Thanksgiving.
Worship him or adore him, YouTube sensation Ben Gravy is likely the most lovable surfer on the planet but certainly its most lovable influencer. The New Jersey icon’s channel receives multiple hundreds of thousands of clicks each and every month and each and every month his legend grows.
Gravy has pioneered many seemingly un-surfable waves but in his most recent clip outdoes even himself.
As observed below, the model-handsome man launches over not one, but two, bodyboarders on a seemingly un-surfable Flowrider.
Everyone wildly impressed save Anastasia Ashely at the end who serves a quizzical look to camera.
Is that Anastasia Ashley?
Maybe not? But it doesn’t even matter. Bravo to Gravy.
Thanksgiving.
Gay. That wasn’t an air. More like an ollie attempt.
That’s one ugly wettie!
Love that. Blasting an air over boogs , or kooks paddling etc, is fn great.
Ethan Ewing – Ebeneezer Goode – The Shamen
Italo Ferreira – Freaky Styley – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Kolohe Andino – Cowboy – Kid Rock
Barron Mamiya – My Mammy – Al Jolson
Jake Marshall – theme tune to ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ – (who cares, will rarely be heard)
Miguel Pupo – He ain’t Heavy, He’s my Brother – The Hollies
Samuel Pupo – He ain’t Heavy, He’s my Brother – The Hollies
Luana Silva – Silver Machine – Hawkwind
Brissa Hennessy – Hennessy n Buddha – Snoop Dogg
Carissa Moore – Three (5) Times a Lady – Lionel Richie
Tatiana Weston-Webb – Boris The Spider – The Who
Still better than the early rounds at shitty Manly
Tell you what, my flabber is limp and utterly spent from gasting. I’m raw and chaffed.
But I think the bemused woman was wondering A: why a 33 yo was engaged in such an activity with the rabid enthusiasm of the 14 year olds he’s leaping, and B: how that crime against wetsuits was even allowed.
Oh and do you think BG could engineer a Rodman-style intervention with Gravy meeting Putin to try and jolly the ex-KGB surfing enthusiast into ending his invasion?
And some women’s…
Courtney Conlogue – Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
Molly Picklum – Good Golly Miss Molly – Little Richard
Caroline Marks – Oh Carolina – Shaggy
Sally Fitzgibbons – Lay Down Sally – Eric Clapton
Bethany Hamilton – Beth – KISS
Bettylou Sakura Johnson – Peggy Sue – Buddy Holly
Bronte Macaulay – Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
Moana Jones Wong – Me & Mrs Jones – Michael Bublé version
Tyler Wright – Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
Johanne Defay – Shake Your Booty – K.C. & the Sunshine Band
Now we need to take over the WSL and make this pop revolution a reality.
It’s a grating playlist but a hell of an effort. Well done. When’s the Challenger Series tranny longboard division playlist coming out, Beefz? DJ Paul Fischer will be mixing it into his sets on the summer circuit like he mixed it up with his dickboard shape!
Also, I’d like to formally open submissions for any surfer you know and love’s “paddle out” song. Like, what the speakers would ROCK when they walked down the beach and paddled out.
I’ll go first:
Kai Lenny – “I Only Wanna Be With You” Hootie and the Blowfish. In honor of his elbow rubbing & hob-nobbery with oligarchs
Sasha Lowerson: ‘Lola’ – The Kinks
Channel Bottom suggested matching songs to surfers. Here’s some…
Kelly Slater – Accidently Kelly Street – Frente!
Jack Robinson – Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones
Kanoa Igarashi – Turning Japanese – The Vapors
Seth Moniz – Mony Mony – Billy Idol
Jordy Smith – The Boy with the Thorn in his Side – The Smiths
John John Florence – John John the Piper’s Son – (trad. nursery rhyme)
Filipe Toledo – Loco Mosquito – Iggy Pop
Connor O’Leary – One, Two, Three O’Leary – Des O’Connor
Jackson Baker – Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty (not the Foo Fighters cover of it)
Fantastic work BB.
You are a credit to Hurluley, BG, and humanity at large.
Your cut’s in the mail…
That what she used to say before email.
…
Oh wait.
“CUT”.
I really need new glasses.
Kaipo – Ice Ice Baby
Gravy officially jumping the shark for the win! What was soul surfer Gerry Lopez doing in the pool with a soft top? Being an ambassador for Patagonia obviously has its draw backs!
Vlog the world to def…..
I haven’t watched any vlogs in almost two weeks. I thought this might be a trigger for me but pleasantly surprised it isn’t. Next stop booze, porn and fast food.