California: Team Giving It Hell with Jimmicane

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A few days prowling California with our photo department’s one-man wolfpack. the swell didn’t even see him coming.

& captions by jimmicane

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This guy is not part of #teamgivinithell. If he really wanted to give it hell, he would’ve done a floater.

# teamgivinithell So, we should’ve been in Central America — that’s the place for south swells, but I fucked it up. I was right in the #getshitdone part of planning a trip down there when I accidentally went on a party bender up in LA and failed to finalize any kind of crew or location. Let me tell you though, I raged and I don’t regret a minute of it: Dillon Perillo’s 21st birthday at Voyeur, a Texas-themed party for Cisco Adler’s wife Barbara (one of our Swimsuit Issue models) in Malibu, and closed it out with an allyou-can-drink Patron/Grey Goose/Belevedere night at Colony thanks to my friend Nick Severt. Very fun stuff and for sure better than planning a trip out of the country. So in California I stayed, and decided I was gonna give this swell the most hell anyone has ever given.

When you’re face to face with a super hyped south swell (or any swell in Southern California), you should pretty much throw expectations out the window. Actually, just expect the waves to suck, and if you get anything decent at all you will be psyched.

Just give it hell and see what happens.

Blake Jones is a lifelong best friend and shares the overall hell-giving attitude needed to be a partner on this mission.

Together we hit the road at 4:30am last Thursday. Bags packed, no schedule, ready for anything to come flying down the middle so we could knock that bitch out of the park. Here’s a little documentation of our journey, which honestly kicked ass. Big thanks to all the homies we met up with. You are all now part of #teamgivinithell for life. —Jimmicane

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My first drink!

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My first drink! (of the day)

# EDITORIAL Editor in Chief travis ferrÉ Managing Editor stuart cornuelle Photo Editor peter taras Associate Photo Editor jimmy wilson Art Director chato aganza Art Director Scott Chenoweth Online Editor jason miller

# pitcrew Scotty “Givin’ it hell since 1987” Hammonds, Chase “#notbattling” Wilson, Cody “#BACON” Thompson, Fisher “Fisherly” Heverly, Dylan “KFC” Graves, Alejandro “Jameer Nelson” Moreda, Brian Toth, Jerry “Jer-bear” Ricciotti, Victor Pakpour, Aaron “My fav other mag dude” Checkwood, The Brothers Geiselman, Oliver “Mono” Kurtz, Duncan Henville, Jason Miller, Oleema “Blake’s friend/Taj’s girlfriend” Miller, Anthony “Not scared of rocks” Petruso, Pascal Stansfield, Clay Marzo, Adam Klevin, Strider, Surf Kat, Timmy Reyes, John “Is that Del Moro?”

Smart, Kelly “Niggardly?” Slater, Kalani “Blake’s Friend/Kelly’s girlfriend” Miller, Scott from Entourage, Ruben Pina, Dusty “#nothurtin” Payne, a ridiculously attractive girl named Lauren, KC “5k” Russ, The Shamrock, Kai Barger, Luke Walsh, Amy “Smart Car” Murphree, SK, Jason Hatch, Gorkin, Joe Alani, The Shanty, The Office

# tableofcontents newport

laguna

ch.1

ch.2

san clemente

zuma ch.4

ch.3

malibu

lowers

ch.5

ch.6

dusty payne.

Chase Wilson lives on 54th St. He’s the main loc and if you ever see his house you know he is #notbattling.

Blake Jones on a windswell. South swell filling in behind him.

Big Thursday! Cody Thompson hunting the 2012 XXL award at 54th.

You would think Ale Moreda would be on the bomb and Cody boosting a slob, but no!

Damien Hobgood once called Fisher Heverly “Fisherly.”

It stuck.

Not sure this was even a surf spot. It was just a rock slab to closeout on sand. Brian Toth gave it hell though.

Blake takes a 99-cent shower.

Blake gives a free shower.

brian toth.

Spent Thursday evening at epic Rivis... which in general translates to “some decent fun waves.�

Evan G., no grab necessary.

The Geiselmans’ rental pad in San Clemente has become the go-to hangout zone.

Blake Jones.

dylan graves.

Best State Park ever?

Best garage ever?

Eric with a near pull. Wave didn’t have enough hell left to push him out of it.

evan geiselman.

blake jones.

A few corners to be had at Zuma.

zuma

not many though.

Clay Marzo, meet Zuma.

zuma, meet clay marzo.

hi zuma.

clay marzo.

midday glass off.

#teamgivinithell’s Malibu host, Anthony Petruso.

old school hell giver.

Yes, that’s the guy from Entourage. scott cann.

10x world champ. d

don’t matter here.

#surfrapist

Kelly wanted in on #teamgivinithell so he texted Blake some words we later had to look up in the online dictionary.

Blake jones.

Malibu has never seen hell like this before.

That’s one way to beat jet lag.

There’s another.

and yet another.

Oliver Kurtz drives a Hummer. We all packed in that beast.

Dusty Payne. An integral part of #teamgivinithell.

oliver kurtz.

blake jones.

tim and kel.

kai barger.

Dusty payne #nothurtin.

this kid is #hurtin.

#partywave.

Dusty payne.

didn’t pull it, but still gave it hell.

thanks for givin’ it hell.