Innholdsfortegnelse for November 2017 i Surfing World Magazine

How many times in your life have you come in from a surf and thought, “Wait a minute... I think that was the best surf I’ve ever had?” If you’re anything like me, (easily pleased, realistic about performance, happy to be out there, old enough to wear a surf hat without being ridiculed) it might be as often as every surf. If you expect slightly more of yourself or your equipment, or of the behaviour of other people in the line-up, or of the conditions… then perhaps those “best surf ever” moments are a little fewer and further between. Regardless of how often or not they happen though, they definitely exist for everyone. However, I was recently reminded that there is a significant difference between sitting in the line-up feeling…

AUS WEB SERIES Fighting ISIS It’s an Australian cartoon about a bunch of knockabout dickhead blokes in stubbies and singlets who concoct an idea while sinking tins in a suburban garage: Let’s fly to the Middle East and take on ISIS. There’s just three episodes that clock out at less than 30 minutes in total, but it’s a pretty mighty effort at some offensive original Australian content all the same. – youtube.com/fightingisis WEB CLIP Premium Violence by Dane Reynolds It’s a tad redundant to recommend a web clip in a print magazine. Internet content goes stale in days, and it takes over a month to make a magazine. But when a web clip is this good, and stands out this much, which it does, we can say, “Hey, how sick…

CJ HOBGOOD WORLD CHAMP, EVIL TWIN, ENTREPRENEUR CJ Hobgood is thanking his lucky stars right now. He’s gone from 2001 World Champion to sponsorless living at home with his parents, to hitting the reset button on a new label that’s paved a future, brought he and his wife closer together, opened new conversations with old buddies, and perhaps even kept him on tour for two years longer than initially planned, which is only testament to CJ’s character. Remember only some short years ago, Clifton James Hobgood was the Tour’s dangerman at any Pacific lefthander. Between he and his twin brother Damien, the pair amassed 10 finals from Fiji and Chopes, and fired up the next wave of southpaws with some mental video parts in Taylor Steele and Joe G’s catalogue.…

Clint “Clipper” Kimmins is living free since he switched the WQS jersey for a triathlete bib. These days the natural footer from Palm Beach, Queensland, lives and trains in Southern California where he prepares for his next race on the pro circuit. But Clipper also has his eye on a different circuit – the Big Wave World Tour – where he plans to push his fitness to new extremes in the heavy water arena. This year alone, he’s tackled the outer reefs of WA, Jaws, and Mavericks, making his intentions clear. And it’s no surprise from a guy who’s scored more magazine covers than any big wave rider his peer. But life wasn’t always this peachy. In 2004, at 22 years of age, Clipper was accused of unlawful wounding during…

EVERY TRACK REVIEWED BY… DUNE RATS EMPIRE OF THE SUN GRINSPOON DOPE LEMON THE VINES COSMIC PSYCHOS THE HELL MEN SKEGSS DUMB PUNTS PARKWAY DRIVE RUBY FIELDS GOONS OF DOOM CELIBATE RIFLES JACK RIVER THE PINHEADS SET THE BAR LOW Once the intro started, I thought it was so good, it sounded like Brett from the Dunny Rats coulda been playing it. Good stuff! When it all kicked in, it made me wanna go kick a bad cow. I love the fact that Jake got to get some shit off his liver for 2 minutes and 16 seconds telling his teachers to all go and get fucked! That’s good practice for him to have for the next however many years of his life. Love the angst! Always maintain the rage!…

Chelsea Georgeson 2005 WSL World Champion That’s just too mean! Otis Carey Artist, Surfy, Sophie’s Baby Daddy John John. Doug Lees Surfing World Publisher Glen “Micro” Hall. So I could get an endless supply of Super Coach sessions from the master. “How did that bottom turn look?” Damien Hardman X2 WSL World Champion Tom Carroll would have to be top of the list. He’s the most renowned drop in artist ever. Greg Webber Shaper, Wavepool Visionary All mankind hating greenies who self-righteously ignore the fact that man is just as much at the mercy of his primal makeup. Toby Cregan Filmer, Skegss Maniac Kelly Slater. I feel like he has already gotten a few, ay.…

People think making stuff is hard, but it’s easy! All you have to do is start. That’s the whole reason I began doing this column, to encourage all of you who want to make stuff to give it a go. Remember when we made the chocolate and banana Slayer cake? Or what about when we shaped and glassed and surfed a surfboard in 25 minutes? Do you remember when we made Stevie Wonder Woman? All that stuff started out as an idea and only became real once we started making it. So this issue I’m putting making stuff to the test. I want you to make some stuff and if it’s stuff I like, we’ll run it right here in Surfing World and I’ll sling you a Volcom pack and…

Ask anyone about Ross Williams and they’ll tell you the same thing: Trump sized drop wallets, composed beyond measure, diehard surf nerd. In fact, Ross will be the first to admit the latter of these three, because it’s this quality which has transformed his obsession into a life’s work. You already know the Momentum generation surfer, turned CT pro, turned freesurfer, turned WSL commentator has dropped the mic to mentor John John Florence, and it’s this dynamic which continues to beckon intrigue. The young buck, and the warhorse… What are they planning behind closed doors? Is the reigning World Champ going to fire up in the business end of the season? Or will he bow out of his title defence a sleeping giant? We sat down…

Parmigana or chicken schnitty? Chicken Schnitty. With pepper sauce on it. But more likely a falafel wrap because I stopped eating meat. Harry Bryant bowl hair or Martin Bryant mass murdering psychopath surfy guy hair? Harry’s bowl. I suppose it’s his thing, I can’t picture him without it. But I used to have an unintentional bowl cut when I was in year 7. I think I had it for three years. Thanks Mum. You can surf any session from any surf movie in history, what’s it to be? The Japan typhoon session from Dear Suburbia with John John. That was psycho. If you ran a backpackers tour of Bondi, name three rules that must never be broken? 1. Don’t look at your phone when you’re crossing the road, because the…