Australia’s Stab magazine interviewed two of what they called Postsurf.com’sLewis Samuels‘ “favorite targets” about how it feels to be berated in the Power Rankings. Here’s a little of what Phil Macdonald and Drew Courtney had to say:
Phil Macdonald:
Why would I care what some twerp, who just wants to be controversial, has to say? I’d love for him to say some of the shit he writes to my face. I wouldn’t hit him. I might word him up, but then again I don’t really care. Why would I invest energy into hating some dork, two-faced prick who writes shit for the sake of being controversial?
Drew Courtney:
It doesn’t bother me one little bit. But I heard a few of the Hawaiian guys are hunting around for him. I would love for him to show his face at one of the contests, instead of just watch ‘em on the web cast. I’d love to meet him face to face. It wouldn’t go real good.
We’re not sure Kelly Slater will appreciate this or not, but Manhattan Beach, California artist Alison Wright and surfboard shaper Mark Brog have created a piece of art on display today at the Culver City Art Walk titled “If Slater Bowled.” The piece features a 10-foot tall bowling pin along with a bowling ball that is 4 feet in diameter, according to The Beach Reporter.
“The concept of the work responds to Los Angeles’ love affair with heroes as well as to the long, narrow characteristics of the gallery itself, which is featuring a group show of artists whose studios are in the Helms Building,” Wright said. “Several of the artist’s studios will be open in addition to the gallery during the art walk.”
Brog will reportedly try to surf the bowling pin after the show is over. Come to think of it, maybe Kelly should try it out on the WCT. Couldn’t hurt, right?
A bride and groom celebrating their marriage in Cornwall England decided to go out for a short surf during their wedding reception at a bar on the beach at Porthtowan, but neither of them were ready for the conditions according to a story from the BBC.
His wife joined him for a dip and the pair got caught in a rip current. . . Off-duty lifeguards raced to the sea and rescued the bride, who ended up on some rocks, before saving her husband. . . the groom was caught in a really strong rip current and was being dragged around the corner of the headland, which at high tide is “no-man’s land”. . . “He was in a fair bit of trouble and had also abandoned his board, which was his only flotation device,” the lifeguard added.
It took lifeguards and some other surfers nearly an hour to paddle the groom back to his reception. Hopefully, the couple is a little better at marriage than they are at surfing. . .
Looking to sell 1,800 copies of a surf book about pipeline at 90% off, anyone interested in an opportunity buy? http://www.experiencepipeline.com/
Apparently Quinn Haber’s “coin-toss book”Experience Pipeline isn’t moving as well as the publishers would like. At 90% off the whole run would be about $2,500. Any takers?
Before making an offer it would probably be a good idea to watch this video . . .
Our favorite Quinn quote: “I wrote this book and I’ve been reading it for about two years now and I still come across new plots, new endings, new situations. . . ” Really?
Hurley is pretty excited about the coverage they got recently from “the print mags.”
Because as much media we now consume in this ever-exploding digital age, a cover shot still trumps it all. . . There’s something about the permanence of a cover. How it will sit on coffee tables and stocked in library shelves for decades to come. How — no matter what happens — it can never be deleted, “crash” or be taken back. . . .The Hurley team still knows the value of a good cover shot, which is why they worked extra hard this spring and hit the jackpot: gracing the front page of the four major American surf magazines in one month.
Gee, wonder how that could all happen in one month?
When Australian surfer Bob Aitkin ended up with two slashed arteries after a new surfer fired his rental board right back into Bob he ended up with huge medical bills and a few idea about people learning to surf and rental boards in general.
“I think all hire boards should carry large identification stickers so it’s easy to see where they were hired from should there be an incident. . . And maybe people hiring boards should pay a couple of dollars extra for some sort of insurance – just like you do when you hire a car.’’
Great ideas, but wouldn’t it be simpler to just require that all new surfers wear one of these?
Clarke Brogger, the pastor of Church by the Sea in Laguna Beach, California thought it would be cool to try to catch a tiny wave while surfing at Thalia Street. Moments later he had a cracked open head and a broken neck, according to a story in the OC Register.
Helplessly paralyzed, Brogger agonized with the realization that he couldn’t swim, scream or even thrash in panic.
“I was absolutely frightened, completely out of my mind,” he said. “I just kept picturing my wife and two daughters looking down on me, in the grave.” . . . Then, just as suddenly as his fall, came Brogger’s “miracle”: another wave, splashing over his immobile body, provided just enough tidal force to flip him on his back. Overwhelmed, Brogger screamed for help. . .At first, his friends thought it was part of the joke. Then, fellow surfer Austin Cooper noticed blood gushing from his friend’s forehead. . . “It looked like (Cooper) wanted to barf but didn’t want me to know he was afraid,” Brogger said with a laugh.
In the tweet Ian Cairns says he will fully recover, but it is one more reminder for all of us to be careful out there.
[Link: OC Register via @KangaCairns]
When Waterlines Unlimited owner Ernie Higgins signed up for a church mission trip to New Guinea he had had no idea he would stumble into a tribal surf community that still actively surfs hand-carved wooden planks, according to a story on My Local Lineup.
While focused on the mission at hand, Higgins suddenly noticed a little boy, in his pre-puberty years, holding a plank, awfully similar to a surfboard. Upon close scrutiny, he was surprised to learn that not only was the lad holding a surfboard, but also that he was participating in a longstanding tradition of riding waves in the island. When Higgins asked for how long they’ve been riding waves, a native said, “For as long as the oldest person in the tribe can remember.”
Of course they have. And we feel all colonial for even linking this up.
