Is Shipsterns a hard wave to tow?
It’s a difficult wave to line up, for sure. You got a lot of wind and current and there’s really only one entry spot. It’s much easier to tow; I’ve never paddled it. To paddle it would be a complete waste of the sets. Those big ones, you can’t get over the steps, you need straps. There’s just no way around it. Have you ever seen a step like that in a wave? I’ve never seen a step like that in my life apart from the house I had in Brazil — and I nearly fell off it. [laughs] When you’re on the big one, it looks like you have it, no problem. Suddenly, you’re completely airborne. I was ready to lay into my bottom turn and then, all of a sudden, I was on the lip. [laughs] It was the most amazing feeling. When you see the video, you can see me start to bottom turn. So, I’m going, “Wait a minute, there’s something going on here.” And then I just held my straight line off that ramp. Suddenly, I’m snowboarding, jumping off a big cliff or something. I didn’t do any hopping or anything stupid, I
