Dirty Old Wedge Page #3

They made it like funny to wear

Speedos.

- And the only time I

wouldn't wear Speeds,

Romanaosky and I did a lot of

Frisbee.

He'd say, Mel, there's no

way I'm throwing the Frisbee

with you wearing Speedos.

- But it was funny, I think

they kind of won us all over

and kind of established their

deal

because they were freely

charismatic, you know?

Like, Mel was super funny

and just was really good

with the jibber jabber and

keeping Romo

from getting pissed off at

him and making him laugh.

And he knew quickly, like,

Romo was the guy that

gets waves, you know.

- [Voiceover] Oh my God, that's

great.

Uh oh, Ron just ripping it.

Alright, he's stoked, that was

awesome.

(gentle, strumming music)

(clapping)

- [Voiceover] Despite those

Speedos, they were wave riders.

They brought a new energy to

Wedge

and that energy on the sand

transferred

right into the water.

They set the bar higher

than it had ever been.

- I think we just kept going and

going

and more people would kind of

come in

and if they had that same verve,

they had that verve, that love.

It was like, let's go.

You know, and you have that

same soul, that same heart,

that same love.

- The art of body surfing

and the soulfulness

of body surfing that the

Wedge crew was all about,

even though they love their fun,

they were purist body surfers,

you know.

And they loved that art form.

- There is something special

about being on that wave

with nothing but your body.

And, it's difficult.

It's not easy.

So, when you score a ride body

surfing,

it's the greatest feeling in the

world

because you're one with the

ocean.

- There's no better way to

ride a wave in body surfing.

There's just something special

about it

that you just can't beat it.

- Body surfing down at the

Wedge really started peaking

with notoriety and people

seeing body surfers

as more than just guys that,

oh, they don't know how to surf

or body board or do whatever.

It's like, no, no, body

surfing's like a full-on deal

in its own.

- I always say the wave got me

there

and the people kept me there

because here I get down there

and it's,

everybody body surfs.

This is it, this is where I

belong.

(gentle, pop music)

- [Voiceover] Fun with Mel's

crew,

it wasn't long before a new crop

of kids started showing up.

These young guys, they were so

good,

you know, showing just

incredible style.

- When we first showed up,

we were so afraid of the crew

and they were such a unique

group of individuals.

They had such

flair, style.

They wore Speedos with

all sorts of colors.

Did things on waves we couldn't

imagine.

And we were just in awe of them.

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