Bird Huffman

ross · Post by **ross** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:58 pm

Hey don't know if its already been mentioned around here as yet, but there is an insane interview with San Diego's "Bird" Huffman on the Down The Line podcast with Scott Bass.

It's found in the iTunes store and it's a free download.

Great little anecdotes about the Huffmans growing up kneeboarding in La Jolla and taking that act to the islands.

made my day

RMcKnee · Post by **RMcKnee** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:45 am

Thanks Ross. Interesting what was said about "authentic" surf history. Bird and the Big Rock crew are a huge repository of that stuff. Genuine characters each and every one.

KenM · Post by **KenM** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:52 am

For more from Bird, check out his blog: www.birdsurfs.com

Mark Ramirez · Post by **Mark Ramirez** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:10 am

Bird's a really nice guy!

I bought a kneeboard from a friend
of his, and I got a chance to speak with
him about kneeboarding waiting for his friend to
show up. Great guy!

ezak · Post by **ezak** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:08 am

He's a good guy. Was even going to let me borrow one of his Lis fish last time I was at his shop.

southpeakbrad · Post by **southpeakbrad** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:17 pm

Thanks for the tip Ross.

I listened to the interview today as it was raining. I acutally went by SouthCoast in PB last Winter to meet Bird. It was a nice chat! He was showing me an old Lis fish that someone had dropped off a day prior and he made me go out and get my FP so he could check it out

The interview was great to learn more about SD surfing roots and history (I was 30 when I arrived in SD so I appreciate the history when I can hear it. RW has been a great source as well), and to hear some thoughts on the current state of surfing.

For those interested, it's the October 17th interview..

ross · Post by **ross** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:07 pm

I was just so impressed with how the guy could get his point across so eloquently. I really enjoyed hearing his comments on surfing back then and how you really had to "live" surfing to earn anyones respect. Something that is lost in surfing as we head towards the mainstream.

R.mcknee, yeah, those comments about authentic culture were spot on hey? Particularly the discussion regarding the "cultural backlash" movement.

And Brad, I always did have a wry smile on my face when RW and his cohorts would start up in this forum, and this interview does a great job of showing where they were coming from.

KenM · Post by **KenM** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:52 am

Ross, you'd also enjoy Bird's bio and the article "when things go bad" on his blog. www.birdsurfs.com

kidrock · Post by **kidrock** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:56 pm

Hey Kendawg,

any chance of getting Bird to contribute to this site every now and then?

KenM · Post by **KenM** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:03 pm

Rocko, that's a good idea, I'll suggest it to him and see what he thinks.

rooster · Post by **rooster** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:28 pm

Having known Bird since 2nd grade, ( went to grade school and high school with him and brothers ) I can tell you he is the real deal. If he tells you something, listen, your getting the real story

Bill F · Post by **Bill F** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:55 pm

Bird use to free fall drop in on his knees and standup when he came out of the tube..he had it wired! Got my first Tpby thanks to him in 1984

KenM · Post by **KenM** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:08 pm

Bill F wrote:Bird use to free fall drop in on his knees and standup when he came out of the tube..he had it wired!

Bill, he still does that sometimes.

Mark Ramirez · Post by **Mark Ramirez** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:17 am

You guys remember the NZ swell '75. I was lucky enough to be checking out
the Huffmans, Lis, Brockway, Skinner, Creature, Caveman, Raisinhead, Richards,
Wolverton, Wheeler, Myrman, Pleskunas,Gildae,and Hughes. (Sorry if I miss someone), Do insane air drops, turn their boards harder than heil, in the toob, and come out standing on their boards coming out of the tube, then do hard cutbacks back into the barrel a second time on their knees again! Bird and Lis were doing it the most out of the bunch, but that had to be the best kneeriding I have ever witness!

kidrock · Post by **kidrock** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:12 am

Even Roper was fun to watch, and he wasn't even a kneeboarder.