181 – Coaching Jordy, Chris Gallagher Stone

Today we Wax On with Chris Gallagher Stone. You may have seen him in the channel during the Billabong Pro. He is a former ‘CT surfer, a surfboard shaper, and currently, Jordy Smith’s coach. We discuss why Jordy hasn’t won a world title (yet), Jordy’s new found humility, Jordy’s weaknesses, how they got Jordy to the current #1 position, and also how Gally would coach Kelly and Julian. Enjoy the show!

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Coaching Jordy

Jordy’s Extracurricular Hobby

Behind the scenes for Gally

Fished again today. Didn’t suck.

A post shared by Chris Gallagher Stone (@cgdsurf) on Apr 13, 2016 at 7:14am PDT

Four pack of freshies for @dvdsilva He is number 4 on the WQS and was awarded a wildcard into WSL Rio Pro as highest ranked QS Brazilian. Packing them up for my flight tonight to #riopro to coach @jordysmith88 Haha. Busy busy. #jackofalltrades #masterofnone #shaping #coaching #surf #surfing #ripprince

A post shared by Chris Gallagher Stone (@cgdsurf) on May 6, 2016 at 3:38pm PDT

Watch Gally shred Margaret River (click and then scroll down!)

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