Shane O’Neill has been on a surf trip before…sorta. “I went to Malaysia with Julian Wilson once,” he told us the other day at Arto Saari’s house. And for those who don’t know him, he’s considered to be one of the most technical street skaters in the world and recently competed against Paul Rodriguez in the final four of The Battle at the Berrics. “Julian surfed the wave pool there and I did a street demo.”
Shane is from Melbourne, Australia and now lives in LA. And he will be attending a very interesting trip with us this summer so we figured we should introduce you — we’ll have more on that trip later this week. One thing Shane did validate for us though is just how lucky we are to go on surf trips.
“Most surf trips seem to be in Fiji, with hot chicks everywhere…skate trips are usually sweaty and in some random town. Not that sexy.”
Check back later this week for more on what’s sure to be the wildest journey ever for What Youth…