Surfing Magazine - May 2004

If there's a theme to today's top pro's pre-event preparation it's this ongoing quest for maximum flexibility. They're reaching for it in many different ways, from Fanning and Taylor Knox's daily yoga and surf routines to other, more experimental paths toward optimal looseness. Like BioSync, a form of deep-massage therapy hailed by surfers like Shane Beschen, Knox and Slater. According to Beschen, it turned his life around, and was a key component in him rediscovering his top "CT-level form. Slater's also a firm believer, saying it bridges the gap between the emotional and physical and leaves you feeling drained and reinvigorated at the same time. "If you get real intense with it," he claims, "your body would definitely be in the best physical form it's been in years".