Matt Biolos is a man of integrity whose surfboards are a work of master craft, the attack and the interlock of each board unparalleled in the game
Four years ago, as the world reeled from a mysterious virus that had leaked out of a US-funded lab in China. beaches were closed, as was all commerce, and people were locked inside their hovels with threat of jail and wildly punitive fines if they tried to get a little sand between their toes or refused an experimental, and occasionally fatal, vaccine.
San Clemente’s shaper to the stars, Matt Biolo was one of the few who refused to goose-step in line with California’s extreme-left governor Gavin Newsom.
And when Newsom, who virtually cuckolded our own Chas Smith in a horror cafe date some years ago and which sent our man down a rabbit hole of weightlifting and calisthenics, sent our promo video to excite fans for Finals Day at Biolos’ home break Lowers, “Bear Jew” Biolos shucked all politesse.
“I think you all know this better than I do. Surfing is California’s state sport. And while no one… no-one… controls the ocean, it looks like she’s delivered,” says Newsom, apparently unaware he was burying himself under a tsunami of irony.
Anyway, Matt Biolos is a man of integrity whose surfboards are a work of master craft, the attack and the interlock of each board unparalleled in the game with, perhaps, only the exception of the Basque-based Brazilian shaper Johnny Cabianca.
If you follow the fringe professional surfing movement, as administered by a group called the World Surf League, you’ll know that the best in the game all ride Biolos’ …Lost surfboards.
Biolos’ riders on the CT include Olympic gold medallist Caroline Marks and Canadian teen sensation Erin Brooks, who just won the Fiji Pro as a wildcard, world number two Griffin Colapinto, world #6 Yago Dora, rookie of the year Crosby Colapinto and Bells champ Cole Houshmand.
Also, Carissa Moore, Mason Ho etc etc etc.
Unsurprisingly, for the second year in a row, Biolos’ …Lost surfboards have won the Vissla CT shaper rankings.
Sharp Eye fell a distant second, Pyzel, Channel Islands and DHD mopping up the lower rungs.
The winning team is a gifted a day at Surf Ranch.
Last year Biolos booked an extra day and opened the gate to all of his sixty employees.
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Just cuz everyone is doing it doesn’t make it impressive cool or interesting
Patrick Rondat is far shittier than any generic hair band
I new earth rape reminded me of something
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grCsmtFGLgU
Rude
Young working age males and females leaving these countries in droves does.not solve problems. It compounds the economic plight there, you just don’t see it yet. But it will
Thanks for the laugh, by including the lab leak from China.
I’m not sure what’s stranger; people dismissing it or people knowing that it’s obviously true and just not bothering to do anything about it because China, US and big pharma will end them if they try.
‘OC life is not the life for me.’ Fair
Wait so is Newsom extreme left or is he a fascist?
yes
Were you the one challenging everyone to define fascism or was that the other one?
dunno, but lets have look together:
I’ll just leave this here.
Fascism: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.
California?
And Gavin Newsom fits that definition?
Yes.
Ha ha so what. He and Reola built a massive operation from nothing based on everyman shapes and era defining flicks. If he was from Mars it wouldn’t matter
Go look up what the top 5 industries are. Nothing that special besides tech companies selling your info.
Go live in downtown San Fran and suck Pelosi’s husband’s dick.
Bigger government is never the solution. It’s wasteful spending with little to no return on investment.
Nicaragua tripled their remittance within the first 6 months of 2024
Making money, and sending most of it back home to Mexico or wherever is NOT contributing to an economy.
from what I see in SoCal..the babysitters/gardeners/handymen/service providers…just about all menial jobs are done by the Mexicans, so without all the illegals/Mexicans….who would do the real work?
You need new glasses.
it’s OK Otto , it’s what all rich western countries did/do…
This is the truth.
Only one way to fix the illegal immigration debacle.
PRIVATIZATION.
Once you get the government and politics out of the immigration game, Billons of tax payer $ will be saved, immigrants will have legitimate work, be paid fair wages and not have to be transported by dangerous Cartels.
Currently it’s just a political football.
Pretty easy to do actually.
A private company would accept applications, handle all the vetting, background checks, necessary documentation, visas, etc. for a lot less than the cartel’s charge and it would be a lot safer for immigrants.
Foreign “workers” could apply for seasonal migrant work, and then be paired with U.S based employers through job listings provided to the “immigration company”.
The employer would be responsible for securing transportation, housing, taxation, health care and ensuring that the migrant worker returns to their country of origin on the date that their visa expires.
CPB could then focus their attention on illegal border jumpers and criminals.
Win-Win….except for the Politicians and Cartels.
Why not! Worked well with prisons…
Different situation, but at least you’re sticking to code.
Private bracero program. I like it
Yep.
seriously .a private Co to run and control the border …..maybe eric T could run it…??
the immigration run by a private Co in the USA , what could go wrong,LOL!!
Oops, I read your comment wrong.
No. Not a Private company to run the border. I believe I stated in my previous comment CPB would control the border(s).
I’m talking about having a private company create a “migrant worker” program that provides seasonal work for migrants from around the world and handling all the administrative details, visas, etc., instead of bureaucrats.
Win for all.
Migrant workers who “just want to come to America to make a living”
Employers who want to hire non-union/unskilled labor.
CPB can focus on border enforcement
The American Tax Payer no longer paying for illegals social services
…..and the best part, you get those dirt bag politicians out of the “I’ll let you in the country if you vote for me” game.
You got a better idea?
Ok , the Vissla shaper awards….hmm who was the only shaper who had an unbeaten record at the end of the CT qualifying series for lowers??
Is it about quality or quantitiy?
the more surfers you have in the mens and womens CT , the more better chance you have…CI tried alll year to sign up any and all surfers….
But there was only one shaper who bds were unbeaten…..100% win rate….Vissla you could do a lot better…congrats to matt as it means a lot to him !
The shaper rankings are likely the most boring listing of all time in WSL history. And by jove that takes some doing.
he’s just so unreal , nearly to the point that maybe he isn#t real, what better place than socal for a ai shaper to emerge
California has 11 major ports, spanning from its North Coast to San Diego. The huge, daily shipping trade volume, even as those goods leave CA for other state’s businesses is what accounts for the “5th largest economy in the world” claim.
What makes CA Commie-fornia is the fact that Newsom, despite governing such a large economy, has driven the State into a $60 Billion budget deficit.
does the deficit even matter
Yes. When government workers earn nearly twice that of private sector, it matters.
When job growth is boosted by 1/3 data showing added government jobs, it matters.
When government spends like a communist dictator on holiday, it matters.
When CA had a $180+ Billion surplus, and now has a $60+ Billion deficit, it matters.
so Ol chumpy blew the deificit out by the largest margin…ever…$8T…
Perfect for this 38 years young dad bod daddy. Stub driver all da way
I like the V2 shortboard and El Patron
Buddy has a V2 and looks spicy. May have to swap and try it out.
I like that like a normal 55 year old he didn’t try to do a alley oop chop hop to non completion.