What separates a Dane Reynolds edit from the rest is joyous purity, energy and barrel riding that hits you in the stomach.
Only two years ago, the rural idyll of go-for-broke former world number four Dane Reynolds was shattered by the arrival of Kourtney Kardashian and her husband Travis Barker, the pint-sized jack-in-the-box drummer for Blink 182.
Although he is yet to speak publicly about the sale of Conan O’Brien’s old joint on Padaro Lane there in Serena Cove, Carpinteria, to Travis and Kourtney it’s no secret that this is a man who likes his privacy.
In this latest YouTube instalment for Chapter 11 TV, Dane Reynolds has escaped the noise of Central California for the wilds of Sumatra, the second largest of the Greater Sunda Islands, in the Malay Archipelago. Here, Reynolds thrills surf fans with a performance that proves he is still as limber as a Haitian dancer. An Australian surfer with meringue-white skin and strawberry red hair summarises the mood of the pack with a Fisher-esque to-camera monologue.
“Oh mate, fuck, good to have a a crack, couple of legends out there doing their thing, inspiring shit, thank you Sumatra, la la la la la la.”
What separates a Dane Reynolds edit from the rest is an excellent question. The ingredients are joyous purity, energy and barrel riding that hits you in the stomach.
Two weeks ago, Reynolds showcased his dramatic weight loss in a new edit, filmed six months after he was nearly killed after a blow to his head.
And last month, Dane Reynolds lionised the slacker lifestyle in a controversial anti-MAGA edit that pushed back against conventional lifestyles, the sort championed by the fundamentalist Protestant right and red-hatters.
