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Believe it or not, New York gets a fair amount of surf. No joke. Aside from the hustle, bustle, bright lights and crazy cabbies, waves do roll through. Rest assured, because where  there is surf- there is bound to be a surf contest. With well organized happenings and a stacked field, The unsOund Pro has been setting the bar high for east coast contests.

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As an east coaster, Sanuk’s Balarm Stack, calls New York home. Recently, Stack has been en fuego (means “on fire” in case you haven’t been smellin’ the tostadas lately). Three days before the unsOund Pro, Balaram snagged a 5th place in the unsOund Junior event. He used that momentum to tear through a whole slew of big timers in the men’s rounds.

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According to Surfline, Balaram appeared  ”unstoppable”  as he unleashed “a barrage of ariel antics” throughout the event. Thanks to all that consistent shredding, Balaram took the unsOund crown for the first professional win of his career! How ’bout them apples. Not to mention, he also happened to be the first New Yorker to snag a win in New York waters. Boom shaka laka.

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Sanuk has had a few mad men end up on Surfline’s Greatest Wipeouts lately…. This time, it’s Chile’s Ramon Navarro. Ramon is known for pushing the limits with a big Sanuk style smile on his face. As an avid chaser of waves the sizes of skyscrapers, Navarro has come to learn that big waves are not so friendly depsite their sometimes perfect appearance. What once looked like a good idea, can quickly turn into a very precarious situation. In a recent feature on Surfline, Navarro retells a Chilean wave gone wrong… Brace yourself.

If Godzilla were a wave… You’d be looking at him. This spill is definitely one for the ages. Ramon gets gobbled up but that doesn’t stop him from keeping it classy. We could listen to Ramon tell stories all day. You have to love how his eyes just light up. If they made XXL waves out of positivity, there’s no question Ramon would be on it.

For the full video, visit Surfline’s Feature: Greatest Wipeouts of All Time.

For the full interview, paddle on over to Surfline.