Surfboards of the future
Red Bull Decades S1 E6
Jamie O'Brien, Julian Wilson, Ian Walsh, and Kolohe Andino explore unusual boards shaped for the future. Once they get the new boards out in the ocean, the crew are surprised by how well they perform.
The Greg Noll board
6 min
Greg Noll's 'Elephant Gun' is a 3.3 metre beast of a board originally designed to surf Pipeline's third reef.
The Pipeline Gun
5 min
Gerry Lopez keeps the spirit of the 1970s alive and gives the boys his signature Pipeline Gun surfboard.
The T&C Saint
6 min
Tahitian surfer Raimana Van Bastolaer joins the Red Bull Decades crew to ride a radical board from the '80s.
Al Merrick's Thruster
7 min
The crew surfs Al Merrick's Kelly Slater pro model, the board that revolutionised surfing in the 1990s.
Mayhem's latest creation
7 min
The Decades crew try out the latest creation of one of today's leading board craftsman, Matt Biolas.
Watching
Surfboards of the future
9 min
Look into the future of surfing as the guys surf three experimental shapes from different visionary shapers.