The answer was right in front of our faces all along!
I have spent the better part of my adult life pondering who the ideal surfing male is. Like, not just who rips but who rips and is handsome and a gentleman with above average personal grooming and style. Which surfing male is the complete package? The “wet dream” so to speak? The conservative choice is Kelly Slater, obviously, with his 11 x world titles and bronze skin but Kelly seems… I don’t know… a little bit preoccupied with Kelly don’t you think? The ideal surfing male cares about you. Wants to hear your problems. Wants to make you a better person.
And so it was with a forehead slapping “duh” that I received today’s revelation that Damien Hobgood is the one, the “wet dream.” Of course he is. Damo has everything. He’s a fearless surfer with some of the best clips in some of the best surf films of the decade. His style is definably his and he’s got a smile that will warm up the coldest room. He also wants to make you a better surfer and let us read the newest offering from Leucadia, California’s extremely cute Surfhouse on the Adventure Sports Network.
What can surfers expect to get out of a three-day surf coaching experience with Damo?
It’s every surfer’s wet dream … Hands-on professional coaching with a surfing legend. The Damo Experience is for surfers who are looking to advance their skills with a pro.
These semi-private guiding sessions – followed up with live video analysis of technique and style – are meant to really elevate a surfer’s ability quickly. Surfers can expect three nights accommodations plus food, three guided surf sessions, video analysis, custom surf video edit and airport transfers.
Can surfers of any level enroll in the Damo Experience? Or should their surfing ability be at a moderate level?
The Damo Experience is intended for surfers who have a decent foundation of surfing ability, however Surfhouse does offer a five-day intensive surf program for those who are beginners and looking to start from the ground up.
But before I let you go, “experiences” are clearly trending for today’s savvy traveler. Besides this one here, do you see yourself buying “experiences” on your next vacation? Airbnb and the WSL have partnered this year to bring over 75 surfing related “experiences” to the people. Is this trend here to stay or will “experiences” go the way of GoogleGlass?
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Question for Chas, Do you think, in times when Presidents are being blown by porn stars and families with babies are suicide bombing wherever possible….that the world will be shocked about cocaine and surfing????really?
I’m offering a PointBreak/Rockfish Grandslam for a huge fee.
You’ll get chased out of the water by sharks and have to swim for your life at night off the rocks while I laugh my arse off at you.
You pay for beers, I’ll bait the hooks.
Special couples packages available.
Is that photo taken immediately after he just bit the throat out of a non-believer?
Yes it’s Satan’s blood.
You know Satan doesn’t exist either.
Hell is other people.
Friendship bracelets exist. The ’89 world champ had one on this morning next to his tribal tatts.
Isn’t Turpy so sweet giving him one?
Cognitive dissonance . Either we are dualist and except good god and evil god like the Zoroastrians or we are monotheists and believe in an omnipotent god which as you say has no place for the devil . Good news coming from an atheist with recently removed hemorrhoids . Sorry for being a pain in the arse and justifying your intelligent observation that hell is other people .
The 2001 world champion would do this better.
Buying experiences. Society really deserves to fail with this shit.
Could we all chip in and send Wiggs on this experience so he can report back?
Got just the one for him – he can go to Bells and report on the competitor lunches.
1 Damien. 1 Damian.
What’s the over-under?
Experiences translates to fucking kooks getting in the way at every quality surf spot in the world.
They already do with whole sold our soul surf school explosion at nearly every half decent surf break , scum of the earth vampiring our lifestyle to make a dollar.
I’d like to take Damo pig shooting, drop by a dive bar for a whisky, head out to a nice restaurant and see where it all leads. Probably to church. Or the beach. These wacky Branch Floridians!
You SoCal guys have a lot of money to burn! Love the opening pic of Damien all heart!
isn’t he a religious fanatic? sounds fun
No you are confusing him with his twin brother Damien!
I thought CJ fit the bill a little better but they are both class acts. Hopefully the high end lesson thing does well for Damien. I could see the type A guy with more money than time booking it.
I’m sure the experience has some sort of Sunday worship and prayer study too. Or is that just CJ? At any rate, keep the god stuff out of surfing.
Your the one who brought it up.
go spend 60 seconds with them and you will understand
Have some respect! If Allah hadn’t sent those 9/11 guys on the airplanes then CJ might not have won his world title!
Amen
god just got Jesse Mendes thru – So there’s that.
CAN ONE SURFER ACTUALLY SAY SOMETHING IN AN INTERVIEW??
Its the evangelist tour.
Post heat interviews are the absolutely worst part of the WSL, they read off a god damn teleprompter. “Yeah, uh, its really tricky out there. The waves were fun, ________’s a great surfer, and I’m just stoked to be out there with one other guy in the lineup and make it through my heat.”
Brazo version. “I just want to thank god. So stok-ed to make it through my heat. It tricky out there. Board good under my feet, and um, yeah just so stok-ed, yeah.”
the Zillas “thanks god”
Says who, You? I do wonder if he was lgbtq would you have said keep the queer out of surfing?
Pretty ignorant to say keep God out of surfing when he literally created the ocean you rely so heavily on as a Surfer without God there would be no surfing. Show some respect for the Creator.
The North Narra Chris Davidson Experience would be way more appealing. Nothing like paying to be tied to a lamp post for a couple days.
And SO much more!
Day three to seven of the experience is the Late 90s Authentic Blackout, sponsored by nose beers.
If you can organise a special guest appearance by Nick Wood , I’m putting money down!
Herring v goat is possibly the first shot in the Cold War of Webber pool v Goat pool? Having grown up on Sydney’s Southside I am definitely not a goat worshipper !
Or a Re-enactment of the Shane Herring v Future Goat final on the Alley rights.
If you don’t got pissed and write off your car – and life – it’s 100% money back!
You forgot you get a free meth a habit too
Remember when old pros just got rep jobs? RIP… Damo will deal with the well heeled barneys better than most, but that’s gonna be short lived imo.
I hope they provide plastic sheets for all the surfers enjoying / suffering from nocturnal emissions (wet dreams ) during their stay ?
Remember when Leucadia was hookers and bikers and shitty motels and a flea circus at the swap meet? That was also an experience!