Two big wave legends (?) square off on the catwalk!
Now I really have no idea what is happening here but for some reason big wave surfers are having full on aneurysms over fashion these days. Not just like wearing labels but talking about wearing labels. And it is very confusing for me but maybe fun?
Maybe…. fun?
The phenomenon of big waves surfers + fashion first popped onto my radar with the great Shane Dorian. He made a big deal about wearing Gucci, if I recall.
More recently this video appeared of big wave surfer Nic Lamb talking about things. At the five minute mark he gets dressed for the Titans of Maverick Party and says…
“I like wearing tailored suits. I like wearing Armani tailored suits and Ferragamos. That’s how I like to dress. I like looking like a million bucks.”
But then Nathan Fletcher calls him Pee Wee Herman and it seems like it deflates poor Nic Lamb just a bit.
And then today we have Mason Barnes who also, apparently, surfs Maverick and also loooooooooves fashion. He says in a new video posted by Complex…
“I’m just as comfortable in this Gucci jacket as I am in my wetsuit. I am obsessed with fashion. Fashion makes me feel cool. My obsession is fashion and it is fashion as a whole. You can express so many different things through what you wear and I was always super interested in that.”
And great! Don’t get me wrong… it is all good and great except Nic and Mason, if you are reading may I offer a tiny bit of advice? Only drop labels ironically.
Aside from that which big wave surfer is the best dressed? I have to give it to Mason. The Gucci Ghost jacket paired over a hoodie with Chelsea boots is almost inspired!
Trying to (have parents) buy his way onto the BWWT in style…..
who is mason barnes? looks like every other hipster twat in socal. at least nic lamb is wearing a suit..
Amazing! Why why is everyone so consumed with themselves? He would have my respect if he just came out and said he likes to fit in and feel accepted. When he surfs his bland suit and unfashionable board he fits in with the surfers… and he lives in LA and really into dating models so I like to wear GUCCI. Chas you are dumbing us down mate!
Someone please tell mr. barnes plenty of guys have come from NC and east coast surfed big waves. They don’t talk about themselves the way you do. Shhhhhhooosh…
Nic Lamb charges so hard he could wear a Barney costume and still be a badass.
With pride
Nic Lamb has some stupendous real estate there above the eye brows. Acres of bezel.
Yep. If a Viking was to use his recently conquered skull as a drinking vessel, he’d be known as a two-pot screamer.
We have this one kid Mongo… he’s got a forehead like a drive in movie theater. – Pat Healy
You’ll come around when they hop on the knee length boardie bandwagon, adorn themselves with a regrettable sleeve, and get tuned up with a signature Chas Smith combover.
Something to note; ‘surfs the Maverick, or surfs Mavericks’. Both work.
Ahh i was wondering where the “pro big wave surfer” from the WSL facebook live videos had disappeared too! Mason and I now have 2 of the following 3 things in common. 1.) Cody Simpson as a best friend 2.) The inability to make it out the back in modest sized Puerto Escondido and 3.) Shit style
There’s a fashion push among millennials, but they are too label sensitive, they don’t understand cut or context, just labels, labels, labels.
I’m with Nathan on that one
Mason’s outfit is so Kanye 2015, Nic’s look is timeless. Plus those cheekbones…
Jesus, this is the stupidest shit ever. You just need an ounce of fashion sense, you don’t have to dive deep into it.
Are skate shoes not mandatory for professional surfers?
shoes?
slow news day i guess cuz this is super fucking dumb
oh I disagree – this is exactly what I come here for, not ‘news’.
i also come here for fake news but i don’t want to know what a gay guy likes to wear
Maybe just don’t read the articles, with a headline starting with Fashion: