Free Surfer Craig Anderson on Walking away from his biggest deal of his life #phcl #dbjourney
I mean, I turned down a contract, which would have been like the most amount of money I could have ever made. But yeah, I just felt like it didn’t really matter. I mean, I was just happy with how things had turned out. I had a house. I had a car that worked and had people around me that I just was inspired by. It just felt good to me. Obviously, the money thing was kind of like hard to turn down, but I’ve never been motivated by money or wanting to be
Riding tiny boards at pipeline as opposed to the de rigueur guns, riding waves with a casual nonchalance at a time plagued with air-reverse and power surfing as the go-to. Craig’s relevance extends beyond his style on a surfboard. He has helped shape and strengthen an at-titude, a creativity. We can’t decide whether it’s his style, honesty, or understated approach to life that makes him such an iconic figure in the surf-cultural landscape. It’s probably all three…
