Submitted for general disapproval: This video, in which Spat commits a sin against the art of surfing that is so grievous that censors intervened.
Dubbed the Dirty Goleta (derived from the contemporaneous paint job on the Devereaux Grafitti Hut, where the atrocity took place) the offending man-eu-ver proves that kook DNA runs deep ...
Surfing in Santa Barbara means contending with consistently underwhelming waves. The upside? Plenty of time to hone kayak fishing techniques, spear fishing tactics and campfire tending skills.
That's exactly how it played out at Refugio state beach on Spat Out in Glory's latest barrel quest. One with local knowledge might question the choice of destinations: Refugio? AKA Refoofio? AKA the least barreling wave on California's central coast? (Video after the jump.)
Names that echo through surfing: Big Bonzai Pipeline, Critical Ghost Tree, Scary Puerto. And, of course, Knee-Slappin' Devereaux.
Spat out in Glory has had about three false starts getting more footage since the return from Nicaragua's golden surf spots. Finally it came together this week. Time, waves (of a sort), functioning camera equipment. At Devereaux. Where it all started back in '81. (Video after the jump.)
Surfing, Video, Video gear, Wipeouts | tagged Devereaux, GoPro, Longboard, Spat Out in Glory, Surfing | Oct 29, 2010 at 4:31 PM 
A droplet on the lens obscures the key pixels in this masterpiece of surf cinematography. To wit, Spat Out in Glory takes off, makes the bottom turn, lines it up, then shoots for the barrel.
By way of full disclosure, we use the term "barrel" in its most limited sense here. Total diameter: 18 inches. Duration: .75 seconds. But for a moment, the cranium was in the air pocket. It sounded like a seashell clamped around the entire head. ...
Surfing, Video, Video gear | tagged GoPro, Santa Claus Lane, Surf, Surfing, Tyler Surfboards | Apr 25, 2010 at 6:06 PM 
Evolution doubters suffered a terrible setback today at Devereaux Point in Santa Barbara. Exhibit No. 1: The embedded video from Spat Out in Glory conclusively demonstrating that ape DNA runs strong in humankind's veins.
This is the kind of thing that could end up in Geico commercial. Note the dull gaze. The tiny, low forehead. The haunchy, straight-backed crouch. The knuckles dragging on the surfboard deck. A dead stick hanging from the evolutionary tree. This specimen, like many recent iterations of the hominid family, lacked body hair. It also seems to lack the instincts and athleticism of its arboreal cousins. Darwin is rolling in his grave. ...
Surfing, Video | tagged Devereaux, GoPro, Longboard, Spat Out in Glory, Surf, Surf Films, Surfing | Apr 23, 2010 at 4:04 PM 
Playa Santana in Nicaragua lit up this morning after three days of onshore mush. Spat was there with the GoPro, whose propensity to fog leaves the curious viewer wondering...was that a giant barrel he just pulled into? Video after the jump...
The morning session: Exploratory paddle out in dead calm, just to shake off three days of shorebound rust. Is that a breeze I detect coming off the hills to the east? Indeed it is... Three guys out. The chest-high sets start standing up. The breeze picks up and those puppies are being groomed like they're in the final at Westminster. Bathwater warm. Bath tub clear. ...
Nicaragua, Surf Films, Surfing, Video, Video gear | tagged Gerry Lopez, GoPro, Nicaragua, Playa Santana, Spat Out in Glory | Feb 25, 2010 at 3:58 PM 
A review of Spat Out in Glory's surf videos revealed an ugly reality: Persistent stink bug stance. Video after the jump documents efforts to drop the inexplicably high ass.
We're at T-Minus six days of surfing in Nicaragua to catch a barrel. The hopelessness that gripped the project for several weeks in January is evaporating...
Nicaragua, Surfing, Video | tagged Buena Onda, GoPro, Nicaragua, Playa Santana | Feb 22, 2010 at 2:11 PM 
Spat's taxonomy of surfing failure generated so many reader questions we were compelled to return with a new series of video wipeouts and their descriptions under the classification system.
Watch the video, refer to the classification system, and name that wipeout.
The amount of wipeout footage being generated by each session at Playa Santana in Nicaragua threatens to overwhelm our digital storage capabilities. The surf remains small...maybe waist high on the high tide. Spat is relieved. The inability to navigate waist high waves would translate well into overhead stuff. The differences would manifest in the realm of bodily consequences...
Nicaragua, Video, Wipeouts | tagged GoPro, Linden, Playa Santana, Surf, Surf Films, Surfing | Jan 21, 2010 at 2:33 PM 
Surfing lacks a consistent system of describing its failures. Hence, Spat Out in Glory has undertaken to classify the sport's moments of futility into a hierarchy that leaves nothing to doubt.
See below for classifications and their application to the video of Spat taking saline nasal douches after the jump. ...
Nicaragua, Surf Films, Surfing, Video, Wipeouts | tagged GoPro, Spat Out in Glory, Wipeout Taxonomy | Jan 17, 2010 at 1:05 PM 
Spat nabbed its first ride in Nicaragua.
How can it get better? The Camera Monkey was filming the moment at 48 frames per second on the Beaulieu.
Better still? Caught the whole thing on the GoPro board cam. Video after the jump.
To misquote Churchill, this marks the beginning of the beginning. ... The CM's remark upon Spat's return to shore: "Baby! We really needed some good news!"
Nicaragua, Super 8, Surf craft, Surfing, Video, Video gear | tagged Beaulieu, GoPro, Nicaragua, Rancho Santana, Surf, Surfing | Jan 8, 2010 at 12:00 PM 