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Jordy is one of the easiest guys to take photos of surfing. He lands most of his airs and always entertains. On this day, Jordy was surfing in board shorts in the chilly waters of West Oz. O’Neill needed board short photos and instead of flying somewhere warm to do the shoot, Jordy just surfed in the cold water sans rubber. And it wasn’t just a quick surf. The waves were firing at Taj’s local spot and it was just Jordy and a few other guys dodging the shark spotting helicopter that was kicking everyone out of the water. —Nate Lawrence
Jordy Smith, West Oz in trunks Collected Thoughts 133
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We were just in Santa Barbara for a nighttime film premiere, and before it got started we went into the Channel Islands shop to touch surfboards. Inside were surf shop things: new boards to look at, used boards to buy, accessories, T-shirts, wall photos, and shop kids. Real, loitering shop kids like you read about…
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The other day we were at RVCA with Danny Fuller, and I asked him about Chanel. Danny is a model with the Ford agency and he’s the face of Chanel Homme Sport right now, which you know if you’ve flown international and walked past a Duty Free, or gone into Saks Fifth Avenue, or basically…
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Kolohe, Drinking Juice Collected Thoughts 016
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