Earlier this week, Maurice Cole joined Chas Smith and I for an episode of The Grid.

You know, they never grew up like we did in surfing with the drug culture.

You know, all our kids that, you know, like I've got kids and grandkids now,

they've seen it and experienced it, you know, and it actually, actually armed them for when crystal meth

came along, you know, and, you know, there was quite a few interests in Tokyo, the first few

crystal meth dealers, the ice deals that came to town were asked really nicely to leave.

We won't go there.

The grit is available in your podcast app and on surf splendor podcast.com.

That's episode number 35. Go get it.

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There are seminal moments in surf films that inspired design trends. Craig Anderson's Hippto Crypto at Can Doey, John John making the finals on the same exact surfboard, everywhere

from lowers through Europe and a pipeline. Obviously, Simon Anderson's thruster at Bell's, Maurice Cole's reverse V for Tom Curran.

Making any sort of claim like that in advance is probably a hex, but I get the suspicion that

Torne Martin's footage from Jay Bay, writing his 7'9 channel bottom twin fin, might be such a moment.

Those flashpoints happen when board design is

partnered with an open-minded surfer who unlocks new lines on a wave. We've all seen Jay Bay surfed

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