When Longboard World Tour veteran Ben Skinner took off on the set wave of the morning in the semifinals of a European qualifier in western Spain late last month, he couldn't have known he was about to make history. He trimmed through the outside section, finding the nose and locking in for a tight, top-third hang five. As the wave began to stand up through the inside, he stepped up into a hood ornament hang ten, fully perched as it reeled off down the bay, before hitting the closeout section and riding out clean. When you see a perfect 10, it's instinctual. Everyone knows it's a 10 and there is no doubt in the onlookers' minds. When the score dropped, Ben became the second Skinner to post a perfect 10 of the 2026 season. His son, of course, is two-time Rip Curl GromSearch International Champion, 18-year-old Lukas, who set the internet on fire two winters ago with a huge barrel at Backdoor, a moment that launched him onto the international stage. Ben Skinner, tip time at Bells Beach.…