If you feel comfortable on boards of all types, and it sounds that you do, then ask the wise ass to trade boards with you. Tell him he can hassle you as much as he likes if he can surf it as well as you. tom
>>> o.k., so far it's a tie between tuna and noodle. anyone else? yep I agree these guys nailed it but in reality as said before you surf for fun so whatever is fun do it as log as it doesn't hurt others -- a long time ago I said to myself and friends "if I ever get out of this contest crap I'm going to get a longbd and go have fun again & never look back " well that was about 12-15 years ago and I haven't and many is the day when I get the looks or the same questions you got but my answear is always the same "its all about fun and I'm having loads of it" Hey if ridng a short board is fun do it but don't bitch about the longboarders getting more waves cause at the ripe old age of 48 I personally don't feel like getting in a paddle race with a 20 yr old on a 6- something ---as they say youth has strength and age has wisdom ---but I still liked the fin & ya momma line though!
I hear that all the time in SC. Response depends on the person: Sometimes it's a smile and a "exploring my quiver" (although it really like "just lettin' it all hang out") and others it gets to "shut up" - if your ever out at PP then you know the usual "Old Yellers" out there.
First off, a mind is like a parachute, it only works when it's open. I got into a good shortboard vs. longboard debate about 2 months ago with a friend of mine. i mostly longboard, he mostly shortboards. on this particular day the waves were about 1-2. with the two of us on our choice equipment, he proceeded to ask "what the hell did you bring the dining room table out for? longboards SUCK!". i told him that its fun and that i didnt see him catching any waves on his shortboard. well, he lost that round. but since that time, and after lots of debates, he's completely changed. he's longboarding more than he is shortboarding now. basically, i finally got him to understand that you have to ride what the conditions call for. you cant shortboard when its 2 feet and when its head high plus you've got to ditch that longboard. and i think that's the real problem we face: people want to ride a certain type of board in any condition... the reality of that is that it just doesn't work. When it's big, i hate seeing those longboarders sitting way outside and catching everything to end up stuffing it anyway. and i also hate seeing pissed off shortboarders who cant catch anything when its 1 foot yet still yelling at guys on longboards. and thats how these guys get bad reputations from the opposing "school" of surfing. you've got to ride what fits the conditions, you'll have more fun if you do. personally, i dont care what i'm riding, i do whatever is fun. i'll ride anything in anything. from a piece of plywood at pipeling to a toothpick in the lake. Like the box of the Longer video says: "Open your mind and your boards will follow" -Steve
And another thing, you've got to ride a wide variety of boards, try EVERYTHING and find out what works for you, what you have the most fun on, because that is the most important part of it all. THE FUN. that's the whole reason we do what we do. Part of the fun is playing with different designs. and if you end up riding something unique, power to you, who cares if you friends give you a load of crap. try new things, and find ways to have even more fun. Who wants to be a clone anyway? AMEN
>>> i like to ride shortboards and longboards. i'll grab my 9 footer when it's > pumping just as easily as i'll grab my 6'10". when it's flat, i'll > take out my fish or my noserider, kinda depends on my mood.>>> here's my dilema. i got out of the water this morning after surfing my new > 9' model (really just test driving it.) the waves were overhead and nicely > lined-up across the point. lots of people out. i counted three times when > an aquaintance (shortboarder) paddled by asking, "why are you riding > that?!" my answer is usually, "why are YOU riding THAT?" > you know, trying to bounce a stupid question back at 'em. one guy even > told me, "there's NO reason to be out on that THING." i don't > get it. isn't it all just surfing?>>> are any of you guys in this same situation? what are your responses? i'd > like to propose a contest wherein the best answers get 5 deluxe set waves > here in santa cruz.>>> kirk Change your thinking, and it`ll change your surfing: It`s nothing about your bros, or about Theory of Design. It`s about never smiling, and everything about The Look. Never been about fun, but the pleasure of possession. Nothing about you and yours, but all about me and mine. More about fast paddling, less about fast wave riding. About a bigger stick, about longer and harder. Less about kicking out, much more about dropping in. It`s about stealing feet, but never giving an inch. It`s about bigger numbers, overpowering smaller ones. It`s about unlimitled influence upon mindless masses. Selling rigid conformity under a glaze of individuality. It`s about the Theory of Facist Fashion, not True Function. Ride what you like, as long as it`s like what they ride. The illusion of freedom, firmly restrained by short leashes. Suppose there never was a Shortboard Revolution? No Morning Of The Earth, a film about dead end detours. Maybe it`s all been about Darwin`s Theory of Evolution? Let`s skip the surf and fight about it in the parking lot.
>>> i like to ride shortboards and longboards. i'll grab my 9 footer when it's > pumping just as easily as i'll grab my 6'10". when it's flat, i'll > take out my fish or my noserider, kinda depends on my mood.>>> here's my dilema. i got out of the water this morning after surfing my new > 9' model (really just test driving it.) the waves were overhead and nicely > lined-up across the point. lots of people out. i counted three times when > an aquaintance (shortboarder) paddled by asking, "why are you riding > that?!" my answer is usually, "why are YOU riding THAT?" > you know, trying to bounce a stupid question back at 'em. one guy even > told me, "there's NO reason to be out on that THING." i don't > get it. isn't it all just surfing?>>> are any of you guys in this same situation? what are your responses? i'd > like to propose a contest wherein the best answers get 5 deluxe set waves > here in santa cruz.>>> kirk Kirk . . . just a couple of thoughts. "Why?" questions, directed at an individual, are rarely meant to elicit any sort of discourse. More often, they seem to represent a sometimes rude demand or challenge to explain (or defend!) one's self. Good Lord . . . we're just surfing . . . hard to understand how some take it all so seriously! And . . . a long time ago, Malibu, Summer '62. I was in the water with Dora, sitting out at the Point, waiting for a set. I asked him a "Why?" question (I was only 17!). His response? He glanced at me and then turned away to continue watching for the next set. Makes a lot of sense now. Whaddaya think?
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o.k., so far it's a tie between tuna and noodle. anyone else?
If you feel comfortable on boards of all types, and it sounds that you do, then ask the wise ass to trade boards with you. Tell him he can hassle you as much as he likes if he can surf it as well as you. tom
>>> o.k., so far it's a tie between tuna and noodle. anyone else? yep I agree these guys nailed it but in reality as said before you surf for fun so whatever is fun do it as log as it doesn't hurt others -- a long time ago I said to myself and friends "if I ever get out of this contest crap I'm going to get a longbd and go have fun again & never look back " well that was about 12-15 years ago and I haven't and many is the day when I get the looks or the same questions you got but my answear is always the same "its all about fun and I'm having loads of it" Hey if ridng a short board is fun do it but don't bitch about the longboarders getting more waves cause at the ripe old age of 48 I personally don't feel like getting in a paddle race with a 20 yr old on a 6- something ---as they say youth has strength and age has wisdom ---but I still liked the fin & ya momma line though!
I hear that all the time in SC. Response depends on the person: Sometimes it's a smile and a "exploring my quiver" (although it really like "just lettin' it all hang out") and others it gets to "shut up" - if your ever out at PP then you know the usual "Old Yellers" out there.
First off, a mind is like a parachute, it only works when it's open. I got into a good shortboard vs. longboard debate about 2 months ago with a friend of mine. i mostly longboard, he mostly shortboards. on this particular day the waves were about 1-2. with the two of us on our choice equipment, he proceeded to ask "what the hell did you bring the dining room table out for? longboards SUCK!". i told him that its fun and that i didnt see him catching any waves on his shortboard. well, he lost that round. but since that time, and after lots of debates, he's completely changed. he's longboarding more than he is shortboarding now. basically, i finally got him to understand that you have to ride what the conditions call for. you cant shortboard when its 2 feet and when its head high plus you've got to ditch that longboard. and i think that's the real problem we face: people want to ride a certain type of board in any condition... the reality of that is that it just doesn't work. When it's big, i hate seeing those longboarders sitting way outside and catching everything to end up stuffing it anyway. and i also hate seeing pissed off shortboarders who cant catch anything when its 1 foot yet still yelling at guys on longboards. and thats how these guys get bad reputations from the opposing "school" of surfing. you've got to ride what fits the conditions, you'll have more fun if you do. personally, i dont care what i'm riding, i do whatever is fun. i'll ride anything in anything. from a piece of plywood at pipeling to a toothpick in the lake. Like the box of the Longer video says: "Open your mind and your boards will follow" -Steve
And another thing, you've got to ride a wide variety of boards, try EVERYTHING and find out what works for you, what you have the most fun on, because that is the most important part of it all. THE FUN. that's the whole reason we do what we do. Part of the fun is playing with different designs. and if you end up riding something unique, power to you, who cares if you friends give you a load of crap. try new things, and find ways to have even more fun. Who wants to be a clone anyway? AMEN
>>> I'm riding this because the fin kept falling out of your Mama's ass! DOH!!! That's f*&#in' hilarious!
>>> i like to ride shortboards and longboards. i'll grab my 9 footer when it's > pumping just as easily as i'll grab my 6'10". when it's flat, i'll > take out my fish or my noserider, kinda depends on my mood.>>> here's my dilema. i got out of the water this morning after surfing my new > 9' model (really just test driving it.) the waves were overhead and nicely > lined-up across the point. lots of people out. i counted three times when > an aquaintance (shortboarder) paddled by asking, "why are you riding > that?!" my answer is usually, "why are YOU riding THAT?" > you know, trying to bounce a stupid question back at 'em. one guy even > told me, "there's NO reason to be out on that THING." i don't > get it. isn't it all just surfing?>>> are any of you guys in this same situation? what are your responses? i'd > like to propose a contest wherein the best answers get 5 deluxe set waves > here in santa cruz.>>> kirk Change your thinking, and it`ll change your surfing: It`s nothing about your bros, or about Theory of Design. It`s about never smiling, and everything about The Look. Never been about fun, but the pleasure of possession. Nothing about you and yours, but all about me and mine. More about fast paddling, less about fast wave riding. About a bigger stick, about longer and harder. Less about kicking out, much more about dropping in. It`s about stealing feet, but never giving an inch. It`s about bigger numbers, overpowering smaller ones. It`s about unlimitled influence upon mindless masses. Selling rigid conformity under a glaze of individuality. It`s about the Theory of Facist Fashion, not True Function. Ride what you like, as long as it`s like what they ride. The illusion of freedom, firmly restrained by short leashes. Suppose there never was a Shortboard Revolution? No Morning Of The Earth, a film about dead end detours. Maybe it`s all been about Darwin`s Theory of Evolution? Let`s skip the surf and fight about it in the parking lot.
>>> i like to ride shortboards and longboards. i'll grab my 9 footer when it's > pumping just as easily as i'll grab my 6'10". when it's flat, i'll > take out my fish or my noserider, kinda depends on my mood.>>> here's my dilema. i got out of the water this morning after surfing my new > 9' model (really just test driving it.) the waves were overhead and nicely > lined-up across the point. lots of people out. i counted three times when > an aquaintance (shortboarder) paddled by asking, "why are you riding > that?!" my answer is usually, "why are YOU riding THAT?" > you know, trying to bounce a stupid question back at 'em. one guy even > told me, "there's NO reason to be out on that THING." i don't > get it. isn't it all just surfing?>>> are any of you guys in this same situation? what are your responses? i'd > like to propose a contest wherein the best answers get 5 deluxe set waves > here in santa cruz.>>> kirk Kirk . . . just a couple of thoughts. "Why?" questions, directed at an individual, are rarely meant to elicit any sort of discourse. More often, they seem to represent a sometimes rude demand or challenge to explain (or defend!) one's self. Good Lord . . . we're just surfing . . . hard to understand how some take it all so seriously! And . . . a long time ago, Malibu, Summer '62. I was in the water with Dora, sitting out at the Point, waiting for a set. I asked him a "Why?" question (I was only 17!). His response? He glanced at me and then turned away to continue watching for the next set. Makes a lot of sense now. Whaddaya think?
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