Monster wave pioneer, 100-foot wave icon Garrett McNamara reveals long-held, deeply personal secret: “I’m kinda allergic to saltwater. I get all (indecipherable).”
Introducing aquagenic-induced urticaria.
Gabriel Medina’s shaper Johnny Cabianca on the “magic invisibility” of the perfect surfboard, Medina’s “emotional family situation” and “killing the cockroach” at Huntington Beach!
New details emerge of catastrophic rift between newly crowned world champion surfer Gabriel Medina and parents Simone and Charlie; mammy’s monthly allowance slashed; celebrated “Gabriel Medina Institute” shuttered and to be sold off!
“They have always lived through Gabriel’s career. Imposing discipline, giving strength and controlling everything closely. Now, he is no longer a boy and shares his life with his wife."
Hyper-woke surf website The Inertia posts shocking racist, agist screed: “Instead of trying to defend our little pockets of ‘localized’ surf where a few old white dudes seem to think they deserve more waves than anyone else, maybe it’s time we give in to the flush of kookery!”
First they came for the old white men...
Australian surfer, heartthrob, Jack Freestone lashes out at Rip Curl after release of body-inclusive bikini fit guide: “Wow the audacity of this stupid company… Where was this campaign when two of your biggest team riders decided to start the chapter of motherhood? Bunch of hypocrites.”
"She can't be photographed next to the 18 year old models."
In unexpected yet joyous news, anti-depressive online surf journal BeachGrit gets shortlisted for “Top Most Promising Health Sites for 2021!”
Celebrate with us!
World’s best pro surfing analyst sensationally quits BeachGrit, “Not one writer has gone out on their own terms. Two in a pine box, the rest in a hail of recriminations and bad feelz!”
"I've never understood how surf journalism has always identified with the interests of the few (subjects) against the many (readers). That's always seemed ass about to me."
Open Thread: Comment Live, Day 4 U.S. Open of Surfing Huntington Beach presented by Shiseido!
Ultimate surfing!
New Zealand to increase fines for recalcitrant surfers breaking lockdown laws from $300 to a staggering $4000, “Lockdown is bringing out the toxicity in people as they narc on each other. It’s f%$king gross!” says country’s most-loved surfer.
Road blocks out of Auckland, wildly punitive fines!
Code Red: Kai Lenny, Garrett McNamara panic as Chicago forecasted to be hit with “extremely dangerous” 16 foot waves!
Apocalyptic days.
Facebook Founder and World’s 5th Richest Man Mark Zuckerberg made furious at suggestion he rides e-foils exclusively: “(That video) clearly shows a hydrofoil that I’m pumping with my own legs.”
Unchill, guys.
“Surf City, USA” Huntington Beach officially throws flat-brimmed hat into ring to host surfing, skateboarding, BMX for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics!
Time to rock n' roll!
BIPOC Zeke Lau and Hispanic Tia Blanco win ABC’s The Ultimate Surfer, “It’s a dream come true, says Tia. I’m pretty sure Zeke said the same thing. Does it matter? Really, I don’t think it does!”
A solid win for diversity amid a sea of honky.
