Derek Rielly

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

"I painted this mural in July of last year, and these guys told me how much they loved the mural and then decided to never pay me." The iconic Californian surfboard brand Rusty has been hit with a PR headache after a queer female artist took to her socials to accuse the R dot of not paying for an elaborate wall mural at their Carlsbad store.

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

"Violence, especially against women, should never, ever be part of surfing." Peacemakers are working overtime in Hossegor tonight after it was revealed local French surfers had given hell to competitors in a German gal contest there. A damning video, more of a GIF than a video but a moving testimony nonetheless, shows one French surfer becoming “physically aggressive”, as they say, after dropping in on a competitor and pushing her off her surfboard.

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

"Chaotic, beautiful, and downright ridiculous…" For over one decade BeachGrit readers have enjoyed the sunny and generous persona of Puerto Rican Dylan Graves travelling hither and thither in search of weird, wonderful and perfect waves. Click here, here, here, here and here. And here. Here. Here, too. And, here, where it all began.

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

"Come my son, we love you SO much already!" Two weeks ago, the world’s first surfing gold medallist Italo Ferreira shocked fans by deleting every single post from his Instagram account and leaving but one post featuring a carousel of he and his nutritionist-model gal Sofia Larocca embracing while Larocca holds printouts of an ultrasound of their upcoming kid.

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

“I was really struggling with all the turmoil surrounding Volcom. I was in a dark place. Florence is a positive light in a sea of chaos." If any proof was needed that the start-up surf brand Florence, formerly Florence Marine X has become the hottest brand in surf, the appearance of Richard Woolcott, founder and former CEO of Volcom, as an investor is probably it. Florence Marine X was launched with $12 million in seed cash in 2020.