117 – Surf News, January 19, 2016

So much (dare I say it) El Nino swell pumping through the Pacific lately. David and Scott break down the seasons from Todos Santos to Peahi. Scott discusses the highlights of Surf Expo, and David offers some insight into latest industry business news. Enjoy! EL NINO SWELL IN THE GREAT PACIFIC A couple underground chargers get the highlight wave’s of the winter. Tom Rezvan’s HB Barrel of the winter. Click here for the video and go to slide 7. Keahi de Aboitiz’s Backdoor Drainer Aaron Gold’s Massive Peahi Paddle In World Title Contender Aaron Gold Photo: Aeder Kelly Slater at Jaws Todos Santos Challenge Congrats to Josh Kerr. The 2016 Rincon Classic Congrats to Conner Coffin for the big win! Here’s that super weird board that Curren was riding. #CurrenBeingCurren   IN SURF BIZ GoPro hits a rough patch. Link to Time.com article (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images) Italo Ferriera joins Billabong Creatures of Leisure’s SurfEars 2.0. Purchase here. MUST-SEE MOMENT RAGE from wade carroll on Vimeo. DUKE Cory Lopez for being inducted into the East Coast Hall of Fame. Congrats and well deserved, Cory!   KOOK The Eddie Aikau event organizers. Why didn’t it run on the 15th? Kelly was out, JJF was out. Those there are claiming that the event was run-able, and that it was the most contest-able it’s been in 6 years. Hopefully we’ll get another opportunity in the coming weeks. Here’s one of Kelly’s waves from that day. A great day at #Waimea was only overshadowed by the #DayOfDays at #Jaws yesterday but that doesn’t detract from some great afternoon surf and a relatively empty lineup. My last one last night. @john_john_florence @nathan_florence @landon_mcnamara @haynsupahman @twakita59360 holding it down with just a handful of others while I was out. Video by @peterkinglajolla. A video posted by Kelly Slater (@kellyslater) on Jan 16, 2016 at 12:17pm PST