The first event in the Surfing Prime will begin on October 8 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. “They are way ahead of the game at surfing for their age.” “Those two surfers are having the most fun which makes them the best surfers in the world,” Goodwin said. Kydon said Gary Kohner (head of the Nantucket Surf School), Robbie Goodwin (current surf coach based in Florida), and Maikol Alvares (seasonal Nantucket surfer who also runs a surf school in Costa Rica) are three mentors who have helped him and Wynter get to where they are. After some strong showings at regional competitions, they qualified and surfed in the Nationals at Huntington Beach, California in July, which is where their parents believe they both were noticed. The brothers said they were very surprised to receive the invite to the Surfing Prime in particular given that many junior surfers who have been competing for years are still waiting for that invitation.Īlthough the family has been traveling for four years, the Larrabee brothers just began to participate in competitions in January. They aren’t scared of the size or conditions to go out in.” “Wynter and Kydon’s love for surfing is definitely shown when they surf for hours more than anybody else,” Johnson said. He said he is impressed every time he sees them shredding up close.
Jake Johnson, an avid surfer who is a sophomore at Nantucket High School, has surfed with both Kydon and Wynter many times. This competition provides a space for some of the world’s brightest and skilled youth surfers to meet and learn from world champions who have excelled on an international level. They have also been invited to compete in the World Surf League’s final rising tides event at the Cuervo Classic Malibu Longboard Championships in California on October 4. The Larrabee brothers barely had any time to digest this news before another equally impressive invitation was extended to them on Monday. “I am really looking forward to this because it is such a big step in our careers as surfers,” Wynter said. If you get that title, you are considered the best surfer in the entire world.” “Then if you get to top five of that you are in the world championship tour where you get to surf the biggest waves in the world. “Depending on how we do in the USA Surfing Prime, the next step is USL Surfer Challenger series,” Kydon said. The event is regarded as the highest level of competition for junior surfers in the United States and an important step for surfers who have an eye on one day being able to compete in the World Surf League competition and the Olympics, both of which are among the brothers' goals. The brothers received invites to compete in the USA Surfing Prime East U14 Competition. Kydon and Wynter received a prestigious honor last week that recognizes the work they have both put in. “There is no doubt they eat, sleep, and live surfing.
“They surf all day, every day,” she said. Shawna said she can’t think of a day over the course of the past three years that her two boys, who are 12 and 13 respectively, missed a sunrise or sunset surfing session. While the teens are Nantucket natives and their home base remains on Nantucket, they travel in an RV up and down the east coast in the offseason to continue honing their craft. Both of these young surfers have been homeschooled by their parents Shawna and Rich for four years. That passion grew so strong that their lives have been shaped around their training. The Larrabee brothers fell in love with surfing at a very young age. In fact, they have already begun to receive opportunities to showcase their abilities at that level.
But it isn’t so unrealistic for Kydon and Wynter Larrabee. It may sound unprecedented that two teenage boys from Nantucket who have yet to celebrate their 14 th birthdays already have their eyes set on the international surfing stage.
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