Today we consider a recent Surfermag article, which brings to light three of the biggest problems in surfing today: Shithouse writers, Jiu-Jitsu, and Joel Tudor.
Let's consider Joel Tudor first.
Apparently, Mr. Tudor recently woke up and realized that he was in the middle of a recession with no clothing sponsor. (He previously rode for good ol' [...]
Is the ASP world tour getting you down?
Fear not: sporting salvation is on the way - the Waterman League has announced a Stand Up World Tour!
What exactly is a waterman, you ask?
In my experience, watermen are shortboarders whose egos can't deal with the dwindling wavecount that aging inevitability brings. So they ride gigantic boards and/or [...]
The Curren vs. Occy bout highlights the importance of choosing a stable sponsor.
Despite being a lovably unstable personality, Occy has been steadily employed by Billabong for his entire career. Hell, they even stuck with him when he looked like Rosie O'Donnell-with-a-bad-dye-job, and smelled like Gary Busey. (Ironically, that gamble worked so well for Billabong that [...]
Se uma coisa é certa depois do Hang Loose Pro 2009, é que o Brasil chegou como um surf nação. Adriano de Souza, reconhecida por muitos anos como o próximo Kelly Slater, perante o seu herói no final de uma competição que ficará na história como talvez a mais bela em ASP história. Apesar de [...]
The Fourth of July.
Images of leisure. The color's drained out. The consequences are slim. Hours of daylight - all of it hazy.
Watch the water beads dry on the bottom of your board. Watch the water beads form on the skin of your glass. Clink the ice. Smile at her. Keep the shades on. Keep it [...]
Billabong just announced that Tom Curren will face Mark Occhilupo in a "Clash of the Icons" heat at J-Bay.
I have nothing bad to say about this.
It's interesting to note the career numbers for this specialty match-up. Curren and Occy last faced each other in 1988, ending their rivalry with an 8-8 record. But all of [...]
I hate to write two posts in a row about women's professional surfing, but this estrogen-drenched cuntery is impossible to ignore.
Here's the short story: The Women’s Mr Price Pro in South Africa (a key WQS event) did not crown a 2009 champion, due to "adverse surf and weather conditions."
Sucks right? It's happened a few times [...]
It's time to announce the latest PostSurf Sell-Out of the Week!
Like almost everyone else who works in the surf industry, this whorish schemer has hopped into bed with corporations in order to extend the glide. Don’t be hatin’ - we all do it! Difference is, Karina Petroni does it like a porn star. And for [...]
This is a tale of two surfers, and two forms of surfing.
The ASP Brazil event kicked off a few days ago. In the first heat of the event, Tim Boal beat Jordy Smith, 12.66 to 6.10. Who knows what Boal did to beat Jordy - replays are not available. You'll never know, unless you were [...]
Comment of the Week goes to Jiggy Jig, who helped deepen the TurtleGate controversy by sharing his recollections of turtle-hunting on the North Shore in the 1960s. See below.
As TurtleGate entered its sixth day, PostSurf's investigation uncovered further shocking revelations.
Big wave legend Greg Noll, in a 1997 Surfer's Journal article, revealed the existense of a [...]
JS Callahan was kind enough to share with PostSurf these iconic photographs from an era passed, along with his recollections:
"15 images of Olde School North Shore Power Surfing.
Men were men, waves were big and mean, and turns were done with the rail buried. Nary a little kid, an air nor a tailslide to be seen.
Lunatics [...]
Honestly, I'm still trying to piece together what this fuckery is all about.
I was unaware of it up until this morning, when I came across this headline on SurferMag.com: "CAR ACCIDENT STOPS TEAM SURFING USA; Race Across America Screeches [...]
As TurtleGate enters Day Three, TMZ is reporting that Michael Jackson is dead. Shortly after 3pm, on the live NSSA webcast, Peter Mel confirmed this report.
"Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and [...]
COMMENT OF THE WEEK: NippleGate
Comment of the Week goes to Ballz, for re-igniting the Jordy Smith controversy known as NippleGate. I'm not sure who first broke this story, or who first noticed that Jordy's nipples are freakishly close together.
Unlike many surf fans, I'm not particularly interested in Jordy's nipples. But, in favor of due dilligence, I examined a few [...]