Arthur Vilar Is Going To Need A Bigger Quiver

Arthur Vilar surfed his first wave in a contest.

He lost, but enjoyed himself enough to keep going and hasn’t stopped surfing, or competing, since.

In his new edit, filmed entirely during homeschool breaks on a charter vessel in the Ments, the Stab High Bottle Rocket talks about surfing and his aspirations: world champion, Olympic champion, and travelling the world, in that order, subconsciously at least. He says it twice too, and somehow it doesn’t feel like an editing faux pas.

In competition he finds motivation to improve, and a loophole to share otherwise crowded lineups with just a few others. His father taught him to have fun while doing it, and his wave count in contests illustrates that.

Arthur appears to have surfed laps around the hobbyists during the trip, drawing out lines that he usually lacks the space for back home, doing rodeos that would make Jordy Smith proud, and erasing an entire quiver before the trip had even ended.