by Major Lazer » Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:35 am
So on another note.... a group of maybe 7, 20 something kids were posted up in front of us yesterday. Almost everyone one of them had an expensive camera, like 4 or 5 peps, and there was an Aqua Tech housing laying there as well? I thought immediately these kids are not from around here. Not your typical Portland 20 somethings having a beach day. 2 blond and fit females eventually suited up, paddled out on fishy shapes, and one of them was a pretty good surfer. After the session she posed for pics on the beach, with various product placement items like water bottle, towel, and leash etc. So 5 or 6 photogs and one SoCal pro is what I am deducing at this point, but still kinda scratching my head thinking this gal must be someone special? Why so many photogs and what for?
At this point something clicked prob from lurking social media outlets and I had an hunch who she might be, a young surfer from San Diego name Anna Ehrgott. Kinda like the female version of Cyrus Sutton I think? Or from that same north county Encinitas zone and a protégé. Not necessarily a competitive pro, but lifestyle free surfer type. One that gets paid to endorse products and lifestyle, travels, and surfs mostly cruisey waves. So sure I get, it seems like a pretty good gig, but I was totally turned off at how contrived it all was seeing it all unfold in front of me. A gal I’d think was pretty cool from her social media portrayal seemed well kinda fake to me and didn’t even crack a smile on land or in the water in what is usually a greeting of the tribe? Maybe it was that SoCal attitude or perhaps creeped out by my old man status? Who knows….. Not sure where I am going here, but just funny to see the behind the scenes and realizing how contrived a lot of the social media stuff is esp when it come to the outdoor lifestyle and surfing genera.
Routine is a vampire. Manu Chao-