I want to be part of the problem!
I really can’t get enough of the Brexit, can you? The way it has completely thrown the globe off its axis is totally must see TV and I am taking it all in. The British woman married to a Polish man wondering if he is going to get shipped off. Ex-London mayor Boris Johnston getting mobbed while he tries to get to his car. Confused British citizens busily Googling what the EU is after voting to brexit from it. Glorious!
And yet, I didn’t have a horse in the game. I don’t live in Britain or even in part of the commonwealth (hello Australia!). I don’t have family who will be sent out on their non-British ear. I have nothing and so my joy at the chaos is muted.
But it makes me think about us, about the surf world. Is there anyway we can brexit from something? Could we, for example, maybe brexit from humanity? Surfers are total assholes. This has been established beyond any shadow of doubt. Can we then vote to brexit ourselves, reoccupying one of the abandoned sub-human forms? Like, could we be Australopithecus afarensis or something instead?
Could we brexit from global economics? It seems that the surf industry has already gone down this path, refusing to make products that are salable anymore. Should we follow suit? Should we burn our paper money, our credit cards and start trading surf wax with each other for various services?
Could we brexit from the very constricting male/female dichotomy and demand that we are watery ballerinas, nothing more, and need restrooms that reflect our asexuality?
I want to be part of the problem! What can we brexit from?
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oh yeah the Surfing Nation! “What do we stand for?” “Ours!” “No, mine!” “Fuck off!”
I know where “Ours” is located but where are “No, mine” and “Fuck Off?”
Surely by choosing to be a surf writer you’ve automatically isolated yourself from the economic community, be it European or otherwise?
Most of the surf coaches around here trade surf lessons for sexual favours (+ a few euros, but that’s not real money is it?).
passion ape, nice… ready for some puñetas de granadillas?
Frexit and Gerexit = European collapse???
After two hits of hash, that makes perfect sense.
Do you know who did it?
I’m gonna say banksy
“Confused British citizens busily Googling what the EU is after voting to brexit from it.”
Beautiful!
I thought they were ‘subjects’ not ‘citizens’ but yes it is beautiful! They take over half the world and then whinge about bloody foreigners working in their country!
The soundbite interviews with UK subjects being played on news media here (Oz) are priceless. I know the journalist looks for the nutters but still …
ABC have been playing over and over footage of a loony looking guy in a kilt (?) dancing a jig holding up two big signs, one of which says that God was on the side of Brexit.
I’m continually amazed how God can micro-manage. Helps being omnipotent I guess
I would suspect that most of the searched came from outside the UK. Actually they probably came from Lindsay Lohan and the Kardashian Klan.
No, they would have posted the question on instagram next to a picture of their asses.
All all kidding aside…you know that Lidz was live tweeting while they were announcing the results, right? The abuse that she was taking was pretty damn funny. I hadn’t seen that many of her mug shots in at least five years.
No, I did not know. Shame on me, I would love to hear Lindsay insights.
See…the comments section at BG is ridiculous, irreverent and informative!
Can we brexit Brazil from the continent?
But Siwes Leumals
Which continent do you mean?…
All of them? It’d be like Atlantis, but less advanced
Ahhh you’ re a archeologist.. I see… Siwes Leumals
But you found it? Atlantis, I mean…
But, we don’t care with advanced things… we care about a good land, and good people… good neighbors… like that we have! (Shhh … do not let Argentina know we love it … keep in secret)
Is in good shape for us!
Here, in South america! Latin america!
So… are you trying speak for us all? Wow!!!
By the way…if you and your friends get … The Braxit … we will continue with this huge piece of land we have today !!!
We have almost all minerals, our soil is able to plant all, we have the sea and beaches, tropical climate (and temparado further south), forest, mountains, large rivers, samba, rock, bossa nova, soccer, jiu jitsu, Flamengo, surf … and above alll …
The most beautiful, charming and delicious womens in the solar system! Ok let’s not be modest … the Milky Way !!!
Even if the people are … a little complicated … we get all this!
Bye Bye!!!!
In order to be sarcastic, you have to have a better grip on the language.
But you understand… and most of all… I don’t care!
Bye bye!!!
But most of all, take care now by bye then. Bumblebee tuna.
Tks Lewis Samuels!!! hehehe
Or just the WSL? Braxit!
Try talk with Kelly!!!
He’s always got a tour in mind!!! And now including a new event… in a wave pool…
And the tour got a name: WSL!!!
World Slatexit League
ps: The Slaxit !!!
The Slaxit! I love it!
Hahaha
Ok Chas!!!
just chaxit…
Speaking of Europe and Sweden, Chas can you investigate why surfing has no equivalent to the amazing Zlatan Ibrahimović’s giant ego?
i just want to thank you for knowing who Zlatan is. Gonna really miss that dude in my homeland’s colors.
“I can’t help but laugh at how perfect I am.” – Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The only soccer player worth listening to! Oh and the towering intellectual that is Joey Barton!
Just think if we did! I’ve been begging surfers to do this sort of thing for years….Because why not? What is there to lose?
You want to hear confidence? Ask any shaper in Florida who the greatest one is the answer will be a resounding “me”. I think greg loher and mike tabeling, but most of these guys ” Yeah I just couldn’t do Hawaii” no you can’t throw a 9ft. Rail line and you liked ice. “California is too cold I could be al merrick but i like selling bait in Florida” No you were out drug dealt. My point is, all shapers (most) will say some pretty amazingly conceded things. Including biolos
Fucking Greg Loehr ahahahahahahahaha. Inland Empire’s greatest chemist!
Actually, I just realized I fucked that up…he’s in Arizona, more politically (m)aligned with Florida, I suppose.
Don’t we though? Isn’t it Laird? Or GMac (I’m loathe to use that abbreviation, but I can’t remember his actual name. Thanks, surf idiots!). Or Joel Tudor? Or…
There may be some healthy egos in surfing but none have Zlatan’s pomposity – unfortunately! Never heard a great ego one liner from any famous surfer, but maybe they’re a few gems out there!
My pal was reading Zlatan’s autobiography on a flight we shared and was regaling me with wonderful passages from it. It’s true, no way Laird is up to that standard.
Mike Purpus might have been the guy back in the day, come to think of it!
Or Miki Dora?
Yeah but dora had this almost Ali aloofness to him where it was like. ” that guy is a Dick! But he’s wearing sunglasses inside, so I’ll give him a pass. “
That might also have been when he pretended that his King Charles spaniel was his guide dog so he could get her onto planes, into restaurants etc.., he used a white stick and sunglasses to complete the “blind look”
Garret Mclaimara
Well, some people have Zlatan, others have Laird. I take Laird… More fun, I guess.
Zlatan is an egomanic, but it strikes to me that he knows and just makes fun with it. Laird, on the otherhand, believes it. It’s totally different. And way more dangerous.
Of all the famous deaths this year – perhaps the only one that brings a smile to my face is the imminent death of the United Kingdom!
Someone said the next one should be Sweden…a Sexit! I like it!
Sounds fun, think I’ll fly up there for it!
I’ve been to Gothenburg about 20 times and was never impressed with the women. I went to Stockholm for the first time a few months ago and was VERY impressed so make sure that you choose your destination wisely.
I was in Sweden for a few days (with my girlfriend who unfortunately has no interest in sharing me with other women) I was down in Skane and Malmo, fucking Swedes really know how to make you feel unwelcome! The most ignorant fuckers I have met, but ignorant fuckers is exactly what I’d be looking for during Sexit!
Ahh….you experienced the Superior Swedes! They are smarter and better than you and have no qualms about letting you know it. Most of the people I worked with traveled extensively so their superiority complex wasn’t as bad but there were still a few that I wanted to kick in the shins. I’ve never gotten off the train in Malmo and, to be honest, never had any real desire. But my biggest complaint…the food sucked! How can you be that close to France and Italy and your food suck so bad (except for the bread)???
Well they are certainly better looking!
In Stockholm….yes. In Gothenburg they are, shall we say…doughy.
Are they all wearing black and listening to sunny day real estate and the cure? I would think one could find coutullu in “gothenburg”
No…they aren’t that fashionable. Poor things…
Wow I’m really disappointed ( I know about the vissigoths so no history teachers PLEASE)
having plowed my fair share of scandi vag back in the day (i’m on more of an eastern european trail right now), i gotta say that both sweden and norway seem to export the majority of their good stuff. Reykjavik had one of the best ratios of attractive girls, that and Riga.
Riga….YES!!!! I was there for a day and was VERY impressed by the ladies. Usually those former Soviet Republics get their share of ugly ones but I guess the women in that country were smart enough not to sleep with the Soviet soldiers. However….for you boys that like the boys…they were U…G…L…Y…UGLY. And the reason that those countries export their hotties…as it was explained to me…was that the smart girls leave and become au pairs because they are too dumb to go to college.
Is that you Mr Abberton ?
But isnt Reykjavik on Iceland? Eskimos like Bjork and shit? You got me all confused now.
Brexit is entertaining, no doubt about it. Seeing all of the hand-wringing and asinine brayings of the “Remainers” is truly uplifting, and brings a smile to my face.
If you were to move to France, you’d be able to kill two birds with one stone. One: plenty of good surf and cute French girls (or boys, if that’s your thing). Two: since France may well be the next country to bail on the EU, you could vote for Franxit. Since Franxit will trigger the collapse of the EU, you’d be able to proudly proclaim ‘I had a part in the collapse of the EU!’. Your resulting article on BG could be nothing less than top LEL! Do it, man.
This is a great idea. Perfect even.