Stab Magazine | Did you surf 432 times in 2015?

Live Now: Chapter 11 Mini-Documentary With Dane Reynolds

1004 Views

Did you surf 432 times in 2015?

How was your 2015? Filled with excitement, regret, remorse? Did you speak about hating work and longing for surf? Probably, we all do it and put it on repeat. Amongst us are those who surf a lot, a little, and the occasional pal who savours the idea of surfing, purchases multiple sleds and suits throughout the […]

news // Mar 8, 2016
Words by stab
Reading Time: 3 minutes

How was your 2015? Filled with excitement, regret, remorse? Did you speak about hating work and longing for surf? Probably, we all do it and put it on repeat. Amongst us are those who surf a lot, a little, and the occasional pal who savours the idea of surfing, purchases multiple sleds and suits throughout the year and each time you invite them for a friendly session they decline sighting some thin excuse. Friends that leave you questioning if they like to surf or if they just enjoy the notion of being a surfer.

Ted Robinson Body hammerland

Ted locked in a rare pocket in Los Angeles.

Ted Robinson’s not that friend, he’s a man who’ll make you feel guilty about the amount of time you spend in the water. Mr Robinson tracks all of his sessions with a nifty little Ripcurl GPS watch, well almost all of his sessions. “The only time I don’t use it is when I’m doing step-offs in Mex,” Ted tells Stab. “Which can give an inaccurate reading of how often I surf. Pretty much anytime it’s going to be overhead I take out my ski and do step-offs, it’s just too addicting. That’s a lifesaver for me, it gets too crazy around here sometimes.” He’s referring to Orange County. Ted’s a Huntington Beach guy. He frequents HB and Newport then shoots down to his pad in Baja when things get a little too hectic. “If you saw my set-up down there you’d understand why I spend so much of my time in Mex.”

DCIM101GOPRO

It’s so nice, I wanna have the same view twice.

“I would have surfed more this year if the waves had been better.” Ted says. The guy’s had 432 sessions over the grand year of 2015. He’s spent a total of 21 days this year atop foam submerged in salt water. It’s unimaginable how much he’d surf is the waves were always firing, going through his statistics it isn’t rare for Mr Robinson here to surf three times a day and spend over three hours in the water. “I take pride in the amount of time I spend in the water and how many waves I catch,” he continues, “it’s interesting to me to track as many sessions as possible.” On January 20th, 2015, Ted had a marathon four hour session out at El Porto in Los Angeles, and if you’re familiar with the break then you’re aware it had to have been just kicking that day to keep any sane individual out there that long. It seems like it was, Ted caught 70 waves that sesh, he paddled 10.3 miles, his top speed was 17.1 mph with a longest wave of 176 yards.

Ted BODY RIGHT HAND

Tube hounding in Baja.

Ted has a group of friends who all have the watch and have a club set up on the app, “there’s a dozen of us,” he says. “It’s cool we get competitive, it’s more for bragging rights. Who’s gone the fastest. Who spends the most time in the water. That’s what everyone cares about. Sometimes guys forget to turn their watches off and get in the car, next thing you know they’re hitting a 3 mile waves at 60 mph… So we try to keep each other honest.”

Comments

Comments are a Stab Premium feature. Gotta join to talk shop.

Already a member? Sign In

Want to join? Sign Up

Advertisement

Most Recent

Pittar’d And Feathered

Do the WSL judges deserve the internet's wrath? We asked the man of the hour.

Mar 28, 2024

Robbo, Pickles, And Tyler Wright Become The Underdogs Breakfast At Uninspiring Winkipop

The foreboding blade sharpens and inconsistent judging prevails on Day Two in Torquay.

Mar 27, 2024

“I Don’t Always Win Heats, But When I Do, I Try To Beat John John”

Slater shines and the axe begins its descent on Day 01 at Bells.

Mar 26, 2024

Back Against The Wall: The Ramzi Boukhiam Redemption

Morocco's first CT surfer on speaking six languages, having no coach, and snatching Fil Toledo's…

Mar 25, 2024

Will Kirra, Babies or JJF Stop a GOAT Winning at Bells?

Bluesky BOAG advice from a Superman specialist and former Trials winner.

Mar 25, 2024

Bells Preview: The WSL’s Victorian Sword Dancing Equinox Ritual

Will a Brazilian crack the Top 10 at Bells?

Mar 25, 2024

69 Shin Bones Later + the Anticlimactic State of Big Wave Record-Breaking

Lucas Chumbo might have surfed the biggest wave ever this year. But how will we…

Mar 23, 2024

Watch: ‘Fresh and Fried’ Ft the Quik Kids

How taxing is it to tackle the Gold Coast’s Triple Crown in a single day,…

Mar 23, 2024

The Popular Vote: The People’s Stab In The Dark With Kolohe Andino Champion

Which board looked best — to you —under Kolohe's talons?

Mar 22, 2024

João Chianca Opens Up About His Brain Injury, Rehabilitation, And Targeted Return To Competition  

"I don't just want to be the same surfer that I was. I don't even…

Mar 21, 2024

Six Key Learnings From Portugal

Three CT events in, what do we know? 

Mar 21, 2024

‘Zipper’ Is Going On Tour, Here’s Where You Can Watch It  

Dates, times + locations for the Venice, Encinitas, Sydney + Byron premieres.  

Mar 20, 2024

Dane Reynolds On His Future, His Past, And Chapter 11’s Raison D’être

Our 9-minute plunge into the collective psyche of Ventura's pillar(s).

Mar 20, 2024

From ‘Blue Ribbon Cross Country Runner’ to Vogue – How Steph Again Is Back With A Rip Curl Remix

Everything we know about the she-GOATs sponsorship boomerang.

Mar 18, 2024

Stab Interview: Darren Handley Explains Why You Can’t Buy The Winning Stab In The Dark Model

And his decades-long standoff with Slater.

Mar 17, 2024

Griff Embraces Portugal’s Eternal Time Loop To Vanquish Medina + Ewing, Defay Delays The Inevitable

A redeeming closing act at Supertubos.

Mar 16, 2024

The Secret Behind Lungi Slabb’s Inconceivable Greenmount Funnel

Six broken boards, one leaking forehead, and five days of Superbank mysticism.

Mar 16, 2024

Cheat Codes: A Million Miles Worth Of Travel Advice From Coco Ho

Hard-earned wisdom from more than 2,000 hours in the troposphere.

Mar 15, 2024
Advertisement