Okay, so most of the surfing world already knows that Alex Knost is a guy you either love or hate. You can admire his surfing both on a longboard, where his unique style and progressive surfing is almost unrivaled, or on a shortboard, where he can hang with the best. Ultimately, it will be his personality and character that pull you into his camp or make you want to puke. I fall into the latter group. His surfing is admirable, but his on land persona has much less appeal. He is the hipsters' hipster, always trying his hardest to be ironically different. Barrel dodging 30-40 somethings and wannabe retro throwbacks generally revel in his queerness. Alex has even cited his own hate-ability in a pre-premier interview regarding this DVD of his, where he said, “Half of the people that watch it won't understand it, and the other half will want to punch me in the face.” I fall into the latter half, as I wasted a few minutes of my life on the preview that I will never get back, a video that featured movie highlights such as Alex making his own skin tight shorts out of skin tight jeans. Check out the video above for a brief glimpse at a day in the life of one of my least favorite douchebags. Try to hold back your vomit when he starts talking about his poetry. Enjoy!
