It makes perfect sense for Sean Penn. The guy who stared as Jeff Spicoli and narrated Dogtown and Z-Boys returns to his Hollywood surf roots to play the alpha male of the Paskowitz clan, Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, in a biopic that he will produce, according to a story in Variety.
Penn will produce a film based on the eccentric Paskowitz and his family and is eyeing the untitled project as a starring vehicle. Alan and Gabe Polsky, who recently produced the Werner Herzog-helmed “Bad Lieutenant” reboot, are also on board to produce.
A Pacific Beach, California surfer who paddled out at Crystal Pier yesterday morning (June 25, 2010) found the body of a man floating in the surf, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The man, who was wearing bathing trunks over a short-sleeved spring wet suit, was pulled from the water around 6:40 a.m. . . No surfboard was found. The man was not carrying any identification, although he did have a key that could have been a hotel key, said San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Maurice Luque. . . The surfer told lifeguards he found the man floating face down in the surf line. . . The man was described as white, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing about 250 pounds.
We’ve been bumped by a dead seal before, and that creeped us out for weeks.
Just when we were wondering what ever happened to the ASP World Tourwe get news that the North American division has hired former Globe International Surf Marketing Manager Brian Robbins as their new tour manager.
“I couldn’t be happier about being hired for the Tour Manager position,” Robbins said. “I’ve always been passionate about competitive surfing, and to be working for ASP North America now is unreal. I’m looking forward to the events we have on the schedule this summer and getting down in the trenches at my first event.”
While everyone else is in J-Bay Robbins will be onsite for his first event the ASP 4-Star Quiksilver Pro Pro Puerto Escondido.
Freddy P. tweeted something the other day that reminded us that while we may have completely forgotten about it for the past for weeks, there is an ASP World Tour going on.
Time off is good, but this much time off is dangerous. Haven’t surfed a heat in ages. Fighters get ring rust. What do surfers get? Freddy said on Monday.
But how long has it been? The last contest (The Santa Catarina Pro) ended on April 29, 2010. The Billabong Pro at J-Bay doesn’t begin until July 15, 2010. That’s 77 days. The ASP really needs to learn something about momentum. We don’t even remember who won the first few contests or who is in the lead. . . It’s Kelly, right?
The study, published in “Sharks and Their Relatives II,” found that sharks have the ability to see contrast in color and that the likelihood of a shark attack increases when there’s a new moon, swimmers are in 6 feet of water or less, on a Sunday and if they’re wearing a black-and-white swimsuit.
So maybe it best to surf midweek and leave your Volcom Bruce Annihilator Mod boardies at home the next time a surf calls for sharky waters.
Jurors who were deciding the fate of Skylar Peak, 26, and Philip Hildebrand, 31, two Malibu surfers who allegedly got into a paparazzi punch out at Malibu two years ago while the photographers were shooting actor Matthew McConaughey, have decided that they can’t decide in the misdemeanor battery case against the men, according to a story in the LA Times.
The hung verdict comes after about half a dozen delays in the trial of Skylar Peak, 26, and Philip Hildebrand, 31, who were each facing one count of misdemeanor battery.
This is the second mistrial for the case. Some take this latest twist as a perfect example of Malibu jurors protecting their own from the outside.
Moore’s own history is a thing of shreds and patches, casually, almost randomly, assembled. But what he has done, subtly and beguilingly, is write a book about surfing that often is not really about surfing but about simply being alive (and, in some cases, dead).
Matt Warshaw says the book is “Warm, smart, funny, and beautifully written.” West of Jesus author Steven Kotler says it is a “wonderful and engaging book . . . [that] combines folk history, pop art, and great old-fashioned travel writing.” Moore also quotes Ben “the world’s greatest surf writer” Marcus in the first few pages of the book so we might just pick it up.
It makes perfect sense for Sean Penn. The guy who stared as Jeff Spicoli and narrated Dogtown and Z-Boys returns to his Hollywood surf roots to play the alpha male of the Paskowitz clan, Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, in a biopic that he will produce, according to a story in Variety.
