Words, photos and video by Keaton Rodgers.
Armed with hula hoops, bamboo poles, and plenty of duct tape, Ben Lynch and Ryan Arrington built some of the most creative features our universe has ever seen. The High Noon duel is a team event with 2 or 4 man teams, and everyone votes at the end of the day on what teams surfed the course the best. All the duelers had a blast and pulled off some pretty insane maneuvers through the hoops along side one another. One boarder tried to do a front flip through the hoop and caught his leg on the top of the hoop and pulled the whole thing right over, but the best part is that he actually landed it and rode away! Overall everyone had a bunch of fun and no one got smooched, so it was a mass success, not to mention the hootenanny and awards at the local Pub afterwards.
1st Place- 2 man team: Pretentious Gerries
1st Place- 4 man team: Kooks on the Loose
Mest Bethod: Kit Hendrickson
Ben threading the needle
Kit Hendrickson getting loopy through the hoopy
The founders of The High Noon Duel, Ryan Arrington and Ben Lynch!
“It’s in, oh my god it’s in!”
Ben Lynch and Ryan Arrington shredding it up yet putting it down.
This guy actually caught his leg on the hula hoop doing a front flip, pulled the whole contraption down, and still landed it.
Ben and Ryan performing their own version of a “double”
Ben letting everyone know the rules, “There are no rules!”
Branson and the boys surfing above and bellow the hoop
Ryan and Ben at it again
Triple teaming the course like an Amsterdam whore house
Acrobatics with Kit Hendrickson.
Mike Branson flipping and flowing the course like a G