Mason Ho the Eddie
It don't matter if it's two or twenty feet! Little Mason at The Eddie. | Photo: WSL

Can anyone get enough of Mason Ho?

The latest instalment of License to Chill, Island Oscillation… 

More Mason Ho?

Yes, please!

Can anyone get enough of the kid?

Creative approach, barrel slayer. As much as I love seeing him in heats I really prefer his edits.

So surf stoked, plays the happy card real well. Nothing but butterflies and rainbows going on upstairs. I’m sure he’s deeper than that, but the public persona is great. Like a big loveable labrador retriever.

What’s the name of that NS hell wave he loves so much? Right between Logs and Rockpiles. So fucking shallow. I’d call it unsurfable if I hadn’t seen so many killer clips.

Random fact: I went to elementary school with ...Lost filmer Joe Alani. He was in my younger brother Cody’s class.

Other random fact: Rory Pringle’s first name is short for Riordan. Mine isn’t. Just plain ol’ Rory.

Johnny Boy Gomes once threatened to kill me. He was working as a private surf guide for some Japanese tourist and the longboard he middle-manned for his client was taking too long. When he came back a few days later he picked up the freshly polished board and accidentally smashed the nose into an overhead pipe. Then demanded we fix it for free.

I don’t really miss Oahu.

Kauai’s better in nearly every way. But you just can’t beat the awesome reality of living on the Seven Mile Miracle when there’s swell in the water.

LICENSE TO CHILL | ISLAND OSCILLATION from LICENSE TO CHILL on Vimeo.

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Lemmy
Lemmy
10 years ago

what?! i do that at my home beachy. i thought that was the point of localism

Audit In Progress
Audit In Progress
10 years ago

I’m not a Mason superfan by any means, but that ollie from one wave over the back of the one in front of it? C’est magnifique!

Dick Gosinya
Dick Gosinya
10 years ago

3:45 is the most perfect pipe wave I’ve ever seen with the most perfect claim. I was worried we would never see the claim again after the WSL deemed it ‘un-sanitary’.

dickie toledo
dickie toledo
10 years ago

potential blood feud: mason’s clips vs wsl… could these clips put the wsl out of business? I believe so… pali gap, very magma plasma.

Wiggolly's Paddling Style
Wiggolly's Paddling Style
10 years ago

It’s a double standard for sure. Really I should be making an effort to be accommodating to them when they surf here in the bleak hope they will mention it at home and the attitude will change. It is so tempting to burn them when you have ten blokes you know in the water standing by in your own country. You could easily grab one and drag him through the ti-trees, break his board over his back and leave him for dead. But it doesn’t make it right.

Dumb Florida Redneck
Dumb Florida Redneck
10 years ago

Don’t forget a lot of the Indo’s are muslim, that’s a problem waiting to happen. The new jihad on surfing.

Wiggolly's Paddling Style
Wiggolly's Paddling Style
10 years ago

Fortunately that is one aspect that is less prevalent in Bali as opposed to the rest of Indo.

Dumb Florida Redneck
Dumb Florida Redneck
10 years ago

Nah i know they are mostly Hindu, but i have met a few “Usmans” that were from other areas that were

Bleach'd Git
Bleach'd Git
10 years ago

Tone it down gents, or I may be forced to beat you with my Stick of Intolerance.

Dumb Florida Redneck
Dumb Florida Redneck
10 years ago
Reply to  Bleach'd Git

I’m from America we have guns of intolerance,heyump

Bleach'd Git
Bleach'd Git
10 years ago

That’s the spirit! A cultural exchange!

Swaveanddeboner
Swaveanddeboner
10 years ago

Just got back from West Java – the Muslims are way mellower and far more accomodating than the Balinese dickheads…

Wiggolly's Paddling Style
Wiggolly's Paddling Style
10 years ago

I’ve seen a few Indonesians with Da Hui stickers. It gives you a license to burn them. They’re starting to travel internationally a little bit more now. Mostly pretty nice guys when they’re out of their element (especially wearing rubber). I still drop in on them a bit though. They’re weak paddlers and generally seem quite fearful of local retribution. I feel they have been sold a lie of what other locals around the world do and therefore try to enforce something farcical at home.

slater thenewdonkey
slater thenewdonkey
10 years ago

What a vid. Dude is legit.

Tate MacDowell
Tate MacDowell
10 years ago

it would be funny to do a Honey Badger voice over for his videos. Like, “oh, there’s a huge fucking rock in the way! Does Mason care? Fuck no. Mason Ho don’t give a shit.”

ohhodomavich
ohhodomavich
10 years ago

Don’t think they have another name for small rock piles Rory. It’s not inbetween. It is the pile of rocks that gives rock piles it’s name. Directly in from the reef when it’s big and north swell

Tate MacDowell
Tate MacDowell
10 years ago

I could use a little less of that cross step cheater five thingy he does. Seems like he’s trying to have a little TOO much fun.

ohhodomavich
ohhodomavich
10 years ago
Reply to  Tate MacDowell

Na He’s not trying. Might look like that but if u met him. He’s wacky dude that loves having fun

Tate MacDowell
Tate MacDowell
10 years ago
Reply to  ohhodomavich

yeah, I take it back. it’s a pretty sick way to spice up a boring floater. I guess I just wish they lasted longer. It needs to cut to a super close up Bruce Brown style slow-mo. Like CypherVision or something.

Mapski
Mapski
10 years ago

Are there any positive JBG stories out there?

Wiggolly's Paddling Style
Wiggolly's Paddling Style
10 years ago
Reply to  Mapski

He has porked up a fair bit as of late. That makes me kind of happy I guess.

Dumb Florida Redneck
Dumb Florida Redneck
10 years ago

All hail @cavieiradecocom4dedickkilla aka wiggs.

Wiggolly's Paddling Style
Wiggolly's Paddling Style
10 years ago

Lets not ruin BeachGrit with mention of that fucking idiot. Treat him like a ghost for now on.

Dumb Florida Redneck
Dumb Florida Redneck
10 years ago

True.

Dumb Florida Redneck
Dumb Florida Redneck
10 years ago
Reply to  Mapski

He once said he’d break my nose back as a favor… Even tho It was never broken,hmmm.

Sonny Joyce
Sonny Joyce
10 years ago
Reply to  Mapski

JBG got a “Trill prom surping Pipe”.


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