An old fashioned surfboard snipe!
There was a time, a few decades back, when surfers would identify with a surf brand. You wore Quiksilver or Billabong, used Sticky Bumps or Sex Wax, read Surfing or Surfer (in America) Surfing Life or Surfing World or Tracks (Australia) and rode Lost or Channel Islands. Or at least that’s the way it felt to me in my Coos Bay, Oregon bedroom.
In my provincial mind, which tribe a surfer belonged to mattered as much as anything and I would mentally sneer at those on the other “team.” Thankfully, and reprising my childhood fantasy, Lost’s Matt Biolos went directly for the throat of arch-rival Channel Islands, today, in a wicked Instagram post.
Featuring righteous shredder “Rasta” Robbie McCormick on a Ripper model, Biolos writes, “Rasta Robb don’t need no stink’n ‘small wave surfers therapy sessions.’ He just packs another load, grabs his Ripper, paddles out and drops airs on the whiners heads.”
Ouch.
Channel Islands’ recent Dane Reynolds n gang promotional video showcasing The Dumpster Diver 2 model was wildly well-received in the community. It featured shaper Britt Merrick and various other team riders in a faux support group before devolving into a wild melee.
While praised in certain circles as “the funniest skit since Doped Youth,” Team Lost certainly thought it was lame and tacky. The Robb diss track shoved right into the hexagon’s grill.
Provincially-minded surf watchers are, currently, holding breaths and waiting if Channel Islands will retaliate.
Which team are you?