Does Meola make you feel slow and gobby and sticky on a wave too?
Some folks, notably the multi-instrumentalist Prince Rogers, get their kicks from Percocet and its family of opioids. Others, like Maui’s Matt Meola, are hungry for whipping the tail of their surfboard, and of soaring beyond the pontoons.
This edit by Meola, cut to Rogers’ old hit Purple Rain, from the 1984 album of the same name, and ranked 143rd in Rolling Stones magazine’s 500 Best Songs of All Time, makes me feel like glue on a wave, gluey and stuck and slow and gobby.
How do you get such…pop?
MATT MEOLA | FADE TO PURPLE from Meola on Vimeo.
Meola is connected to to a legendary music producer, maybe 15k a year from a ghetto surf company doesn’t mean much?
Forty seconds in.. Bearing witness to modern surfing!
I do enjoy Matt Meola, but I wish he’d get rid of the damn junkie beard.
He seems damn close to dreadlocks as well…
when a man surfs that good, he can gave platted underarm hair if he wants. Just don’t let him near Gabby’s razor.
I’d say Walshy and Kai Lenny are the only two Maui guys who have the personality and career drive that’s necessary (on top of solid surfing ability) to maintain sponsorships and a consistent public image. Seems like Clay and Albee don’t have solid social skills (i’d imagine they’re hell to work with if you’re a team manager) so their surfing has to carry the weight. Meola and Barger seem to be content with the career that cruising on maui and putting out video edits yields them.
Don’t forget Dusty. Although I’m still waiting to hear why Chas described him as having a “bad attitude.”
And yes Dusty! His web and video clips, as well as appearances on the tour, appear to be enough to keep Volcom happy. He’s been with them so long that Riddle and the crew prob knows how to deal with his “bad attitude”.
He throws down some solid rotes in this clip, but will anybody remember it in 2 weeks?
I won’t.
Like surfing through treacle with arthritis in waist high rights!
on the subject of prince, purple rain, and percocets…”perkys calling” off of future’s puple reign just so happens to go super well with the video
Prince Rogers Nelson, Derek
I’m truly such an amateur. I do like the handle Mr Rogers, though. It has a refreshing urgency and energy.
Agreed
Is this pic lost on our Aussie pals, I wonder?
Possibly. I’ve certainly been on the flip side of that.
I couldn’t even comprehend half those airs he was doing.
how are his ankles not a bag full of broken glass yet?
lien (I think) at 2:50 was seriously from another planet. Wish he didn’t have to double grab those flips though.
Pretty weak video. Watched it on surfline, came here to see if anyone started digging into why he hasn’t been charging jaws anymore. That clip of him on the left was from a long time ago. You guys should hit him up and get some deets.
he isn’t charging jaws cause he nearly died out there a few years back. sad but understandable
Dude did that many crazy inverted variations.. weak video? Go back to surfline
…a very good idea. Will chase. For you.
bag on a guy for not risking his life for your amusement? methinks “you” isadonkey
No. Not at all. I think meola is legit, i just thought that video is the exact same as his last one, and the one before. And as far as him not charging jaws, are you joking? I honestly wanted to know exactly what happened. Leash stuck on the rocks, crazy-scary hold down, board to the head, etc. Methinks you are an ass-clown
http://www.grindtv.com/surf…
there you go, bub. I misinterpreted “digging in” as a metaphor for “giving shit”. I’ve always wondered what an “ass-clown” looks like. Now I know…me!! lmao rofl lol smh brb #assclown
Thanks for that link. I’d be up for an 2016 deep and meaningful with Matt a la Women’s Weekly, Derek.
No worries cuZ….I had a bad experience at Mavericks so I know what’s it’s like to walk away from deadly waves. Shit is no joke; its a miracle WAY more people haven’t died rushing as they do. Sometimes you gotta know when to hold Em and when to fold em. Unbelievable surfer though! I want Matt Meola alive to see what kinda nuts airs he invents next. But those hips, knees, and ankles though! Hope homeboy has good health insurance!!