Three and a half minutes of Clay Marzo's meticulously polished jams…
Surfing’s great curio, the Hawaiian-born Clay Marzo, rides for the surfboard company SUPERbrand. This promotional video, released just now, shows Clay, still only 26, surfing in Western Australia on his new surfboard model, the Mad Cat, a surfboard designed perhaps, for ultra-tall surfers with uncanny abilities.
Clay never really cut it in major competition ’cause he’s an Asperger’s kid and ain’t into crowds (you’ll never see him at Pipe or Honolua Bay on Maui, where he lives) though there is a little groundswell of heat for Clay to grab a wildcard at Fiji this year.
A good idea? Is Clay still relevant?
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the real truth, over 25 years old with less than 100k social media followers, not on the CT, and you’re going to struggle to get anyone to pay you. all about proving ROI to kooks with MBAs these days.
He is better at this than all WSL guys….all.
Why hasn’t Clay started a kickstarter? Could have that as his main sponsor
As if you don’t fuck with this clip. Still not getting the Anderson edits though
Early on seeing him rub his hands made me wonder and hope that he was our Messiah! I may have even said prayer or two that the industry would not spoil his character. So with that said send the top five one at time with Clay chasing epic waves turn it into webisode or movie… Also be interesting to hear him analyze top guys surfing. Wonder if he even pays attention to the world of surf?
Clay is certainly still relevant & I join in the Fiji calls. His boards & style appear similar to Gabriel Medina with lots of ‘time’, vision, relaxation & stance variation around the barrel. I’d enjoy watching Marzo & Medina trade-off in a heat or two in running hollow lefts.
Every single year at Cloudbreak the contest cries out for Clay Marzo.
I have no doubt the week’s prior and latter he would be the stand out… but on the day, could he surf ringside as part of the circus?
he’s proven usually not.
probably not under the current format.
In, say, a four man hour long heat at pumping CB, he’d blow minds.
he’d have been the only backsider giving Owen a run at the Box last year
Id love everyone to get out of the water and give him a little run a big pipeline one day.
Id love everyone to get out of the water and give me a little run at small pipeline one day.
No cameras allowed though…
Homeboy LOVES the one-footed tail toss.
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So refreshing to see him surfing some rights. Also, the Mad Cat sounds perfect for Chas.