Is there anything better than wipeouts? Yes.
I’m not proud of it, but I was in more than my fair share of fights when I was younger. If you’d asked me then I’d have sworn they were all justified, but if I’m being honest it was really all because I had a chip on my shoulder and pubescent levels of testosterone coursing through my veins. And also because I was a greasy little punk and no women would have sex with me.
In the decade and a half since I’ve only hit someone twice. The first time was an unfortunate mishap at a baby shower that I won’t delve into right now. The second involved me squaring off with the senior partner of my wife’s law firm in a Honolulu parking lot. I won that one, but the dude was in his sixties, so I feel like it deserves an asterisk.
On a related note, did you know you don’t have to hit an old man very hard to hurt him pretty badly?
While I’m not an advocate of using violence to solve problems, I do think that, sometimes, not often, you’re justified in delivery a stiff right to the center of someone’s big stupid mug. And I do enjoy watching other people fight, especially over surfing. It’s just such a stupid thing to come to blows over, watching two guys bash on each other over a totally inconsequential part of life puts a huge smile on my face.
El Porto is such a garbage spot. A shitty closeout 364 days a year, home to worst ten million freaks, boomers, egos, and assholes that LA has to offer. I just love how the guy throws his nice white …Lost on the ground before they go at it like two dudes who’ve watched a ton of UFC but never actually tried to translate their sweet mental karate into action.
Getting mad at a little kid is such wasted effort. The little shit can run his mouth at you, even take a swing at you, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it. Because, if you try, Richie Collins is gonna come flying out of nowhere and kick your ass!
I take back what I wrote earlier about surfing always being a stupid thing to fight over. It’s a little more nuanced than that. For instance, I feel like Nathan Fletcher’s reaction in this clip is totally reasonable.
Thank the good lord for giving everyone video cameras, otherwise I’d never have seen a guy come pretty close to drowning a dude while two foot mush crumbles softly in the background.
There’s a moment in here when he realizes, “Oh shit, I’m way too old for this to end well for me.”
Remember, keep your chin down and your hands up and, until next time, here’s an old man falling down an escalator.
Thank you for posting this, Rory. It’s a great reminder that fighting over surfing is about as petty as it gets. Sure, we all get pissed off at others out in the water, but to actually fight over waves is ridiculous. It’s clear that no one wins, in any of the videos.
Videos of people falling are better.
Why americans and australians just can´t be educated in surfing??
So long hair attacks Baldy whilst Baldy is not yet on the beach. Baldy quickly realizes that punching is not his forte so he reverts to the superior dunking/drowning technique. Long hair then complains post fight that Baldy’s not playing fair yet long hair clearly chose the place to fight. Or did I miss something?
I’d like to imagine Richie just hangs out at Blackie’s and waits to fight people.
With paddling gloves for extra powwahhh
Interesting that Richie is still up to these antics. Remember he ruined a huge pro career in the 90’s by punching out local kid Josh Baxter at Lowers and was boycotted by the industry. At least now he is sticking up for kids.