My First Time Riding an Asymmetrical Surfboard

[@WaveWasters]

Stoked to see you trying some more unique boards. I need to shape an asymmetrical as some point, they look pretty fun.

[@NomadGoods]

Love it! For the dream!!

[@neilvilladolid4602]

for the dream

[@ChuckMelber]

Yeeeew!

[@Nebulation]

It was an Album board that got 2nd in Kale Brock's Best Surfboard countdown.

[@BLACK05GO1]

I'll be honest and that Asymmetrical Surfboard seemed way too slow and lacked floatation for your weight. Maybe a longer, wider, or thicker board with more volume would correct for the lack of speed and floatation? Don't know. I just know you would have surfed much better on one of your regular boards. I got my surfboard stolen once and I was broke and couldn't get another one for some time. So I had to borrow different boards from friends to go surfing every time. It was a good lesson on what worked and what didn't work for my height, weight, and surfing style. Having the right surfboard (for you) is really important. There's nothing like standing up on a board that is just right (lots of speed, responsive, well balanced, good floatation, works on varying wave heights, etc...). The right board can make all the difference. The wrong board can lead to very frustrating sessions.

[@steveel3014]

Loved the funky music in the second surf segment! Perfect cruisin' music!

[@waveriders6970]

Great sessions Ben, that three fin was a first for me never seen a board like it. 5.8 retro did the business 👍🏄🏻‍♂️🔥

[@scottmcwave9479]

You ride every board well! I was hoping you would give that rowboat a try!

[@bend7777]

They were hammering everyone hard on the 4WD permits this past weekend.

[@EmanDeluxeVLOGS]

BIG VINNIE is a legend on that 9ft-er. Sick say dawg. E-🦸‍♂️

[@zino6310]

GRAVY NAVY...BRO... THAT ACTUALLY LOOKED PRETTY FIRING!!!!

[@Matthew_berry6]

My personal favorite for the Apple Watch is Surfline sessions, does everything dawn patrol does but also grabs your cam rewinds

[@scarletmama32]

Can we just say how STOKED Todd & I were to run into you and Jverni in our travels , really made our night even better, and you put us in your VLOG!!! FOR THE DREAM!!! keep doin what you're doin Ben, keep Evolving, and Keep Bringing That Energy!!! HUGSNLOVENLIGHT ~ Marci

[@chriscochrane2769]

What you may not know is that the waves you showed here are better than most summer waves in downtown Santa Barbara. You make them look fun! We have some spots but if they were this rideable there'd be 50 guys out! Of course we can always go on a short field trip.

[@mountaingrunter]

Thank you Mr. Gravy!

[@Luck33y7]

Good vibes, balls O'rollin'! Stoking good sir.

[@sandhopper599]

Two fun sessions!

[@kdaadventures8616]

Great video. Ben thank you for the feedback about enlightened cafe. I need to check it out next time I am in that area.

[@emisurfchannel2280]

So stoked.. fun waves e sick board 😱😱

[@Elexmage]

Way back in the day a guy named Ekstrom was shaping asyms in a shop at La Jolla Shores. Worked ok on longboards.

[@joefinley62]

Thanks for all the stoke!

[@danseng3747]

You ever see footage of Machado as a kid? He hits the whitewater 20 times. You was reminding me of that.

[@themadscientest]

Sometimes a "gutless" day hits just right cause you can just catch small stuff and not get worked and just ride waves all day fooling around going from shredding to floating on your back.

[@kailuakidd1512]

Dedicated to the dream, way to roll, good to see, salute

[@brognarly3716]

Bit of a sesh on the retro fish!

[@maccawacca69]

Can we see more fibre glass riding your riding looks like semi pineapple on soft tops and semi pro on fibreglass. Love you bro, keep up the vids.

[@katherinehayward4082]

Stoked on the Dream!

[@mikewatson8198]

Aloha cuz. Link up with Ryan Burch. He rips and shapes the most unique boards u will ever see. Fact's. I rode some of his shapes in Cardiff where hr is from. And it changed my life. So krip.

[@tonstril]

From West Oz perspective, that asymmetric would work at North Point and Injidup Point.

[@shorestyle17]

no better time than summer at the Jersey shore. Yewww

[@mattjones4581]

Everybody has a gravy board, thats pretty cool

[@robbieevans6536]

I had an asymetrical windsurfing board back in the day and the long rail was for bottom turns and the short rail was for hitting the lip...Specifically made for rights....I think all asymmetrical boards are made for only one direction...Not a hundred percent sure on that....I know one thing... I need a 5'8" soft top retro fish...lol.

[@davidgough3512]

Asymms are about heelside v. toeside, not going on rights v. lefts. So you select for regular v. goofyfoot, with the drawn out rail on the toe side and the rounder, shorter outline on the heelside.

[@robbieevans6536]

@@davidgough3512For windsurfing on waves the asymmetrical board is wave specific and apparently it turns out that there are two schools of thought in surfing...This is a quote from an article..... wavelengthmag.com/asymmetrical-surfboard/ ..."So far as I’m aware, the only surfer to have experimented with asymmetrical craft on the world tour is Josh Kerr, and like Garrett he took a wave-specific rather than a stance-specific approach. Kerr came equipped with a whole quiver of asymmetricals to the contest at Teahupoo a few years ago, all of them with a slightly longer inside rail - the heel-side rail for Kerr, in direct contradiction of the stance-specific school of thought."

[@davidgough3512]

@@robbieevans6536 Teahupoo is definitely a special case ! I assume he wanted hold on the inside rail that would quickly downturn without going to a reluctant to turn pintail gun. Normal waves you'll see plenty of YT with surfers going both ways on asymms, to enhance their forehand and backhand turns regardless of overall wave direction. Ryan Burch is a good example. Good to know because people have shied away from asymms because they think the boards are only meant for one direction. Great to see designs opening up.

[@Jim-fe2xz]

My son in law took a fall like Ben's We called it a full frontal, left handed, quazimoto" maneuver. Not everyone can do them!

[@adriansalas5309]

When are you planning to surf Costa Rica?

[@michaelball7488]

Soon as I get to sleep 😴💤 and the dreamin' begins.Usually doesn't take long.l dream nightly..

[@alexmbever4196]

asyms looks so interesting

[@dirtysouthclimbing]

When’s it gonna be summer?!

[@aaron_jordaan]

That board looks like it should be impossible to ride but you made it look so easy

[@timthekook250]

Ben rides any board any wave he literally turned used a piece of plywood as a surfboard and he shredded it

[@aaron_jordaan]

@@timthekook250 yeah he rips anything you give him hes like the Aaron kyro of surfing😂

[@timthekook250]

@@aaron_jordaan exactly what I was thinking lol

[@davidford4016]

Gutless! Haha! Thanks for the Asymmetrical review. It looked like it had good flow.

[@middleagedshred]

That 2 foot wind chop looked like a great wave by my standards...)

[@mikefinnegan6766]

@jvernie what is the name of the intro song

[@kniemi21]

Apple Watches are a waste of money. Guaranteed that thing doesn’t last you longer than a year. I wish they were durable but I’ve gone through 5 Apple Watches from surfing. Definitely not worth $250

[@sorinholland4]

I was expecting you hear the @BeefsTV trap music when they cut to Ben falling backwards into his board.

[@charlvanderwalt9775]

Any waves will do for me I always say 🤙🤙🌊😎

[@surfryan33]

For the dream!

[@atreyuschronicles8589]

Just a comment about your vegetarianism Mr. Gravy. You look so healthy and never seem to be short on energy. I may try it out and influenced by you. Thanks.

[@lucafanning9497]

Yes sirrr

[@johnmcgroder825]

I owned one I love them

[@kylestanford7574]

You surf better on that board than the pineapple boards. Softops are fun but dont let them cripple your surfing

[@williammadray7818]

For the Dream

[@jessepreston4631]

Teamwork makes the dream work...

[@kurtimusmaximus493]

I started hittin the like button before I watch now

[@danseng3747]

Wanted to like video but I left the 420 likes alone to roll a doobie. Blessing Ben

[@chadedwards4984]

Yarn

[@pootytang-]

Might as well grab ur favorite cap

[@timwilson2920]

The people that made that sweet watch, what's their claim ?

[@billlyanaire]

Never needed a narwhal when I had a nukewhal. What

[@thebassboostedchannel1251]

711th!

[@bobtakespics8011]

He’s on the 8 footer. I know he’ll cross step to the nose. Oh 😞. The disappointment is soul crushing. Why do I let my myself dream?

[@robsanchez9270]

oh look someone tapped dis-like by accident!!

[@cravensboughner2425]

This time I will use Weedborn CBD products to heal myself.

[@ruppellsbooden8917]

Great music. Real instruments just suit surfing

[@ianvlogs4887]

Ben can you be my surf coach..

[@Vrindavan1008]

$

[@LegendsNeverDie1111]

Fully Nuking!!!

[@tannergilll]

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