Quote Originally Posted by trayson View Post
To your thoughts I've always said the equation is:

Rider Skill + Board + Wake

Two of these can compensate for the third...
I completely agree with this.

I can Free Surf some pretty small boat waves if i have my Soulcraft.
If i have to use a low quality board but the boat has a legitimate wave then I can free surf it.
Rarely have I not been able to free surf a wave that I have been on since I learned to free surf.

Now I will say just because I can free surf it doesn't mean 1 small mistake and its over, VS if I have a bigger wave or a fast board I can recover that small mistake.

I very much agree,
Skill + Board + Wake is the real combo to surfing. Take away any 1 point and you can do it, take 2 away and your toast.