So much for keeping breakfast or lunch or whatever you’re eating down. If these don’t have your stomachs churning, you need to get your empathy valve checked — it’s clogged or something mean. The most devastating part is how thin the line between Ride of the Year and Wipeout of the Year really is. For Alain Riou, it was undoubtedly the smallest but sharpest of bumps: he looks like he was on a longboard bombing a hill when a pebble decided to stick a foot out.
Shawn Dollar at Maverick’s:
Alex Martins at Maverick’s:
Jamie Mitchell at Belharra:
Alain Riou at Teahupoo:
Koa Rothman at Teahupoo:
