Mason-Ho

Watch: Mason Ho (Still) loves rocks!

And he has wonderful friends!

Mason Ho is a special young man. In the day and age of surf clip saturation his somehow push through the din and rise to the very top. Maybe it is the different angles he pursues. Maybe its his eclectic taste in music (filmer/editor Joe Alani says that all music choices are Mason’s). Maybe it is his unique heritage. Maybe it is all his wonderful friends. Maybe he is simply the right person for the right time.

Completely anti-depressive!

But back to the rocks. I am terrified of surfing near them. A product of too much Oregonian time, being bashed off the odd moules covered slab, being torn by barnacles. Mason treats them like fun and forgiving obstacles.

Watch and enjoy.

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Snowbored
Snowbored
8 years ago

Incredibly talented and very creative. One of the best out there

small fins
small fins
8 years ago

if you guys wanna break this before stab lol matt banting is back and not on quiky
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
https://www.youtube.com/wat…

david fffff
david fffff
8 years ago

Everyone in Hawaii likes rocks

Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
8 years ago
Reply to  david fffff

Not one, batu.

Tom
Tom
8 years ago

Hey Dez,
Need a story on Sabre as just read sad little excerpt online re her!!
And is tomoz the day for Ranch story!!!! Quivering with excitement on that – better have some accompanying footage too.

surfmom
surfmom
8 years ago
Reply to  Tom

That a lad Tom, asking the real questions

Tom
Tom
8 years ago
Reply to  surfmom

That’s it we need some hard hitting shit again!!!

longtom
longtom
8 years ago
Reply to  Tom

I expect to be regurgitating wave tub content before I’ve finished my first cup of joe

Tom
Tom
8 years ago
Reply to  longtom

Me too am frothing!!

Otto
Otto
8 years ago
Reply to  Tom

#metoofrother? ……awkward

Lemon Next to the Pie
Lemon Next to the Pie
8 years ago
Reply to  Otto

“I summon all ye warlocks and sorcerers and sorceresses to the Frotherhood of Doom, (formerly known as the one-th of February).”

Otto
Otto
8 years ago
NEGATRON
NEGATRON
8 years ago
Reply to  longtom

Forget the tub, It’s going to be a benchmark day in surf journalism.

Otto
Otto
8 years ago
Reply to  longtom

I expect sorcerer’s brew Shearer! Better yet, wield the tub content as a warlock. Blatant disregard for any sense of people skills, the pinball wizard warlock dork that mastered 1988 John Madden Football first! Make Chas take his child’s lemonade stand and convert that shit like a determined mormon missionary into a bar called Loafers. Chas serves you one proper libation. Write a story on that shit too! You taking notes you fucking warlock?!?

longtom
longtom
8 years ago
Reply to  Otto

I am, but I’d be lying if I said I had full understanding.

Otto
Otto
8 years ago
Reply to  longtom

You expect your best efforts will be regurgitated tub content. Fuck that! Sorcerers don’t regurgitate man. They brew noxious cauldron content(s). Better yet, don’t settle for just being a sorcerer. Be a fuckin’ warlock! Your Surf Comp coverage is warlock goddamn nerds shit! The best! Grab that tub content by the pussy and let your Surf Ranch assessment rain down upon the internet flatlands with bravado that should only be reserved for the first pal in your neighborhood that mastered John Madden Football. The original game from 1988.

You deliver unto us, the People™, your best work and I say Chas’ first bartender gig should be serving you.

channelbottom
channelbottom
8 years ago
Reply to  Otto

TIGER BLOOD!!!

Doody Waxcomb
Doody Waxcomb
8 years ago

Ma. Ho is great but I ain’t seen anyone ride a rock like Fred P.

Ba-ba-babooosha!

Abhijit Ganguli
Abhijit Ganguli
8 years ago

His video is proof that the WSL tour stops require more in the way of obstacles. Margaret River is a good start, but not enough.

beachgrit
beachgrit
8 years ago

Do you think Margs is a novelty wave?

Abhijit Ganguli
Abhijit Ganguli
8 years ago
Reply to  beachgrit

Yeah! That end section is the best part! Watching hours of perfection can get boring – I like to see them deal with adversity I encounter in my surfing like close-outs and protruding rocks – which as a San Diego surfer makes the European leg more interesting to me in some ways than the flawless point breaks.

Hikaru Ichijyo
Hikaru Ichijyo
8 years ago

mason is so legit, he totally rolls with the best surfer is the one having the most fun, so he’s got more titles than K-slate. always a blast watching his antics

beachgrit
beachgrit
8 years ago
Reply to  Hikaru Ichijyo

…how about that slingshot tube backwash thing? https://uploads.disquscdn.c…

surfmom
surfmom
8 years ago
Reply to  beachgrit

..you mean wedge?

mundus
mundus
8 years ago

How does he never seem to get hurt? Most entertaing surfer to watch by far.

Nick Carroll
Nick Carroll
8 years ago
Reply to  mundus

God watches out for the Ho family.

Lemon Next to the Pie
Lemon Next to the Pie
8 years ago
Reply to  Nick Carroll

Well well after bashing most of them with the surf talent gene, it’s near enough a full time job.

channelbottom
channelbottom
8 years ago

He’s got rocks, sho’nuff.

Sha-wing!
Sha-wing!
8 years ago

This is a bit of a tangent, but the addition of the wave pool to the WSL circuit is essentially the addition of a “novelty” wave. It mimics super rare conditions coming together to form perfect peeling barrels. But this kind of novelty wave is soooooo much more exciting to watch because it takes balls to ride. The WSL needs to give the people what they want and test world class surfers in conditions that 99% of the population would never touch.

Kook Dahanamoku
Kook Dahanamoku
8 years ago
Reply to  Sha-wing!

Are you saying Kelly should randomly scatter barely-submerged rocks throughout his pool? An element of danger! I like it.

Sha-wing!
Sha-wing!
8 years ago

Anything to spice it up a little. Killer Whales would also do.

beachgrit
beachgrit
8 years ago
Reply to  Sha-wing!

Brave baby sharks!

Tomas' silky smooth arms
Tomas' silky smooth arms
8 years ago

Rocks of crack?

Otto
Otto
8 years ago

You and DLS need to get Mason on the podcast. He’d be a riot!

Strider's Gobble Neck
Strider's Gobble Neck
8 years ago
Reply to  Otto

As enjoyable as his personality is, there’s no way he’d have the attention span for that.

Otto
Otto
8 years ago

There might just be a way. Mason wears an Oculus VR Head set with GoPro footage from his sled as he dodges rocks. Blast the back of his head with a water mist bottle to mimic barrel spit, and toss chips of coral at his feet

Sha-wing!
Sha-wing!
8 years ago
Reply to  Otto

his interview on the Occ Cast is pretty classic.

Tomas' silky smooth arms
Tomas' silky smooth arms
8 years ago
Reply to  Sha-wing!

Agree. He’s such a frother and clearly has respect for his elders, like Occy.

Tired old guy
Tired old guy
8 years ago
Reply to  Otto

For 3 minutes

Otto
Otto
8 years ago
Reply to  Tired old guy

What happens after 3 minutes?

Tired old guy
Tired old guy
8 years ago
Reply to  Otto

The audience collectively pulls out the Glock 19 to put themselves out of their misery, not unlike suffering through the commentary of the backdoor shootout.. it’s charming up to a point

beachgrit
beachgrit
8 years ago
Reply to  Tired old guy

Oh god, I hope you mean a nerf Glock. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…

Tired old guy
Tired old guy
8 years ago
Reply to  beachgrit

No, the 9mm, but the feint of heart can put on the barrel that uses .22 long rifle cartridges and lightly graze their skull…

Otto
Otto
8 years ago
Reply to  Tired old guy

What Gen?


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