A legend is someone who does not remind us of anyone else.
Many of those previously named qualify.
in the world of surfing/board building one of the standout legends that is STILL shaping-YATER.quality and beauty from day one…his craftsmanship and surfing do the talking…
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wikipedia says,
the brothers grimm defined legend as folkktale historicly grounded
I always remember those books titled Myths and Legends of…Greece, Rome, Egypt etc. Seems like those two words always go together. I would say there is usually a basis for a legend whether magazine created or passed down via reputation…but there is always a bit of myth added for effect.
Dora is the perfect example in my opinion. Both myth and legend all wrapped into one.
Someone, in surfing history, that you will leave the water to go sit on the beach and watch over and over again.
Nat Young- Summer '68 Malibu/Ranch
Steve “Bojo”
Cabell
Angie Reno
Dora
MP
Liddle
Phil Edwards
Quigg
Kivlin
Saf
Proneman
Good on you Mate !
I believe it’s a person’s positivity that proceeds him.
Some really great answers here guys.
I’ll let Keani read this for herself.
Thanks again for your help,and positive input.
Herb
LOL !
YOU’RE A FUNNY MAN REZ !
Herb
Howzit Herb, About that ukulele I have heard some bad reports about ukes made in Hawaii and when taken to the drier mainland climates they have a tendency for the wood to split due to the low humidity drying out the wood. Take you Legend. Aloha,Kokua
Once, while waiting in line at the airport, I was reading a book about a legend- Miki Dora- when a legend _Kelly Slater- walked by. I got one legend to sign the book about the other legend. Very cool.
"FAME, like a wayward girl, will still be coy
To those who woo her with too slavish knees,
But makes surrender to some thoughtless boy,
And dotes the more upon a heart at ease;
She is a Gipsey,—will not speak to those
Who have not learnt to be content without her;
A Jilt, whose ear was never whisper’d close, …"
There are another seven lines in the poem.
Keats has a marvelous way of summing things up
most figuratively, though not without
enourmous scope.
For me fame seems somewhat obsene, so
fleeting for the living, so constant for the dead.
Off to the fin shop, Rich
Thanks Wilddog !
It’s in great shape,and would like to keep that way.
I’ll see about getting a case for it.
I paid 20 bucks for it.
Looks like a 60s built one.
I’ll have a friend of mine, look at it,he’ll know more.
Herb
KS is a very humble person ,really.
Nice poetry Rich.
Swaylock’s as a total…is a Great Legend that spans the globe…
and the times.
Herb
Yes… time.
I see a legend as someone who’s impact on surfing has transcended time. Who’s contribution to the sport, who’s style, who’s persona… will remain relevant long after the human form has left us. Legends live forever.
Persistence of affect separates those who are legends from those who’s degree of greatness is only relative to that of others around at the time - the key word again… time. In other words, while you can’t be a legend without being “great” at something, you can have greatness without being a legend. I guess people who are simply “great” at something provide a sense of scale, while people who are true “legends” provide a sense of meaning or value. One prime example that jumps out in my mind is Gerry Lopez. Lopez’s style was great, but it also gave value and meaning to style, making surfing not simply the technical execution of a set of skills, but giving it something more intrinsically pleasing to both the surfer and viewer, much like any good art that makes you feel something as you see it. Greenough not only made great contributions to surfing in terms of “hardware,” but those contributions have such importance and incredible value that they changed the sport forever.
That’s what I think of when I hear the term “legend.”