Ennis assures me this is one of the most essential – and exciting – moves there is in the surf world.” “Now for today’s lesson we’re going to be learning the basics of a fundamental maneuver all surfers should be able to employ. Jordan calms himself down and turns back to the camera. I’ll need a few more lessons with the maestro before I get to that level, right Ennis? Jordy! Just like my favourite surfer, Jordy Smith. “Well, it’s what you’ve asked me to call you. “Yes, it is.”Įnnis looks from the camera, to Jordan, back to the camera. Jordan’s head wobbles when he says ‘surfing’.Įnnis nods dutifully into the camera. It’s sort of my surfing nickname for you.” “In fact that’s what I call you in the surf now, isn’t it? The maestro. “Just ease back a bit there,” says Jordan, putting a hand to Ennis’ mic. “Hi,” says Ennis softly, leaning into the lapel mic. “Here with me as always I have my good friend, and the surf maestro, Ennis Pieters.” “Thank you everybody and welcome to our latest meSurf livestream,” says Jordan in his perfectly pitched, if slightly over enthusiastic, tone. But he is still well-presented for a surfer who has most likely seen the inside of more than one third-world gaol cell.īoth are wearing tightly cropped meSurf tees with lapel mics clipped to the collar. Shaggy blonde hair falls down around his eyes. Less well built than Jordan, and a little more weathered. A vaguely familiar amatuer pro from the ‘90s.
He sits in front of a sheer white Macbook and looks to be an excited ball of corporate energy. Moneyed English accent common to the eastern suburbs advertising scene. The screen fades to two men sitting at a simple timber desk, itself positioned in front of a larger version of the aforementioned logo, which looks to be draped from the ceiling of the well-lit studio. Jack Johnson-esque guitar licks accompany the virtual scene.
Picture a white screen: in the middle is a simple circular logo, with a classic one-dimensional curling wave breaking in the middle.īelow the logo, in that soft cursive font favoured by wellness influencers and middle-aged mothers, is written MeSurf online tutorials: become a pro from the comfort of your own home. "It is impossible to neglect and still be a complete surfer.