Surfing is like, so hot right now. You can tell because companies that have nothing to do with surfing are horning in on the action–it’s like the Gidget era all over again, except the crowds are already here. But Marlon Lipke is laughing all the way to the bank.
Lipke might not be a guy you’ve heard of, but he’s Germany’s first pro surfer, which is totally ehrfürchtige. And while Mercedes has had their fingers in the surfing pie for a while now–Gmac’s crazy collection of Mercedes-Benz surfboards spring to mind–Lipke’s inclusion into Mercedes newest car commercial is yet another indicator that someone over at Mercedes-Benz is a surfer.
