Over the process the previous month, we’ve been working season 2 of “Surf Jeopardy!” — our surfy model of the vintage TV sport display — in which fanatics all over the place have tuned in to flex their surf minutiae muscle mass by way of Instagram Reside. A mustachioed Jon Wayne Freeman has acted as our Trebek-like host, peppering contributors with questions from classes like “Slater-Ology”, “Previous or Unfashionable”, “Occy”,” “Three Letter Surf Manufacturers” and extra.
The construction of every episode labored just like that of the OG “Jeopardy!”: contestants picked from a class at a definite worth (e.g. “Occy” for $100), had been served details like, “Occy performed himself on this ’80s Hollywood surf film,” and had been required to respond to temporarily (“What’s the ‘North Shore’”).
At Four p.m. subsequent Thursday, 9/3, we’ll be web hosting a season finale of types in which Nine contestants with a knack for surf historical past will digitally collect to mentally joust for a shot on the grand prize of a brand-new T&C surfboard (with a psychedelic resin process finished through the proficient Brian King) and 2 Dragon shades.
Song in to Instagram live to tell the tale 9/Three to look who will win a contemporary new rip stick and, within the period in-between, get to grasp the general contestants beneath — all of whom had been hand-picked in keeping with top ratings in prior episodes or right kind solutions within the remark segment, some you’ll already know for surfy exploits past surf minutiae.
The Nine contestants of “Surf Jeopardy!”:
Identify: Ken Lewis
Location: San Diego, CA
Homebreak: Venture Seashore/Sundown Cliffs
Favourite Surfboard: 6’4″ Stu Kenson “Rocket Fish”
Favourite Surf Film: “Past Blazing Forums” or “The Occumentary”
Class Strengths: ’70s, ’80s, ’90s
Class Weak point: The rest after 2008 or Brazilian Typhoon-related
Social: @hanger18
Identify: Matthew Donoian
Location: Tampa Florida
Homebreak: Jensen Seashore Florida
Favourite Surfboard: Al Merrick
Favourite Surf Film: “Misplaced Throughout The usa Vol. II: The Decline of Surfing Civilization”
Class Strengths: Surf spots
Class Weaknesses: Professional surfers
Social: @captainmatticus
Identify: Zach Lana
Location: Los Angeles
Homebreak: Shitpipe
Favourite Surfboard: Xanadu “Xank”
Favourite Surf Film: “Fashionable Collective”
Class Strengths: Chophops, Huntington hops and Double pump backside turns
Class Weak point: Non-NSSA Open Juniors winners
Social: @valleygurl24
Identify: Tyler Allen
Location: Brazil
Homebreak: Po-Ha-Cara yo Brazil
Favourite Board: 11’1″ Kennedy
Favourite Surf Film: “Swizzle my Nizzle”
Class Strengths: The whole thing
Class Weak point: No weak spot
Social: @tylerallenvo
Identify: Kay Saffe
Location: Pacific Seashore (PB) / San Diego, CA
Homebreak: Crystal Pier
Favourite Board: 9’0″ Hank Warner “Dream System Noserider”
Favourite Surf Film: “One California Day”
Class Strengths: Hippie Havens, anything else about longboarding
Class Weaknesses: Questions that question me what yr one thing took place
Identify: Stefan Jeremias
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Homebreak: Newport Seashore
Favourite Board: 5’10” Mandala RPQ
Favourite Surf Film: “STYLEMASTERS”
Class Strengths: Surf historical past, tradition, board design
Class Weaknesses: Broisms, aggressive stats
Skip McCullough
Location: Los angeles Jolla, Ca.
Homebreak: Windansea
Favourite Board: 8’0″ Xanadu Barrel Gun
Favourite Surf Film: “Blue Horizon”
Class strengths: Surf films
Class Weaknesses: Previous WSL/ ASP stats
Identify: Jason Miller
Location: San Clemente, California
Homebreak: Trestles
Favourite Board: Slater Designs “Sci-Fi 2.0”
Favourite Surf Film: “Fanning The Fireplace” (on tape)
Class Strengths: 50/50 questions
Class Weaknesses: Bro-isms
Identify : Alex Frischman (@chickfilasandwich)
Location: Brooklyn NY
Homebreak: New Smyrna Seashore, Florida
Favourite Board: 4’11″ Sam Cumisky dual fin
Favourite Surf Film: “Free Trade”
Class strengths: 2000s surf motion pictures
Class weak spot: The rest BC (ahead of Curren)
Song into SURFER’s channels subsequent Thursday to determine which of the above Nine will get to say the oh-so-coveted name that incorporates profitable “Surf Jeopardy!” along side a brand new wall hanger and 2 Dragon shades (beneath).
Rob Machado Dragon shades.