I just had the grandest thought when I replied to Bert on the Clark Foam closure.
It was of the Klan. Not the Klu Klux, but the Alternative Materials Klan or AMK
These guys exist only on Swaylocks but have monthly meetings in non disclosed locations not with White sheets over their heads but with Swaylocks T-Shirts or EPS forever logos on their epoxy resin dripped shirts.
Up front reading the rants about the evil villains that are ruining his great earth is Greg Loehr. Beside him is Vice Chancellor Burger. There is a sea of Backyard producing Swaylockian faces listening and chanting AMK AMK AMK with EPS bead covered hands thrust into the air. Every word is gospel, we must take down the mass producing Poly-Urethane giants. No one can be spared, they wouldnt listen now they must pay.
They don’t have crosses on fire they have piles of broken PU/Pe’s on the ground burning (which is ironic after all of the talk about the environment, but the KKK never made sense either, these weird clubs always have their quirky ironies) with chilling chants about conspiracy and how the heathen manufacturers wont listen and they are destroying the lives of surfers everywhere and about the day of reckoning and how it will come soon. It’s the AMK’s responsibility for the people to rid the earth of these evil nay sayers.
On one great day in AMK history the Evil Baren of Laguna Niguel fell upon his PU based desk and had to shut his doors. “TO BATTLESTATIONS” the AMK cried as they decided to inundate the bandwaves with “I told you so’s” and “You should have listened” and chanted “Now has come the day of reckoning, The AMK will triumph!”
And the story went on. Meanwhile a guy got up at 6am went surfing, got barrelled and read the local paper while he ate a bowl of Muesli. He wasnt even aware that the Baren of Laguna Niguel existed much less the AMK. Just that he wanted to get rid of his hangover and how he hoped and wished that his new board will be ready for his Christmas break.
Funny thoughts eh! Kind of stands true in the last couple of days posting though.