SOMOS DOS — FREDDIE MEADOWS & MAX ASCHER TEST THE CHRISTENSON LANE SPLITTER

SWEDISH SLAB SPECIALIST FREDDIE MEADOWS AND SURFER MAX ASCHER TEAM UP FOR A SESSION AT ONE OF SWEDEN'S HEAVIEST REEF BREAKS. THE MISSION: PUT CHRISTENSON SURFBOARDS' LANE SPLITTER TO THE TEST IN COLD, PUNCHY BALTIC CONDITIONS.

THE FORMAT IS SIMPLE — TWO SURFERS, ONE BOARD MODEL, ONE SESSION. SOMOS DOS ("WE ARE TWO") IS A CONCEPT BORN FROM THE IDEA THAT THE BEST WAY TO UNDERSTAND A BOARD IS TO WATCH TWO DIFFERENT SURFERS RIDE IT IN THE SAME CONDITIONS.

THIS TIME THE BOARD ON TRIAL IS THE CHRISTENSON LANE SPLITTER — A HYBRID SHAPE DESIGNED FOR FAST, HOLLOW WAVES. WITH ITS PULLED-IN NOSE AND WIDE TAIL, IT'S BUILT TO HANDLE THE KIND OF STEEP, POWERFUL SECTIONS THAT SWEDISH REEF BREAKS ARE KNOWN FOR.

FREDDIE MEADOWS IS ONE OF SWEDEN'S MOST COMMITTED COLD WATER SURFERS. BASED ON THE WEST COAST, HE HAS SPENT YEARS MAPPING AND SURFING THE COUNTRY'S MOST EXPOSED SLABS — OFTEN ALONE, OFTEN IN FREEZING CONDITIONS. THIS SESSION SHOWCASES EXACTLY WHY HE'S EARNED HIS REPUTATION.

VIDEO: HOUSE OF SOMOS / CHRISTENSON SURFBOARDS