Watch: Tosh Tudor Gets Criminally Barreled in New Surf Film

Originally posted on SURFER | By August Howell | Last updated Oct 1, 2025 4:10 PM ET

Something special happened just before Tosh Tudor and Kalani Minihan wrapped up their latest video project. Tosh eyed a late-season swell lining up with Tahiti, slammed his laptop shut, and had one of the most surreal sessions of his life.

After getting skunked at the French Polynesian slab earlier in the year, this late August trip was everything Tosh hoped for and more. “I was just lucky to get a couple of waves between the locals,” he said. “And I got to watch them go so ham and do their thing. They’re the heaviest dudes in the world for the waves they’re going on so casually.”

On the second morning of the trip, Tosh found himself surfing alone on Teahupo’o’s west bowl, swinging into 8-foot tunnels, eyes wide and jaw agape. Tosh is too modest to boast, so I’ll do it for him. It is A+ footage, a remarkable convergence of insane waves, good style, and sheer guts.

The trip made for a banger of an ender in “Tubefession,” which dropped today on Tosh and Kalani’s YouTube channel, Foamballed. The film is a product of the past nine months. Tosh has been busy parking himself in cones around the globe. Indonesia, Japan, Ireland, Australia, and Tahiti got checked off in style. If you’re a fan of wide-open barrels, a smooth goofyfoot and good tunes, you’ll want to sit down and play this on the big screen.

Speaking of the big screen, Tosh asked two-time Academy Award nominee Jonah Hill to play an FBI agent in the skit that underpins the video. “He was so cool and so stoked to do it,” Tosh said. “He grew up making skate videos and doing skits. We were lucky he was cool about it and had the time to shoot our silly little scene.”

There’s nothing silly, however, about the waves Tosh approaches in the clip. From threading four tubes on one Desert Point wave to taking off under cold Irish lefts, Tosh maintains his composure under pressure. He looks glued to his board of choice, a refined model he’s developed with Australian shaper Thomas Bexton called The Therapist.

“It’s got that old school outline but is still modern,” Tosh said. “I grew up riding thick single fins, and my dad put me on older types of boards. I think that helped me set my line and position myself on waves a lot better, because you have to be in the right spot if you’re riding a board that will slide out. In heavier waves, you can slide out. What we’re doing is adding extra fins, more refined rails, less width, just modernizing certain aspects. I’ve been really lucky to have Thomas be so kind and give me the resources to ride these boards no matter where I am. They feel so good.”

With "Tubefession," Tosh has put forth a real case for the most barreled surfer of 2025. Here's to Tosh for keeping it rolling. Straight over the foamball.

This article first appeared on SURFER and was syndicated with permission.

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