Watch // Mason Ho and the First Day of Christmas

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Stu Nettle (stunet)
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While everyone else is preparing to down tools for the year, Mason Ho has upped his wokload. Fella has pledged to drop an edit a day for the twelve days of Christmas.

Not sure how all this is gonna work. For one, is Swellnet's homepage gonna be choc full of Mason edits, or should I just roll them all into one article.

Also, what if the surf doesn't co-operate? Much footage of marginal waves, who wants to see that..?

For now, he scored a fun morning at Newport Beach and, one edit in, the project is humming along.

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icandig Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021 at 5:20pm

If the surf doesn't cooperate, maybe he'll backend his clips with pointless crap. I like watching Mason surf, but his cutaways need some work. The seagull and dolphins fit, but ditch the rest.

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Blowin Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021 at 5:34pm

The board closeups are a clever little bit of promo which I quite enjoy. Nice variety of sticks with a good vibe running through the artwork.

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icandig Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021 at 5:56pm

Agreed. But this one was overdone.

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Blowin Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021 at 5:33pm

I’m into the above photo of that Cutty.

I say run Mason daily until the comments dwindle to nothing or start slagging his presence. But then again i listen to the same song multiple times in a row if no one stops me. So yeah…..it’s a very Mason Christmas!

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bbbird Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021 at 9:13pm

Im happy watch Mason and listen to Jimi Hendrix practicing for ten days.
Sure beats listening to WSL 'hooray for everything' blurb....

PS. worth watching the amazing 12pt ride by JJF.

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groundswell Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021 at 9:56pm

Bring on more of that semi secret rocky medium sized righthand pit he often surfs but less of the board talk, its a bit slow paced.

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gnomen Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 10:37am

His surfing doesn't seem as dynamic or polished as seen previously. Is it the burden of a wetsuit and (relatively) lower powered waves? So he is mortal!

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stunet Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 10:43am

I'd say it's the distance from bone breaking rocks that's quashing his spirit.

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surfstarved Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 6:01pm

I don't want to be "that" guy, but the 12 days of Christmas actually start on Christmas day and run for 12 days afterwards. But good on ya Mason...

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Solitude Thursday, 16 Dec 2021 at 9:23pm

That like the day of the year in So Cal?

Like seeing the paddle in, not sure if he was a little under gunned but gee he thrashed hard to get into many of them

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blackers Wednesday, 22 Dec 2021 at 10:45am

So what happened to the 12 days? One clip then bubkis.

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icandig Wednesday, 22 Dec 2021 at 10:58am

Hope I'm not raining on your parade Stu. Here's 8 days Blackers. Start at #8 and work your way up. Haven't watched them yet, but will probably get around to it. You'll have to click through to youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEHOOEubpLfYirMNnksKuvuCUGBMb_zV5