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The Side Of Miguel Pupo You’ve Been Missing
Out of the jersey and into an explosive display.
Dec 12, 2016
Miguel Pupo, Nat Young and gal pal, Nat’s house, Santa Cruz
Nat Young is an accommodating man. Staying at his house in Santa Cruz during the O’Neill Cold Water Classic was Mitch Crews, Balaram Stack, Michael Dunphy, Sage Erickson and Jesse Mendez. Nat lost in the quarters of the event, but still hosted the after-party. In attendance was Dusty Payne, Granger Larsen, Kai Barger, Shrimpy, Jesse Mendez, Mike Dunphy and a few others. “Of course, where there’s pro surfers, there’s also groupies,” said James ‘Jimmicane’ Wilson. “A number of attractive girls came to hang out with Miguel and Nat, two of Santa Cruz’s most high profile people.” After the party, everyone went to a Mickey Avalon concert. The spoils of victory, yes?
Mar 8, 2016
Miguel Pupo on an Alfred Hitchcock set, Portugal
There were hundreds of them… Just now, not fifteen minutes ago… at the beach… the birds didn’t attack until the men were in the water… crows, I think… Oh, I don’t know, is there a difference between crows and blackbirds?… I think these were crows, hundreds of them… Yes, they attacked the men. Attacked them! We kid! Portugal ain’t usually an eerie place, but this photo looks like a set from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, in which Bodega Bay is overrun with suddenly-violent birds. In the moment you see above, Miguel Pupo was warming up at Peniche, just before Rip Curl Pro organisers called a lay day. While the Brazilian spins over the shorepound, beneath a swarm of ravens, a swell builds and heads for the Supertubos banks (which are excellent right now, by the way). So, the call wasn’t a bad one. When the event does fire up, it’ll be the heat draw below that’ll unfold with gusto and excitement. RIP CURL PRO PORTUGAL ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS: Heat 1: Adriano de Souza (BRA), Brett Simpson (USA), Raoni Monteiro (BRA)Heat 2: Taj Burrow (AUS), Alejo Muniz (BRA), Jadson Andre (BRA)Heat 3: John John Florence (HAW), Kai Otton (AUS), Patrick Gudauskas (USA)Heat 4: Mick Fanning (AUS), Kieren Perrow (AUS), Dusty Payne (HAW)Heat 5: Kelly Slater (USA), Damien Hobgood (USA), Dillon Perillo (USA)Heat 6: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Kolohe Andino (USA), Pierre Valentin Laborde (FRA)Heat 7: Owen Wright (AUS), Bede Durbidge (AUS), Yadin Nicol (AUS)Heat 8: Josh Kerr (AUS), Heitor Alves (BRA), Taylor Knox (USA)Heat 9: Gabriel Medina (BRA), Miguel Pupo (BRA), Matt Wilkinson (AUS)Heat 10: Jeremy Flores (FRA), Michel Bourez (PYF), Adam Melling (AUS)Heat 11: Jordy Smith (ZAF), C.J. Hobgood (USA), Travis Logie (ZAF)Heat 12: Julian Wilson (AUS), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Tiago Pires (PRT)
Mar 8, 2016
