Mike Creed Interview!

photo: Mike Sertic

Michael Creed is one of the best riders to come from America since the days of Ross McBride. He will be one of the stars in the new American bodyboarding flick ‘Ring of Fire’, which is already creating much hype and anticipation among bodyboarder’s around the globe.

Name: Michael Creed

Age: 24

Where are you from: San Diego, California

Sponsors: Morey and Churchill

Years on the foam: 9 years

California can get some decent swells during winter. How was the last winter?

For California standards the waves were amazing.  Every weekend we had overhead swell and offshore winds.  My friend Tomic from the Goldy was staying with me during this time, and even though the waves were pumping California standards, he thought they were just average.  But it was nice to get waves at least once a week, sometimes in Cali we can go a month without waves.  Leif and Tom Wilson actually lucked into some waves at Seal Beach in Los Angeles that will be featured in the new flick Ring of Fire.

Where are the best breaks to surf?
In my opinion the best break in California is “Base” which is featured in the old No Friends vids. It reminds me of blackrock, but on sand. You can only surf it if you are either in the Military or have parents in the military.  All the local boogs up there try to get a pass by getting jobs on the base.  Nick Osky, who’s over in Aus right now staying with the Thurston’s worked as a baseball umpire for the summer to get the golden ticket.  And Matty Meyer, one of the best riders in Cali has pretty much a lifetime pass from his family.  It’s fun going up there to surf with those guys, always some friendly competition in the water.

The new American bodyboarding flick titled Ring of Fire looks incredible. Tell us a bit about that?

It’s a project that Rob Isambert has been working on now for a couple years.  The sections include Cook Islands, Wedge, California, Bali, 2 Hawaii Seasons in one section, me/Charles Marabella split section, Matt Meyer, Pacific Northwest (wave in Le Boogie 3), Mike Lepiere, Puerto, and ending it with John Porzucezek. There is a lot of variety.  Can’t wait for the premiere, we haven’t had anticipation for a premiere in California like this since the old No Friends vids.  All these guys will all be coming out to Aus in June to film the next video.
Plenty of the best young Australian bodyboarders have flown to Los Angeles to party with you. Do you have any cool stories about the mischief you guys have got up to?

Some of the guys that have stayed in LA with me are now married or have girlfriends so the funniest stories are going to have to remain silent.  Small things that have happened over the past 5 years are:

• Sorority parties in Arizona (Number 1 party school rated by playboy)
• Halloween at Santa Barbara
• Limo’s to the best Hollywood clubs
• Floatopia Spring Break
• Coachella and the open bar after parties
• Held up at gunpoint in Vegas
• $200,000 birthday party in Vegas
• Rob & Big’s House Party
• Sneaking into the Academy Awards

There is nothing better than going to college in the US.  We only have to be in class about 15 hours a week and they don’t take attendance.  There are parties 4 times a week, and in LA my friend runs a limo service and promotes the best clubs in Hollywood.  These nights are always fun, however the unexpected nights are always that much better.

Last October, the night of the Emmy’s Award Show, me, Harry Dixon, and Sam Gray went out to Hollywood to try to find a couple after parties. It seemed impossible to get anywhere since all the streets were closed down and security was everywhere.

Instead of leaving, we decided to sneak in.  The valets working the event were young, so we walked past them and jumped a fence that was outside of the nightclub.  In order to sneak in we had to jump three fences, 1 being about 20 feet high, hide underneath an RV, and not get caught by security.  Once we finally made it in, we were backstage while MGMT was playing live.  The security then spotted us, however they thought we were the next band playing.

Everyone at the event was either a celebrity or an agent and they were all wearing Versace and Gucci suits.  We walked up to the bar, wearing regular clothes, and asked, “How much for a jack and coke?”  The bar tender responded, “everything is free sir, there is an open sushi bar on the second floor, and another restaurant on the third floor.”

Harry was hanging with Jon Voight (dad of Angelina Jolie) the whole night, Sam was backstage w/ MGMT getting their leftover groupies and I was with off getting sushi with the guys from Entourage and their girlfriends.

The night ended with all of us walking down the red carpet blacked out drunk and waking up in random hotel rooms.  The next day I couldn’t find Sam or Harry until around 5 pm.

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