It is high time we stage events in order to find out.
Remember yesterday when Julian Wilson said “…the boys go mad on it” regarding the Fijian pre-event kava ceremony? BeachGrit fav commenter and overall friendly man Negatron sure does. He responded, “…I would love to see the current generation of pro-surfers versus the 80’s pro-surfers in a game of “the boys go mad on it…”
And Negs brings up a wonderful point. If there was a real game called “The Boys Go Mad On It” who would, in fact, win?
Let us posit that the 1980s “The Boys Go Mad On It” team would be:
-Gary “Kong” Elkerton
-Martin “Pottz” Potter
-Mike Lambresi
-Michael Tomson
And let us say the 2010s “The Boys Go Mad On It” team would be:
-John John Florence
-Jordy Smith
-Felipe Toledo
-Glenn “Micro” Hall
Next we would have to decide what both “Go Mad” and “On It” reference. But let us actually not. Let’s leave them both completely subjective. “Go Mad” could mean anything from getting very angry to staying up all night to consuming a lot of…broccoli. “On It” could mean anything from kava to non-alcoholic beer to…broccoli. So, if there were no actual confines, if “The Boys Go Mad On It” could mean anything, anywhere, anyhow…sort of like The Amazing Race minus the race…which team would you pick? Where would you plant your flag?
Any team with Kong and Pottz at their peak would smash all challengers.
From snorting lines of coke off 16 year-old Brasilian hookers backsides to staring contests pre-heat, the intensity levels would leave the current crop doe-faced, jaws dropped in horror.
It’s not really fair including Lambresi with that crew. He’d be the one running around saying “Guys! NO! Stop it! Guys…!!”
That’s mad that someone not in that picture took that photo.