On suicidal reporting from Damascus to Hawaii, terrorism (beheadings!) and localism (slaps!)…
Many times, when I’ve gotten into a car I’ve wished for a surf-themed radio show. To hear about all those delicate surfer boys, with more spirit than strength, flushed with fever or pale with exhaustion or haggard after some game-changing heat, tell all.
And, more than anything, to hear the writers, the photographers, those cultural bulwarks, explain their craft.
As it turns out, such a show exists. It is called Surf Splendour and BeachGrit readers can be eased into the show with this hour-long interview with BeachGrit founder and noted writer Chas Smith.
The interview meanders from stories of Chas being bombed in Beirut, kidnapped in Damascus by Hezbollah as a suspected Israeli agent, his moving into surf writing to, eventually, being called a Jew (the irony!) by the just-crowned world champion Mick Fanning.
Likeable? Funny? Yeah he is.
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As much as I hate to admit it, I enjoyed this piece by Chas. Thanks for opening my perspective. There may be room for a New York Stoke Exchange in the future. Did I already say how I much I hate agreeing with Chas….Arghh!
Instead of being my typical sarcastic self, I will just say that this was a really well done interview and Chas rep’d Beach Grit excellently.
That was really good. Thanks.
For you, Staines, anything…