Chas Smith

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Chas Smith

“What started as a surfing book became a story about whether an Obama speechwriter and a Joe Rogan superfan can become friends..." Very few saw this coming. Surfing, our very and most favorite pastime, has been lightly regarded for much of modern history. The pursuit of dropouts and derelicts. Non-serious folk who need only a tasty buzz and some cool waves to be fine.

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Chas Smith

I love you, surfing. You are the best, surfing. There is still time but barely. Tomorrow (or today for our southern hemisphere brothers and sisters) is International Surfing Day. The occasion when surfers everywhere shower surfing with the praise and attention, love and care it deserves during the rest of the calendar year but sometimes doesn’t get.

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Chas Smith

"Heavy rainfall will lead to life-threatening flooding and mudslides..." Hours ago, Hurricane Erick made landfall 100, or so, clicks north of Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Upgraded to a category 3 with maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour (127 mph) and gusts reaching 250 kilometers per (155 mph), it is the first to hit Mexico this hurricane season. Forecasters are predicting above-average activity from May to November, guessing that eight to eleven swirling storms will form.

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Chas Smith

"I do not, nor never will, support SUPs, Wavestorms, Ben Gravy-branded soft-tops or foils around people." Polarized times, these are, but I don’t have to tell you. It’s hard to keep up what with America-first anti-forever war United States President Donald J. Trump considering bombing Iran under pretenses that makes George W.

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Chas Smith

"This watch reflects everything I love—the ocean, nature, and the easygoing style I’ve always connected with.” Kelly Slater has been a multi-hyphenate since almost the beginning. The young surf prodigy, blessed with knee-buckling good looks, quickly added model to surf. Next came acting followed by boy toy followed by singer, songwriter, inventor, astrophysicist and designer. Wild to imagine that a boy from Cocoa Beach could become so much.