GREAT ANDY TAHITI MOMENTS No.2378 - THE SHOTGUN CLAIM

There were a million brilliant Andy moments out at Teahupoo… where do you start? But for me, Andy and the shotgun claim was probably the best competition moment I’ve ever witnessed. Andy was surfing against Deano [Morrison] and needed a seven to win. I was staying with Andy and was his caddy, and he’s come flying out of this barrel in the dying seconds knowing he’d got the score he needed, and he’s claimed it by pretending to fire a shotgun into the air. But while he was busy doing that, Deano has got an even better barrel on…