Transcontinental | Ben Skinner in Southern California

During the 2022 WSL longboard tour, UK's Ben Skinner visited Southern California twice to surf in Huntington and at the finals in Malibu. I was lucky enough to follow him around for some of the time and film between and during heats. Ben is a great surfer and an even better human being.
In most of this footage Ben is surfing a few different lengths of his Skindog Thunderbolt Silver, Cherry Picker model. During one clip near the beginning he is on his Skindog Ova.
All original music by my good friend Jed Laidlaw. He is the lead instructor and owner of Debut Surf School in San Clemente, Ca - www.debutsurfs....
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[@cbradleyrichardson]

Ben Skinner can do it all

[@Benj_Steele]

Agreed!

[@tannerrozier]

Awesome vid, makes me wanna go surf again!

[@Benj_Steele]

Hawaii 2023.