"We're in Brazil what a thrill..."
But where do you stand, currently, on the magic of San Clemente’s Griffin Colapinto? The 26-year-old forever young surf title hopeful thrills both on, and off, the clock, these days, what with wild anecdotes of pre-competition surf rituals, a dating life that mirrors David Wooderson’s iconic ideals, a real shot at bringing the $30,000 World Surf League cup home to San Clemente for the first time since Filipe Toledo in 2023.
Colapinto is a philosopher, a mystic and, now, a freestyle rapper.
The current world number six stunned World Surf League commenters Mitchell Saladbar and Chris Cote when he began spitting homemade rhymes from the proverbial glass.
Dropping into a delicate beatbox first, Colapinto let the heat flow.
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We’re in Brazil what a thrill.
Who’s gonna make a killing on these waves.
Italo’s out there flipping around Kobe’s (?) going to town what are you going to say?
Saquarema-town.
Hey.
Don’t turn that frown…
Or no.
Turn that frown upside down because we’re in Saq-town.
Boom.
Mic drop.
“That was amazing,” on glass interviewer exploded.
Eminem very likely busting out his pencil and paper to come up with response even as you read.
David Lee Scales and I discussed briefly during our weekly chat alongside a deeper dive into the pure joy of slip n’ slides. Are you slip n’ sliding right now on this day celebrating America’s independence from cruel Great Britain? A fine way to celebrate.
Listen here whilst breaking a hip.