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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Incredibly talented and very creative. One of the best out there
if you guys wanna break this before stab lol matt banting is back and not on quiky
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Everyone in Hawaii likes rocks
Not one, batu.
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.
That a lad Tom, asking the real questions
That’s it we need some hard hitting shit again!!!
I expect to be regurgitating wave tub content before I’ve finished my first cup of joe
Me too am frothing!!
#metoofrother? ……awkward
“I summon all ye warlocks and sorcerers and sorceresses to the Frotherhood of Doom, (formerly known as the one-th of February).”
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Forget the tub, It’s going to be a benchmark day in surf journalism.
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?!?
I am, but I’d be lying if I said I had full understanding.
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.
TIGER BLOOD!!!
Ma. Ho is great but I ain’t seen anyone ride a rock like Fred P.
Ba-ba-babooosha!
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.
Do you think Margs is a novelty wave?
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.
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
…how about that slingshot tube backwash thing? https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
..you mean wedge?
How does he never seem to get hurt? Most entertaing surfer to watch by far.
God watches out for the Ho family.
Well well after bashing most of them with the surf talent gene, it’s near enough a full time job.
He’s got rocks, sho’nuff.
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.
Are you saying Kelly should randomly scatter barely-submerged rocks throughout his pool? An element of danger! I like it.
Anything to spice it up a little. Killer Whales would also do.
Brave baby sharks!
Rocks of crack?
You and DLS need to get Mason on the podcast. He’d be a riot!
As enjoyable as his personality is, there’s no way he’d have the attention span for that.
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
his interview on the Occ Cast is pretty classic.
Agree. He’s such a frother and clearly has respect for his elders, like Occy.
For 3 minutes
What happens after 3 minutes?
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
Oh god, I hope you mean a nerf Glock. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
No, the 9mm, but the feint of heart can put on the barrel that uses .22 long rifle cartridges and lightly graze their skull…
What Gen?