Pure sex.
Santa Cruz legend and Pete Mel is undeniably extremely handsome. Even the most aesthetically stunted, here, can gaze upon his visage and discern an almost Cary Grant level of pure unadulterated handsome. A sort that cuts through sexual preference and stands alone.
The big wave stud could have, certainly, gone on to fame and fortune as an actor or pin-up but chose the ocean instead of the catwalk and lucky we are.
Now, an under-appreciated portion of his appeal is his sense of progressive fashion. From cold water hellman to DILF next-door, Mel regularly pushes the envelope.
But even those with a nose to high street did not see his Waimea Bay pivot coming.
The regular foot paddled out into the recently concluded Eddie, dubbed “the best day in surfing history,” in Webs. Or A.P.E.S. Or some brand of webbed fingered paddling glove not seen since Ritchie Collins and the middle 1990s.
Bold, brash and a li’l naughty.
You can watch Mel’s sartorial dominance in action, near Shane Dorian, and ponder if you will follow his lead at your own lineup. If memory serves, paddling gloves didn’t help catch waves and led to injury.
Fashion over function.
Pure sex.
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In the photo looks like Mel is saying something like this is my wave baby get out of my way. Or these webbed gloves are going to do a colon investigation.
A Dilf or a Melf?
What a kook.
I love how everyone is embracing the shitshow of comment threads not aligning with the article.
Elo and company have dominated and controlled the narrative with not allowing freelance shooters at the contest sites we me miss the likes of this..
After looking at your profile picture next to your name, it seems to explain a lot how you come up with these ?s and how your mind might think.
Good riddance. Quiksilver, along with Billabong, and Rip Curl, have been responsible for commercialising surfing, taking it mainstream, and crowding lineups, all to sell trendy clothing. They had no business attaching their name to something as special as the Eddy contest.
They had no business attaching they’re name to surfing.
The question as you see above, was directed at Chase, why don’t you let him answer for himself, if he is man enough.
How’s Skelator’s L5 S1 holding up?
apply pressure, heat pack, cold pack, chiroproctor…alleve, stretch, meditate!
Gummies…
Gotta trust the surfer next to you in situations like that. Like at BG, trusting other commenters to come up with something funny, and holding hands after via upvote.
we used to sew our own gloves
The system works
Respect.
Chase, you’re not going to turn into another Derek, with all that lead-in innuendo, are you?
Are those allowed on WSL Tour heats?
Son guys on tour are probably taking uppers— so why not paddling gloves?
Had em in the mid eighties, because Barton did. Fell apart quick…
Later a plastic surgeon grafted my scrotum, worked good until the left hand rejected it
Like Elon I will respect the People’s Poll.
Poll: Has Chas asked neighbors if he’s a DILF?
YES:
NO:
YES: 1
With a bag on his head
I guess I should have worded the poll question better, but, well, way to keep it real Bex.
De nada.
He’s a condor, they’re called wing tips fuckhead
DILF
Hahahahahahahar
No way! You sick fucker…