E's Surf Report

1st

After reading ians letter, I'm feeling like I'm livin large here in my cubicle :^(

Great adventure. One of these days... just not today. Oh, email. Gotta go.

2ND!( FIRST LOSER)

wow. i'm ready for another surf trip.

Is Ian gay?

gangsta rap fills me with the spirit of Aloha.

Ha! Well, speaking of epic journeys... I'm hoping to take my wife and 11yo to Costa Rica for a few days sometime in April. We've never been further south than Tijuana, and are extremely klooless about CR. If anyone has a rec for a place that might be fun for everyone, I'd really, really appreciate it. (If you'd prefer not to post it here, where Sunny, Kelly and everyone will see it, please email me at anon-kloolesskook at craigslist.org).

biggie, biggie, biggie...

Beyonce isn't gangsta rap.

which trustfund is Ian connected to, and how can I tap in?

hey kloo, get yourself the Rough Guide to Coast Rica and stick to the Pacific Coast.

Kloo,
go to the Mono Congo lodge at Playa Negra. Great surf there and tons of shit to do for the wife and kid.

you'll be stoked.

google them for a URL, i am not sure

i think that Ian worked like a dog at Starbucks for a year and also sold his truck to do this trip. No trust fund.

Beyonce represent!!!

Admirable restraint displayed today. That is all it takes, lest we resort to this:

Once upon a time there were three billy goats, who were to go up to the hillside to make themselves fat, and the name of all three was "Gruff."

On the way up was a bridge over a cascading stream they had to cross; and under the bridge lived a great ugly troll , with eyes as big as saucers, and a nose as long as a poker.

So first of all came the youngest Billy Goat Gruff to cross the bridge.

"Trip, trap, trip, trap! " went the bridge.

"Who's that tripping over my bridge?" roared the troll .

"Oh, it is only I, the tiniest Billy Goat Gruff , and I'm going up to the hillside to make myself fat," said the billy goat, with such a small voice.

"Now, I'm coming to gobble you up," said the troll.

"Oh, no! pray don't take me. I'm too little, that I am," said the billy goat. "Wait a bit till the second Billy Goat Gruff comes. He's much bigger."

"Well, be off with you," said the troll.

A little while after came the second Billy Goat Gruff to cross the bridge.

Trip, trap, trip, trap, trip, trap, went the bridge.

"Who's that tripping over my bridge?" roared the troll.

"Oh, it's the second Billy Goat Gruff , and I'm going up to the hillside to make myself fat," said the billy goat, who hadn't such a small voice.

"Now I'm coming to gobble you up," said the troll.

"Oh, no! Don't take me. Wait a little till the big Billy Goat Gruff comes. He's much bigger."

"Very well! Be off with you," said the troll.

But just then up came the big Billy Goat Gruff .

Trip, trap, trip, trap, trip, trap! went the bridge, for the billy goat was so heavy that the bridge creaked and groaned under him.

"Who's that tramping over my bridge?" roared the troll.

"It's I! The big Billy Goat Gruff ," said the billy goat, who had an ugly hoarse voice of his own.

"Now I 'm coming to gobble you up," roared the troll.

Well, come along! I've got two spears,
And I'll poke your eyeballs out at your ears;
I've got besides two curling-stones,
And I'll crush you to bits, body and bones.

That was what the big billy goat said. And then he flew at the troll, and poked his eyes out with his horns, and crushed him to bits, body and bones, and tossed him out into the cascade, and after that he went up to the hillside. There the billy goats got so fat they were scarcely able to walk home again. And if the fat hasn't fallen off them, why, they're still fat; and so,

Snip, snap, snout.
This tale's told out.

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Source: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, De tre bukkene Bruse som skulle gå til seters og gjøre seg fete, Norske Folkeeventyr, translated by George Webbe Dasent in Popular Tales from the Norse, 2nd edition (London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d.), no. 37, pp. 275-276. Translation revised by D. L. Ashliman.

leave me out of your bitter slag fest. Although, I do sing R&B, which is totally relevant to an authentic surfing lifestyle.

the littlest billy goat later developed bulemia.

true dat, Beyonce. R&B is for the people, all people, surfers included. me and Beyonce was just out surfing on sunday...them nor'easters been pumping mad swell!! peace out.

kloo you got to surf witches rock that wave is so great..and if you can afford it you guys should at the 4 seasons in that area and surf witches and ollies everyday, if you can afford the boat ride. easy trip though your stoked, as is ian..so many celebs lately, e you should think about banner ads..

from yesterday:
>btw, caught mark dannon on the weather this
> morning and said high surf warning will be in
> effect for tomorrow morning. i've heard
> advisory but warning?

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO FISH OR OBSERVE WAVES FROM EXPOSED COASTAL STRUCTURES OR ROCKS DURING HIGH SURF CONDITIONS AS VERY LARGE WAVES CAN SUDDENLY SWEEP ACROSS PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO FISH OR OBSERVE WAVES FROM EXPOSED COASTAL STRUCTURES OR ROCKS DURING HIGH SURF CONDITIONS AS VERY LARGE WAVES CAN SUDDENLY SWEEP ACROSS PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS.

Sitting in the morning sun
I'll sitting till the evening comes
Watching the ships roll in
Then I watch them roll away again, yeah

Sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the time roll away
Oh, sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time, ah ha ha

I left my home in Georgia
And headed for Frisco Bay
'Cause I have nothing to live for
And look's like nothing will come my way

So, I'm sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide go away
I'm sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time

Look's like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can do what people tell me to do
So, I guess I'll remains the same

Sittin' hear resting my bones,
And this lonliness won't leave me alone,
Two thousand miles I roam,
Just to make this dock my home.

Sitting on the dock of the bay
Watch the tide go away, ooohh ooohh
Sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time
_____________________________

I may be trannie, but I put my time in. I know when the bowl starts working. Authentic is right.

In case anyone was wondering, "The Switch" show last week was just ok. They seemed to be more concerned with being cool indie rock stars than they did with playing interesting, compelling music. And Kate's normally ethereal voice was just a little off. They did play, "Rainy day, Where is My Love" which is always an amazing tune.

we weren't wondering.

right on toad. I still think Kate is sexy.

THANKS G-MONEY

anyone have roommates? I fuckin hate mine. i'm so glad the bitches are moving out. never live with more than one girl. these two asian american chicks I am living with are fucked in the head.

ugh... after my lease is up, time to get my own place.

yo otis, next time i make it out to sf we should hook up for a dp (no, not double penetration - fags). slater's been helping me with my roundhouses and i wanna test them on some west coast juice. hit me up on my cell. paris has my number.

I've been working on my roundhouse too. With Chuck Norris.

kloo, say hola to the fat surf sow
and get one of those "burgers as big as your ass"
check in with Peter at the Nosara Beach Hotel
super primo host and accomplihsed long boarder

Gee it's been so niceness long. I happen to be best freinds with SG and when I land in the islands we surf together with friends at all kinds of secret spots on all the islands. Most of you couldn't stand up to him - it'd be so funny - most of you would end up shaking his hand and kissing his arse. His wife is totally cool and down to earth. All the shit you people write is wrong.
Get a life.

I once shared an apartment with three women. We all got along great. Ended up marrying one of them and we still get along 14 years later.

I've also had some really crappy guy roommates. Generally speaking though, I'd rather live alone than have roommates.

HOW DO YOU POST PICS??

Step 1 - Find pic of killer wave, or hot chick you want to post.

Step 2 - If you haven't followed Step 1, just don't bother.

nice Sunny gallery today. espicailly this one. i think it deserved a second view.

i'm not sure that shirt quite works for that guy.

Chicas de Venezuela...

JIMMY, suppose you want to post "http://www.myurl.com/pictureofme.jpg"

Use this code
<img src="http://www.myurl.com/pictureofme.jpg"> </img>

dickey is so owned

I'm on Vacation, In Hawaii

I'm on vacation. In Hawaii. I only mention this because I like to brag about the fact that I'm on vacation. In Hawaii.

So, to recap: I'm on vacation. In Hawaii. And I like to brag about that. I also like to brag about the fact that I'm a smoking hot specimen of male hunkiness. Come to think about it, I just enjoy bragging in general.

Anyway, because I'm on vacation, in Hawaii, this post will be dedicated to my favorite recreational pastime that you, too, can enjoy if you find yourself, like me, on vacation, in Hawaii.

The recreational pastime I most enjoy while I'm on vacation, in Hawaii, is the activity known as bodyboarding. Bodyboarding is very similar to surfboarding, except that it's completely different, right down to the different name.

Whereas, when surfing, you stand up on a long board, bodyboarding requires you to lay down on a chest-length chunk of dense styrofoam. Utilizing this primitive tool, you then try to ride a wave to shore. It's kind of like surfboarding for complete and total wussies who can't for the life of themselves imagine standing upright on a long board while riding waves and opt, instead, to lay down and scream while riding waves.

For those of you not familiar with waves, let me explain: waves are large walls of rolling water created by either one or several gods. These gods create waves for the express purpose of showing off. This is all backed up by solid scientific data, which I'd cite in detail right now, but I'm not going to.

Anyway, if you choose to bodyboard while on vacation, in Hawaii, you will at some point be required to actually enter the ocean to confront said waves. It's at that point that you'll discover, quite quickly, that waves are rather powerful. My first introduction to the power of waves involved getting my legs knocked out from under me and smashing my groin on an exposed lava boulder. I seriously considered giving up bodyboarding right then and there, but I persevered and now, years later, I can still feel a slight tingling pain in my groin.

I've experienced my share of bodyboarding-related injuries. My first year while on vacation, in Hawaii, I suffered a black eye and what I believe to have been a broken neck or back of some sort, when a large wave mashed my face into the sea floor which, although it consists almost entirely of sand, feels suspiciously like concrete when a wave mashes your face into it.

In addition, I've suffered more than a few scrapes and cuts related to bodyboarding, so you can probably see why I consider it my favorite pastime while I'm on vacation, in Hawaii. It's kind of like I feel compelled to punish myself for some secret transgression and I'm convincing myself I'm actually having fun while doing it.

Anyway, I'll be back in Minnesota within a few short days, provided I don't find a high-paying job here in Hawaii all of a sudden. Yes, I'll be back in the climate of sub-zero temperatures, where bodyboarding is all but a distant memory.

Although I'll still have my lingering groin pain to always remind me, so there's that.

sunny gonna beat u down for tawkin smack
bats, guns, knives, blood beat down
beat the fuck down coming
ready 4 the beat down?
comming soon
billabong & quicksilver surfer styles

Just to be clear "Jimmy" is not "Jimmie"

Signed,
Jimmie

4 women? did you know that when women live with each other, their menstrual cycles get into sync and they start all having their periods at the same time? Holy fuck, with 4 women, that's like 4x the PMS. I'd just hide out in my room, while all my roommates get bloated, and becoming manic depressive.

Tidepools on mushrooms. Gospel.

Nate rules!

Roommates - nah. My ultra-high testosterone level counter-balances that estrogen triggered phenomenon. Women don't experience pms in my presence. I'm not bragging. It's just a gift from god I guess. She always was good to me.

Many thanks for the posts and emails about CR places!

4x the women = 4x the PMS = 4x the drama = niceness.org

I think e is really a woman (or a TV) and there are only 4 people, women, that actively use this message board.

Dennis your powers are not working here. Please splooge your manhood here.

Friend #1- read your post yesterday; actually I am not a bitter person at all. Really quite thankful for all that I have…I guess that it may come out that way because I am in the bad habit of not commenting on what I see as the intelligent and funny stuff on this blog, but toss out shit when I read stuff that I do not agree with. Bad habit that I should change. So thanks for pointing it out. The reality is that I take this for what it is, a good blog that breaks up my day at work, and a fun place to toss shit around.

I quite fancy one of these. Get em on ebay so it seems.

i heard that hackey and sackey got in a little scrap with sunny the other day. hackey fucked him up with a double reverse supermega rounder kick but that wasn't anything to sackeys juggling of SG's head with a inverse backside triple booster kick. E knows what those tricks are. :) Garcia wont be surfing for a while to say the least. watch out for H&S ok.

we da hell have all the bad vibes come from recently on this blog? Did I miss something?

Unless there is any concrete reason I will be forced to assume that all the whining has come from people who are frustrated at the lack of knee high surf for them to ride.

Why the hell don't u drive to Lindy and chill out?

my fave is paradox drifter --> down-double-down --> blurriest --> whirling-swirl --> symposium-whirl --> paradox symposium whirling swirl --> shooting barfly --> ducking barrage --> smear --> smudge --> stomping double leg-over --> triple around the world --> legbeater --> dada curve --> paradox torque --> mobius --> in-spinning butterfly.

checked lindy on sun. it sucked

my friend did this interview with Rippin Rick Reese. Who is basically like the Tom Curren of footbag.

Supposedly rippin is in jail now on cocaine charges. Sucks as Rippin is seriously the man! total inspiration and a nice guy. amazine athlete.

get out soon Rippin!!

Authentic Footbag Lifestyle?

That post was mostly in jest, Web.

Hopefully you also read the apology.

In the past I have gotten my hackles-up, and have since learned not to get too bent about posts. But if something catches you on a bad day, well...

I believe the current spate of bullshit that is being posted is part of a campaign against this site.

Probably just one or two individuals.

ha! no money and no cool factor make footbag guaranteed authentic. There's no reason to fake it!

HA! e, those trick names are crazier then i could even think of. I remember seeing some footage of footbaging on here that blew my mind. i cant imagine ever being that coordinated with my feet.

some nimrod attempting to shred
vid 1

vid 2

e, doesn't the crap on here ever bring you down? Jeezus. That guy totally called you a nimrod.

welcome to the internet

how is this one?

http://www.sumatransurfariis.com/slayersurfariis.html

between you and me, that was actually me calling me a nimrod... which i am.

ha!!

welcome to the internet

On crap - lately there's been more complaining about crap than actual crap. When you filter out the crap complaints, the content is pretty good. No crap! That's just my number two, er two cents.

nobody uses the word nimrod anymore you nimrod!my folks used to say that when i was really young. Lets bring it back!

and Lame Brain too. Holy Cow, Golly Gee Willikers think of all the swell fun we could have talking all Mickey Rooney.

word. yeah sometimes the vibes are shaky on here but a good Kaiser post or Mavs Charging Charger ramble or 3to5 recipe or Bagel quip or a web story or bbr photo perk things up.

peace out.. back to the code for me.

Thou rank muddy-mettled fustilarian!
Thou vacant muddy-mettled cutpurse!
Thou brazen boil-brained clotpole!
Thou clouted dizzy-eyed baggage!
Thou knavish shag-eared scut!
Thou distempered guts-griping manikin!
Thou wenching muddy-mettled wagtail!
Thou knavish pox-marked snipe!
Thou vacant heavy-handed fustilarian!
Thou roynish rough-hewn pantaloon!

what do you mean Shaky Vibes?

Ah yes, the xylaphone (sp). When I was a kid, there were great xylaphone (sp) players on TV like, the Ed Sullivan show or Johnny Carson. It looks like a fun instrument to play.

e, your footbag vids are the most courageous and revealing self expression you've made on this board to date. >BODY LANGUAGE

Authentic Vibe Lifestyle

there was a great vibes band that used to play in front of the cooper house on pacific ave, in sc before the Loma Preita earthquake. that used to be such a cool little scene....now it's an Oneill's.

Scott Aichner's custom 270 camera, sweet!

http://www.scottaichner.com/270Project.htm
http://www.scottaichner.com

(3/5/7 nice guess)

wow, artifact, that is sooo cool!

Dennis- check out Stephon Harris and Blackout if interested in contemporary jazz vibe-good stuff. E- halfway thru Ashley Kahn's A Love Supreme-great read.

looks like someone's dropping in on that aichner shot

that guy in the barrel, Aamion Goodwin, recently married Daize Shayne.

fanboy

twice a day Chuck Norris shuns the precision 360 degree roundhouse kick in favor of the blunt 4:20 roundhouse kick.

Hey Guys! I know there are a few bad apples on this site but I have positive art news!
High cuture is the game here right? Go and check out the new paintings on display at SOULARCH Gallery 46th and Judah. New primitive surf paintng's by 'Wild Bill" Osgood of Santa Cruz!
Crazy stylitic stuff with a new painting of Jay Moriarty and others...

two 4:20s a day....wow.

has anyone on this board ever woken up at 4:20am to puff? now that is dedication.

i LOVE technology...

listening to ncsu at duke live from
on the wolfpack radio network from
a radio station in asheville. like finding
kruk and kip far from here for a giants/dodgers game...

Kix totally Rox!

BTW, Bad Vibe Bob Carrillo, hasn't Wild Bill actually a Hawaiian bodysurfer for like a decade-plus?

Prayers go out to Ben and his daughter, a good friend, whom lost their fiancee and mother while surfing Sunday in SB.

Michelle, may you catch many waves in the next life. Thanks for the time you've spent here, you've brightened many lives.

"She was a great spirit and will be greatly missed. She died doing what she loved and should be recognized for it. Also the fellow surfers who came to her rescue and tried so hard to revive her to no avail, I would like to thank them as well for their efforts. Ben is left with a two year old daughter and the grief of losing the person he loved most, and best friend."

Peace, be careful out there and look out for each other!
-Art

anyone going to Tahoe this weekend? how is the snow like? i'm kinda new to this, and don't know how to check snow conditions.

I've been up at 4:20 and puffed.

Bam!

sick photo(s) bbr!

i love weird wedgy waves.

Advertising: Kaiser-Style

"Only $10? I'd sign up for a subscription..."

masada rock is a cool album

This one is for Agnes.....He likes a little more lady then most.

Bodysurfer in Pipeline competition
By DAN BOLLWINKEL
SENTINEL CORRESPONDENT

SANTA CRUZ — It’s that time of year when ‘‘Wild Bill’’ Osgood hangs up the old winter wet suit, packs his fins and grabs his hula skirt.

Osgood, a 50-year-old Santa Cruz native, is spending a month in Honolulu, Hawaii, for the contest window of the 2002 Banzaii Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic.

Sometime before Monday, when the conditions are right, the world-famous Pipeline will have been shut down to surfers for a few days to hold the annual event, considered by many to be the Super Bowl of bodysurfing.

‘‘It’s an outlaw contest,’’ Osgood said recently from his home/art studio nestled along the fairway of Pasatiempo Golf Course. ‘‘It’s not really sanctioned by anybody, but the lifeguards and water patrol’’ of Honolulu stage it.

This year is Osgood’s third participating in the contest. He has yet to reach the finals, but winning is his secondary goal.

‘‘Man, I get to hang out and ride waves with the best in the world for a few days,’’ said Osgood. ‘‘The reason we all do it is because we get to surf Pipeline with just a handful of our friends for a few days. What more could you ask for?’’

Osgood’s become a fan favorite at the Pipeline as much for his surfing attire as his ability. He’s not tough to spot in a crowd, what with a helmet studded with neoprene dinosaur fins and his trademark, thick-rimmed glasses. The near-sighted Osgood has to secure them onto his head with duct tape so as not to lose them in a wipeout.

During the 2000 contest, surfing video producer Tom Lynch took a liking to Osgood, and dedicated a segment of his film ‘‘Primal Surf’’ to him.

‘‘Being from Santa Cruz, you’re like a celebrity over there,’’ Osgood said. ‘‘The Hawaiians love that you come so far just to ride a few waves. We always throw them a huge party every year for putting on the contest as well.’’

A member of the Santa Cruz Bodysurfing Association, Osgood says he began bodysurfing as an infant. ‘‘My folks would take me to the beach and carry me out into the surf, and I would try and go farther and farther out the older I got.’’

Along with the Bodysurfing Association, Osgood — who may be the lone representative from Santa Cruz this year — counts Gath Helmets and O’Neill as his sponsors.

A Vietnam veteran, Osgood makes his living as a painter and a writer. But bodysurfing is his core passion. His next adventure: helicopter bodysurfing.

‘‘We’re planning on dropping into some offshore breaks from a helicopter, like the military-rescue divers,’’ said Osgood. ‘‘It’s certainly not something we’ll be doing every day, but it should make for a good film.’’

Thanks Kaiser. Can we start the bidding at 38DD?

Post 100, coming strong....

For all the art heads out there (agnes included), what is considered "reasonable" for a piece of original art as follows? I find these to be pretty sweet but the price on some seems a bit steep considering. But, I would love to check them out in person...

agreed. those are cool Kaiser.

The show at Soularche includes some fantastic work. definitely check it. though what's up with the new painting in the window with two people surfing while hanging on to a shark's fin??

50$ a piece

how 'bout this one?

kaiser sose, not that i know much of shit but considering that guys pretty popular in the surf art world id say those prices i think i see are about average, or even reasonable perhaps..

Cool pics. How much are they asking, Kaiser? The kind of frame can jack up the price a lot. Good ones are expensive/time consuming to make. Bad ones are an exucse to fake being priced as good ones.

Shoutout to Ian!

D'oh, missed the $50 bit. IMHO good prices.

Seems fair and reasonable for a literal translation; depends on your taste and where the arteest is at in his career. You all seem like intelligent people (most of you...) and you know art so 50.00 bucks for either one of those is a grab. Don't like the childlike drawing however...

I kept every single scrap of paper that B McGee drew on. Snatched up every bit of discarded stepped on drawing or doodle when possible. Recently sold for a grand an 8ft. x 4 ft panel from his show at the YB in '97. Lady framed it real nice; recently appraised at 10,000! FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKK.
I bought a Chris Johanson drawing for 50.00 way back when - I'll bet its worth a few bucks now but I wouldn't sell it.
I'd say snatch it if you like it. Artists are usually pretty hard up for cash...

Agnes- still venting and blog clogging? Kinda' rude for a malcontent that others accept (for some strage reason).

Agnes- Maybe you could limit your off-the-wall stuff to one post per session? I (for one) am developing carpal tunnel syndrom scrolling through the noise.

Think it is hilarious that an art-ho like Agnes doesn't know that "child-like painting" is a Basquiat. Even I knew that one. Although, some might call him genius and others would say he just got into the right crowd.

Pancake Point
Way to easy to make these from scratch vs. that Krusteaz shit. And always a hit with her after a good F.
2 C. All Purpose flour
1 Tb. baking powder
.5 ts salt - you gots to add it for chemical reasons
1 ts-1Tb sugar - i use about 1.5ts.
2 eggs - you can pull it with 1
1.5 - 2 C Milk.
2 Tb. melted butter - then cooled
*Substitue what ever flour, sugar, or milk you desire. *if using yogurt or buttermilk use .5ts of baking soda instead of baking powder.

Mix together all the dry indgredients. Beat the eggs into 1.5 C of the milk. then stir in the melted-cool butter (if using)
Here's the locals only tip; Gently stir into the dry ingredients, just enough to get all the flour moist, lumps are fine.
if the batter is thick thin it out with some milk.

throw down some butter in a pre-heated medium tempature pan. get hot. drop in batter to desired size(i go big) and enjoy.

Basquiat IS childlike. Do you wear pajamas and let your nose run while out footballerassscratchingbag guy?
Forget U shits -.

No, no, no. If those were $50, this dotcommiebastardSUVgasguzzlerextrodinare would own at least 12 of them mothers and plaster my 1930's plaster with 'em.

Instead, they are more like $1500-$2000 a piece. Sweet, but expensive. That is some of the most appealing surf art to me I have ever seen. It is subtle and not intrusive. AKA - it doesn't scream "I am a kook" if you hung it on the wall like an oil painting of Pipe with a whale leaping thru a shack like Wyland slings in the bowls of Waikiki.

God, I am turning into BVKaiser. I will never post another "art" comment again...Back to my roots.

But, someone please tell those are overpriced for what they are....Please!

Windswell A-Frames. Breakbeat.

how about stop checking this god damn blog?

i'm not allowed to check at work

but with all the bad vibes, not sure why i'm reading!

i recall an era when this was the only place i knew people who were stoked on surfing and the ocean and positivity. but we were kooks then. and i guess we still are. except maybe we've learned some respect along the way.

the old surf culture mentality of mywaveonemantoawavemoreminemoremoreforme
sucks though.

as does two dozen people on a small takeoff spot.

ultimately, there are many waves out there, open your mind a bit, find a ride, share a ride, give a ride!

Discordant Corner

Localism is analogous to a dog.....a pit-bull dog with full-on black sunglasses in the back of a big truck with lifted tires. The dog is content to spend it's day feeding and peeing on the stairwells and dune grass that mark it's territory. It's bark is often worse than it's bite as his nuts have been clipped in an effort to temper his proclivity for fighting. The dog is easily appeased by throwing him the occasional bone, scratching him behind his ears and even letting him hump your leg. You must, however, remain vigilant as he is still easily provoked.

Here are a few helpful tips from the American Kennel Club on preventing dog attacks.

You must be careful to avoid:

approaching them immediately after entering their territory
approaching while they are feeding
teasing or waking them
playing with them till they become overexcited

In closing, it is never a good idea to introduce new breeds or encourage the influx of strays into the area as the natural resources are being depleted to the breaking point. When the dog's food supply is in danger it's natural instinct is to eat the competition.

awesome

Thanks for confirming my suspicions, New years Resolution.

The simplest thing is to ingnore the rantings of the lunatic.

Continue your conversation and just keep walking.

don't make eye contact!

kaiser, toats, i was refering to the prices i saw on the tags under the paintings not the anon 50$ apraisal.
so ya i think reasonable for that guy, wolfgang something right? im kinda into that stuff too a million times better than alot of "surf art"
and ya, the price tag on the child like drawing is probably like half a million

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