John John Florence

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whats it gonna be john john?

beat kelly's records
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38%
amble along taj style
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38%
blow out ala nicky wood
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25%
 
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Post by CARPARKKING » Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:38 pm

he has got a very good chance, but competing so young i reckon he'll stew up like a prune, anyone know if he is gonna finsh school or drop out?

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Post by One Mile Point » Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:52 pm

wanto wrote:so this kid became pipe's youngest competitor at the age of 13 today. he came third in his trial, but jesus h christ thats young for someone to be surfing 8' pipe. pretty good start to the old career .. predictions for his future anyone?

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Thirteen-year-old John John Florence, an eighth grader here on the North Shore, made his debut in some of the most challenging conditions ever contested at Haleiwa: 10- to 15-foot waves with a freight-train current and strong off-shore winds.
he was obvoiusly pushed into surfing big waves when he was younger ( i was gonna say kid)

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Re: John John Florence

Post by alakaboo » Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:45 pm

Well, everyone else is dredging up threads.

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Post by Nick Carroll » Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:16 pm

well didn't OMP and CPK know everything hey.

JJF has a long and brilliant career ahead of him, he is just one of several kids who are outsurfing KS now, it's just a matter of time before the rest of the world realises this.

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Post by alakaboo » Mon Nov 26, 2012 11:14 pm

John john did a few man-carves in the reef pro finals. Seems everyone is doing lay backs now.

Nick, whaddya know about this Ezekiel lau fella?
Crisp.

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Re: John John Florence

Post by steve shearer » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:37 am

Nick Carroll wrote: he is just one of several kids who are outsurfing KS now,
Outsurfing him sometimes.

Slater's Bells Air and Final's Day performance in Fiji are still hands down the peak performances of the Year.
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Post by godsavetheking » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:54 am

Also, his frontside cutback has a curiously simian quality.
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Post by steve shearer » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:56 am

And I still think he sometimes looks a bit ponderous and awkward in less than stellar surf.
I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes

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Re: John John Florence

Post by godsavetheking » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:59 am

Perhaps these pros need to spend a bit of time at a surf camp with the common man. Help them polish their acts a little
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Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:48 pm
To tell the truth eggs are one thing I avoid buying when I’m grocery shopping. So you may say I’m an intermittent egg buyer who usually lets someone else buy them.

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Re: John John Florence

Post by steve shearer » Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:04 am

for a small fee.
I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes

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