ALEX KNOST ON BEING HATED (MISUNDERSTOOD?)

Think California’s artsy image-obsessed Alex Knost seems a little bit pretentious? Do you sometimes feel like punching his contrived and tormented soul in the face? Or is he one of surfing’s few counter-culture anti-heros still standing?The latest episode of Desillusion mag’s profile piece lets you decide, examining the trials and tribulations of Costa Mesa’s in vogue hipster longboarder and his alternative approach in a mainstream surf world. It’s a good ‘un.

For more on cliché modern day surfing hipsters…

And Surf Europe’s amazing Monotypes series right here:

http://surfeurope.mpora.com/features/monotypes-part-2-hipsters.html