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Noah Beschen Reveals The Astounding Flexibility Of Youth

How his knees didn’t pop at 0:42, we’ll never be sure. 

cinema // Aug 15, 2018
Words by Stab
Reading Time: < 1 minute

This clip comes via Waco, Texas and despite surfing’s greatest cynics (the Stab commentariat) petitioning against further promotion of these wave tubs, every once in a while we come across a clip that simply must be shared. 

This 3-minute flick is quite different from anything we’ve seen out of Waco. Frankly it watches more like a millennial music video than it does a surf clip, but Noah Beschen’s performance level is truly beyond reproach. No matter what air he’s doing, Noah finds a way to invert, tweak, or contort his punt to make it feel dramatic and entertaining. 

Then at 0:42, Noah gets crumbled in a manner that will make any elderly (over 20) reader cringe. Knees are not meant to bend like that, unless you’re 17-years-old and the son of surfing royalty, apparently. 

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