Marlin Spike: what? no more stikas bru?

so whats the deal with pro surfers drawing on sponsors logos instead of using stickers?

is it the new offshore and hollow is onshore and crumbly trend? the first person of note to be drawing on logos was Dane. Now Jordys drawin on logos that can be seen from miles away, shit he's even trying to wear the same style hats and shirts as Dane. they say copying is the finest form of flattery but damn, at this rate jordy's gonna show up to the Pipe contest with a seagull and anchor tattoo. being unique is cool, its rad if thats actually you. if you gotta copy someone else's uniqueness than that is just weird. has anyone else noticed these similarities? is it a coincidence?

back to the drawing on of logos. are the team managers not sending the sticks out in enough quantity? are these athletes getting too many boards and not enough stickers? that would be understandable. what ever the reason may be; it was cool when it was unique now its like a song on the radio, played out.

dane set the trend, now kellys doin it, jordys doin it, even julian wilson, mr pookah shell poster boy is drawing on quik logos. its an epidemic. its gotta take twice as long to draw a mountain and a wave or write O'NEILL than slap a big red square on the nose or whatever? shit, not to mention look at the attention that huge advertisement brought Jordy's way...