The Catch Surf Beater, Stump and Skipper now have a permanent spot in the quiver of pro surfers all over the world! The versatility and performance of Catch Surf softboards has won over guys like Julian Wilson from Australia, Jamie O’Brien from Hawaii and Matahi Drollet from Tahiti. It won’t be long before more of the world’s best surfers are riding Catch Surf surfboards, and here’s why…
First up let’s take a look at Julian Wilson, the 2014 Billabong Pipe Masters Champion, who has actually been secretly using the Catch Surf Beater Board for years already. Catch Surf rewarded his loyalty by issuing a special Julian Wilson signature model Beater Board.
Now he’s finally come out of the shadows with his support for this iconic board, saying, “I’ve been having copious amounts of fun for years on the Beater so I’m wrapped to now have my very own model! See you in the shorey,” Check out Wilson shredding on his new finless Original 54 PRO Beater Board. Just a quick warning before you click play, seeing what Wilson is capable on a finless Beater Board could make you feel bad about what moves you’re pulling off on your standard thruster.
Catch Surf boards aren’t just for small waves though, as Jamie O’Brien has proved to us all. He has been taking full advantage of Catch Surf boards for years now, paddling into heaving Hawaiian shoredumps and pulling off insane board transfers at the Wedge in Newport Beach. JOB has his own signature Odysea Skipper, along with a Stump and Log too.
He went on a trip to Indonesia not so long ago and took all his favourite Catch Surf softboards with him. He put his Skipper x Jamie O’Brien PRO model to the test, getting shacked in Indo tubes and throwing up some serious spray on double overhead waves. Simply put, Jamie O’Brien charges on the Catch Surf Odysea Skipper, and if you have any doubts just watch him in action….
If someone told you that taking on one of the heaviest waves in the world, the insanely hollow Teahupoo in Tahiti, with a softop Catch Surf Odysea Stump was possible, you could be forgiven for thinking they were crazy. But not anymore.
Local Tahitian and big wave charger Matahi Drollet has done just that, and took out his Go Pro to show us all it is possible. 18-year-old pro surfer Matahi Drollet won the 2015 WSL Big Wave Award for Tube of the Year, and has been surfing Chopes since he was a 12-year-old grom. He’s just another of the world’s best surfers who love Catch Surf softboards.
If anyone tells you soft top surfboards are for kooks now you know different! Pro surfers do use Catch Surf boards, and they absolutely shred on them too. Whether it’s the Catch Surf Original Beater Board, the Odysea Stump or the Odysea Skipper, grab a Catch Surf board for yourself and get surfing!