Smackdowns, Charging and a good old fashioned Skunking.
05/02/2012
Who Blew Up
1. John-John.
John-John’s reputation at Pipe is becoming fearsome to say the least. His win last week at The Volcom Pipe Pro is just the latest in a string of achievements in surfing’s most hallowed ground. In the last 2 months he’s won 2 out of the last 3 events there in the form of The Volcom Pipe Pro, Da Hui Backdoor Shootout and his sublime performance in The Billabong Pipe Masters.
IF the World Title was only decided at Pipe, John-John would be hard to beat. What makes him exciting to watch at Pipe is his commitment (he has serious balls) as well as some of the unique lines he draws which seem to be unique to him. He manages to do all this and yet maintains a humble and stoked demeanour, all we can to is watch in amazement and applaud.
2. Matt Bromley and Shaun Joubert.
Recently Matt and Shaun have been charging hard on The North Shore. These two rippers have been flying the SA Flag proudly at Pipe, Backdoor and Waimea. Apparently Matt got one of the biggest waves of the swell at Pipe (ja the one they cancelled The Volcom event on because it got too big!). He didn’t make the wave but he took off and pulled into a monster! Shaun has also been clocking some serious tube time at Backdoor navigating the crowds, the gnarly locals and the wave itself to spend plenty of time in the shade. Nice work boys, keep it up!
3. Jamie O’ Brien.
Jamie O’Brien is nothing if not creative. His performances at Pipe range from ridiculous to astonishing. Stretching his ability and our imaginations at Backdoor recently he executed a step off mid tube to redefine what is and isn’t possible in surfing, especially in such waves of consequence.
And Who Blew It?
1. Jamie O’ Brien.
While his antics doing step-off’s mid tube will keep us and the youtube generation entertained for hours, his narrow loss to John-John in the finals of The Volcom Pipe Pro will surely chafe him sorely. There was a time when Jamie was undisputedly the man at Pipe. Is that time over? There is no question he still rips, but has John-John taken things to another level and has Jamie’s reign been superseded? We think perhaps it has.
2. Julius Malema.
Eish it is back to the drawing board for Juju as last week the ANC decided to uphold it’s decision to ban him from the party for 5 years. The Breitling wearing, expensive whisky quaffing ‘economic freedom fighter’ will be pondering a protracted spell in the political wilderness. While we all heave a sigh of relief news editors all over SA will be gnashing their teeth wondering where they are going to find a substitute for all his comedic headlines. As the Holmes Bros said on one of their T shirts “Malema don’t surf!”. All we can say with all that free time on his hands now is thank goodness.
3. John McCarthy.
Thinking he would capitalise on the tail end of Funso’s cyclonic gifts in Southern Mozambique John drove for 10 hrs only to find that the sand on the point had been completely washed away in the preceding days of cyclone swell activity. To ad insult to injury the onshore came up as he arrived and he got stung by gnarly bluebottles for good measure. At least he found a cool smoothie place (check Mango blog), but that is a hell of a long way to drive for a smoothie. A good skunking if ever there was one!
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Posted by Albeiro on the 20/02/2012 18:32
It's pblsiose but only if you took a hit directly with in seconds of some one with a cold sore taking one. Herpes doesn't last long on objects or in open air. It likes direct skin contact with an open sore or blister to be passed on like kissing some one that has a cold sore.
Posted by Justin on the 22/02/2012 12:15
jaime - WOW Joy and Ryel You guys are awomese! I am sooo happy with how they all turned out! can't wait till I have the book in my hands! Thanks a million!
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