The ASP season kicks off Saturday, so I thought I'd turn the hype-volume up a bit further by sharing a few words from our top contenders: Slater and Fanning. The following quotes didn't make the QuikPro Peview I did for Surfline last week.
Lewis: One could argue that you haven't been challenged for the #1 spot [...]
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TAJ has a PLAN
Just finished a preview for Surfline of the QuikPro. As usual, plenty of quotes don't make it into the final text.
More than a couple guys in the 45 told me that Taj will be the one to challenge Kelly this year. "He's the only one in my book who did it last year," CJ Hobgood [...]
BOBBY on KELLY
A few days before Kelly won his 9th title, I interviewed Bobby Martinez. I was hoping to put together an article on "Is Kelly's Dominance Good For Surfing?" The article never came together - partly because most guys dodged the question. But Bobby is his own man; he did not dodge the question.
Lewis: Do you [...]
OLD SCHOOL ROOKIE
I didn't get to see a picture of rookie Drew Courtney before writing about him.
After seeing his headshot, all I can say is "That is some Benjamin Button shit right there!" He's got to be 40.
I hope for Drew's sake he's aging in reverse, cause he's a rookie and he already looks past retirement age.
I [...]
Is The WORLD TOUR like PRISON?
Now that I’m an “authority on surfing” I get letters from groms who are trying to decipher what surfing is all about. Here’s a letter from little Charlie D, an inquisitive Grom from the OC who’s just trying to figure out “how 2b COOL.”
HAY, im textng cause i wanna now what the WORLD TOUR is [...]
Bugs Has Left The Building
In a surprise move sure to dissapoint fans of hardcore hyperbole, Rabbit Bartholomew has stepped down as ASP president.
“After deep consideration, I have decided not to seek a fifth term as ASP President,” Bartholomew said.
Pretty interesting quote from Rab there - who knew that ASP President was an elected office? It's going to be hard [...]
The Ballad of AI
For the last week I've been working with Andy Irons and Blair Marlin (AI's manager) on the AI interview that Surfline put up today.
After a tumultuous couple years on tour, Andy has decided to take 2009 off. One of the many interesting facets to this story is that Andy is perhaps the first surfing superhero [...]