Jets, liquor and erotic protruberances. How I love thee. May I ask, does anything taste as good as that six am Bloody Mary served by black pyjama wearing hosties whose titlets protrude like anti-aircraft guns? One minute your gatekeepers at Stab are departing Tahiti, the next we’re on a flight via Miami to the Caribbean island of Barbados with said Bloody Mary in paw. Merry junket, readers!
Passion Pop: Behind the Scenes
What a story! The director dies! Thirty-seven surfers are used! An astounding 29 cameramen are put to work! All so the world can see the best junior team in the world in action! Words by Chris Binns.
Hey Fat Ass!
It wasn’t that far back that Bobby Martinez was the big-monied, next big thing in American surfing. Then he hurt his shoulder, his knee and his dreams looked to be disappearing in a purple haze of what was apparently extremely good Mexican weed. Now he’s back and he’s qualified for the WCT. We love the kid. You will too. Profile by Derek Rielly.
Where’s Jimmy?
When Kelly Slater’s seventh world title was looking like a sure thing, photojournalist Steve Sherman became KS’s shadow. Followed him to France and then Brazil, where the deal was made. You want intimacy in your photographs? You got it here, homie. You might even cry along with Kelly and Stevie.
The Pakistan Diary
Matt George, journalist and humanitarian, flies to the mountains of Pakistan to provide aid to the poor souls whose lives were ripped asunder by last October’s earthquake.
I Love Cuba
Well, no, Ozzie Wright doesn’t actually love Cuba, that fruity island just off Florida in the Caribbean and governed by charismatic dictator Fidel Castro, but he sure had an interesting time there. Even got a few waves when the team wasn’t being hounded by big-lipped, junk-stacked-in-the-trunk Latinas. Journal by Joel Patterson.
The V Team
Solving surfing's sartorial conundrums with Volcom's Australian design team... Story by Jet/Photo by Mick Bruzzese
Born to Madness
An heir to $50 Million! A reincarnated Hawaiian God! His step-father was a movie star! Presenting Adolph "Bunker" Spreckles the III.
