‘SnakeTales’ Returns After 4-Year Hiatus
The Changa gets a much-needed personality injection.
5x CT winner Jake ‘The Snake’ Paterson has fired up Snaketales after a four year hiatus.
After stepping away from professional surf coaching to focus on his role at Feel Good Inc in 2020, Snake found himself drawn back into the world that defined much of his career earlier this season – first on the CT, then at the Olympics as one of Japan’s lead coaches alongside Dog Marsh.
His previous departure, marked by success in guiding talents like Julian Wilson, Griffin Colapinto, and Stephanie Gilmore to CT glory, also entailed the tragic loss of SnakeTales – low calorie BTS giggles taking you inside the walls (and minds) of surfing’s brightest young gunz.
In this Portugal episode we learn Kanoa’s doing alright for himself – a Porsche Cayenne and crisp Ericeira holiday home a poignant reminder it pays to win Olympic hardware + count Final 5 finishes. “I have four full-time employees — my two parents plus a filmer and an assistant on the road. They all live off that income” Igarashi told Stab previously, estimating he spends $50,000 per month on his career.
Definitely not spending $50K per month on their careers is the rest of the SnakeChanga cohort including Shion Crawford, Eithan Osborne, Jett Schilling, Kade Matson, Hiroto Ohhara and Macy Callaghan, who keep it fairly shoestring and honest.
“I drive an e-bike,” cracks Macy. Who knew it was possible to sell the off-grid dream for Dometic with such limited mileage?
When so many of pro surfing’s characters seem a bit beige and 2D, SnakeTales revival holds hope of ushering us into a technicolor world of (at least) 3-dimensional CAD renderings.
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