Mason Ho’s Stealing The Hearts Of Surfing

Mason Ho’s likeable. The surf world’s been falling for him, and never more so than this year. There’s reason for it, not to bang on the “fun” clichè typically associated with Mase, but it’s his irreverent attitude and his unconventional approach that keeps us wanting more. His License to Chill series was one of the year’s most entertaining, and it won him an award at the Surfer Poll. And while at the Surfer Poll, Mase and Cheeseburger were the show. They cracked jokes about Kaipo Guerrero laying down with Madonna – which he did, and that’s fantastic – talked story, sat on stage with glazed eyes and magnificent smiles and said things like, “don’t forget your history, all you young kids out there don’t forget your surf culture… Study haaaard!” Naturally, Occy had Mason over to the Billabong house; with some casual product-placed Pacificos they rattled off this 30-minute interview.