How much money would someone have to pay you to stop surfing? Well, for star quarterback Marcus Mariota, apparently that number is somewhere north of 20 million dollars. The Oahu native recently left the Oregon Ducks after winning a coveted Heisman Trophy, only to move on to be a first-round pick by the Tennesee Titans in the 2015 NFL draft. Now, from here, usually the process continues with the team offering you a buttload of money, you sign a few papers, shake a few hands, and go on your way as a new found high-profile professional athlete. But for Mariota, there’s been a few snags in the negotiations of his contract. One of the biggest ones? A no-surfing clause … More
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Surfing and drugs have been linked since the 1950s. The cultural synergy between the two has always been well known, and it’s unsurprising that many surfers have added a, shall we say, “commercial” element to it over the years.
Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade is just one book that examined how traveling surfers used drugs to finance their search for waves. Others, however, succumbed to addiction, and many high-profile surfers were no exception.
When Michael Tomson, the co-founder of iconic surfwear brand Gotcha, was arrested last month on suspicion of … More
Learning to Breathe is an intriguing documentary that explores the troubled and changing life of professional surfer and legend Anthony Ruffo. Ruffo is a surfer, but he is also an addict, a dealer, a community leader, and at the mercy of a dysfunctional California court system.
Anthony’s surfing past, methamphetamine addiction, criminality, and eventual recovery are displayed candidly in Learning to Breathe. Those surrounding Anthony, including some of the world’s best surfers, discuss Anthony’s rise to fame and spiral into darkness. For the first time, athletes like Pete Mel, Tyler Fox, Darryl Virostko and Christian Fletcher, break the code of silence in the surfing industry and open up about their own addiction issues, discussing the problem of widespread drug use in the professional surfing community.
Between everybody huckin monster cliffs at The Grotto on Saturday & Trampoline cliff jumping action at Dorset Quarry on Sunday, i think its safe to say this was the wildest VT Rd I trip thus far! Big shout out to everybody who came out and had an awesome time!
A scientist in a helicopter saw and photographed a great white shark at Monterey Bay estimated at 18 feet long and perhaps 5,000 pounds.
It was the biggest of 15 great white sharks that marine biologist Giancarlo Thomae counted last week from a helicopter. Most of the sharks were close to shore at one of Monterey Bay’s most popular areas for paddleboarding, kayaking, swimming and fishing … More