Chippa Wilson, Cabarita shadowplay, NSW
“Chip don’t reverse,” says photographer Matt O’Brien, who captured this play of light and water featuring Chris ‘Chippa’ Wilson. “He’s full rotation or nothing. So, yes, he came out straight (laughs). Dude’s a freak.” What Matt’s saying is that, while finner-to-reverses are currently trending (and have been for some time), Chippa’s taken to only doing […]
“Chip don’t reverse,” says photographer Matt O’Brien, who captured this play of light and water featuring Chris ‘Chippa’ Wilson. “He’s full rotation or nothing. So, yes, he came out straight (laughs). Dude’s a freak.”
What Matt’s saying is that, while finner-to-reverses are currently trending (and have been for some time), Chippa’s taken to only doing either full-rotation airs, or finner tailslides that are recovered out straight before slipping into a reverse. Which is a good rule to have in this air-rev-saturated age. Hence his shoulders opened up down the line, rather than dropping his left shoulder to go into the spin.
“This was taken at Cabarita, the only place Chip surfs when he’s home,” continues Matt. “It’s easy to see why he wouldn’t want to leave though. He’s just jetted off to Bali to shot with (new sponsor) Fox and then he’s off to the US for a couple of weeks. What a life.”
For daily hits of this kinda juice, go like Mr O’Brien’s Facebook page, here.
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