANYMORE,HES SURFING IN HEAVEN NOW.
August 15, 2011 1:27 pm
Sorry Bru, you missed it on this one…time for pasture.
August 15, 2011 11:38 am
“I would just put up 10 pictures of Pancho Sullivan instead.”
Me too.
August 15, 2011 10:35 am
Not a bad list, Taylor. With a few more slots I would have definitely added Peter Mendia and Pancho Sullivan, that’s just me though.
August 15, 2011 9:29 am
Nice top 10 human surfers list.
I would like to see a top 10 surfing gods list though.
August 15, 2011 9:24 am
:Without A Doubt – “THE BEST POWER RIDE” that I have seen during the US Open Of Surfing 2011, was NOT during The Competition: Sunny Garcia “Totally – Barrelled” on the North Side of The Huntington Beach Pier, directly below me. I missed getting The Shot………………Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
August 15, 2011 9:10 am
nice humans top 10…
thats why KS an AI are missing
August 15, 2011 9:04 am
and what about Myles Padaca
August 15, 2011 8:35 am
I would just put up 10 pictures of Pancho Sullivan instead.
August 15, 2011 8:02 am
Although I question some omissions nice list Taylor. but I agree with most here. I wouldn’t have left out AI or Kelly. And to mix it up I would have placed Peter Mendia at the end to finish my list. As for bob….. you have to know what you’re looking at. Although Taylor’s surfing lacks modern day progression his surfing technique and rail work is timeless and will never die.
August 15, 2011 7:00 am
good artical, replace jordy with andy and id say you got it.
August 15, 2011 6:52 am
Andy, Kelly, Joel, Mick, etc…. I know all these guys don’t look like they are throwing on the E-Brake on every turn like Carroll or Garcia, but they throw massive amounts of water around. And you have Curren on the list, so I’m baffled…
August 15, 2011 5:41 am
taylor=most boring surfer on planet earth
August 15, 2011 2:13 am
and no mention of kelly? seriously? given taylor’s parameters for defining this group (power WITH finesse), i cant think of a more perfect exponent than KS. and jordy makes that list? over AI? Taylor been sucking on the coconut juice a little too much?!
August 15, 2011 2:12 am
and no mention of kelly? seriously? given taylor’s parameters for defining this group (power
August 14, 2011 11:23 pm
Tom Curren number one????? And no mention of Andy Irons??? Sorry Taylor, but that’s ridiculous. Andy threw far more power than anyone here except maybe Occy… But AI did it in more radical places. He rewrote the book on powersurfing. More powerful than Taylor as well. Maybe that explains the omission.