Bobby Martinez

Martinez on the ASP's changes in 2010: "...it's the dumbest thing surfing has ever done. People are tripping, trying to think that if it's a one-ranking system, the sport will grow...I think of it like this: Unless you surf, you're not going to give a s--t about surfing. No one cares how many off the lips you do to win a contest. The only people who care are the surfing fans and the diehard surfers. Other than that, people don't care. It looks boring unless it's the Eddie. With an event like that, people can be in awe of the big waves, but they're not into the number of maneuvers it takes to win at Snapper Rocks. It's just the fact. I've watched surfing with people from where I grew up -- people who don't surf at all. They ask me, "Why does everyone do the same thing?" That's just what it looks like when people don't know about surfing and don't care to know about it. They think this one-tier system will make more people watch surfing, but it's not going to do a damn thing except confuse people about how the rating system works...And if you'd asked a bunch of surfers what they really think they will say the one-ranking system is bulls--t. At least that's what a lot of them have said to me!"