PostSurf Synergist of the Year award goes to Paul Naude, President of Billabong USA!
In his other role as SIMA Environmental Fund President, Mr. Naude presided over the Waterman’s Ball this past weekend, which raised over $400,000 for various environmental non-profit organizations.
The Waterman’s Ball also honored Dave Rastovich with an award for Environmentalist of the Year.
Mr. [...]
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Synergist of the Year Award!
PHOTO DISPATCH: LOCALS ONLY
Today we have the photogravures of Edward Sheriff Curtis , a professional photographer from Seattle, who documented over 80 North American Indian tribes between 1907 and 1930.
The photo above depicts a Qagyuhl wedding party, Pacific Northwest coast.
Nearly 100 years later, not far from where this location, meth-addled white trash of Aryan descent now jealously guard [...]
From the “Bitch Please!” File…
Every now and then, I’ll run across some piece of surf culture that is so uniquely suited for ridicule, that I’m overwhelmed with PostSurf-love at first sight. I swoon to myself as I sight my target and think, “This is why I created PostSurf!”
Case in Point: Power Balance - Wearable Performance Technology.
Take a look at [...]
READER CHALLENGE: Surfline Drinking Game!
As previously mentioned, it’s been slow out there lately in terms of compelling surf content.
I decided to spice things up by playing a drinking game while readings Surfline’s Tavarua Spot Check.
At first, I was hoping to write something witty about the inherent advertorial irony of a 39-slide feature exclusively dedicated to an exclusive resort, narrated [...]
LONG TIME COMING
We’re in the midst of summer doldrums. No ASP events running, no big swells to hype, no big controversies that haven’t already been covered. Nothing to do but drink and fornicate… and endlessly gossip about Kelly Slater’s new Super-Dreamy Tour.
It’s an understatement to say that the online speculation concerning this new World Tour has been [...]
PHOTO DISPATCH: MAASSEN on SHAPING
Let’s pause for a moment from all our bilious ruminations to consider a holy trinity of thankless surf industry jobs:
Shaper, photographer, and writer.
Although all three roles are underpaid, shapers differ from photographers and writers in that they’re actually necessary.
Trouble is, doing what you love is no way to make a living. But I’ll let the [...]
Don’t Encourage Them
Peel back the orange curtain separating the surf industry from most of the surfers in the world, and you’ll find a small group of white men wielding an enormous amount of influence over the general surf culture.
Why? Fear. Some surfers are scared of sharks, some are scared of big waves, but nearly all surfers are [...]
Another Nugget from INSIDE THE GOLDMINE
I am going surfing today. In the meantime, please click on over to Gra Murdoch’s Inside the Goldmine for another excellent example of investigative surf journalism. - Ed
Dog and Master Reunited after Master Seemingly Vanishes Off Face of the Earth for 40-minute Surf.
TUES. JULY 28, WEST COAST, VICTORIA – 33 year old Airey’s Inlet [...]
J-BAY POWER RANKINGS: 1-5
Kelly Slater
Why is Kelly Slater back at number one in the Power Rankings? Because he holds the fate of the ASP in his hands. If that isn’t power, I don’t know what is. The question now is will Kelly use his vast influence for good or evil? Lately, ASP insiders are looking at their talented [...]
J-BAY POWER RANKINGS: 6-10
Damien Hobgood
You don’t finish runner-up at J-Bay twice by mistake. Unless you’re Damien Hobgood, that is. Shades of Peter Sellars in Being There, as Damo somehow won heat after heat, despite being seemingly only dimly aware of his surroundings, what year it was, and perhaps even what his name is. A touch of Zen, too, [...]
COMMENT OF THE WEEK: BVB vs. SUP
Comment of the Week comes from the Bad Vibe Bob, a shadowy, notorious voice of dissent known to frequent surf sites both real and virtual. Bad Vibe was kind enough to share with PostSurf via electronic mail his recollections of recent SUP encounters. -LS
I have tried to mount many a SUP - the first off [...]
PHOTO DISPATCH: MYLES McGUINNESS
We make all of this more complicated than it is.
The water holds no answers. I don’t hold any either.
Sometimes it’s enough to bear witness.
Myles McGuinness, corroborating what we already know.
See 9mPhoto for more of Myles’ work.
Comment of the Weak: BalanceGate
Not to beat a dead horse, but this whole Power Balance deal is possibly the best thing to hit PostSurf since the Power Rankings. The more I look into Power Balance, the more comedic gold I discover. At this point, as TurtleGate enters its 46th day, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Andrew Mooney [...]