Mar
26
I have fled the scene. I am currently in the mountains, meditating on my sins against surfing. I am running through the snow holding a large boulder while simultaneously drinking vodka from a sheep's bladder, training to achieve the standard of journalism that readers of surfing websites demand.
It is slow going. These boulders are heavy, [...]
Mar
03
No, I'm not on the Gold Coast - I'm sitting out this particular bro-down. Why? A) The economy. B) I'm mostly hated and I mostly hate bro-ing down. C) There's more to life than the tour. D) All of the above.
Bizarrely, the bro-down came to me yesterday, in the form of Brad Gerlach's Primo Beer [...]
Feb
08
I have a tendency to anger people.
Case in point: The 40-Year-Old Barrel Virgin, a piece I wrote for Surfline last summer.
The ensuing shitstorm included the following email exchange with an owner of Mollusk in NYC.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mollusk NYC
To: Lewis Samuels
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 2:16 PM
Subject: blame it on??
Should they blame it on [...]