Mitch Rawlins

There's been 8 comments so far...

1. josh
   Posted March 25th, 2010 at 12:01 pm

   seriously mitch, do you shit yourself on waves like that top one? i’m shaking just looking at it!

2. rawlins
   Posted March 25th, 2010 at 8:29 pm

   Hey Josh, sometimes these types of waves can be concerning. But when I feel confident thats when you can get some great rides on big waves. so I try to feel my way around the lineup till I get the confidence to tackle a big one.

3. Carlos
   Posted March 26th, 2010 at 3:08 am

   That’s just crazy

4. josh
   Posted March 26th, 2010 at 10:47 am

   “concerning”. haha brilliant! respect.

5. Matthew Johnston
   Posted March 26th, 2010 at 1:04 pm

   Mitch,

   As all waves generally break the “same” whether 1/2 ft or 30ft [you know, the same principle, motion , etc etc]

   Do you find that you are drawing similar lines in both big [ like as in, The Right] and small waves?
   - I guess, what I am getting at is; when your scooping into and negotiating your way through the barrel of a 15-ft wave does the same principle still apply?

   I ask cause I have never surfed a really beast of a wave like that joint. -Thanks

6. Magnum aka (amoroso)
   Posted March 27th, 2010 at 6:41 am

   aloha mitch dude im still young younger tan you jeje and i wana ask you how do you make it to were you are?i youst wana now because im from puerto rico and well i youst wana now how the pro’s got to be pro’s

7. rawlins
   Posted March 27th, 2010 at 2:13 pm

   Hey Matt,

   Basically the same principles still apply as in you have to have a good bottom turn. The biggest change you need to adjust to is the speed when your surfing bigger waves everything is moving faster and slower at the same time. where as in small waves everything is moving slower and faster at the same time. What I mean by this is when you on small waves you the rider is not going that fast but the wave is, so you have to try and generate speed yourself. Where in bigger waves most of the time you have more then enough speed so you have to slow things down. it’s all adapting to the speed of the wave no matter what size.

   Hope that helps

8. Matthew Johnston
   Posted March 29th, 2010 at 12:37 pm

   Thanks mate! Helpful indeed – now i just gotta get out there…….:)