Australia's favorite surfer goes and gets it done in Western Australia!
Ain’t life a wonderful surprise? Some mornings you wake and are dealt very much bad things. Like… mid-2000s dubstep and lady folk. But then other mornings you wake and are dealt very much beautiful things like… Turbonegro and Motörhead.
Like today!
Mikey Wright just dropped a wild n wooly masterpiece from the western half of Australia where it is said he filmed for two-ish weeks.
Do you love the way Mikey surfs? Does it inspire you to go out and surf the same? Do you think some day he will tone it down, slightly, and join the tour? Do you think his frontside air is better than Dane Reynolds‘ frontside air? Be serious. Do you?
The clip is called ROOT and when I first moved to Australia, many years ago, I would ask people which Aussie Rules team they rooted for and they would look at me strangely while responding, “You mean barrack?”
Root in America means “to cheer for.” Barrack in Australia means “to cheer for.” Root in Australia means “to have sex with.” Barrack in America is the first name of our ex-President Obama.
And without further ado…
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Jung referred to an Australian male’s journey through the archetypes as self-boganization.
he’s sickly good…. and if Motorhead is part of the marketing gimick,, they had me at Lemmy…..
You know a video is good when you just want to go skate, surf, throw yourself off the roof after.
Love that they included the brutal floggings. I wonder if anyone who uses a deck pad can surf without a wetsuit or t-shirt/rashie? I mean, would your tits survive the constant scrubbing? I think about this almost every day.
well he’s never going to work as Quik’s Noa then
I believe so.
Surfs fucking amazing, but it seems as if he went from Weetbix kid to “bogan” all around the time Noa started dominating the scene with his raw and wild approach…
If you are going to rip off Motörhead at least use the umlauts – Lemmy would grind up Mikey and snort him off the tits of stripper if he was still alive
If Mikey would cheer for everyone that rooted for Barrack, I’d give him the clap.
yeah, that pic is hard to explain. love the dude though.
yeah, it there a shortage of genuine bogans down there or something? Stu assaults minors and shit. Quik should take a look at him.
He should have rooted a better hairdresser.
Can someone please make a white front traction pad, so it doesn’t look so hideous. Derek?
Mikey stole Conner Coffin’s secret turn at :50. That was one fucked secret shit turn!
Some good surfing there, no doubt. But, umm, is it just me or are air revs the most boring manoeuvre to watch? Seems so 2005…
Yeah but is the haircut real or faux?
This whole thing is starting to smell like Quiksilver stole the blueprints for Noa Deane and then added some chest hair.
Yes very contrived.
Hahah this is too goddamn true.
Fuck off. Cunt rips. Were you not entertained?
I think he’s a very talented surfer.
if you aren’t doing the QS these companies force guys all the way to the “fuck the WSL” side of the spectrum for their perceived Metal Neck fanbase
I don’t believe he’s half the gronk he’s marketed as, but I like his surfing.
Wish I had read the comments first. I just posted something similar, but a poorly written version.
The world will soon be obliterated by The Orange Bomb but West Oz will stay the same.
I’m barracking for Mikey to root the WSL