Which was the greatest of all-time?
Surfing is generally such a solitary sport. A woman or man, a board, the ocean…except for when it’s not and individuals get together to form a solid-gold crew. The idea of the crew has been owned this past decade by dancers. The Jabbawockeez, The Mos Ripe Crew, Quest, I.aM.mE etc. are popular with the kids along with movies like Step Up, Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up 3D, Step Up Revolution and Step Up: All In.
But the crew belonged to surf before it belonged to dance. Da Hui made it look downright fierce. Maui’s Strapped Crew made it look strange. Pipeline Posse had a nice logo, the Wolfpak had the best knuckle tattoos, the Momentum Generation had the most world titles, the Coolie Kids had the second most world titles, Santa Cruz’s Eastside had Pete “The Condor” Mel, Santa Cruz’s Westside Daryl “Flea” Virostko, the Bra Boys had a wonderful handshake, the Modern Collective had a giant glowing pyramid etc.
Crews are easy to get behind. Easy to cheer for. I feel, though, surfing is kind of crew-less right now which makes me sad. There was the makings of a good one from San Clemente feat. Kolohe Andino, Luke Davis, etc. but they never formed up properly. Never got tattoos. Craig Anderson could probably gather a pretty tight crew and do shit and, if Ethan Carlston was invited, that crew could probably throw down some tight raps. Mitch Crews is the only one I can think of currently in operation and I don’t think they are accepting applications.
Which crew would you have liked to be a part of? Which can you see forming in the near future?
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There´s Kai Neville´s Cigarette Crew, but i don´t like them.
oh i like Wilko’s little squad. Impressive last night in France last year.
I would like to be a part of what ever crew Michael Rommelse is part of, I think it will get pretty weird from time to time. That or the Fletchers
What about John John and the 5 kids that get all of his Pipe scraps (brothers Nate and Ivan, Koa, Eli, and Kiron)? Granted Nate and Koa get some nuggets at Teahupoo while John’s off losing on the CT…
I would have loved to be one of the Bronzed Aussies, all buffed and tanned, acting like wanna be tennis stars, forging the path for “pro” surfing. Helping to shaft Cheyne Horan out of a potential world title when he quit would have been the icing on the cake of cuntiness…
ah the ol pink jumpsuit fetish!
That’s all fine and good, but is that Limp Bizkit or Sublime in the photo above?
Beach Grit crew’s pretty sufficient.
‘crew’ is very 2010… millennials refer to them as squads
What about storm?
Son of a bitch, you are right. Are there any cool squads I’m missing out on?
If they’re not ‘on point’ I don’t want to know about them.