Surfer gives up surfing too early

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Well that just sucks. Saw this on Craigslist Newport beach the other day. Land lover indeed. It's a sign of the end of summer. Poor ex-surfer gets frustrated at a sport that requires a serious commitment to fail, failure, fail again, can't paddle fast enough, pearling and other general kookiness. But man when you get over the hump, it's fantastic. Surfing is orgasmic! Here, our California frustrated surfer dude owns a G&S longboard that he's hoping to dump for the not-quite-a-bargain price of … [Read more...]

Perils of pearling while “surfing”

Ahh yes. Goat boats. We're sure it's quite a rush to surf down the face of a wave in a big mofo of a boat. But, as any kook knows, pearling happens from time to time. It can be rescued. You've got to push yourself off of the deck of your board etc. etc. Anyway, that's a LOT harder to do when you're surfing with a mammoth, 40 ton boat. Sucks to be, umm, all of them. Serves them right for (probably) taking over the break. … [Read more...]

Intel Shows Off a Web-Surfing Surfboard

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I came across this bizarre display of ridiculous surf consumerism during a random Google search this morning.  The article was originally published by ABC News on Oct 8, 2004 ...the headline screaming: "Intel Shows Off a Web-Surfing Surfboard"...a desperate attempt to save the hi-tech company from the dot.com bubble burst.  Because you wouldn't believe me if I simply summarized what the article is about, I feel that it is necessary to paste the stupidest part of the article: "Ralph Bond, a spokesman … [Read more...]

Sick playmobil surfing

This video is sick and should be shown to groms and budding surfing filmmakers everywhere. I haven't played with Playmobil in like, three months! The tubes are basically perfect. Love it. … [Read more...]

Time-lapse surfboard shaping

Very cool video where you see blank to shortboard ready for glassing. Nicely done. Two minutes of my day got me stoked - it'll get you stoked, too. … [Read more...]

Fish surfboard – made of cardboard

I love this video. It's not easy to figure out where the shape is going - but without ruining the surprise, it's a great little small surf summer board. Anyway - this is shaping and surfboard, and making a puzzle, all through a time-lapse lens: … [Read more...]

Sprout: Surfing Movie Review

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Recently, my parents (I'm still a lucky Grom who lives with my mom and pop) started subscribing to Netflix, and amazingly enough, they stock a pretty impressive collection of surf movies! One thing led to another, and eventually I opened my mailbox, totally stoked to see "Sprout" waiting patiently for it's next client, who will no doubt: Pop it into their DVD player, rewind it a few times, pause it for an hour while they do something else, and use as a coaster. "Sprout" is directed and produced by … [Read more...]

And Jesus sold his surfboard

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Jesus is selling his longboard on Craigslist. We are somewhat shocked that he's not surfing on a Channel Islands stick. … [Read more...]

Surfing Signs — Nothing is Safe

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So based on this particular gem of a sign cluster, no matter what the hell you do, you're farked. First sign - Top Left. "There's overhead waves." You are warned not to be caught inside. Do NOT be caught inside. AHHHHHH! That's what the surfer is saying. And not only that but it appears his leash broke. Second sign - "It can get flat around here." You are hereby warned that if can get flat around here. Do NOT be caught surfing when its flat. AHHH! That's what the surfer is saying about "Lake … [Read more...]

Surfer with too much time on his hands

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We're all for entrepreneurialism. But the surfer or non-surfer who conceived off this wine stopper with a surfing edge didn't really, umm, think about it before making it and selling it on Ebay. This is NOT getting me stoked to drink wine, NOR surf. Not stoked. … [Read more...]