stinkbug stance
Crouched and splay-limbed surfing posture, stable but ugly, often used by beginners. High-performance surfers of the 1960s also liked to throw the term at big-wave surfers (never to their faces): "the stinkbug," US champion Corky Carroll wrote, "was made popular by certain legendary surfers who had more nerve than style." By strict definition, the stinkbug stance should also include a raised butt,...
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1963 stinkbug from "Endless Summer"Subscribe to view
Jim Blears, 1972 stinkbug. Photo: Hal JepsenSubscribe to view
Christian Fletcher, early 1990s. Photo: Sylvain CazenaveSubscribe to view
Shaun Tomson, 1978Subscribe to view
Greg Noll, big-wave stinkbug, 1964. Photo: John SeversonSubscribe to view
Stinkbug stance, 1970Subscribe to view
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1963 stinkbug from "Endless Summer"
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Jim Blears, 1972 stinkbug. Photo: Hal Jepsen
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Christian Fletcher, early 1990s. Photo: Sylvain Cazenave
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Shaun Tomson, 1978
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Greg Noll, big-wave stinkbug, 1964. Photo: John Severson
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Stinkbug stance, 1970