Nine-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater, who struggled at the start of the season and recently acknowledged there was only “a distant possibility” he would contend for a 10th title, might upgrade his outlook at week’s end. That’s because the Floridian superstar, who was ranked eighth coming into the Hurley Pro at Lower Trestles in …
Three Answers with Taylor Steele 2
Surfing’s most prolific filmmaker talks about premiering his long-awaited Rob Machado profile, The Drifter. —Nathan Myers SURFING MAGAZINE: We heard that a hand-held bootleg appeared on YouTube after the Bali premier of The Drifter — how classic Indo is that? TAYLOR STEELE: Yeah, in Bali you can buy all these pirated Hollywood movies where someone …
Gudauskas Brothers’ Slog Blog: Eurotrip 0
It’s that time of the year again — the best time of the year! Baguettes, cafe, siestas, beautiful women, great people and an abundance of world-class waves waiting just a tidal swing away. I’m talking about Europe. This is without a doubt one of our favorite legs of the slog all year long. And with …
Rob Machado Interview on Fuel 5
Rob Machado’s had an interesting year. We won’t go into personal details because there’s no need to get all TMZ here, but we’ll just say it’s been an obvious time of growth and transition for him. Throughout the last year Rob’s been working on “The Drifter”, the much anticipated, soon to be released movie that …
Marc Lacomare Crowned 2009 ASP European Junior Champion in Tenerife 3
[Photo credit: Aquashot/aspeurope.com by Bonnarme] Marc Lacomare (Capbreton, FRA), 18, is the nw ASP European Junior Champion and is guaranteed a spot into this year’s ASP World Junior Championships (WJC) at Narabeen TENERIFE, Canary Islands (Friday, September 4, 2009) – Marc Lacomare (Capbreton, FRA), 18, was crowned the 2009 ASP European Junior champion today after …