Mason Ho dazzles at the 2016 Surfer Poll awards!
Did you watch the Surfer Poll last night? I did. I didn’t intend to watch the whole thing, only tuned in because the lovely Ashton Goggins over at Surfer invited me as his +1. Very kind of him. I’m on Kauai at the moment, so I couldn’t actually go. But I appreciate the thought and figured I’d watch a minute or two. Then I saw The Inertia was live streaming and asking for fan questions, so I proceeded to get very drunk and send Alex Haro rude suggestions. They did not use any of them.
I’d begun drinking earlier in the day, so the whole thing is a bit of a blur. But a few solid moments really stood out.
I think Eddie Ifft is funny. The crowd did not. Or everyone was just too caught up in their own shit to let loose and laugh. I don’t know exactly what the deal was, but I know it was fucking savage. Dave Wassel! Who doesn’t love Dave Wassel? His speech patterns, his expressions. The guy’s a naturally hilarious hunk of marble. Big Wave Dave’s Surf Academy had me snorting drunken guffaws.
But the highlight of the night was none other than Mason Ho. Big surprise, right?
His red carpet interview with Kaipo Guerrero and Cheeseburger made the world better. Poor Kaipo, so uncomfortable. So bummed. Thank jeebus it was recorded for posterity. (At 1:17:30)
Hard to top that, but the Mason/Cheeseburger combo managed to after winning Best Series for License to Chill. Good natured wasted tirade. So pure, so true, so funny. Enough to make me wish I’d popped on a last minute flight and made the scene.
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. Too much Mason Ho is never enough.
not trying to be mean, but does burger have facial paralysis?
hos hes just a fat, annoying little jap
Rory – I couldn’t agree more with the fact that Eddie Ifft was really funny…and it was so sad to see how these hilarious jokes about surfing and surfers were falling on deaf ears. Albee’s aerial as second best maneuver to Alana’s duck dive, the comedians penis size in Hawaii, and Kolohe not laughing because he lost a heat –hilarious! Are surfers really that uptight or are they just too cool? Clearly they aren’t afraid to show emotion publicly when it is about them -think about claims. Perhaps people were too focused on the upcoming Pipe Masters and not drinking enough alcohol to let loose or maybe people are afraid to be immortalized looking foolish online (think Noa Deane). Or was something darker looming over the crowd, like the whole “make too much of a scene and get choked out” vibe that is omnipresent on the North Shore? I was sad to see that these icons of surfing take themselves so seriously. Immediately afterward, Greg Long made a point of the importance of being nice to one another and having good times with friends and family – maybe Greg was providing social commentary on how uptight everyone seemed or maybe he was saying, “OK, that joker is done, this is what we are really doing tonight, so we need to stay cool.” Imagine similar jokes being told in a Surfer Poll in the 80’s with the likes of Gerlach, Page, Carrol, and RCJ types – I’m guessing that the room would be roaring. Damn surfing has gotten so rigid!
Volcom
In the 80s the Surfer Poll was a fucken afterthought, nobody gave a shit about it.
In my experience a room full of pro surfers is only fun if you’re also a pro surfer
what a shitfest
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Watch for 8 seconds only.
Wildcard for Mason in CT 2017!!
Or triumph the insult dog!
wait where are you again??
I’m at home right now . . . actually watching the end of the awards that I didn’t catch last night.
Haha, sorry, I thought you were talking to me.
It’s GoggAns. Not GoggIns.
damn Derek Ho’s lost weight , makes Bruce look really healthy!
he’s been on the glass pipe for sure
A few things: 1. Kaipo and Monyca? Haha, awkward!; 2. Wtf is wrong with Bruce’s hair? Jesus, if he entered a bar in Hilo after 12 midnight with that haircut . . . just saying: more Lyndie less Bruce; and 3. I thought the crowd was totally disrespectful of the comedian; like, “you’re not one of us,” total asshole move. Some of the best writing/insights about surfing is from people who have never surfed. Oh, I forgot to mention Benji grabbing on his cock every three seconds and pulling the mic away from interviewees before they finished their answers, haha, hilarious.