Red Bull Unleashed, Surf Snowdonia

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5 Things We Learned At Red Bull Unleashed, Surf Snowdonia

2. Epoxy Sucks... Kinda

  • After a couple practice waves on epoxy, Layer was back on PU in a flash

  • "This is the funnest event I've been to" said basically everyone in the contest.

  • Aside from regulation tail blow reverses, snaps off the top were more de rigeur than 540s

2. Epoxy Sucks... Kinda

Most surfers seemed to have brought epoxy boards, on the advice of contest director Jarrad Howse.

As it turned out, everyone ended up back on their regular PU shred sticks after a few waves, and found that they went much better in the cold, fresh water.

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