...a celebration of the everyman and graceful aging.
Are you still high from the World Surf League’s inaugural Finals Day there on the cobbled stone of Lower Trestles? I certainly am. Soaring on every single heat mattering, on one surfer sent packing every 30-odd minutes, on Kelly Slater blossoming into the greatest commentator of all-time, on Erik Logan emerging from a cocoon of colorful kook as a fully formed cocaine cowboy in the midst of an extramarital affair.
It was a beautiful production and Santa Monica should be praised but I thought of an even better production, on the fly, whilst chatting with David Lee Scales today.
Ben Gravy vs. The World.
The impetus came from Clifton James Hobgood, who called into the show to proffer an even better idea that I’ll make you listen to purely because CJ sounds so deliciously much like Matthew McConaughey, and my wheels began spinning.
What if BeachGrit produced a competition where, monthly, YouTube sensation Ben Gravy would surf against one aging star after another, each slightly older than the last, until beating one? Think: Gravy vs. Hobgood – New Jersey, Gravy vs. Occhilupo – Snapper, Gravy vs. Tom Curren – Mainland Mex, Gravy vs. Shaun Tomson – Rincon…
Scales thought Gravy would beat Tomson at Rincon. I think Ian Cairns at Lowers and that’s the fun of the format… what age, and which star, does the very popular and lovable Gravy take down?
A celebration of both the everyman and graceful aging.
Magnificent, no?
We also talked about the importance disliking your neighbors and what it takes for a man to suddenly, and radically, upgrade his look.
Definitively our best show yet.
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O heck yea!
Make Gravey SUP foil. And curren gets a finless 4’6 channel deck
At Nias..
I’d PpV that shit
Nah, they’ll be outsourced to blog commentators
Black Banana.
we already know who’s a better surfer…..
but who’s more punchable, Ben or Chas?
Really, really tough call
Is that a trick question ?
P.S.
I’d rather hang out having a few beers with Chas any day. Gravy seems far more painful…
Dunno man. Gravy seems annoying as hell but Chas spends way too much time thinking about how to be cool. Guy says that men can’t wear shorts in public and buys Gucci shoes. On the same level as a vlog-spewing foam boarder
The best part of this podcast was when Chas said the best surfer is the one who is the most vacuous. Even my non-surfing friends appreciated this.
As much of a nice guy that he may be, actual YouTube sensations get a good million views per video
Not an average of 30k
P.S.
It’d be more fun to see him get back on the piss and having a laugh instead of pushing the straighto angle to get the same preteen audience as J.O’B….
Fine.
But all competitors in Gravy Vs.
must ride an 8ft soft top.
Hopefully in maxing conditions.
Jen stay away from the light!
So a total of 88,500 jobs will be lost in the next 10 years? 🙂
Sick idea! I can’t watch any more wind blown New Jersey shorebreak
Associating Shaun with Rincon when you have Tom on the list is by far the most offensive thing ever posted on this site. I would have gone Kim vs Ben at Rincon and taken Kim without even thinking. Case closed.
A useful Porpoise 🐬
Let’s see if he can compete with Westerly Windina in fashion parade at the illustrious Pacific Fair of Broadbeach.
Crossing the Gravy line. I like it
High from a contest? Good one.
I’m here for you, Sam.
How about against the fat ones, like Pottz & PT?
Isn’t Ben actually a competent surfer? Pretty sure I’ve seen him land an air so Occy is fucked.
To answer your question; no.
Behave.
otherwise Jessi is with Carissa and Gabs is now with Elo cheating on Neymar obvs
i always had this thought that Jessi and Tyler maybe having affair – remember the footage when Mikey saved that dude in shore Hawaii – you see him bolt then tyler jump up followed by Jessi bit later
was going to ask that what affair? what did we miss?