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I don’t know about you lot out there in interwebland but I’m a big fan of the WCT. I like the big events, the drama and much as it’s a swear word in some circles the ‘competition’. Because unlike what some marketing people like to think we’re not all bearded, eco-conscious hippies communing with Mother Nature through the ‘art of surfing’.
You may have seen Layne's awesome wave at Ours in Sydney around the place recently. Her tow in bomb wave has started a bit of a debate on the merits of tow in's for guys that don't paddle in when big... Here's a quote from an interview with paddle and hellwave tow man Mark Mathews from the STAB site-
Choosing a covershot on a mag is a tricky ass thing. Sometimes you come up with concepts that are just too ahead of their time, others are too odd, some just bad. We like to call them Covers That Never Made It. I've just added a new gallery of Slide near misses...
Glenn Hall has won the Croyde UK Pro Tour stop today, beating Stoker, Russ and Matty C in the final. In the womens comeback kid Gwendolen 'Doris' Spurlock continues her rebound from serious injury with a second place in the Womens behind Sarah Beardmore (who she? anyone know???). Full press release spiel after the jump...
Lewis Clinton has nabbed the first junior event of the UK Pro Tour season at Croyde yesterday. The mens open is surfing today as Saturday was pretty darn flat. For the full press release spiel keep reading after the jump...
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Who'd a thunk Amazon could be so entertaining? This classic wolf/moon shirt is proving a big hit in the states... It's the No1 item in the clothing store...
Amazon review: This item has wolves on it which makes it intrinsically sweet and worth 5 stars by itself, but once I tried it on, that's when the magic happened. After checking to ensure that the shirt would properly cover my girth, I walked from my trailer to Wal-mart with the shirt on and was immediately approached by women. The women knew from the wolves on my shirt that I, like a wolf, am a mysterious loner who knows how to 'howl at the moon' from time to time (if you catch my drift!). The women that approached me wanted to know if I would be their boyfriend and/or give them money for something they called meth. I told them no, because they didn't have enough teeth, and frankly a man with a wolf-shirt shouldn't settle for the first thing that comes to him.
Your humble correspondent is proper knackered. That’s right, I’m ready for the knackers yard, fit for being boiled down into glue or fertilizer or whatever the hell it is they do with half blind, old, fat horses…
My current malaise is due to some grade ‘A’ jetlag- when I’m trying to get up at 8a.m Brit time my body clock is freaking out thinking ‘hey there! It’s still 12 midnight here in California get some sleep buddy!’ or it might be thinking ‘it’s still 4p.m in Indonesia dude, why are you in bed anyway you lazy sod- mid afternoon disco nap is it?’ Travelling will do that to you.
Don't know about you cats out their in interweb land but I am getting VERY excited about the new Transformers movie... Check out the new HD trailer at the Apple site. Fleshes things out a bit more from the moody cinema trailer that's doing the rounds. Can't wait. Comes out June 19th and will be on at the IMAX in London, I'll be there with bells on. As for the new Terminator flick- pffffft.
In other news Bob Martinez won Chopes. Good job Bob. Now there's a big old gap in the tour til the Brazil event at the end of June... The Euro leg is going to be the deciding factor this year and it's going to be a brutal slog as there are three back to back WCT's- France, Spain & Rip Curl's Atlantic Search event. Which whilst they are doing their best to put us off the scent I've got on good authority is going to be at Peniche in Portugal... Not that 'searchy' really but then again Padang wasn't exactly off the map. Whatever, it means I'm going to be on the road for a month straight shooting which can only be a good thing...
Snoring
What possible purpose does snoring have? Is it purely designed to show womenfolk you’re entirely unsuitable for breeding? Or is there a more primal reason- a defence mechanism maybe? So when we were sleeping in caves the sabre tooth tiger wouldn’t come in and have some crunchy cavemen nuggets cos of the unpleasant rasping growl/snore coming from within which was surely some ugly assed beast that could tear Mr Tiger a new one. It’s not even a fat bloke disease cos plenty of skinny surfers snore like a defective buzz saw. The ladies don’t get away scot free either as plenty of the fairer sex bust out a good snore…
You know sometimes you go to the cinema and come out feeling like you've been royally cornholed? Well that was my Wolverine experience. Sucks cos I liked the X-Men films. It was a story we already knew stretched too far. It was just real clunky and didn't work at all even though it looked good... Only good bit was the Gambit character they shoehorned into the plot. In essence if you've seen the trailer you've seen the film. Chicks will dig it purely cos of Beefcake Jackman or whatever his name is.
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Bristol airport early doors. I meet Reubyn and Jayce in the departure lounge and all is well. The charts are looking good, we’ve all got a tan being fresh in from Portugal the day before and everyone’s frothing for some good Norse Shore action (not only that Reubs and I are tumescent at the prospect of seeing our cover from the last issue that came out while we were away). We get called for the plane and bump into Nate Philips in the queue. He’s not looking the best, a bit of rouge in the face and a bit of a sweat on, we get talking catch up, about how Portugal was for the big QS there and how the guys did and what Nate’s been up to now he’s back in the water after his horrific Welsh snowboarding stack. By the time we’re seated on the plane and they’ve sealed us in and we’re about to take off he lets it drop he’s just back from the Length Mexico trip…
I was sat right in front of him.
Swine flu central…
If you're looking for something good to stick in your ears then grab the recent album from Manchester's Doves. Their fourth album finds them in fine form continuing the brooding indie noise that's become their trademark, there's a finer pop sensibility to this long player though that might help them make the breakthrough like Elbow did last year from 'music fan fave' to mainstream acceptance and sales. It's a good starting point of you want to explore their back catalogue as well, all of which are worth getting...
*A Bit Too Accurately
I don’t know if it’s a mid-life crisis or a lack of shooting any decent surf in months but being in the Big Smoke on the 1st of April and not popping down to the Bank of England to watch the protest was not an option… I could have stayed home and watched on News 24 but where’s the fun in that?
‘It’ll be fine,’ I assured the other half who was obviously concerned and said words at me like ‘nutter’ and ‘idiot’. I promised I wouldn’t get involved and actually nut any hippies or throw bricks at the Rozzers…
