Filipe Toledo and Gabriel André, Southern California

Deriva mag curate some very enjoyable edits and this is one of them: Filipe Toledo and Gabriel André tuning up in funtime Southern California. The backside air Filipe pastes 56 seconds into this clip is the reason why he’s one of the three most exciting aerialists in the world right now. “Filipe’s too gnarly,” says Taj Burrow of Filipe’s small wave game. “Filipe crushes it in little waves. He’s so fast and light.” Dane Reynolds agrees with Taj, too: “I trip out on him,” says DR. “He’s light on his feet and just looks like he’s on the fastest boards ever.”