One time when we were in Paris, it was crazy. Kelly finished in the last spot, 44To be on, and to be energetic every day, you give a lot. And in my car were Shane Dorian, Ross Williams, and Todd Chesser.
"And how oblivious I was to the whole thing was funny. (Laughs) So the first time he did get a hold of me, I hung up on him.
I thought it was a friend taking a piece out of me.After repeated attempts, I finally believed that it was him and I drove up and met with him at Hollister Ranch. Like any man, we like to hibernate. It’s a marketing job – a little bit of surf stuff, skate stuff, snow stuff, and hopefully whatever I want to do. Brown's films opened doors and endless possibilities of the imagination for millions of surfers worldwide. I’m trying to put the time in, just maybe not the exact hours (of a 40 hour work week).Oh, yeah. It was great! Plus, that's what my friends would do. But we just want to have the jet ski so we can get to [inaccessible] places.I’ll be honest, I am doing two things: I’m trying to do what my job was before with surfing, yet I’m also trying to do this new thing as well.
I do a lot of work with the ASP and I've been on the board for five years so I'm really trying to help push and direct. Sure enough, Wingnut's got his longboard on the front of the car and we've got the map out in rush hour traffic!I will say, going into the last couple (episodes), I felt that it was probably time that I step aside. Mind you, finding directions and all these things, there are no iPhones with maps.Now, this isn't a Hollywood film where everyone knows they're in the movie. Whenever they have a question, there are much smarter guys than I am. "So, obviously those other three names were on the list.
Rob Machado and Pat O'Connell take us surfing at their secret spot in...well, it's a secret.
My schedule is going to revolve around the waves. Whether it be towing in or paddling in – it will more likely be paddling. That’s what’s heavy.
At that time, it was right when the ASP broke for having trials and qualifying the top 44. Bob's from Huntington Beach, so what better place than Surf City with all the retail and everything? They would call and say that they were someone that they weren't. Get the latest videos, photos, results, news and bio for pro surfer Pat O'Connell. I’m always asking “Can you help me here?”, and they just start laughing. He currently resides in Dana Point with his wife, Janet, and son, Nathan. Then Pat O'Connell went on to have a fantastic, competitive career and starred in not just one of my favorite movies, but one of my favorite TV shows of all time.
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The good thing right now is that I started this job in the summertime.
The people are awesome at Hurley. Pat O'Connell Biography:
Patrick O'Connell (born 1971) is a surfer and star alongside Robert "Wingnut" Weaver in Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer II.
That was the goal and it totally worked. So we had a performance event in California, and then you kind of went up the road a month or so earlier with the US Open (of Surfing), which also came to us through the ING relationship.So then it was like, "OK, how do we make this bigger and better?" It seems that former WCT surfer Pat O’Connell had gotten himself a desk job as Hurley’s marketing guy. So I kind of always felt like OK, unless we do a really big reunion thing, it was probably my last time anyway.I thought it would have been good for the show to find, like, He's actually on my fantasy surfer team. It’s different for me, and it’s really hard to say since I’m just getting into it. Pat O'Connell teaching a grom how to surf. But I’ll probably stay there until pretty late tonight. I don’t have one. I mean I’m sure he’s fine and all, but it’s the first real mistake on the job for me. I left that contest scratching my head thinking, "Am I the dumbest person in the world? I said, "Great. ©Hurley. So, I kind of always felt like, here's this guy who's got a job and who's got things to do and it's a great opportunity for someone to be known.
I just gave away my dream job." I sent Tim Curran to Japan, [for the Quiksilver Pro WCT] , and I forgot to send Timmy’s itinerary to the guys in Japan. At the same time, we were aligning with a new board short proposition to make really great board shorts and owning that part of the market. The girl came by who’s making the business cards and I asked her to leave it blank because I have the feeling that it’s going to be one of those things where it’s a little bit of everything.
I did choose him so I can't say I'm too surprised.