Top Fives with Ryan Hardy

Top 5 bodyboarders
1. Mike Stewart
2. Guilherme Tamega
3. Jeff Hubbard
4. Steve Mackenzie
5. Paul Roach

Top 5 magazine covers
1. Mike Stewart, Pipe, Riptide 100
2. Mike Stewart, Pipe, Movement 3
3. Mike Stewart, Jaws, Riptide 51
4. My Chopes win, memories, Riptide 102
5. Mitch Rawlins, Rondogs, Riptide 165

Top 5 threats in competition
1. Jeff Hubbard
2. Dave Winchester
3. Pierre Louis Costes
4. Guilherme Tamega
5. Amaury Lavernhe

Top 5 surf spots
1. Box
2. North Point
3. Gas
4. Pipe
5. Puerto

Top 5 video parts
1. Mike Stewart, Blast Off 2
2. Mike Stewart, RAW 2
3. Spencer Skipper, ROT 808
4. Mike Stewart, UWRV
5. Paul Roach, Bodyboarding Enough Said

Top 5 places you’ve visited
1. Puerto Escondido
2. South Island, New Zealand
3. Chile
4. Canary Islands
5. Tahiti

Top 5 reasons to bodyboard
1. Fun and excitement
2. Fitness and health
3. Maximize your physical capabilities
4. Take on the world’s heaviest waves
5. Travel compatibility and board durability

Top 5 Tension moments
1. Chucky throwing his dinner over Chad
2. Ben Hall ‘fire in the hole’ at McDonald’s
3. Virtue farting on maggot Winchester
4. Tension 4 intro and first tow out footage
5. Alex Leon paint backfire

Top 5 things about being a dad
1. Playing games
2. Coming home to a bundle of happiness
3. Doing things with Oli as he grows up
4. Feeling of importance in being a provider
5. Seeing your kid genuinely stoked on life

Top 5 career highlights
1. 1st time surfing big Chopes, 1999
2. 1st place, Tahiti Skins, 2000
3. 1st place, Shark Island Challenge, 2006
4. 1st place, Pipeline Pro, 2009
5. 1st time surfing The Right, 2010

Top 5 WA bodyboarders
1. Gene Hardy
2. Chris White
3. Ross Graffin
4. Joe Jordanoff
5. Brad Hughes and Chad Jackson

Top 5 things about Margs
1. Variety and consistency in waves
2. General lack of crowd
3. Nice water temperature all year round
4. Open space and untouched nature
5. Family is always nearby