Australian surf company seeks to raise sartorial bar!
The Rip Curl Cup in Padang Padang, Indonesia has been a historically wonderful event. Didn’t Jamie O’Brien win it once? I think he did. And didn’t a boat once shipwreck on the reef there and spill tons of oil into the water but Rip Curl ran, like, the next day anyhow? All foggy but I think true. And while I may have general beef with Rip Curl for being overly conservative and super afraid of hard-hitting surf journalism, we can totally agree on Padang Padang.
The upcoming contest, which has a waiting period from July 10th to August 1oth, is set to feature some of the most exciting surfers alive. The lineup of international surfers includes:
1) Tom Curren
2) Mason Ho
3) Damo Hobgood
4) Bruce Irons
5) Kai Otton
6) Bruno Santos
7) Clay Marzo
8) Jack Robinson
9) Jacob Wilcox
10) Ryan Burch
“Of these ten international surfers…” Rip Curl notes in the rules “…only eight will receive a spot in the event. Entry granted on a first-come, best-dressed basis.”
First-come, best-dressed?
Best-dressed?
Now before you send me over to Stab magazine’s Morgan Williamson’s house for an asymmetrical tongue lashing (I’m worried that he’ll call my young child mentally and physically retarded or write that my parents should be euthanized for being “dumb fucks”) I know that the phrase first-come, best-dressed is Australia’s equivalent to America’s first-come, first-served.
But let’s pretend for a minute that it is literal. Wouldn’t that be more fun? And which of the ten listed surfers is the best dressed?
Tom Curren?
Clay Marzo?
Damo Hobgood?
I’m pulling for Damien and, Damien if you are reading please feel free to stop by my house for a suit.
But who are you pulling for? Which of these ten is best-dressed in your mind?
