End further nigh.
Movie star handsome Ben Gravy is, without doubt, one of the most famous surfers on earth. Without need or use of the “global home of surfing,” also knows as the World Surf League, the 35-year-old New Jersey native has built a massive following based upon his positivity and an everyman vibe that translates from Burlington to Beaverton to Bakersfield.
Ardent fans have made his vlog the most popular surf channel of all, eclipsing the hard-charging likes of Nathan Florence and Koa Smith. His “pineapple wearing shades” logo is regularly seen out in the wild, adorning button-down shirts, soda coozies and beach towels, but to name a few products.
Safe at every speed.
Though it appears the lantern-jaw’d looker is taking a dark turn. For today, I attended the Boardroom Show in Del Mar. It is the only fun convention I’ve ever been to that didn’t feature Ashton Goggans, a feast of sights, sounds, conversations. Jamie Brisick ate a falafel hamburger. Devon Howard had me feel the rails of a 9-foot + longboard.
And Ben Gravy has begun selling hard boards.
Hard as in concussion-giving glass n foam, artery-slashing fins, poked-out eyeballs.
Sliding death.
Gravy had much success, maybe most success, in the soft-top market previously. Boards so fun and playful that they could only bring a smile to face while never busting out teeth.
Glass n foam though?
In his most ardent fans’ hands?
Body bags already being ordered and shipped to Upper Trestles.
David Lee Scales and I talked about the Boardroom Show, anyhow, during our weekly chat, and it really does live up to its billing. It runs again tomorrow and if you are anywhere near Del Mar, where the surf meets the turf, or maybe vice versa, swing by.
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I’ll listen to it later
Neva gets old dude ….. Ty.
He is not movie star handsome though is he? In much the same ways as I sometimes inadvertently credit my wife with being, unbeknownst to her (to her credit), borderline useful I think it’s reasonable to credit Ben with being bordline average? And cheers to that!
I’ll party pit this one.
My name is B.E.N.
I spell it Ben!
I’m going to listen~if I can get Chas to buy me an original Lopez Lightning Bolt to stick on my ceiling.
I didn’t see either of you muppets there today, but I did scoop up a sick Sakal board.
The most fascinating little known fact about Ben Gravy is that he got married on Chas’s birthday.
Absolutely fascinating…
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all missed us at the bar miszaxing stories about snakes. mine is bigger than urs!