September 27, 2006
Footage of Danny Harf's 1080 Finally Released
The video of Danny Harf spinning a 1080 has been released. Here is is folks, youtube'd for mass consumption. This gets loud so you may want to adjust your speakers accordingly. Enjoy.
Congratulations if you are still reading. A few words, if I may...
The news that Danny Harf stomped a switchstance 1080 is now almost a month old and the only video of the occurrence was shown to select industry insiders at Surf Expo. And it was not found anywhere else, but for a brief showing on a phantom MySpace profile. Today the rest of the world gets to see, and it is the only 1080 video footage of which I am personally aware. This is a pretty big deal in our sport, as Danny Harf joins Parks Bonifay, the late Mark Kenney, and a few other riders who have been confirmed as having ridden away from at least one 1080. He stomped it too. And it was switchstance too. Jealous much?
For all the business nerds out there like me, let's all stand and applaud Ronix for some terrific viral marketing. I am a Liquid Force guy, my boat wears Hyperlite AND Liquid Force stickers, but it has been said that Ronix is offering boards that weigh close to 5 lbs less than analogous Hyperlite models. Hyperbole? Perhaps. Phenomenal marketing? Absolutely. And when it comes time to replace my 2006 Liquid Force Substance 138, I will be taking a close look at what Ronix has to offer. We're sure that Danny Harf is going to be practicing the 1080 and polishing it for competition, so he'll soon be able to land the trick on just about any board, but there is a splinter of people that think he was able to land a 1080 due to the weight reduction in going from a Hyperlite Premier, to his Ronix. I am not sure that I am ready to believe that, but it is plausible if Ronix is producing boards that are that light, yet remain strong enough to withstand a rider of Harf's stature (he isn't a 137lb pixie sized wakeboarder, he is a regularly sized dude) then perhaps the trick was made slightly more possible with the reduced weight. This is very speculative though and Harf is the one who deserves the huge amounts of credit; we shouldn't go nuts attributing this all to the board. It is going to get people thinking about Ronix though, that is for certain.
I do believe that Ronix deserves some major proppers for releasing this video to the world - and not as part of a team video or some other promotion. It looks like they released this for the love of the sport, and for that, we applaud them. Thank You, Ronix Wakeboards, for releasing this video. And congratulations Danny Harf!
Posted by erik
