"STATE OF S"

808 · Post by **808** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:36 am

I am from Hawaii, but live on the mainland now. I still go to the north shore each year. no i'm not one, but have always wanted to. I'm not entirely certain my knees would make it this stage of the game.

All the kneeboarders i talk with on the north shore have an accent. Usually just a couple of guys out on the good days. Surfed w/ a kneeo at jocks a bit this last season, actually two, but just one was catching waves.

The last kneeo i tried to talk with (Oceanside, he had a bitchin 4 finner under arm) acted like i was a thug ready to jump him. it took some real convincing i was only interested in his design - he lightened up and we talked design.

I know if you've surfed the last 30 or 40 years you know more guys to surf with than you care too; but...
talk to some kid you dont know, ask them how many kneeboarders they know.

Like i said, you guys had the coolest trip going and you vaporized. You guys need to go hang with Bud and Mcguire and put kneeos back on the map. Just one surfer to another, because i like your trip.

As for the fish's... i've always felt kneeos put them to better use. personally, i never liked the rail to rail only surfing.
Usually when i see a fish going by, especially without swimfins, i think wanker. Bertleman is the only person i've seen really ride them good standup, and that includes the wounded one mark richards.

DrStrange · Post by **DrStrange** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:08 pm

Hawaii was, is and will be the proving grounds

Oh gee-whiz, was I trying to proove something? Oh yeah, my manhood I guess. Been there done that. It's all about splashing around and having some fun now. And if I'm lucky and tuned, getting some of that old "harmony w/ mother nature" thang going on. The 60's may have died but I'm still here.

I admit it 808 your balls are MUCH bigger than mine.

W.G. Facenda · Post by **W.G. Facenda** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:46 pm

wanker

Smokin Rock · Post by **Smokin Rock** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:58 pm

how about changing the title of this thread to "the state of BS"

Smokin Rock · Post by **Smokin Rock** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:22 pm

wildly popular or prolific things of the last 12-15 years.
(in no particular order)
1. womens surfing
2. boggie boarding
3. back street boys
4. in sync
5. rap
6. reality shows
7. harry potter
8. spam
9. low rise jeans on old women who've had kids
10. tow in surfing

oh no!
kneeboarding did'nt make the list!
i'm so ashamed. i must have dropped the ball and not done my fair share to commercialize and degrade my chosen sport to the point it's accepted and cool even to kids in topeka.
no blue crushers
no megabuck endoresment deals
no kneeboarder of the cover of my favorite surfer mag.
oh da shame!
what can we do?
is it really too late?
have the girls and spongers put us in the rear view for good?
wait.......................
d'oh
thats why i like kneeboarding.
stupid me
my bad
my above post....bs means "bored" in the "summer"
nothing better to do than post ingenious diatribes like this

K-man · Post by **K-man** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:53 pm

Snore...........

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:55 pm

Mike - You're correct.....its sooooooooooo flat here. We all really need some waves badly.

Another hot fish standupper: David Nuuhiwa......wow!

And a kid from Santa Barbara; Tom Curren riding a 5'6" Freeline fish kneeboard.

W.G. Facenda · Post by **W.G. Facenda** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:57 pm

RIGHT ON.

I AGREE 100% WITH SMOKIN ROCK....

K-man · Post by **K-man** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:15 pm

Clarification.....My ''snore'' was directed at 808,not smokin rock,Got all touchy-feely there-want to keep this stuff squared Away.

K

Whats up doc?[strange]pretty damned feisty fer an old hippy!

fooj · Post by **fooj** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:24 pm

Mike we've got a 2 foot 14 second ground swell from the south coming in 50 minutes between sets, great for catching your breath. It would probably bigger if your damn island wasn't in the way, no need to apologize though. Bustin' out the stubb finally, to hell with yardwork and home improvement.

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:57 pm

Good on ya', Mr. Rock.

Smokin Rock · Post by **Smokin Rock** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:06 pm

Jeff,
cool. a south swell.
the nearest break for me, at least one hour away.
gas=$3.09 a gallon so it would be about $15 to surf those two footers.

i too am bored to death with home improvement and yard work and the thought of those perfect walls at g-land are fading fast into oblivion.
those north swells can't come fast enough for me.
et al,
it is so nice to be different. we draw completely different lines from anyone surfing. it's so apparent. being a nearly extinct form of waveriding is cool.
last season at Waipio i was talking to some of the local guys who ride asymetrical quads and other unique shapes. one of the Hawaiians down there said, as we we discussing our quads, that he surfed because he loved the valley and wanted to experience every aspect of it from surfing to performing the yearly Makahiki ceremony at a secret Heiau. the beauty of the place was so special. he could care less about what the pros were riding or how the rest of the world perceived him. he prefered shapes that were really different from what every one else was riding because it was a feel he was after. he looked me in the eye and said "surfing for yourself is the best thing you can do". "not caring about what the rest of the world thinks". "but you already know that, you're a kneeboarder."

DrStrange · Post by **DrStrange** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:56 pm

K-man, just having a mood. That's what happens when ya get really old. Oh yeah, guess you know about that

808 · Post by **808** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:34 am

Exceptionaly well stated. It would be difficult to expose any better the typical American pholosphy,

ITS ALL ABOUT ME.

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