Mr. Plate Lunch.
If there is one thing your BeachGrit does better than anyone ever, besides stirring shark hysteria, it is kicking a story to absolute death. Writing and writing and writing and writing and writing and writing and writing about every little angle, nuance, dull detail because…. why not?
Well, Red Bull’s latest Unfiltered, Unbiased, Behind-the-Scenes… something of the Pipeline Masters approaches genius.
Derek Rielly lovingly covered here but must have been distracted because there is absolute gold, perfect shiny gold, in those 22 minutes.
Jon Pyzel quoting The Surfer’s Journal while saying, “I didn’t finish the article…
Strider Woz.
But my favorite moment, so far, is when an honest-to-goodness 100 lbs above slapping weight and new brilliant face of professional surfing Ashton Goggans sits down next to Yago Dora and says through beard and weight, “There were a few of those bottom turns where you were looking like Gerry Lopez.”
Watch here.
The “people were saying…” bit excluded like it should be/is mentally in all “people are saying” occurrences.
Peak North Shore.
And I challenge you to find your favorite moment in the clip.
Watch from start to finish.
You will not be disappointed.
Also, I have been re-watching America’s Top Model from the inaugural season on and have re-remembered how dangerous weight issues are and how they must be called out publicly.
It’s pure love. And deep care.
Serious worry.
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Ben, it’s over….. I know you’ve heard these exact words countless times throughout your pitiful lifetime but “we’re done.”
Comment se passe la vie à Paris?
Tu devrais aller chez Benjamin.
Leur devise: Chez Benjamin, tout va bien.
Avec moi, c’est toujours la même chose.
Fuck, what a waste of my time. I feel like a cunt for even conversing with you, I should have seen the light 48hrs ago. You’re a piece of shit. But you know that.
Hoop-Dee-Doo. You’re flying to Paris to open some curtains. Big wow.
You’re disgusting,
Quel disgust!
You still haven’t defined “opening a play.”
I think you are making yourself sound more interesting than you actually are.
What play? Opening what?
Who’s in it?
Plastique Bertrand?
Fuque France!!!
Ha! I’ll pay that
No. You.
I’m talking about you.
Homophobe as well? Predictable.
I’ll be busy creating originality anyway.
Yeah right.
Thrill us with your originality.
What are you doing in Paris?
Triple dog dare you to expose.
“Triple dog dare you” ??
It’s a cultural reference and like most Americans you are probably culturally illiterate.
From a show popular at Christmas.
Should I quote rap lyrics or something?
I despise Christmas.
What, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMVr8hfpDdc
Christmas = Vince Guaraldi.
Christmas rules,
I despise rap too.
Opening a play.
What does that mean, “opening a play?”
You’re opening the curtains at a play?
You’re union or something?
You wrote a play?
You’re in a play?
You’re writing about a play?
Plays are gay – not that there’s anything wrong with that.
A play.
P.s. you mean the guy who played Bandini?…. seen him on stage, very talented. Or the young nothing behind the wheel?
I’m about to board a plane to Paris. It’s looking pretty good.
Pathetic and immature for an old man like yourself.
…. this is funny as phark! ewwww the bitches are out! keep it up, great stuff
so being Australian/of color is a negative , just like your “final solution in the ME , get rid of the arabs and put in scandanavians ! “
haha…..so you don’t surf , end of story……….you are so detached from surfing , that you come on here spouting racist Trumpian dogma , when by your own words “Gerry/ Laird and Duke do it so you do it….the difference being , they still surf….you do not!
Living in the past , and adhering to your version of history makes comical viewing , as you can tell by getting Mobbed by the BG Grinders…..bye!
ashton seems like too much a try-hard, surf industry ball gargler.. the tattoos, the rings, the hat. dude needs to hit the gym and put down the beers
It was good. Not having a soundtrack or narrator made it feel like you were actually there. Had an old fashioned 60s or 70s documentary vibe.
MCD!! Ha oh yes… now you really are showing your age. What cream do you use on your balls after they drag along the ground you bitter old racist?
Who works harder? I back Chas all the way, this joint is money for jam and he as he said earlier, “he does what he wants.”
When is the next issue of surfer coming out?…
Your writing keeps me warm at night, when I put them in the fireplace.
Ha! He’s deleting his own comments…. don’t worry buddy there is no one left to impress. No one liked you or your work back then, certainly no improvement now.
To be fair Ben did a good job.