The ghost of Zoltan Torkos is haunting.
The surf world has entered a new phase of unrest after many years of relative calm. Two days ago, Shane’s boy Noah Beschen, I think Mason Ho and likely others traveled deep to the heart of Texas in order to participate in what I hear was a Swatch Nines event. All seemed fine and well until, that is, a large piece of plywood with coping was lowered just above the surface of the waters allowing the aforementioned to slide it as if they were at a skate park.
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Wild polarization immediately taking hold and nearing dreaded Zoltan Torkos levels.
But you certainly recall almost fifteen years ago when the Santa Cruz magician decided to answer Volcom’s siren call and kickflip a surfboard?
Yikes.
There were those who claimed it the very peak of progression and then those who claimed it was a heretical. Surf and skate so close yet so far. Those, like Chris Cote who loves the marriage, and those, like probably Maurice Cole, who don’t.
Major infighting.
David Lee Scales and I discussed today, anyhow, but found enough time to consider the musical importance of Die Antwoord and how ice in urinals might just be peak fancy. You would be doing yourself a disservice in not listening.
Don’t be a little whiny baby.
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Balaram Stack owned that railslide box with his front board…as skatey as it comes.
I’m fine with it. It’s a wet skatepark anyway. Not an ocean.
yesssiree bub. fanfare for our generation!
Julian Wilson did this years ago
It’s hard to see the past when you have your head so far up your own ass.
If Tim Dunn has his way, nobody will be allowed into Texas unless they are a fundamentalist Christian.
If you can’t admit that’s pretty badass there’s something wrong with you. It may not be practical to consider on an ocean wave but it’s not one anyway. This is one aspect of what wavepools will become and it’s a good thing.
I’m into it, my spiky little guy Jackson Durian popped one of those the other day
Where is Brutus anyway? Missing his take
My FLABBER is finally GASTED
Fuck that garbage
Thank you. Eno’s original version of the song is the only one that matters.
That’s a guitar solo for the ages by Fripp.
I talk to the wind. the wind doesn’t hear!
But were you really even talking?
need a stylist yoga teacher and all the men for harris to back off…
swords v boards seems to work…calmin the masses/
Zoltan once took three bong rips on one wave. Doubt you’ll see that type of progression anytime soon in a pool. Speed power flow etc.
thats a 10 from all judges…
The swatch event was perfect. Wave pool events need to be clown shows. I don’t want to watch Federico Morais at surf ranch. I want to watch Mason Ho surf some freak manmade simulacrum that probably shouldn’t exist in the first place.
with fake rocks