Similarly, Sam Hawk was pretty bad ass. He shaped me a magic 6'8".Owl was cooler
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Similarly, Sam Hawk was pretty bad ass. He shaped me a magic 6'8".Owl was cooler
Agreed.A cool thing to do is to form an opinion on something before you have seen, read, or experienced it
Come on now mate.Gerry was the best. No one has surfed Pipeline better.
Don't talk sh!t on the Big Wave Challenge. That was always one of the best event's around and he did it for our community not for himself. I wish he was still putting it on.It's not about if Lopes is the best surfer to every surf Pipe. It's about how he strapped on the North Shores most terrifying wave on self-designed boards, and not only figured out how to surf it better than anyone else of his era, he did it with an absolute grace and poise that remains unmatched to this day.
As to the almost nauseating commercial saturation - Yoga and SUP clinics with Gerry in Mex, Snowboard and yoga clinics with Gerry in B.C., Costco Gerry Lopez surfboards, Lopez Mt. Bachelor Big Wave snowboard contest, the endless sponsors, Lopez windsurf/wakesurf/SUP/surf popouts, blah, blah blah.
All just part of the hustle from the most energetic, crafty apex hustler that ever stood on a surfboard, his life-style icon status earning him millions while never working a straight job a single f'n day in his life.
And that alone is a contest 10 every time.
well put.It's not about if Lopes is the best surfer to every surf Pipe. It's about how he strapped on the North Shores most terrifying wave on self-designed boards, and not only figured out how to surf it better than anyone else of his era, he did it with an absolute grace and poise that remains unmatched to this day.
As to the almost nauseating commercial saturation - Yoga and SUP clinics with Gerry in Mex, Snowboard and yoga clinics with Gerry in B.C., Costco Gerry Lopez surfboards, Lopez Mt. Bachelor Big Wave snowboard contest, the endless sponsors, Lopez windsurf/wakesurf/SUP/surf popouts, blah, blah blah.
All just part of the hustle from the most energetic, crafty apex hustler that ever stood on a surfboard, his life-style icon status earning him millions while never working a straight job a single f'n day in his life.
And that alone is a contest 10 every time.
Same. There aren’t many lives I would trade up for. Despite my hand wringing and chicken littling on the mental health thread, I am happy and have a wonderful life now, and a wonderful life to look forward to as well. But yeah, Gerry is and has been living the dream since before I was born.I mean, I'd trade spots with Gerry. HIs life sounds insanely fun.
that would be the real gerry not the hero gerry. also thro in the rabbit b story.Somebody should have asked him about Lightning Bolt Colitas, and why he had to leave Hawaii. It's a great story that many would like to forget.
Yeah the Corporate Hustle of surfing is nauseating and yet many a decent lifestyle is attached to it. Sell Outs everywhere grifting off the soul. And everybody is buying into it. And everybody wants to sell it. How can I attach surfing to my business. Look at all the ex names out there selling it. Can you just buy no name Tshirts from Hanes? Shorts from Walmart? Can you do it and not feel humiliated or somehow lesser? Can you do it and are you on the real? Because Surfy Logo's are the sh!tIt's not about if Lopes is the best surfer to every surf Pipe. It's about how he strapped on the North Shores most terrifying wave on self-designed boards, and not only figured out how to surf it better than anyone else of his era, he did it with an absolute grace and poise that remains unmatched to this day.
As to the almost nauseating commercial saturation - Yoga and SUP clinics with Gerry in Mex, Snowboard and yoga clinics with Gerry in B.C., Costco Gerry Lopez surfboards, Lopez Mt. Bachelor Big Wave snowboard contest, the endless sponsors, Lopez windsurf/wakesurf/SUP/surf popouts, blah, blah blah.
All just part of the hustle from the most energetic, crafty apex hustler that ever stood on a surfboard, his life-style icon status earning him millions while never working a straight job a single f'n day in his life.
And that alone is a contest 10 every time.
Early 90's Im out a La Perouse on my 7'10 Lopez gun. My pride and joy. Im hungover as hell. G-Lo paddles out with Armada. Looks at me with disgust. Ashamed I paddle in.A Lopes story (surfed with him a bunch). Watched him lose it when he was pigging out sets on his SUP at the Oregon coast, and some younger guy twice his size called him out on it. Lopes began screaming at the guy, reached a point where Lopes told he'd meet him on the beach.
"Uh, Gerry, that guy is twice your size and will likely fook you up"
"fook that guy, I'm not afraid of him"
Things cooled down, Lopes still fuming the rest of the session...anyone thinks there isn't a full on North Shore Hui personality under that Zen facade, doesn't really know him
yea, a decade ago he used to routinely show up at a popular spot on the Or coast to SUP along with an Armada from Bend, take over the local campground, lineup full of SUP kooks flailing and falling on their boards. When he exchanged the OR coast for an east cape hang, the armada dissapeared, and the locals were stoked. Never saw a moregraceful stand up on a SUP, however, or a greedier one.Early 90's Im out a La Perouse on my 7'10 Lopez gun. My pride and joy. Im hungover as hell. G-Lo paddles out with Armada. Looks at me with disgust. Ashamed I paddle in.
Another time at on a different board( maybe Quiggs kid) Rare uncrowded Hookipa Him and I were at Lanes just sharing. His Armada was nowhere to be found.