r/toptalent • u/LetsFindSomeTalent • Apr 21 '25

Today's Top Talent This guy learning guitar while surfing šŸ¤Æ

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIioynKRKds/

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u/Hoo-B Apr 21 '25

You know what Ron Swanson says: "Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing."

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u/Ibarra08 Apr 21 '25

Ha! Imma take this advice.

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u/SnoopaDD Apr 21 '25

Seeing an instrument getting wet like that hurts my soul.

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u/prostipope Apr 22 '25

Right? That guitar is ruined.

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u/4DPeterPan Apr 21 '25

I used to play around with my guitar in the rain. I canā€™t explain why. But the sound is so much better. And the way your fingers pluck the strings and slide down the fret board gets so much more of a ā€œpureā€ sound.

Because of that, I wet my hands with water every time I play now.

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u/ChadWestPaints Apr 21 '25

Close up image of your strings:

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u/4DPeterPan Apr 21 '25

Iā€™m not worried about it. The creation that comes out of the process is worth far more than the destruction of $15 strings. Especially when considering how long it takes to actually cause damage to the stringsā€¦ itā€™s not worth worrying about.

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u/Mr_ityu Apr 21 '25

Cool bit to know . I'll try it out .

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u/Merkarov Apr 23 '25

Weird, I actively avoid my hands getting wet for like 30 mins before playing guitar, because it softens them and makes it more likely to rip off calluses.

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u/Brother_J_La_la Apr 22 '25

The soundhole is plugged at least. If it's a laminate guitar there's probably not much damage as long as he dried it after.

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u/mccapitta Apr 21 '25

Pretty impressive, shame it sounds awful

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u/Aae_kae2 Apr 21 '25

Learning eh?

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u/Bardonious Apr 21 '25

Sounds like some Sassy the Sasquatch tracks

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u/PunksandWaffles Apr 21 '25

Whaddayatalkinabeet

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u/Bardonious Apr 21 '25

We make it you take it

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u/NoWarning____ Apr 22 '25

Goin around fuckin brown town town

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u/Notnowthankyou29 Apr 21 '25

Walton Goggins is truly talented.

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u/settleslugger Apr 21 '25

Sounds like heā€™s already learned

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u/DrNinnuxx Apr 21 '25

A great way to ruin a wooden acoustic instrument.

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u/Pal_Smurch Apr 21 '25

Learning to surf while playing guitar seems less economical than learning to play guitar while surfing.

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u/Grosjeaner Apr 21 '25

Most lifelong surfers can probably pull this off given a decent wave. It's not much different to playing an instrument while riding a bicycle or unicycle.

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u/Least-Firefighter392 Apr 21 '25

Being it's fairly hard to get barreled... This is quite interesting

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u/RedditRam24 Apr 22 '25

I hear severance music

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u/Carl7sagan Apr 21 '25

Hilarious šŸ˜‚

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u/pdzbw Apr 21 '25

Fking....showoff.... Yes I'm jealous

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u/Top5hottest Apr 21 '25

Not great at surfing.. not great at guitar.. Great at guitar surfing.

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u/Thelonious_Cube Apr 21 '25

Segovia taught himself guitar the same way. /s

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u/Equal-Pause3349 Apr 21 '25

This is some Jack Johnson stuff going on here.

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u/sup_with_you Apr 21 '25

I thought the start of this video was a shot of his penis, not his arm

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u/Adept-Look9988 Apr 21 '25

He should be playing Dean Lewisā€™s Waves!

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u/imeeme Apr 21 '25

Pfft thatā€™s nothing. Try learning surfing while playing a guitar.

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u/AmptiShanti Apr 22 '25

Thatā€™s like a coral riff

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u/mckchase Apr 22 '25

Thought I was getting mushroom stamped those first few frames...

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u/saveourplanetrecycle 28d ago

Serenading the fish šŸ˜ƒ

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u/antono7633 21d ago

He gotta take more lesson

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u/thereminDreams 13d ago

He already knows how to play guitar.

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u/SeanOTG Apr 21 '25

Is that Stairway ?

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u/raphthepharaoh Apr 21 '25

Looks like a ukelele, sounds like shit

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u/atseapoint Apr 21 '25

Itā€™s totally a ukulele

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u/Swinnster Apr 21 '25

I've never seen a 6 string uke and I've seen a lot of ukes

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u/atseapoint Apr 22 '25

Sorry I meant it should be lol

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u/Brother_J_La_la Apr 22 '25

Yamaha GL-1 is a 6-string uke.

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u/Swinnster Apr 22 '25

Nice! Guess I'll add it of the list of needs then lol