Well… brahs…welcome!! Your complimentary Rip Curl/Billabong T-shirt can be found in the nearest surfshop for a reasonable price of 40 euro/80 US dollars. Dont forget to ask for those oversized sponsor stickers for your undersized shortie brah! And dudes fo shizzle dont forget to use those hand gestures with pinky and thumb out while saying stuff like gnarly/sick/bitchin(US only)/braaaahhh etc. And it is vital not to forget to wear those sick boardies over your wetsuit brah, the brighter the better.
Boo-ti-full Ambie…did Ed Burns surf, where? Todd, you R right, IT’S ALL ABOUT Y-O-U. We are giving you one “Iron Man Kook” Bronze Star on our Bonus Baby Chart. It will be posted on the BBC at Venice Beach next Saturday. Go down and have a look see…that’s a wrap…good work everyone…
Actually I think waxing the bottom helps you stay with the wave at Ledbetter and Mondo’s…yeah? Who wants to go fast anyway? Isn’t it about keeping in step with Mother Nature???
Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean you’re all not talking about me!
At least one person was willing to fess up.
Thanks DS for stepping up. Unfortunately I am completely out of the water for the next couple of months, so I won’t be able to check out my IMK Bronze Star on the BBC. Going to the beach would be like rubbing salt in the wound.
I do appreciate the recognition.
Dead…maybe you would take picture of my award for the KOOK wall of fame?
I also waanted to comment on Balsa’s post.
Does it count if you sharpen the nose of your board to a razor sharp point so it will “slice” through the water better?
Just wondering.
I realize you will all throw a parade to celebrate the fact that I won’t be dropping in on you, or bailing
at the last second on the best set waves. As long as the parade does
not make the news I will be able to maintain my denial about it…so
just try to keep it smaller than the Rose Parade if you don’t mind.
Can I add wearing your legrope all the way back to the car so you can trip over it at regular intervals? Oh, and stubbing your big toe on the biggest, most obvious rock around on a freezing cold morning.
I had a guy ask me how our beach breaks during an east swell. ( live in California). At first I thought he was just goofn with me. I answered,"around here we call an east swell an earthquake. Oh well…I easily fall into the kook status. Mike
I think maybe Jim Phillips may be a closet Kook. Chris green (the glasser at Inter Island Surfboards) told Jim His boards were “bumpy” back in 1964. (.Jim STILL goes ballistic about this after 45 years.)
When paddling out, whatever you do, avoid taking the wave on the head. Avoid any and all channels, rips, etc. that may aid you in paddling out. Much better to try to be right on the shoulder or in the flats and try to outrun the guy up and riding by paddling super fast (or slow) to avoid getting any whitewater on you. This also serves to give him a moving target.
The smaller the waves are, the louder you say “THESE WAVES ARE GREAT AREN’T THEY” to the frustated exprienced surfers next to you in the line up (before you pearl on a nice wave).
Really cool Ouicksilver knock-off boardshorts purchased at Costo (made in China). Really white skin or even a red burn. Posing along the waterline, hand held to the brow spying a set out in the awesome beachbreak. But always checking out the corners of his eyes to see if anyone has noticed his “magazine pose”.
Most of us started out as kooks…got to be “cool” when we started to surf good…then slowly faded back into kooklivion as we age in a not-so-graceful way (still trying to surf like we’re 27)…
Forgetting to check where your leash is, so that when you pop up, it’s caught between your toes and firmly keeping your ankles no more than a foot apart. Which of course results in you falling aimlessly off the board on the most perfect shoulder you have paddled in to all day.
You dont have to know anything about surfing, surfboards or waves as long as you have all the coolest looking gear and brand name clothes. Have no intention of learning to surf, just walk around the beach trying to pick up girls.
What helps is when the surfs big and you say “its only 2 foot, a bit small for me”… stuff like that.
Colored boards like red and blue with pretty hibiscus flowers seem to attract the most girls.