Kael Walsh just walked himself to the front of the line.

Dear Kael: You are officially invited on any and every trip we ever do. And while I don’t mean to rain down even more hyperbole on “Soft Serve” (which is fantastically stitched together by Wade Carroll) it’s pretty damn deserving. Kael Walsh just gave 2020 and the sleepy stupor its put us all under a bloody lip with this vid. I haven’t seen someone disregard their body, ankles and surfboards and do so with so much style since Noa was chucking himself like a skate rat off cliffs for Cluster. Kael might have just inherited the crown for sending it.

In between mesmerizing and impossible barreling rights, he tosses in some grab-rail carves and throws himself over reef and fins like he loves blood. I don’t know what else to say that hasn’t been said, but we all just got a new guy to root for. Hand me my pom-poms.—Travis

SOFTSERVE. A Surf Melt by Kael Walsh & Wade Carroll Two trips to Indonesia. Four good swells in Western Australia. Six broken boards. A few meltdowns. One mangled ankle. The last of those things played a big role in Soft Serve. Kael, who is 20 years old, was on a heater during the first few days of the second trip to Indo — until the injury put an end to that. You can imagine what would have went down if his ankle stayed intact. Or, instead, you can just watch Soft Serve and get fucking amped to surf. STAB MUSIC THE SHE Performed by - The Breeders Written by - Kim Deal Courtesy of - 4AD TOUCH ME IM SICK Performed by - Mudhoney Written by - Mark Arm, Jack Ending Courtesy of - Sub Pop Records WAVES OF CONFIDENCE Performed by - Unknown Mortal Orchestra Written by - Unknown Mortal Orchestra Courtesy of - Jagjaguwar FULL ON IDLE Performed by - The Breeders Written by - Kim Deal Courtesy of - 4AD A FOREST Performed by - The Cure Written by - Laurence Tolhurst, Matthieu Hartley, Robert Smith, Michael Hedges, Chris Parry Courtesy of - Polydor Records