A visual instructional on how to command a channel bottom surfboard!
A couple of days back, I had a little jam with Matt Biolos on the aesthetically beautiful, if hydrodynamically complex, channel bottom surfboard.
Read that here if water flow mixed with surfboard design history gives you a thrill.
That story was meant to be bookended with a cut of Mason Ho riding his channel bottoms, a visual representation of the design. Mason, of course, won the recent Sunset contest on a six-seven channel bottom Trouble Shooter and has been riding ’em all over the North Shore.
Thing was, Mason’s filmer Rory Pringle wanted… fresh. And when I came knocking for the short for the story, Rory was, “Sheeeeit, Mase hasn’t paddled out yet!”
Next day: “Sorry to keep ya hangin’. We’ve been filming all morning trying to max out this Pipe swell. Fuckin cooked. Made is gonna wrap tonight.”
The resulting film shows Mason on his six-seven at Sunset (watch those jams in the pocket! It’s a channel-bottom speciality), V-Land roll-ins and figure-eight cutbacks on a six-four (gotta love a channel bottom) and a few at Temples, Uluwatu on a six-nine.
And, let’s be real, any taste of Mason Ho is a good thing, right?
How is this guy not winning every comp he enters? He wins the Sunset qualifier then gets eliminated in round 1 at Haleiwa. Same with Coco, scores a 9 in her heat and doesn’t get a second wave and looses. Those 2 have awesome raw talent and are my favorites but they needs some coaching on heat strategy.
would you rather…. surf like you do and remain your current height or surf like Mason and shrink to his size?
I would take the shrink to surf like Mason. That fucker is awesome.
Chop hops 🙂
#1 be Mason and wake up to never-ending supply of respect and pussy and chron nugs, 2 go surf?
I’m looking at a bloke on the train right now who has smoked way too much weed. He looks like a Jack Sparrow impersonator that has had his head held down in a urinal and then caved in with a brick. Cunt is so bung eyed he puts Steve Buscemi to shame.
Ask him Whats up. He’s probably the guy growing it and hasn’t been talked to except to be threatened, in months.
Tell him whats up. $2200 for a dank elbow, no more!
Yeah that’ll work.
Worth a fkn stab tho..
Visine.
America where I can now legally smoke weed but I’m under the rule of a guy who has more in common with a microwaved buffolo wing than me, but it’s OK because I can get really really high, wait I’m poor too? Shit.
You guys worry about who is in charge too much. When was the last time anyone was happy with the situation? Worry about something worthwhile.
Being 100% honest my father’s medical expenses jumped a 1500% over night, and a lot of people lost their ass in the market. I wish I could say he didn’t effect me but he’s not even in office and the backlash is starting.
you cant do anything legally in america. stop dreaming
I met two legends fom Melb up in Agnes Waters Deep Water Nat Park in 97 who were camping at one of the setups and they had a pillow case size bag of chronic they called Lama Poo bc of its super tight and round nuggettiness.
We bought an ounce off these cunts and got so fkn faded over the next few days that it culminated with us comin in from a surf to find the campfire and our van had become one giant bonfire.We lost everything and had to walk 5 kay back into town and slept in the local caravan park laundromat at night for the rest of the trip. To this day Im still chasing the Lama.
Be glad to send you as much fecal matter as you can handle..
You layin the golden eggs?
Been chewing on ginger, turmeric, and garlic lately. Not as earthy as the last batch.. The tumeric gives it its golden yellow hue and healing properties. Been thinking bout adding mustard seed to give a little balance. Keep you posted.