450 - Spit! March 19, 2026

About this episode

Scott and David analyze CT qualifiers, predict shaper rankings, discuss talent structure, rank big wave surfers, and provide a backside tube tutorial.

In today’s show Scott and David analyze the new crop of CT qualifiers and find a narrowing gap of talent disparity, predict a new shaper to vault the year-end rankings, examine how the CT’s structure actually deteriorates top level talent, rank the best big wave surfers in the world, get a backside tube tutorial masterclass from the bow of VELA, and bare witness to one of the greatest ever to do it at Pipeline. Plus Dukes and Kooks! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Scott, David

Topics covered

• CT qualifiers
• talent disparity
• shaper predictions
• CT structure
• big wave surfing
• backside tube tutorial
• Pipeline

Keywords

• surfing
• talent
• shaping
• big waves
• tutorial
• Pipeline

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Kooks, VELA

Places: CT

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