Royal Barrel, Humble Brag
While the rest of the planet wades through 24-hour doom-scrolls, Meghan Markle gave us all a reason to smile: Prince Harry locked into his first legit barrel at Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch. She posted the clip to Instagram with Salt-N-Pepa’s “Whatta Man” on blast, reminding her 4-million-plus followers that even dukes need stoke. Watch the wave right here.
Raimana Van Bastolaer—part coach, part hype man—was on the Jet Ski whistle. “In Tahiti, we still call you Prince Harry,” he wrote, “but at Surf Ranch, it’s my brother.” That’s about as high-five as surf royalty gets.
Harry’s riding in a backwards cap, long-sleeve rashie, and the kind of grin you can’t fake. After a few seasons of taming the Lemoore ledge, he finally gets the curtain to gobble him up, comes out clean, and throws the classic “did I really just do that?” arm punch. Expect this clip to ghost-ride your feed for days.