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BeachGrit‘s Cardiff-by-the-Sea desk traded T-Mobile service for Coconut Wireless over the weekend and things are jamming off the top because guess what? (Allegedly) Craig Anderson, the Craig Anderson, is trying to climb out of his freshly signed Quiksilver contract and join ex-stablemate Dane Reynolds in the great wide open!
The wind was howling into my source’s coconut, somewhere across the sea, so details were muddled, at best, but it was suggested that young Ando was interested in (purportedly) starting his own line. As you may, or may not, know the boy rides for HUF as well, an upstart skateboarding label with an eye toward stylish minimalism. (look here!) He is the only surfer on the team unless Joey Pepper is also a surfer. Might HUF be broadening into the surf-wear market? Might Ando be the next John Galliano and design a fabulous line of very chic newspaper boardshorts?
And what, if true, does this mean for the proud Quiksilver? I think neither doom nor gloom. Wouldn’t a fresh start be nice? Unburdened by kids at the popular table? Free to explore a budding sexuality? In my professional opinion, the horizon is bright for my favorite brand and I would buy more stock if it wasn’t frozen due to bankruptcy. Cool is dead (RIP) and Quiksilver will come through this wrinkle stronger than ever.
Yes, I am pleased with Coconut Wireless’s service. T-Mobile didn’t work on the best of days. Over to you Stab!
I wondered when this would happen. Ando will go to Vissla
chas do you think that the New Q/S shops with their coiffure space , are actually sending a subliminal message to ando , and well , he’s just not going to chop off his famous flick locks , he could be a tripster in a waning Hipster mode Co , that just doesn’t get him/it anymore?
I think this is the most brilliant analysis in too long and yes.
I don’t think Ando can actually grow a beard, but I’m sure he’d be able to ride a bike in very artistic, original ways… so there’s still hope.
Ah, it was an anti-semitic rant. http://www.theguardian.com/…
Maybe Ando can team up with Mick Fanning and they can hate on the Jews just like Galliano. You really are a man who bridges the…uh…culturally divide, aren’t you, Chas!!
Oh yes!
I guess this is your inside track to not just being at Paris Fashion Week but actually BEING Paris Fashion Week. Kudos, mon ami…kudos!
Didn’t Galliano get neck deep in the shitt over some racist comments? Or was that some other fashion dude?
Wow….we posted that at the same time. Why yes, indeed…Mr. Galliano is not a fan of his Hebrew Hermanos.
chas woodward and derek bernstein.
That’s how the Pulitzer’s come.
with an apostrophe?
I think, for once, I might be right here. Ain’t it the Pulitzer Prize? Wouldn’t the “prize” be possessed? I ain’t greedy. We just need one.
You may have to settle for an Edward R. Murrow.
Real life’s gunna be a bitch for some of these guys.
Not really, Dane could get his baby and dog to draw something terrible, print it on a t-shirt and sell a few thousand easy.
Wasn’t thinking Dane so much. But even then, how much does a few thousand t-shirts bring in?
Less than his parents gave him in allowance pre-Quiksilver.
They’re both a marketing dream. I’d be more concerned if I was Jeremy Flores.
Dane maybe, but tell me who buys trunks because Ando wears them? They’re certainly worth some sort of paycheck I guess, but nothing close to what they were making.
You’re clearly not aware of the vast proportion growing up who wear black nail polish, don’t wear tail pads and all ride HS. There’s about a billion of them over here in Europe with large disposable incomes from mummy and daddy. Image is everything and sadly it does sell.