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?
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It’s the kinda competition format I think that brings out Marzo’s best. Love to see him in similar comps. Easily one of the best surfers around
I was dying to know if Wardo got an invite!
That surfer lineup is just fucking awesome. Drop Ryan Burch however
I know it’s about money money but how epic would about 10-12 events every year at Chopes, Fiji, Slabs etc be. Get a group of folks (Commentariats on Grit would suffice) to pick fantasy surfer heats with a better competition format
I’d pay to watch that. WSL, that’d be what I’d call the world’s best surfers in the world’s best waves
I like your thinking but Burch stays.
Yep, Burch be legit.
Did you say “Burch” with an under-bite or over-bite. Read like a massively protruding under bite
Think about this: it’ll be Burch on some wild asymmetrical, Curren on a skimboard with s-foil fins, Mason on either an eight foot gun or a 5’2″ fish he stole from Coco, Clay On an early-2000’s style foiled out thruster, Jack Robbo on a Firewire, Bruce on whatever board he grabs and so on, etc etc. I’m into it!
Will Liba Brucie , keep the bond villain hair? If so I’m saying he’ll be riding a white pony at least.
and we could script the shit out of it
How about a heat made up OF Grit Commentariats (I knew what that meant by the way it was used, but still had to look that word up).
Maybe no one would watch, but I can buy myself a new Costco soft top and paddle out.
Costco Soft Top JBay Pro
Heat One
Julian’s Postie, Longtom, Nick Carroll, Wiggs, SoCalGary
No rules. Not one
Your conservative criticism holds true here cause that Australian saying is “First-in, Best-dressed”. It’s not ” First-come”. It reeks of conservative branding. No risk taking. As if Rip Curl isn’t sure if all ten would want to show. Rip Curl should, could, if only Rip Curl would parlay this into a weirdo fashion show judged to be “in” (in your wheelhouse Chas) the contest that Curren (spelled Curran on The Inertia) would walk layerdly away with boogie/skim combo in tow to First-In first place fashion sense. The Search could then focus on where Curren bought his sweatshirts in Indo. And his sweatpants. Tom could close the night with Eddie “Indo vendor” Vedder with a spirit rousing rendition of Tom’s new single “Sweaty Boogie Skim Blues”.
First to come puts a fair bit of pressure on a man…
I just picture everybody getting stoned on top of the cliff and Damian across the street with a Bible?
Bruce sporting racist boardies and dangerous twinkle in his eye wins every time in my book.
I’ve always been impressed by Jacob Willcox’s neck tan. Surf chic that can’t be bought.
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Forget those guys, they need to get whoever this is:
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FCS1? Retro chic?