Looks like Bobby's let his shit go. Surfing loose, maybe better than ever.
I don’t think about Bobby Martinez often. Not surprising, guy more or less dropped off the planet when he retired from tour. Though retired’s not really the right word for a “fuck you I quit” moment.
It was lovely!
Telling a dickhead boss to go fuck himself feels great. I’ve done it a bunch of times. Never so publicly, only at the type of menial jobs for which I’m qualified, but still… I know how good it feels. Especially when you’ve got something better lined up.
You’re not supposed to burn bridges, but I’ve never really understood why. Why maintain a working relationship with someone you think is a total piece of shit?
I worked for a largish surfboard manufacturer for a few years. Absolutely hated the place. Caught the owner shaving wages multiple times. Dealt with his insane mood swings on a daily basis.. The day I changed all the passwords and peaced out was one of the best of my life.
I’ll hold that grudge ’til the day I die.
Looks like Bobby’s let his shit go. Surfing loose, maybe better than ever. Sick little edit from Vacation Club Studio.
They’ve got some good stuff up on their site. Interesting vibe, good flavor. Their reel is pretty groovy.
I’m kind of amused by the way younger kids have started getting into the 80’s revival deal. I lived through that decade as a child, it was pretty dumb. Kind of want to write it their trip, but I suspect that’s colored by my unhappy childhood.
And I remember thinking the 70’s were campy and funny while I was in high school. This is really just more of that.
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Nothing used to brighten my day more than watching this 5’4″ little cholo from SB talking more shit than Conner McGregor about how horrible his life is while getting paid a few hundred grand a year to go surfing. And that final meltdown in New York, AMAZING! What could be better than watching a professional athlete flush his career down the toilet in front of 6000 people glued to a webcast??? And the more I think about it, Rory, I feel like it was less of an employee saying “fuck you” to the man and more a confused youngster struggling with mild retardation. Oh well, the best we can hope for now is more of these amazing clips of Bobby ripping Rincon to pieces, paid for by one of the biggest supporters of surfing’s most talented athletes… Monster energy drink. I think I’ll go buy a case right now.
He married rich, so he really gives zero fcks.
Best career move any man can make…. Good on him.
No doubt Bobby smashes on his backhand.
In the clip he is really tearing it up.
That being said can you imagine what Owen Wright or Ace Buchan
would do to Rincon at that size?
Funny how a sport purportedly founded on anti-establishment ethics cannibalizes the one dude who really took an anti-establishment stance, compensation and planning be damned. Career suicide, sure. Maybe most punk rock thing to happen in surfing since Hakman was shooting up while his wife gave birth? You betcha.
Paid to travel around the world to premium surf spots.(mostly). Have the line-up cleared for just you and one other guy. Have jet skis at your disposal if you can’t be bothered paddling back to the line-up. Free food, drink, parking, security, locker rooms, and physical therapy. Oh and every time you make a heat they give you money. Yeah, that’s a brutal existence.
I started to watch professional surfing right around the time boobby (not a typo) got kicked off. I honestly thought he wasn’t that exciting on tour and his biggest thing is saying fuck on the ASP. Anyways, I think he needs to work with Dane more, that video made him look good.
Are you kidding me? Did you see his first CT event at Snapper? He was goin apeshit!!!
No I saw him angry and shitty.
how could you judge if you had just started watching professional surfing? you see that comment by Ghostface Braddah?
Snapper Rocks 2006:
HEAT 11: Bobby Martinez (USA) 18.10 def Mark Occhilupo (AUS) 13.20
Two 9+ rides= shitty? hahaha
Arguably the best backside surfer ever.
he could never touch occy
That’s arguable.
Snapper Rocks 2006:
HEAT 11: Bobby Martinez (USA) 18.10 def Mark Occhilupo (AUS) 13.20
Haha ok good find but we’re not really talking about competition are we? Because that would make Glenn hall better than jjf at lowers
“His backside crack’s are still relevant”
I’m very much challenged as to the meaning of this comment. Assuming punctuation is correct.
Its taken me three hours but I see your point!
2 years later and i’m still mad I didn’t burn the bridge on my way out.
Really? Must have been an arsehole. I’ve never regretted holding my tongue – always been able to get a useful reference or something out of them. Or at least a new boss who’s impressed by the fact you managed to stay on speaking terms with someone who’s a notorious cunt.
Hahaha so well played.
I would prefer that to getting slowly fatter and uglier in an office where the highlight of the week is snagging the last chocolate biscuit when a fat bitch is walking towards the jar.
Are you spying on my office?
Thought he was emotionally retarded to blow up how he did. His surfing is tailor made for the tour. Goofy foot groomed on world class right and fearless at the reef passes. That’s the screw foot formula for cashing fat checks and sitting well within the top 22 without raising a sweat or chasing QS points. But hey, if Bob wants to keep it real on the mean streets of Santa Barbara?Knock yourself out. Speaking of which, how’s the boxing career going?
Best comment I’ve ever read.
I like how all his edits look the same, exactly the same. The same spots, the same turns, then everyone talks about how good his backside is and how much we miss him. Oh also throw in a couple of comments about his mexico that get 3 upvotes. Mexico.
ever surfed that river in Munich?
Yeah it’s the only wave in Germany.
The guys that surf the occasional sloppy windswells on Sylt would probably beg to differ…
Don’t lie
not true: https://vimeo.com/57822424
That ain’t REAL germany
Hahaha like f’kin Bavaria is…
theres a special place in hell for bobby
High praise, sir.
So fucking good
His backside crack’s are still relevant!
you can call it timeless
I like to light the person on the other side of the bridge on fire before I burn the bridge. It makes for a much easier and cleaner separation. Who needs some cunt screaming shit about you from the other side of a crevasse til the day you croak?
its the gay career equivalent of staying friends with your ex. what’s the point, her friends are not going to fuck you regardless.
Usually the best way out of that situation is to fuck her friend before she becomes your ex. It is the height of erotica. You find some devious way of going shopping with your girlfriends friend for your girlfriends birthday. The friend finds it strange at first but she has always looked at you when she thinks you’re not looking at group dinners so you know you’ve got about a 50% chance. Remember that time she had a flat and you helped her? You pretend you don’t really know what to buy your girlfriend and make subtle suggestions about how you don’t really have anything in common. Then you suggest that, damn, you have so much fun with her friend shopping. This is how it should be etc. You walk her to her car. It’s awkward, but she is staying shoulder to shoulder with you on the walk. As she gets to her car, grab her viciously by the waist and shove your tongue in her mouth. She will flinch at first but then relax. She will already be insanely horny from spending so much time with you. As she is getting naked, you notice she is wearing her sexiest underwear shit. She knew this was going to happen. Punish her.
that’s San Fernando Valley Oscar-worthy shit. she’d only flinch momentarily.
I can only imagine the pain porn script writers go through having their fine art butchered by cheap whores who couldn’t get a role in an improv class.
Go on.
I would say I could totally see this happening to me, though opposite (I’m the gf in the scenario), but I think that would require me to make friends first.
At first I thought you were saying you’re a chick and then I started wondering why we haven’t fucked yet? A chick who up votes me? What a babe! So disappointed.
Haha, soz, Wiggs. If it helps to imagine, I am quite comely.
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