XXL Awards: Baby, Take it Off!

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs / May 1, 2012

Baby! Take it offChas Smith’s pick for the Billabong XXL Ride of the Year.

Would you believe his decision is color-based?

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The Life of Bobby Vaughn, Part III

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs / March 23, 2012

You know those three letters on the nose of Bobby Martinez’s board? FTW? This is the man behind those letters. Story by Chas Smith.

Part three of three: Jail, freedom and New York City

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The Life of Bobby Vaughn, Part II

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs / March 22, 2012

You know those three letters on the nose of Bobby Martinez’s board? FTW? This is the man behind those letters. Story by Chas Smith.

Part two of three: Belly up, Navy SEALs and murder # 2

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The Life of Bobby Vaughn, Part I

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs / March 21, 2012

You know those three letters on the nose of Bobby Martinez’s board? FTW? This is the man behind those letters. Story by Chas Smith.

Part one of three: An orphan, murder # 1 and Tommy Lee

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Travis Logie Hates Getting Barreled

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs / March 6, 2012

Baby! Take it offAnd so do Joel Parkinson, Owen Wright, Adriano de Souza, Bede Durbidge, Brett Simpson, Taylor Knox, Jadsen Andre, Kai Otton and Raoni Monteiro

The rest of the ASP though…huge fans of the tube

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F–ken Heavy?

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs / January 31, 2012

Baby! Take it offChas Smith: Is Jaws the oceanic version of Ronald Reagan?

A discussion of style and of substance

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That WaveJet

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs / January 18, 2012

Baby! Take it offChas Smith recalls a jet-propelled North Shore winter.

Headshakes, laughter and applause

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Breaking Tents

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs / December 15, 2011

Baby! Take it offChas Smith reflects on the Pipe Masters and his favorite competitors

“The whole of the Triple Crown was, in fact, amazing,” he says

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Richie Vas, Surfing Warrior

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs / November 11, 2011

Baby! Take it offRichie kicked Chas Smith’s ass a few years back, living out the fantasy of so many Internet haters.

But Chas swears revenge

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CEO of People’s Hearts

posted by Chas Smith / News / November 9, 2011

After a six year reign over professional surfing, Brodie Carr resigns.

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The Greatest Surfer?

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / October 3, 2011

I spent the best part of Thursday evening chatting with Kelly Slater, and I couldn’t help but wonder

 

Is he the greatest sportsman of all time?

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Expect the Best, Prepare For the Best

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / August 30, 2011

As Irene came and went in NYC, another sort of storm was brewing

Something Quik Pro this way comes

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To The Parochial Outsiders

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / August 18, 2011

Last night I watched Real Sports on HBO and I have officially had it

I am livid

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Reflecting Upon the Open

posted by Chas Smith / News / August 12, 2011

Feeling recovered and sitting in Portland, Oregon, where Peter Pans ride about on bicycles in the throes of perpetual youth, I can astutely assert that surf is it

Surf is the only thing that matters

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Globe’s 0000 Premiere in Costa Mesa: Art!

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / August 4, 2011

Joe G.’s creation played to a warehouse of sloppy fans

And it was art

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Volcom Back to Fiji

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / July 25, 2011

See? See?

Brodie Carr is a benevolent dictator

Slow to wrath; easy to love

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The ASP: What’s Not to Love?

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / July 23, 2011

They do an amazing job wrangling many and varied un-wrangleable elements — like that flippant slut, Nature

And Kelly Slater

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Another World Tour

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / July 18, 2011

Returning from a globe-trot, back to the warm waters of Cardiff by the Sea

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In the Hamptons, Surfing

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / July 7, 2011

Summer and trendy Montauk surf aesthetes are totally in season

The cultural anthropologist’s dream

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School Is Out

posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / June 28, 2011

Some waves are too good for surf schools

Here are the ones that aren’t

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