Congratulations to Dane Reynolds on a great finish and contest in general at the Hurley Pro at Trestles last week. The DC Surf team member took 2nd in the contest, his best World Championship Tour finish ever. We invite you to check out a congratulatory video of Dane.
Thank goodness for Dane—he was the only surfer people seemed to care about or enthused to watch at the contest, and he made the contest darn fun to watch. Surfing a short, stubby excuse for a board dubbed the “Dumpster Diver” (He’s been surfing unorthodox boards lately—you've seen his new DC ad), young Dane seemed to have the whole beach and even his fellow competitors pulling for him as he punted his way through the rounds. More insight on that here.
As far as his specific achievements go at the Hurley Pro—you saw in last week’s Newsclip he won the Expression Session early in the week, and he went on to chalk up the two highest scoring waves of the contest on the way to his 2nd place finish.
The new video that we posted today has all the best Dane clips from throughout the contest, from the expressive airs in the, uh, Expression Session to his unorganized march through to the finals. Click here to watch it.
Does this signal a new era of Dane caring about and even winning contests? Who knows. But, he’s in France now for the Quiksilver Pro… tune in to follow him live by clicking here.