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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"http:\\/\\/player.vimeo.com\\/video\\/35087511\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;Don\\u2019t Be Shy: The Craig Anderson Pro Spotlight&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;By Zander Morton&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow Joel Parkinson will win the 2012 Pipeline Masters, and in the process, his first ASP World Title\\u2014dethroning 11-time champ &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/surf.transworld.net\\/tag\\/kelly-slater\\/\\\"&gt;Kelly Slater&lt;\\/a&gt; in dramatic fashion. But right now, the surf is flat (by North Shore standards anyway), a lethargic two-foot windswell whipped into a frenzy by the gusty trades. I\\u2019m standing next to &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/surf.transworld.net\\/tag\\/craig-anderson\\/\\\"&gt;Craig Anderson&lt;\\/a&gt; at the edge of the lawn of Quiksilver\\u2019s rented house at Ehukai, watching a few groms grovel in the shorebreak out front. A dark rainsquall looms. Just to the west, Pipeline lays dormant. \\u201cIt\\u2019s hard to imagine the comp running tomorrow when it\\u2019s this bad right now,\\u201d Craig says, his eyes fixed on the white-capped horizon, \\u201cbut I guess a new swell is coming. I really hope it shows; I\\u2019m excited to see the title happen.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Craig is in Hawaii for the Pipe Masters, but he\\u2019s not competing in it. He\\u2019s a sideline spectator\\u2014a fan of pro surfing who just happens to be a pro surfer himself. If that sounds confusing, it\\u2019s supposed to. Ask Craig what he does for a living, and even he will struggle with the answer. He\\u2019s a 23-year-old professional, but he doesn\\u2019t have to compete for a paycheck or popularity\\u2014instead, both come naturally. At the moment he is one of the most recognizable faces in surfing, and he\\u2019s gotten here without donning a contest jersey.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;So how did it happen? Ask Craig and he\\u2019ll give you this humble answer: \\u201cI just got lucky, I suppose.\\u201d But his humility doesn\\u2019t tell the whole story; it\\u2019s just the beginning. Being humble is great and all, but it isn\\u2019t enough to garner a six-figure income. Craig is more than just humble; he\\u2019s really f\\u2014king talented on a surfboard to boot. Like Joel Parkinson, he possesses the ability to make surfing look easy, no matter the conditions. They both draw clean, almost effortless lines, but the comparison stops there\\u2014because unlike Parko, Craig will never be a World Champion, and he\\u2019s perfectly okay with that.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TransWorld SURF: Are you ready?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Craig Anderson: I\\u2019m really bad at this shit.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How so?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Interviews are tough.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That\\u2019s true. We can have this exact conversation naturally, but as soon as a recorder goes on it somehow feels different.&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Exactly. It\\u2019s like surfing. I surfed Rocky lefts two nights ago and wasn\\u2019t fazed by anything\\u2014I didn\\u2019t tell anybody to come take photos or videos and had the best surf I\\u2019ve had in months. Sometimes when there are three or four cameras pointed my way I start f\\u2014king melting.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it nerves?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Totally. I\\u2019ve been having shockers lately because I think too much, I guess.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does that happen a bit more often here in Hawaii?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;It normally does the first couple of days. I used to come over to Hawaii every year, but I didn\\u2019t know anyone and I just wanted to surf good\\u2014try to perform, prove myself. It sounds f\\u2014king stupid, but now I feel like everyone is watching and when I have two or three bad surfs in a row I\\u2019m just like, \\u201cAhhhh\\u201d\\u2014I start freaking out.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So those bad performances get to you?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Oh, all the time.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does that snowball and mess with your confidence?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Yeah, and this year I\\u2019ve been filming a lot for our movie [a project Dane Reynolds and he are working on] and doing trips with guys that I look up to and consider my favorite surfers. Like, they\\u2019re the most amazing surfers in the world and then there\\u2019s myself. I never thought I would have a career in surfing, and when I\\u2019m out with them I feel I\\u2019ve got to step it up.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When did you first come to Hawaii?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I was 19, so I guess about five years ago.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How has this place changed for you from the time you were 19 to now?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;My first trip I was staying down at Sunset with Paul Paterson and all the grommets from Quiksilver. I remember surfing Haleiwa that year when it was huge and I hated it\\u2014getting dragged into the impact zone out there is terrible. Back then I didn\\u2019t know anyone, and that made Hawaii a really intimidating place. This time of year, it feels like everyone here is trying to prove something. The vibes can be tense. I remember packing closeouts the first few years\\u2014lining up with photographers at Off The Wall to get barrel photos. The last few days I\\u2019ve been watching guys pack huge closeouts, and it just seems crazy now. Those guys enjoy it, but I\\u2019m thankful I don\\u2019t have to. It\\u2019s terrifying.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_1000159820\\\" style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-1000159820\\\" title=\\\"Craig Anderson\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/04\\/Craig-Anderson.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Craig Anderson\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Craig Anderson showing his patented style off in Indonesia. Photo: Miller&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What about Pipe, do you strive to get good waves out there eventually?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I\\u2019d love to. I really enjoy getting barreled, and there\\u2019s no other barrel like Pipe. I feel comfortable in big lefts, but out at Pipe surfing just feels\\u2026different.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Because of the crowds and cameras?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;If you watch the freesurfs, you\\u2019ll rarely see somebody take off in a neat spot, make the drop, and take the line they want because there are so many surfers in the way. It makes a dangerous spot so much more intimidating. I\\u2019ve been thinking of coming back in the late season, when it\\u2019s less crowded, and really trying to give myself a chance.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It\\u2019s obvious you aren\\u2019t a fan of crowds, so how do you approach your surfs here, considering every wave is jammed with people?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I do best at Rockies. It\\u2019s a really fun wave for airs, and it\\u2019s kind of like a little skatepark. Out there, you just have to be aggressive, which sucks. I don\\u2019t think I\\u2019m an aggressive person, but if I wasn\\u2019t here, I wouldn\\u2019t get waves. It\\u2019s not just the crowds in Hawaii that are hard, all around the world people are just so f\\u2014king surf crazy. For me that\\u2019s tough, \\u2019cause there\\u2019s always someone filming and taking pictures, and I feel I need to perform to do my job, get clips. When it\\u2019s crowded, that\\u2019s tough.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;During the past five years you\\u2019ve become a recognizable face. When you have bad days, especially here in front of everyone, do you feel like people take notice?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I\\u2019m not sure, but I guess Hawaii just isn\\u2019t my deal. It\\u2019s a great place, but I don\\u2019t know if I have fun surfing here nowadays. I haven\\u2019t been coming the last couple of years.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there a reason for that?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I just didn\\u2019t feel the urge. But this year I went to Maui first and wanted to come over and watch the Pipe Masters. I didn\\u2019t really bring the right boards for the North Shore. I have a nice 6\\u20196\\u201d and I\\u2019ve been paddling around trying to get a couple, but I\\u2019m just not one of those guys that thrive over here. I haven\\u2019t put in the hours and hours at Pipe, but hopefully I\\u2019ll get that urge one day.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As you become more popular, people form opinions about you, good and bad. You seem modestly uncomfortable with your role, would you agree?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The way I grew up, I came from a small-town vibe. I was really comfortable with where I lived and surfed. I was super shy growing up. I think traveling has helped me deal with that because I get put in uncomfortable situations and have to figure things out, communicate with people. When I first moved to Australia I was so shy, but I slowly found a good group of friends and they helped me. I still struggle, though. Over here I\\u2019d much prefer to eat dinner with a few friends than go to Lei Lei\\u2019s, but most of the time I get wrapped into that.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You were born in South Africa, when did you move to Australia?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I was 16.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And you moved as a family?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Yeah, the whole family up and just left.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pick up the &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/surf.transworld.net\\/1000158359\\/photos\\/craig-anderson-may-2013-cover-transworld-surf\\/\\\"&gt;June 2013 issue&lt;\\/a&gt; of TransWorld SURF magazine for the full interview. &lt;a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/transworldsurf.bonniersubscriptions.com\\/web\\/?off2on_login_url=\\/promo&amp;amp;off2on_code=HAH0-020\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;Subscribe today&lt;\\/a&gt; and get a free gift!&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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