New ABC reality show ‘the Ultimate Surfer’ filmed in Lemoore

Monday on ABC30 at 10 p.m., the rest of the country will learn more about Kelly Slater’s surf ranch in Lemoore.

This summer, a TV production crew took over the ranch to shoot a new ABC series, “The Ultimate Surfer”.

Slater wondered how much friction the competition would create.

He explained, “I think surfers are a little lighter than that. Most likely the people on the show are already friends and get along pretty well but you never know. You put people in a house and strange things can happen. “

Colorful Malia Ward made the most of her time in Lemoore.

Ward told us, “Tachi is actually a pretty cool hotel. I like to play poker there.

Seven women and seven men will compete for a top prize of $ 100,000 and a place in the World Surf League.

Show commentator Joe Turpel said, “The Ultimate Surfer puts surfers through different types of challenges that you would never have thought of before in this reality TV setting.”

The pressure will be on surfers to adapt to the longest man-made wave in the world.

Slater said: “The total length of this lake bed is about 700 meters long.”

But the surfers were ready to shred.

Koa Smith said, “When I’m on the wave I can just type.”

Koa is one of the biggest personalities in the series.

Show host Jesse Palmer said, “They kind of stand out. We have a lot of other surfers who seem calm, but when they come out on this wave they absolutely rock.”

The first two episodes of “The Ultimate Surfer” will air Monday and Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. on ABC.