The story behind THIS Kelly Slater vid - Talking with Morgan Maassen
If you haven’t seen this YouTube vid of Kelly Slater saying “Hello, Rincon”, you should. We tracked down the dude who made it, and he just so happens to be Santa Barbara local, Morgan Maassen. What’s more, and more important, is that this surf filmmaker is only 18 years old, and already creating some pretty [...]
Damien and CJ Hobgood have a triplet in Hollywood
We’re all familiar with Florida’s most famous set of surfing twins, but who knew that they were actually triplets? I sure as shit didn’t.
A while back, I stumbled across the fellow in the photo below, Ryan Kwanten, who plays one of the main characters, Jason Stackhouse on HBO’s uber-popular show, True Blood. Yeah… I [...]
Mine! — World Tour priority rules, part two
Mine! – World Tour priority rules, part two - the man on man edition
The man on man heat makes up the large majority of heats on the ASP World Tour. Round 1 in a given contest begins with a three man heat, winners move directly to the man on man heats of Round 3 and losers go to Round [...]
Mine! — World Tour priority rules, part one
In an ASP World Tour event, who has the right of way in a three man heat? Once again, I turn to my trusty ASP Rulebook. Though the man on man heats following Round 1 of a given World Tour competition have a completely different set of rules governing a surfer’s right to a wave, the [...]
Quiksilver does the iPhone just in time for the Gold Coast
The 2010 Quiksilver Pro on the Gold Coast kicks off next weekend, ushering in the start of the 2010 ASP World Tour.
The problem - you made plans to take away your significant other for a romantic weekend, leaving you computerless and unable to watch the opening heats.
There’s an app for that. Worry no more. Quiksilver [...]
Ryan Helm showcases talent, creative sponsorship and hat style FAIL
For those of you who don’t know him, Ryan Helm is still one of the best surfers on the planet. The 35 year old returned to Florida a few years back, after going native down in mainland Mexico for half a decade. He stirred up some serious upsets at a series of Sebastian [...]
Kassia Meador makes us sweat
We recently had the great pleasure of sitting down for coffee with the lovely Kassia Meador, who was in town promoting her most recent film, Dear and Yonder. She’s magical on the water, beautiful in print and absolutely captivating in person. Kassia weighed in on everything from the correct pronunciation of her name, to surf [...]
A look at the “One Ranking” system - decoding CJ Hobgood’s lead
With the “one ranking” system slowly creeping up on us, CJ Hobgood has taken down the first major event of 2010, and has shot to first in the world under the coming system. But what does it all mean? Let’s take a look.
****** It’s all in the Stars ******
CJ’s win in the 6 Star Prime [...]
Kelly Slater’s girls
Most of us love Kelly Slater’s surfing and wish we could be this guy. In and out of the water, he has a life most of us can only envy. A charmed life, as we learned in our interview with Kelly. Wanted to take a few moments to point out in photos a few more [...]
Rip Curl Pro Search heading to the Caribbean
You read it right. The 2010 Rip Curl Pro Search is heading for an island near you!
We know the region, but where exactly will the event be held? We’ll just have to play a little wait and see.
While the Caribbean plays host to a variety of islands and land masses, my money is on Barbados. [...]
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