How Conner Coffin Lives Now Will Leave You Speechless

🤙 Join the inner circle → patreon.com/c/INSANESurfer Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8iGOEeRGyqpU1Kr370Yw8Q/join Conner Coffin was ranked 4th in the world. The best American surfer on tour. The first Californian in 30 years with a real shot at a world title. Then he walked away. No injury. No scandal. No comeback plan. This is the story of the smartest exit in professional surfing: 16 years of qualifying, 7 years on the Championship Tour, one mid-season cut, and the moment Conner looked at the life surfing was offering him and chose a different one. A weathered 1988 fishing boat named the Double Edge. Commercial halibut runs out of Santa Barbara harbor. A podcast with a cold beer and no script. A son learning to swim in the same water he grew up in. Almost every athlete gets pushed out the door by injury or age. Conner opened it himself and walked through smiling. THE NUMBERS BEHIND THE STORY • Qualified for the Championship Tour in 2016 at age 22 • Finished 2021 ranked 4th in the world, best American man that season • First Californian man near a world title conversation in over 30 years • Cut mid-season 2022, retired on his own terms before the 2023 WSL Finals • Now runs commercial fishing and dive trips on a 26-foot 1988 Anderson. He rebuilt himself, engine by engine 🎬 FOOTAGE CREDITS 805 Beer · Ain't That Swell · Salty Crew · World Surf League · Conner and Parker Coffin. All footage used for documentary commentary purposes. Support the original creators. 🌊 More untold surfer stories every week. Subscribe so the next one finds you. 💬 Would you have walked away one step from the top? Be honest. #ConnerCoffin #Surfing #WSL 🔴 COPYRIGHT NOTICE INSANE Surfer does not fully own the material compiled in this video. It belongs to individuals or organizations that deserve respect. We use it under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, which allows "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🔴 If you are the owner of the materials used in this video, please let us know in the comments. We will follow your request promptly.