“His level of focus in the wave is incredible," says Kelly Slater, "he makes instant natural connections with the water.”
The Maui-born goofy-footer Clay Marzo has made a stunning appearance at the Kelly Slater Surf Ranch in Lemoore, thrilling onlookers which may or may not have included Human Viagra Raimana Van Bastolaer with “double-jointed” turns and layback tuberiding.
Marzo, who is thirty-four, has been described as “a guru born in the barrel” (CJ Hobgood), “one of the best tube riders and all around surfers in the world with an incredibly entertaining and radical approach” (Shane Beschen) and “He knows things I don’t know. He knows things that all the guys I’m surfing with don’t know.” (Kelly Slater, creator of the Surf Ranch.)
Laird Hamilton, also from Maui, calls Marzo “an artist who can’t be pigeon-holed. He’s something all together different that should be cherished.”
Interestingly, it was the surf writer and filmer Jamie Tierney, the director of Marzo’s 2007 signature film Just Add Water, who convinced his mama the then eighteen year old should see a doc.
“My parents are both psychologists,” Tierney said. “I could tell he was more than a typical teenager… Almost everyone has had to deal with something like this. Let’s talk about Asperger’s but not as disease or a disability. Clay Marzo is so good because he has Asperger’s, not in spite of it. His level of focus in the wave is incredible, he makes instant natural connections with the water, something very few people have.”
Eight years ago, Marzo and his mama were stiffed for $400,000 by their crooked bookkeeper, who would serve three years for the crime.
Here, at Surf Ranch, Clay Marzo shows a little of that old magic.
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hasta manana…
Is that Slater watching on at 1:27?
If you vax your kids they might turn out a bit weird but they might rip too
Get fucked with that vax causes autism bullshit.
how rude
Cunt
Looks like all those jabs have given you tourettes!
You are a fucking idiot.
I’m actually incredibly high IQ! You on the otherhand are clearly a low tier midwit coorporate pharma shill. Sad.
The fact that you self proclaim high IQ is enough proof for me to conclude the opposite.
Your logic is flawed. Another sign of low IQ. Sad.
Marzo’s surfing just butter…dude screams Summer.
He has recently started posting fairly frequently on his youtube channel. Also has done a trip through France with Mason Ho and has a bunch of stuff posted of that trip on Mason’s youtube. Probably wanting to try get some residual income going since sponsors are bailing entirely on the industry.
Go give him some views and hopefully he will post more.
all well and good until he comes out against trans dudes in women’s sport, then trans activists will be showing up with sloth stuffies to his events.
His backhand drop knee tube riding is as good as any boogie boarder I’ve seen
Yeah there’s a few pros with this style where it looks their backhand tube riding cone from dropknee. Ando does it too.
Boogie boarding now has stand up cred!!!
Shouldn’t say this but…..they can also teach the stand up small wave world champion a little about changing big heavy slabs?!?
He’s got nothing on all the idiot savants who populate the BG lineup.
Hey! I resemble that statement!
It’s a strange article not to reference either a trans issue or Toledo at this point in the news cycle that’s for sure.
I think we’re all cool with trans now
Can we understand that Asperger’s syndrome and autism are not the same thing and are not interchangeable words? Similar in some ways, but not the same.
Yeah, I thought so too,
But.
“Asperger’s syndrome (also known as Asperger’s disorder or simply Asperger’s) was retired as an official diagnosis in 2013. Asperger’s syndrome now is diagnosed as level 1 autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or autism with low support needs. Autism with low support needs is a developmental disorder.”
Is this the BG version of “community notes”
I love community notes! Feel free to add below the line.
Is it legal to knowingly root someone on this level, I don’t want to know, but I want to know if you know.
Xox
I dated a girl with Aspergers. All of the rooting was perfectly legal. My missus’ nephew has Aspergers. Rooting him might be incest, ergo illegal, maybe? Not sure of the guidelines there.
Have a swing see how it turns out, I guess!
Was it wild or just silent and allowing you your ways?!
Xox
Nah, people with “Asperger’s” don’t have early delays in language and communication. They are both part of the ASD but are different levels of the disorder. Those with “Asperger’s” are able to function on their own, hold jobs, and effectively be a typical part of society. Those with autism tend to be non-communicative and can’t function on their own. As I said originally, the words are not inter-changeable though they refer to related disorders.
You just contradicted yourself. You said they aren’t the same and very next sentence you say they are both part of ASD. That is the point here. The definitions have changed and you do not get diagnosed with Aspergers any more you get and ASD diagnoses. It is not that hard to understand.
You are correct in the differences etc just that they are all under the same umbrella these days. You were right 11 years ago though.
You are incorrect.
Same response I gave to JP, back it up without using wikipedia.
The definitions were changed in 2013 and you no longer get diagnosed with Asperger’s only ASD. They are all under the same umbrella and that is all there is too it. There was controversy regarding Asperger the man and his Nazi connections so it was determined necessary to change by some suits.
Many people who received an Asperger’s diagnosis refuse to identify as autistic as they see the condition as a worse and more debilitating.
I did not reference wiki for any of this. Maybe you should.
Wrong, actually.
That a great explanation JP. You got anything other than “wrong”.
Never seen a pro airdrop into the flats and project off the bottom turn with more velocity than Clay Marzo.
I don’t get excited for much anymore but I will say a new clay clip does do a little something for me. They are short and sweet too which is all this little brains attention span can really handle.
Best part is that it must piss off his red headed step brother to his limit. You don’t see Clay at that broken Lilliputian disaster in Palm Springs.
His first wave is what I’m referencing. Bunch of other examples after that too.
https://youtu.be/P6kULZx9X1…
Mental
Love his carve down to set up for another barrel or turn right when he comes out of barrel
splendor…w/o the weed or grass. naturally.
https://youtube.com/shorts/…
Brahtism
I’m… look, I’m not enjoying Clay on Albums. It’s how I feel.
beta tapes w/ endless dad’s (RIP) voice/directing storm’s and filming Dane surf…
I said the same about Margo too. Love Margo, and god knows I’m in the Album target audience… but some surfers are just suited to high performance blades.
At least in this idiot’s humble opinion.
How good would it to see Brenden on a six-four Maurice, twenty in the middle, two and a half on the rail.
Ooooft, my knob is sliding around in my undies lathered in pre cum!!
Xox
The cloth intriguingly bulging!
And revealing that I’m cut and ready for adventure!
Xox
Phoar
I’d probably more be into Clay on some fucked late 90s elf slippah
My late friends blade gets a run occasionally, it’s a cooked and burnt out merrick. Swallow tail, elf shoe, 6’2” maybe. Somehow there is foam under the chest. Mismatched fcs plastic fins. Looks like it should have snapped 350 surfs ago. Very slight.
Goes like absolute fuck.
Just magical.
Xox
Secondary phoar
UV damage? Just tell me there’s UV damage.
Soooo much. It’s a true relic.
Xox
those swallow tails can take a board from ok to electric… way underrated imo
So true. Waiting for their resurgence.
Xox
Maybe is the wave..but it’s true i cant see any magic here
marzo?
Got a question for a guy that looks like Fonda but is praised as a Tucker Carlson: “Did you see the tapes?”
Didn’t kick out before the tube, and didn’t dislocate his shoulder. B minus.
What a memory!
“You’ve been served. Three whistles and a hoot from Brazil…toot in the sky.”
That was inspirational
I came straight to my comment…
If that autism peaked your interest come join us in the next Open Thread thread!
A very broad spectrum!
free future fins? or a make-a-wish foundation meeting? I see dead people…
so much below the botton line…we’re runnin a tropical line///
When they gonna finish this damn comp anyways. Been going on for like a month it seems with no highlights. My fantasy is fucked and i’m already out of surfival. Ahhhhhhhhhhh…Serenity now!