ghetto juice magazine #33

GHETTO JUICE MAGAZINE

#33

Orange County Beach Culture // Jan. 2015

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16 Have you been Juiced!

18 Doc Paskowitz... R.I.P.

20 HOTSTUFF off the press

24 Nate Yeomans // Cold Water Classic

28 Now you are Frothing!!!

40 Winter’s where the HEART is.

44 The Portugal Sessions

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Indo with The Froghouse Crew

48 Am Jam - Parker Cohn

50 Am Jam - Nate Dorman

52 Am Jam - Hagan Johnson

54 China or Bust!!!

56 The Ramones were here to Save the World

60 Sick Hank + Christian Hosoi = G+J

62 PT’s Talk Show - Fun Fun Fun

64 80’s Nuggie Nuggie!!!

Don’t worry, little children of the sea... Summer will be back in about eight months. Eight long months. HANK FOTO

The end of the year is always an exciting time for us at Ghetto Juice magazine. We get to reflect on all the epic surf we’ve had the past year and look ahead to what will hopefully be an amazing 2015. While we had a so-so fall around here, there has been some surf. Nothing epic but enough to wet the gills and get stoked on. What’s even more epic is that El Nino predictions have been upgraded and it’s looking like it might be one of those “winters to remember.” But will it stand up to last summer? Lord only knows. You might have to get out of town, you know, jump in your car and head north. Maybe hop a ride with a pal and head south. Sure the OC will be pretty fun but up north and down south will be a heck of a lot better. Trust us. Don’t find yourself stuck at Blackies or Salt Creek or north of the HB pier all winter. You will get skunked. Anyway, this is the last issue of the year, and it’s also my last issue as Editor and Co-Publisher. What a joy it’s been making this magazine the last four years but I’m officially heading off into the sunset on a new endeavor. But don’t trip. Ghetto Juice will always be as close to my heart as it is to yours. A huge thanks to all the advertisers, contributors, readers and of course Joe Mac for helping me bring this magazine to life over four years ago. It’s been a memorable ride. So in the meantime, peace out and I’ll see you in the water!!-- Skip Snead, December 10, 2014

Cole Houshmand is never empty handed • Get yours from Chris Cullen [email protected] • Mucho Aloha from Salanoa, Mike Ho, Granger and Jib BrooksKolby and Duke Aipa in the bay • Fuzzy’s on teh juice • Go see Moyles at Russell • The Steinerz with a sick Schroff...Lost surfboards legend Jimmy Nudo • John holding it down at Terry Senate surfboards • Class AAA photog Joe Foster and family • The Hawkins clan at SC CafeLegends Kaipo Guerrero and Danny Fuller • Cutest ripper award goes to Kalohe Danbera • Shakas from Rocky McKinnon and Diane Sullivan • Shelby Detmers and pal surf tripping


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HE SURFED WITH THE DUKE,

DORIAN “DOC” PASKOWITZ R.I.P.

Few people can say they surfed with Duke Kahanamoku or surfed for nine decades, but Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz did.

Born in Texas in the early ’20s, Doc and his family moved to San Diego in the early ’30s. As a young teen, he fi rst dragged his wood board into San Onofre in the early ’30s and was one of that fi rst crew of Southern California surfi ng watermen that included Tom Blake, Peanuts Larson, Lorrin Harrison, Pete Peterson and a host of others who competed in the occasional surfi ng and paddling contest.

Until his fi nal days of paddling out at Waikiki, Doc was always a man with perpetual stoke, and his stoke was infectious.

He went to school at Stanford, getting his medical degree in the mid-’40s. He got married a couple of times, but in 1957 he met opera singer Juliette on Catalina Island, married her and began the Paskowitz clan of nine kids born on the road in the famous 24-foot camper van that crisscrossed America—Doc practicing medicine

on the road while raising eight boys and Nava, the lone girl.

Eventually, the Paskowitz Surfi ng Camp came to be at San Onofre in the early ’70s.

One of the last of our last tribal elders, Doc was a great storyteller. I fortunately got to spend time with him in recent years just talking stories about those early San Onofre days and surfi ng with the Duke—moments I will never forget. I helped coordinate a documentary special for Rebel TV Europe with my good friend Andrea on Southern California surf culture, and Doc talked about those days and the “Cosmic Voyager.”

He will be missed, but Juliette and the kids will carry on the legacy that was Doc.

R.I.P. Doc!

The Mate in America!

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How Winning the

O’Neill Cold Water Classic

Changed Nate Yeomans’ Life

Nate Yeomans had a good run in professional surfing.

The San Clemente native traveled the world, qualified for

the WCT and lived a life most of us could only dream of.

But it was all coming to an end. After four years without a

major sponsor, the 33-year-old had decided it was time for

phase two. Married with a young daughter, and another

child on the way, Nate thought he had it all figured out.

Starting in January 2015 he would take a job as a sales

rep for a surf company and do the 9-to-5 thing, spend-

ing weekends at T-Street or Lowers and every night of the

week with his family. But then came the O’Neill Cold Wa-

ter Classic and a chance to extend his pro surfing career

another year. Nate went to Santa Cruz content with the

fact that his pro surfing career was over and so he was

just ... there. No pressure to win, no hard feelings in los-

ing. After such a successful pro surfing career, he was

already a winner and would have a lot of stories for his

children when they get older. If it wasn’t for the no-losers

Round 1 of the Cold Water, Nate would’ve taken his loss

and headed home looking forward to that sales rep posi-

tion. But he had one more chance in Round 2. He won

that heat over another sponsorless surfer, Leif Engstrom,

and never looked back, taking out Chris Waring and Gar-

rett Parkes in Round 3, Derek Peters in the quarters and,

once again, Garrett Parkes in the semis. By the time the

final against local boy Shaun Burns rolled around, there

was hope for an extended future and he ended up win-

ning the event, the sponsorship from O’Neill and another

shot at living out his childhood dreams. Ghetto Juice’s

Skip Snead caught up with Nate while he was in Hawaii

for the Vans World Cup at Sunset, and here’s how that

conversation went…

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Ghetto Juice: Yeah, Nate! What’s up with you on the North Shore this morning? Nate Yeomans: I’m actually taking the trash out. I forgot the take the trash cans out so I’m doing that now. G+J: You’ve been making the pilgrimage to the North Shore since you were a grom. What pumps you up about going to Hawaii every year? N+Y: I think everything. The waves, the people, the lifestyle, the temperature, the warmth of the water, the surfing that’s going on, hanging out in board shorts, riding your bike down the path, the waves that are produced, and when it’s small, going for a swim when the water’s crystal clear ... the local guys and seeing how they approach the waves…seeing all that. It’s a really simple, pure lifestyle, and being able to soak that in for a month every year is awesome. You know, it can be as scary as s#!t to super-fun rippable to everything in between. It’s pretty damn rad. G+J: Do you still get scared sometimes? N+Y: (Laughs) Yeah, pretty much anytime the buoys are 9 feet or bigger at 12 seconds it’s scary to some degree. When it’s larger it gets, well, yeah, it gets scary. I like it. It’s a good thing but it’s different than San Clemente, that’s for sure. I like charging situations though. G+J: Speaking of charging situations, congrats on the birth of your son last week! N+Y: Thanks. Yeah, it’s insane. Last Monday. A little boy. We didn’t know either, before he made his appearance, so it was a total surprise, which was insane because we’ve got a little girl and now we’ve got the little boy. Life’s good. G+J: Things are looking up for you right now, big time, yeah? N+Y: Yeah, some exciting things that happened, for sure. G+J: So you took out the O’Neill Cold Water Classic, that’s huge! N+Y: Yeah, it’s insane. It was such an awesome thing and almost took me a while to accept it, or realize it. I was like, ‘Wow, okay, did that really just happen?’ I’m part of a great team, a great company and I’m so stoked. I got an extension. Another opportunity and I’m not going to waste it, I’ll tell you that. I’m so fired up! I’ve got a second wind and a whole ’nother year to go for it again! G+J: Let’s say you didn’t win that contest, what path would you be taking right now heading into 2015 without a major sponsor? N+Y: Well, I’d been trying to hook up with different companies and wasn’t getting too much excitement, just trying to figure out if that was still feasible, and it seemed like that wasn’t really working out. So I was actually kind of working toward starting a sales rep job in January. My plan before going up to Santa Cruz was to go up there and have fun, and whatever happens is meant to be. I didn’t

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make it to the Haleiwa event because my little son was being born, but my plan was to go do Haleiwa and Sunset and that was probably going to be it as far as surfing contests and living the life of a pro surfer. G+J: How fired up were you in the Cold Water when you started making heats toward the finals? N+Y: You know what, it was kind of... well, I have two kids, so what I think was the cool part was that I didn’t know the detail of what was on the line, to a degree. I already had a meeting with a company and got a job offer to start as a sales rep January 5 (2015), so I’d just been stressing a lot about how I am going to provide for my family. Having that meeting took a lot off my shoulders, so I was just going to go up to Santa Cruz and have fun. Like I said, I think God had a plan for it all. I had a job in the works, so if the contest didn’t work out, I had a backup plan and a really cool opportunity. I wouldn’t say I didn’t care, but I was like, ‘I need to win this to survive.’ It was just an insane opportunity and I’m going to give it my best. I wanted to win, but if I didn’t it doesn’t make or break me, and I think that just kind of freed me up to enjoy the whole process. G+J: What was going through your head by the time you found yourself in the final? N+Y: You know, I was just enjoying it. I think a lot of time, at least for myself, this last year has been interesting because I haven’t had the support needed to ... it was like, every contest I had to do well to cover my bases to get to the next event. So, looking back, I tried not to, but I put a lot of pressure on myself, like I needed to do well there. And I felt like I was not surfing to my best because of it. As I said, up in Santa Cruz, it was a winner takes all, and there were 16 damn good surfers in this, so if you win, great, but if not ... so I was just enjoying it and not worrying about the outcome. G+J: And then what were you thinking when you found out you won the event and the sponsorship? N+Y: Obviously just freaking out. And secondly, I was like, ‘OK, I just won. I have a job opportunity that I thought was going to start in January, and ...’ I don’t know, it was kind of awesomely weird, because I’d already accepted the fact that I was going to start working as a sales rep, and I was looking forward to that in a way. I’d be home every night with my family, and I really enjoy being around them. And I love traveling, too, but it’s different now having a family and leaving them and missing out on things. So to be honest, I think there’s a big pool of sales reps, you get to drive around and visit surf shops and sell surf products and it’s a cool job

and totally different, but it’s a new chapter. And when I won, I was like, ‘OK, now I have a rebirth that I wasn’t really expect-ing, and I’m gonna have to wrap my head around this whole new venture.’ I was like, ‘Wow! Did that just happen? I’m back! I’ve got backing and a new sponsor!’ G+J: And it would be epic if you requalified for the WCT next year and were able to spend an entire year on tour rather than half a year, or the threat of competing on the WCT for half a year like the year you were on. N+Y: Well, as you know, the year I made the WCT I was only on a half year, so it was bittersweet. It was a huge accomplishment but to only experience half of it, when I felt I was just hitting my stride…I’ve always had kind of a chip on my shoulder. Not anymore, but man, that just kind of sucked. No other words to explain it. So now, I really feel God has given me the opportunity to try and make it on there again, and I’ve got the support and backing from O’Neill to really go hard and make that qualification a reality. A Cinderella story, I hope. I think all the tough times have made the good times more enjoyable, and to make it back on the WCT would be insane. I think I’d really make the most of it, but more just enjoy it. I’d be so grateful to be in that position. Even already—look at me, I’m in Hawaii where the basic agenda is just to surf. This is insane. G+J: Have you had a chance to look at the 2015 schedule yet? N+Y: I don’t know. I don’t even know if it’s up, to tell you the

truth. I’ve had a lot on my head. Last week was heavy, my sister had some complications with this medicine she’s taking and up until a few weekends ago they weren’t sure if she was going to make it through the night. So she’s fine now, but that was super-radical and super-unexpected. And then two days later, our baby son was born. So there has been a lot of awesomeness but some overwhelming days as well. There has been a lot going on but I’m just enjoying life day to day. G+J: Does seeing what that sponsorship did for Torrey Meister’s career give you an idea of what you’ve got ahead of you in 2015? N+Y: Totally. Even already, it’s trippy. I mean, I had support. Not to take anything away from that, but having a main sponsor kind of snowballs everything. It’s a company that supports you, believes in you and helps you get out there and go to these places and continue to progress. And without that, it’s kind of a trippy place, because you’re doing it for yourself, but with just the way the world works, you can only do that for so long, and ... I don’t know. For me it just totally recharged me and put in me this new fresh of breath air. It’s like, ‘Yeah, damn, I love this!’ I haven’t had a main sponsor since Rusty! It’s unreal. You’re part of a team and a family and they do trips and you’re included, and they support you when you’re abroad, and even just having people e-mailing you, you know, they’re on your side, like ‘Great heat! You’re surfing great!’ or whatever is great—it goes a long way. And to not have that is kind of like being in a weird grey area. I think in competing, confidence is everything, and to have this just reinstates all that. G+J: Well, we’re stoked you’re dialed in with a major sponsor. I’m curious, though. You have a major sponsor now, but if anyone knows what it’s like not to have one, it’s you. What advice do you have for those pro surfers out there who might be sponsorless and in the same situation you were in for so long? N+Y: I don’t know. For myself, I would say don’t get discouraged. Don’t compare yourself to other people. God puts you through things for a reason and maybe it’s just to learn how to be a loser, or the whole process of losing. I used to suck at losing, but I deal with it a lot better now. And when you do well, you will enjoy it more. There are a lot of kids who have a lot and there are a lot of kids who have a little. You just can’t get caught up in what guy gets this, and what guy gets that. It takes away from your path and what you’ve got going when you’re worried about what other people have and comparing it to your situation. I also think prayer is a really important part and how blessed we are no matter how well you surf. Just to live the life we live, and all the traveling, you kind of forget that at times. As a pro surfer, I think what makes you valuable is having your own niche, and being who you are and doing what you like to do. I think people see that. If you’re really true to yourself, people are drawn toward that. So if it’s contests or riding weird boards or charging big waves or trying to do the most airs, whatever your deal is, just follow whatever you’re into. People like to see originality.

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2014 A$P Ca$h Money Ranking$

Pro surfing has come a long way since its inception in 1976 when the first world champ Peter Townend barely made enough money to travel the young world tour. For decades surfers relied solely on sponsorship money to fund their round-the-world adventures, and to be honest, it wasn’t as much about the money they earned from competing as it was about the life they were living. With increased prize money on today’s ASP World Championship Tour, you don’t even need to make it out of a 2nd Round heat to make good money, but win an event and you’ll be rewarded! Throw in the additional sponsorship coin and you’d be hard pressed to find a surfer on the world tour who’s not making six figures. What’s even crazier is that some of the women on tour are making more money than the men, including four girls on tour who are making more than Slater!

Top 10 Cash Money Contest Earnings Leaders on the Men’s 2014 Samsung Galaxy ASP World Tour of Surfing 1. Gabriel Medina $431,000 2. Mick Fanning $397,00 3. Michel Bourez $306,500 4. John John Florence $266,500 5. Jordy Smith $245,500 6. Julian Wilson $202,500 7. Kelly Slater $188,500 8. Joel Parkinson $188,000 9. Josh Kerr $167,500 10. Taj Burrow $161,000 Top 5 Cash Money Contest Earnings Leaders on the Women’s 2014 Samsung Galaxy ASP World Tour of Surfing 1. Stephanie Gilmore $292,500 2. Carissa Moore $281,250 3. Tyler Wright $259,000 4. Sally Fitzgibbons $251,750 5. Bianca Buitendag $122,500

Anyone who shoots photos from the water, or has shot photos from the water owes Orange County’s Dale Kobetich a huge thank you. A very HUGE thank you! Not that he wants it now; after all, it has been over 40 years since he tinkered about with the idea of a “pistol grip” water housing so the world’s best photographers could get the shots that would grace surf mag covers and center spreads the world over. Here’s some insight from the man who made it all possible… Dale on how it all started: “I was bodysurfing Wedge in the late ’60s, and instead of telling stories about how nice it was, I made a water housing out of a Timex watch display case for a little Kodak Instamatic. And that was the first water housing I built in 1969, and it went from there.” Dale on inventing the pistol grip water housing: “People started seeing some of the enclosures I was making in the early ’70s. I think I met Chuck Schmid, and I made something for him, and then he introduced me to Flame (Larry Moore), and then it went from there. Then I made something for Don King, and then once I made a housing for Don King, I made it for everybody on the North Shore. They all came to my house. It was a flood of work. And that’s how the pistol grip water housing came to be. Don King immediately took it to another level with the pistol grip, and you started seeing photos from in the water at Pipe and Backdoor, and Off the Wall, and Padang Padang, and it was epic. And that’s why everyone came to me. I was more of a surfer/artist ... my work ethic was practically zero back then, because I was surfing and I wasn’t ready for the big influx of work. Everything I did was a one-off type of thing. I didn’t make any molds or anything.” Dale on could’ve, would’ve, should’ve: “If I would’ve trademarked pistol-gripped water housing, or that basic design, I could’ve been on top of the world now, but how in the heck are you gonna know? I didn’t know that. So I’ll just have to invent something else.” Dale on what Dale’s up to today: “I’m still up to the same thing. Shooting more pic-tures. I decided that I’m going to build the epic inventions and all the really neat stuff for myself, because every time I’d built some-thing that was epic, or innovative, for another photographer, I never got any credit for it. And it happened time and time again, so at this point, any innovations or any-thing like that I’m going to keep for myself, and shoot photos and use it, and let the other guys figure it out.”

Thank You, Dale Kobetich!!

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Ghetto Juice: When did you get into Orange County? Been getting some of this swell yourself?Ross Williams: Yeah, got here a few weeks ago. I’ve been surfi ng Lowers mostly. Got one session up at Lauswins (aka Lost Winds) which was really fun.Ghetto Juice: Still throwing them huge Ross Williams fans?Ross Williams: Oh yeah, huge buckets! (Laughs). I’m just stoked to get in the water. I get fi red up to surf good when I can. I got all kinds of little injuries, so some of the time I can’t even go surfi ng, but when my body’s feeling good I’m as motivated as ever to get in the water.Ghetto Juice: So Ross, you’re back on tour!! How stoked are you?Ross Williams: It’s really good. I like it. I haven’t been to a lot of these venues, sheesh, in 14 years. So like visiting West Oz, even Bells, and now France, all those memories (of being on tour) come back to me. So it’s a guilty pleasure for sure. It’s a bonus. And I’m enjoying myself doing the commentary. I’m super into it. Really having fun with it. And getting a personal seat to watch the world’s best. I’m a huge surf fan, fi rst and foremost. Ghetto Juice: What’s it like to see your boy Kelly still on tour doing his thing?It’s actually ... it’s become normal, believe it or not. It was actually more weird about ten years ago, because even back then it was sort of odd that he was still on tour doing events, but now it’s gotten to the point where we almost don’t talk about it. He’s 42 years old and he’s still on tour. Really, it’s just hats off to him for keeping his body free of injuries. That’s what it all comes down to. Usually when you hit your 40s,sometimes you can wake up feeling a little bit slow getting out of bed, and it’s pretty amazing that he can still surf like he’s 22. It’s alien-like.

Flashing Back with Ross WilliamsAnyone who freesurfed Lowers in September might’ve seen a surfer drawing lines on waves as smooth as Michael Jackson’s voice in his Jackson 5 days. But they might’ve not known who it was, because he doesn’t have the same blond hair he had when he was on tour himself. But don’t trip. Ross Williams won’t get mad at you. He’s too nice. Not to mention he’s got a sick new job as commentator on the ASP Webcast. Yep, he’s back on tour after all these years! GJ caught up with the former ASP Top 16’er and here’s what he had to say ....

Surfers have always been a ragtag bunch of folks, but thanks to Julien David that might change. The French designer has teamed up with Quiksilver to produce what is perhaps the world’s classiest wetsuit. Taking a leaf off the “tuxedo t-shirt” tree, they’ve designed the world’s fi rst tuxedo wetsuit. Quiksilver has signed a three year deal with Julien David so you can rest assured there will be more where this came from. Whether or not kids will be rocking these at their high school proms or pros will be wearing to the ASP Awards Banquet is still unknown, but don’t be surprised. We certainly won’t.

With a going rate of nearly $800 for a top-of-the-line surfboard made of foam and fi berglass, surfboards are expensive as it is. But when you com-pare it to this board priced at $1.3 million, you’ve got to ask yourself one thing: Is the price crazy, or is the person asking for that much money crazy? We’ll say both. The madman behind this far-too-expensive board is a shaper from New Zealand named Roy Stuart. Shaped from Paulwonia wood, it’s a 10’6” longboard that, according to his blog, is meant to be rid-den rather than placed in the Smithsonian. “We begin by maodeling a pro-spective surfboard based on what we want it to do,” Stuart said. “How big must the hull be to accomplish its task? How will lower wave frequencies be handled, and how fast will we go? This pro-cess is devoid of any aesthetic consider-ations.” Whatever he says about it, we’ll say this: No one is going to buy it any-time soon, regardless of how bitchin’ it is. Maybe that $800 Merrick sitting in your local surf shop doesn’t sound so expensive after all, and we’re sure it works better. Go fi gure.

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Ghetto Juice: Kind of rad that one of the best wetsuit companies in the world originated in Hawaii. In a nutshell, what’s the history of Xcel? Lance Varon: Xcel was the brainchild of founder Ed D’Ascoli, an avid New Jersey surfer. He traveled up and down the East Coast searching for waves until eventually he wanted more, which brought him to California. Originally building surfboards out of a San Diego shop, Ed soon fell in with Victory Wetsuits—and current Xcel President Greg Wade. Ed and Greg stayed with Victory for a time until Ed, who tended to follow the surf, sold his stake in Victory and moved to Oahu’s North Shore. It was there, the pinnacle of high-performance surfing, that Ed founded Xcel in 1982. He started with a single sewing machine working out of his bedroom at Backyards. As local demand increased, Ed rented a small space in Haleiwa and expanded the product offering into recreational diving and military products. Thanks to impeccable product quality and strong word of mouth, Xcel pretty much took off from there, and we’ve been growing incrementally year over year since that first suit was sewn up in 1982. G+J: How did you get into designing wetsuits? L+V: With Ed’s decision to step away from a full-time role, he asked me if I’d be interested in filling his shoes. These were big shoes to fill, so I was a little reluctant at first, but I’d worked very closely with Ed over the years in terms of product development and design, and I’ve always had a passion for the design side of wetsuits in my 40+ years of surfing. Ed would send product over to me for testing and feedback—your basic R&D. In other words, I had marching orders to go out and surf (dream job comes true). I’m glad

Xcel’s Lance Varon plays an important role in the world of surfing. He has been with the company for over 27 years, first as a Southern California sales rep, and for the last four years as the company’s Design Director. We’ve often dreamed about what it would be like to work for an authentic wetsuits-only company, so we tapped Lance for an interview, and here’s what he said…

that Ed felt I was the right person to continue building on his success, and I’ve applied all the lessons I’ve learned to try to keep building the most premium, innovative, high-quality product at the heart of the Xcel brand. G+J: What has been the biggest change to the modern wet-suits compared to the wetsuits we all grew up with? L+V: This is a loaded question. There’s no single answer, but if I had to take a stab at it, I’d say that the biggest change has been the fact that all aspects of wetsuit technology have evolved together to meet and exceed the needs of modern-day surfers. Better materials, multiple and varied entry systems, and construction (seam) techniques have all evolved collectively to the point where we’ve radically expanded what wetsuits—and, therefore, what surfers—can do in the water. Taking materials only as an example: Twenty years ago, materials were bulky, stiff, and very cumbersome. We now have lighter and warmer foams (the central layer of neoprene) that are so much more comfortable than ever before. Depending on what combinations we choose, we now have much greater control over warmth, comfort, and

durability. This allows us to better reduce fatigue and increase range of motion, all without losing (and oftentimes, improving) warmth. G+J: The new Xcel suits are amazing, and you’ve been nominated by SIMA for Wetsuit of the Year. Moving into 2015 and beyond, how can you improve on something so epic? L+V: Thanks. We’re really excited about this first phase of Thermo Dry Celliant, the first-ever responsive (or active) textile wetsuit lining and Xcel’s warmest wetsuit lining ever. Thermo Dry Celliant, or TDC, works thanks to its mineral-enhanced Smart Fiber Technology that converts body heat into infrared energy, which is a proven warmth and athletic performance booster. TDC allows us to deliver greater warmth without having to make the wetsuits thicker—and perhaps even reducing thickness, which would be an exciting, game-changing development. Nanotechnologies will also make their way into the picture; developments in that area are evolving as we speak. G+J: At the end of the day, what’s the best thing about working for an authentic wetsuit company? Free suits? The R&D? L+V: There are so many things, but the one that sticks out the most is the fact that you get to see your dream suit go from test prototype to market leader, and to set the standard for all other suits down the line. Xcel has been pioneering wetsuit design for over 30 years—the bar’s set really high, but I thoroughly enjoy the challenge and being involved in pushing the bar even higher. For me, as Design Director, it’s like Christmas every day because it’s not too often that a box isn’t waiting for me at my door with something new and innovative to test out.

Two decades ago you would’ve been hard pressed to find many surfers from Brazil making strides on the ASP World Surfing Tour. But today that’s all there is. Well, pretty much. While there are only two surfers in the Top 10, including current World Champion Gabriel Medina and current world number eight Adriano DeSouza, there’s more where that came from. Of the Top 36 surfers on the World Championship Series, seven are from Brazil. And while that doesn’t seem like all that much, consider this: There will be twice as more on the WCT in 2015, since there are nearly ten more new names in contention via the World Qualification series. If those guys make it in 2015, that would mean nearly a third of the surfers on the ASP World Tour next year will be Brazilians. If that’s the case, there would be more Brazilians on the world tour than there are Americans, South Africans and Hawaiians combined. And that’s a scary thought. Americans, South Africans and Hawaiians better figure things out really quick or we’ll be looking at Brazilian World Champs for the rest of our lives because, face it, Kelly Slater, Mick Fanning and Joel Parkinson won’t be around forever and Kolohe and John John can only hold the torch so high. Think about it.

Is Brazil Taking Over the World of Pro Surfing?Gabriel Medina and Company are the new world tour order. Photo: Steinmetz

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Winter wonderlands come in all shapes and water temps. Here's Albee Layer experiencing the cold white north just shortly before taking out the Surfer Poll awards for his role in Attractive Distractions. Photo: Cory Scott

Derek Peters's all season shredding at the Pier. Photo: Joe Foster

And you wonder where our heart is? Photo: Ted Robinson

A little sugar at Salt Creek. Photo: Jared Sislin

CJ Drummy about to kiss the winter solstice. Photo: Jared Sislin

Grommet Jackson Butler might not forget this and how could he? It's in print! Photo: Steinmetz

Droid redirects at his beloved 54th street. Photo: Matt Brannon Shutterspray

Another tasty treat of winter. Photo: Ted Robinson

Super grom in a super tube. Nothing major but enough to wash the hair. Sean Woods. Photo: Foster

Tube solider, Jeff Brack. Photo: Luke Forgay

You've seen him getting all the best shacks at 56th street. Nicolai Glazer.

Nuff said. Photo: Steinmetz

A turn from last summer, you ask? Well, when it's Martin Potter it's a turn that just keeps on giving. Photo: Steinmetz

The good news is the water's been warmer than normal. The bad news is that bootie sales are down. Jake Saenz footloose and busting free. Photo: Ricky Photo

Ted Robinson’s pole set.

Brett Simpson pulling into a memorable set wave somewhere north of River Jetties. Photo: Foster

Christian Homan, close to the shore yet so far from our own reality. Photo: Foster

Pier construction at Blackies, check. Surfers paddling out, check. Canon C busting out the seams of his 4/3, checkity, check. Photo: Tom Cozad

Timmy Reyes doing his thang somewhere in LA. Photo: John Salanoa

Ryan Carlson all shined up and ready for the New Year. You know it's winter when you're pig-dogging on your backhand here. Photo: Jimmy Boyes

Set your line, follow your passsion. Winter's wherever you fi nd it. Dane Zaun, pulling in all the way into 2015. Photo: Jeff Davis

Addy Giddings fi nds himself in the spot at a spot you wouldn't know even if we never told you. Photo: Jeff Davis

Although I didn’t get to see it in all of its glory, Supertubos reminded me of a few places very dear to my heart at home and in Mexico.

Dreamland PortugalWhen I was asked to go to the Quik Pro France by my boss Miky Picon,

I was super stoked because I didn’t have any Jrs. to look after and would

be able to grab some freesurfs and watch the event, which I did. During

the event, Miky said, “You’re going to Portugal for the 6-star Prime!” So

I cancelled my trip home and booked a fl ight to Portugal. I’d planned on

returning to Portugal for the ASP World Junior Pro at the end of October

but ended up spending over a month there. Went to the Prime, where Wig-

golly Dantas ended up making the semis and basically secured his spot

on the WCT for next year, which was really cool. Next up was the WCT

in Peniche and then fi nally the World Juniors in Ericeira. After the WCT

wrapped up in Peniche I was lucky enough to witness “The Cave” ses-

sion with Kelly, Aritz Aranbu and Sebastian Zietz. Kelly logged fi ve hours

straight of Cave death pits. For a guy with a seven-plus fi gure net worth,

he laid it all on the line in triple black diamond conditions. All up, with so

many fun waves and mellow crowds, you defi nitely should add Portugal

on your bucket list of surf trips! Like the surfi ng I witnessed, it’s amazing!

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Tiago is the Mayor. He bros down with all the local crews along the entire coast. They all know him and he takes the time to hang, rap out with everyone and shake everyones hand. True Ambassador of Portuguese surfi ng.

This is Kelly at The Cave. A magical day of surfi ng and for me to be on hand to take some photos of it was a benchmark in my photo hobby.

There is no place like home… and there is no place like Indo! Those perfect waves you draw in your notebook actually exist in the Mentawais. I was lucky enough to get invited to the Mentawais with Mikey Beho and the Froghouse crew. We spent two weeks on the Pelagic in search of perfection. Our captain was the legendary Jody Perry from the Sunshine Coast of Australia. He’s one of the pioneers of Ments and was the first to discover “Green Bush.” Every day consisted of surfing, eating, fishing and drinking… That’s

livin’, right? We had the chance to surf almost every spot, 14 waves in 11 days. Through our journey we ran into Gary “Kong” Elkerton and Tony “Doris” Eltherington. Beho lost his mind over a bottle of whiskey and gave away all his surfboards and boardies to Kong, Tony and Doris! The nightlife on the boat consisted of the B-52s cranked up and the boys showing off their best Rock Lobster dance moves. We had such a rad crew, everyone was ripping! Beho says, “#BestTripEver, we’re going back next year!”


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Ghetto Juice: What’s it like growing up in and around Newport?Parker Cohn: Growing up in Newport has been a huge blessing. You surf with all of your best friends every day and there’s a pretty wide vari-ety of waves to surf. Wedge, Blackies, 56th and River Jetties are all really different waves.

G+J: Who are some of your infl uences there?P+C: Bobby Okvist is really gnarly. It seems like he’s on the best waves every swell. He’s for sure someone I look up to in and out of the water.

G+J: Done any surf trips lately?P+C: I’ve been making a few trips down to Baja with Dave Post, and he also took me to Salina Cruz for two weeks over the summer. That was a really good experience for me and my surfi ng in general.

G+J: What’s your all-time favorite destination/surf spot?

P+C: My favorite spot has to be 56th Street. It has defi nitely been the centerpiece around where my friends and I surf every day.

G+J: You’ve been making a few NSSA Open fi nals lately, which is not an easy task! What’s your training and preparation like?P+C: DSC and Kevyn Dean have been a huge benefi t to my surfi ng and strategy. Kevyn is an amazing coach, and I owe every amount of suc-cess I have to him. Also, Dave Post has been extremely helpful. When we have a swell in the water, he’s always pushing us to charge harder and try new things.

G+J: What are some of your short-term goals?P+C: My short-term goals would have to be com-peting in the US Championships, and potentially winning a Surfi ng America Prime or NSSA Open event this season!

G+J: Long-term goals?

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P+C: Looking out farther, I would like to obtain a sponsor above everything else. Traveling and pushing myself in bigger waves is also something I strive for.

G+J: Other than being a “pro surfer,” if you could have any job that enabled you to surf, what would it be?P+C: Probably a shaper. Honestly, I really don’t know anything about shaping, but the idea of testing new lengths and shapes for different types of waves is something that really interests me.

G+J: Not that you’re old by any means, but do you have any advice for the younger groms?P+C: For other kids surfi ng, I would really emphasize getting an education equally along with pursuing contests and trips. I’m not home schooled, so I defi nitely have an understanding that work can pile up quickly. Don’t procrastinate, either. That’s my ultimate weakness!


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Parker Cohn’s not new to the contest scene, but is most certainly new to the NSSA Open podium. The Newport local has been polishing his competitive act and training hard to take out some heavies in the Juniors Division lately, and it’s always cool to see someone with hardly any stickers on his board (at least for now) turning heads in fi nals! So what does the future hold for Parker? We sat down with him recently to fi nd out, and here’s what he said...

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Nate Dorman

INTERVIEW BY KURT STEINMETZ AND PHOTOS BY JOE FOSTER

Ghetto Juice: You spent a lot of time surfi ng the OC this past year. What do you think of the surf scene around here?Nate Dorman: I love the OC surf scene. It has quickly become one of my second homes, with countless great waves to surf within a short drive, tons of contests for up-and-coming surfers, and lots of rippers. It’s hard to leave!

G+J: What were some of your most memorable surfs during your stay? N+D: One of the best was actually at Beach Blvd. in Huntington during an early summer combo swell with offshore winds. Just me, Joey Buran and Jakeh Bradley trading off tubes. That was a blast.

G+J: What swells did you miss back home while you were here?N+D: There were a couple of hurricane swells I missed, and my friends back home were posting photos getting shacked in the Outer Banks, or at home; that always hurts. But this happens more often when I’m at home and seeing my friends scoring California, so it balances out.

G+J: Who are some of the surfers in Orange County who impressed you the most?N+D: One grom, Parker Cohn, really impressed me at the Newport Beach Surf Championships. He is a really good surfer; he kills it! And obviously any time ’CT guys are in town. I saw Jordy and Kolohe out a few times at Salt Creek. Class is in session for me any time those guys paddle out.

G+J: How did you kill time between surfs? Where did you go? What did you do?N+D: On my last few trips I’ve had the privilege to do some public speaking to various groups of younger kids. I shared that life is meaningless without accepting Jesus Christ as your savior. This truth is what motivates me as I begin my professional surfi ng career. I want to share the hope that I have found in a relationship with Jesus with other surfers.

G+J: As a kid on the East Coast, before you ever surfed out here, what ideas or thoughts did you have about surfi ng Cali?N+D: Before I ever came here, I had the idea that it was sunny and hot every day. My fi rst visit was in the middle of June gloom and coming from 80-degree water and 90-degree, humid South Carolina air, I was confused and really cold every morning session.

G+J: Is there anything you’ll do differently when you come back out and stay in the OC next year?N+D: I would like to have a more consistent fi lmer so that I can get more footage for edits.

G+J: Who are some of the friends you made here, and who did you fi nd yourself surfi ng with most of the time?N+D: I always surf a ton with my coach, Joey Buran, and my friend Jakeh Bradley. On my last trip I surfed with the Huntington crew a lot. Joe Foster would shoot Matt Passaquindici, Kanoa Igarashi, and a whole bunch of us every morning.

G+J: How does a surfer from the East Coast break through and make a name for himself on the West Coast?N+D: For me, it has been consistently surfi ng where the best guys are surfi ng and networking. It has been a slow process, but I have always worked hard and received critique and coaching on my surfi ng and strived to be better every ses-sion. This year it has started paying off and I’ve been getting my name out more and more a little at a time.

G+J: What’s the most important thing you learned about surfi ng Orange County while you were here this year?N+D: I learned to believe the hype about Santa Ana winds. I’d always heard about how good the waves can get with these pristine conditions. Now after experiencing days and days of per-fectly groomed overhead offshore barrels, I look forward to my next Santa Ana session in Orange County.

G+J: Any advice to local groms back home who might dream of surfi ng the West Coast one day?N+D: Work harder on your surfi ng than anyone else, and be teachable. Mow as many lawns as it takes and buy a plane ticket. That is how I got out to Orange County the fi rst time. And leave your dreams in God’s hands. Proverbs 3:6 “Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.”

Nate Dorman spent a lot of time in the OC this year, doing events and surfi ng as often as possible. From Lowers to HB to the jetties in Newport, Nate was on it. He was usually seen with the legendary Joe Foster, getting photos as well as a ride. We caught up with Nate shortly after he left the OC, and here’s what he had to say…

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Ghetto Juice: Growing up in San Clemente, what’s your go-to spot? Hagan Johnson: Lowers. G+J: Oh yeah? And in your opinion, who are some of the standouts there? H+J: Kolohe, Ian Crane, Cole Houshmand and Wardo. G+J: Where else do you like to surf? H+J: Rivies, State Park, T-Street and Salt Creek. G+J: Anyone else in your family surf? H+J: My dad and my sister, Hana. G+J: Describe your perfect day.

H+J: Wake up at 5:30 a.m., go surf Lowers with my friends, then hit up Bull Taco for lunch and head to the skate park for a few runs before heading back to Rivi for a glass off session. G+J: How about the perfect surf trip? H+J: Tahiti. G+J: How do you like doing contests? H+J: I love them, but I hate to lose. G+J: What have been some of the highlights of your young competitive career? H+J: When I got invited to surf in the USA Prime, and winning any NSSA Open. And also being in

the Fish Bowl contest put on by Big Deluxe (Nate Yeomans). G+J: What are some of your goals as far as con-tests are concerned? H+J: To win the NSSA Open Nationals, USA Prime Championship and also the VQS Volcom Champs. G+J: What about goals for the future? H+J: Get on tour and start winning! G+J: Nice. Any closing words of wisdom? H+J: Be true to yourself. Believe in yourself, and do what you love.

Hagan Johnson. Sure, there are a lot of hot groms surfing at Lowers on a regular basis these days, so how do you really stand out? Well, if you’re Hagan Johnson from San Clemente, it’s pretty easy! Combine the fact that he rips with white blond hair and almost always wears a bright colored, neon wetsuit and you’re pretty much guaranteed not to miss him! There’s also one other tactic that he has learned in crowded Lowers that makes him a standout: You can almost always find him in that little sweet spot just inside of the main peak, capitalizing on the runners that pinch people too deep and swing wide, leaving Hagan with plenty of wide-open possibilities to himself! We recently caught up with Hagan to find out what he’s all about, and here’s what he had to say…

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“If you can believe it, 400 million Chinese people live within prox-imity of 1,000 miles of coastline, but they don’t go to the beach yet.”

I’ve just spent the last week of November on the island of Hainan, China, for the ISA China Cup as the coach of the fi rst-ever Surfi ng China National Surfi ng Team.

I’ve been on a lot of teams in my 48 years of surfi ng, both as a surfer and as a coach. I’ve won a Bronze Medal for my country Australia, coached Tom Curren to a Gold for the Surfi ng America National Surf Team, lead the Americans to Team Gold in the ISA World Surfi ng Games in 1984, bought America back to life with their fi rst appear-ance in the ISA World Junior Games with Team Silver and now worked with the fi rst-ever group of surfers from China as a team to represent their country.

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The Chinese have only been surfi ng a little over fi ve years, so I had to be realistic about the expectations. They’ve yet to even have a National Chinese championship, so the six person team (four guys and two girls) were hand-picked through reputation as being the best in China from a surfi ng population that numbers a little over a couple of hundred.

Still, while not at the level of any of the other seven nations competing for the ISA China Cup on Hainan, the team represented, proudly wearing the same uniforms bestowed on those who get to represent the Chinese Olympic Team.

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Two in particular, TZ and Pablo Huang, both caught a couple of good rides to cheers from the locals, and also from the other teams realizing the symbolic moment of them being the fi rst-ever surfers to represent China in the ISA international surfi ng competition.

If you can believe it, 400 million Chinese people live within proximity of 1,000 miles of coastline, but they don’t go to the beach yet.

When that happens, I wonder who’ll be the fi rst Chinese surf star, their version of the Beach Boys or Jan & Dean...it’ll be like the ‘60s in California all over again, 50 years later, only on the coast of China.

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What a night to remember. G+J had their monthly night at The Wayfarer in the west side of Costa Mesa last month. It was the triumphant return of The Hey Ho’s after their last performance in Brasil 7 years ago. We had very special guests The Lamones and the newly formed band The Went Wents. There was an amazing Ramones Tribute art show by local artists that would have made Arturo Vega (Ramones Art Director R.I.P.) very proud.

The Went Wents kicked the night off in drag with welting lyrics of the Go Go’s past and left the crowd wanting more. The Lamones brought on a

Hey Ho Lets Go!!!!unique Ramones fl avor which would of made Johnny and the rest of The Ramones proud that these young bucks could deliver the goods. The night was concluded by the one and only The Hey Ho’s. These guys really tore the roof off The Wayfarer. The crowd participation was just like it was back in the day at CBGB’s with every lyric as a sing along with Joey and crew. Its was a pleasure to see these guys back in action and performing songs from the greatest rock and roll band ever. If you get a chance please check these punkers out, you will not be disappointed. Till next time, rock on.

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Sick Hank would like you to wrap your skull around this ’80s skateboard shot. But first, get this! Long before public skate parks and long before X-Games, there was Christian Hosoi. No one skated like Christian Hosoi. Not Hawk, not the Dogtown crew, nobody! Hosoi was from another planet. His airs on a half pipe were out of this world and sick before the word “sick” was used to describe anything other than not feeling well. Take this shot of Hosoi flying through the crowd at an ’80s-era Op Pro. No scaffoldings were needed, just a big half pipe on the sand and a one Christian Hosoi to soar above the crowd. If you were there, you were blown away. It was hard to believe someone could do this on a skateboard. But this was the move that would eventually inspire surfers like Christian Fletcher and Archy to take to the air. It was the move that would eventually inspire John John and Julian Wilson, and Gabriel Medina and all the other aerialists out there today. And for that, we thank Christian Hosoi. He was so freakin’ rad!

Outside of Duke Kahanamoku, Phil Edwards was probably sur� ng’s � rst surf star. He was the � rst surfer to be considered number one by the sur� ng community when he won the inaugural Surfer Poll in 1963. Phil Edwards was the � rst surfers’ surfer. He wasn’t about contests, and I don’t think he ever even won a major one, but his sur� ng was about the art of riding waves, like being the � rst to successfully ride Pipeline in the early Sixties. A supreme stylist, the early images of him sur� ng were emulated by most surfers of the late Fifties into the early Sixties.Somewhat of a loner, he shunned the spotlight but was commercialized by Hobie with his Phil Edwards Model which today is a prized collector’s item. Phil’s still around in South Orange County and you hear of Phil Edwards sightings every once in awhile.

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It could be argued that Gordie Duane is responsible for Huntington Beach being called “Surf City”. He birthed surf culture as we know it today in the town when he opened its � rst surf shop “Surfboards by Gordie” under the pier in 1956. In those days, Gordie was build-ing balsa boards for a crew of pier locals that included Sammy Beull, Chuck Burgess, Lewis Tartar and the members of the “Boy’s of ‘55” HB Pier Surf Club, one of the � rst surf clubs in California. The shop under the pier down by the Plunge remained until 1959 when it burned down and Gordie moved the shop up onto PCH and 15th where for the next two decades it was a focal point of HB renegade surf culture and spawned “The Hole in the Wall Gang” the prominent shop surf team of the time. Most anybody who was anybody in HB at one time or another rode, shaped or worked in the Gordie shop or was a member of “The Hole in the Wall” gang. Gordie is the godfather of HB’s surf

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Bruce grew up on the Jersey Shore and by the mid-80s was one of their best and was a multi-year NSSA National Team member in the glory years of that program. He even-tually ended up on the West Coast where he integrated himself into the surf industry, � rst with Arnette and then as a founder of Electric where he was instrumental in build-ing it into a leading eyewear company before leaving to pursue new interests. Today he’s just launched a new surf company, Depactus, with former ASP World Tour veteran Aussie Luke Egan and is as stoked to be in the water as ever with his son Max who’s turned into a little ripper.

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I saw a picture of Mike Tabeling � ying on a super short � sh, beautiful style in slicing cutback that inspired me to make my � rst � sh after visiting Skip Frye in California. I already new of him though, he'd already made his mark in the sur� ng world, he'd � nished runner-up to Nuuhiwa in the '68 US Championships at the HB Pier and had been on the US Team in the '66, '68 and 1970 "Old School" ISA World Champion-ships and was a mainstay of the Dewey Weber Surf Team. In '77 I was on my � rst trip to Florida and found quickly that I needed a board more suited to the small beachbreak and Sebastian Inlet conditions and I befriended Mike and I built a pink � sh overnight in the Mike Tabeling Surfboards factory, we've been friends ever since. He spent over decade living at Jefferys Bay and eventually made his way to Orange County where for the last decade surfed and repped the GSI Surfboards brand stable until about year ago he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He had married Nancy Ellick and after the diagnosis Mike and Nancy lived the "Bucket List" traveling America visiting all his old friends, riding waves and living great times, I was fortunate to be involved in some of them and I have to say Tabeling lived his life to the end with so much class and diginity and I'm proud to have been his friend! R.I.P. my mate!

MIKE TABELING

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Just imagine. By the time the next issue comes out in the middle of December, we’ll know whether or not Gabriel Medina won or lost the world title. Although we don’t know what will happen at this point, we do know this: We’ll have some epic photos from our late fall/early winter, more great interviews, epic content and lots of pretty pictures. That’s just how we do it over here. AD MATERIALS DUE DECEMBER 1, 2014. Don’t miss out.


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