Who doesn't like to see grommets, in full bloom, suffer just a little?
A while ago I got wind of a couple surfers who ran a surf camp in Liberia. It was during the height of the ebola scare, they’d fled the country and were begging for money online so they could continue to pay their staff.
Tried writing something about it titled, Surfers Welcomed by Head of Global Pedophile Network. But it was just a rant, and not a very good one. I think the title is great, but that ain’t enough to carry a piece. Fucking kids isn’t funny.
I’ve got a problem with for-profit enterprises soliciting donations, was gonna write something on a slow day. But the campaign failed to raise the dough they wanted, so I just kind of forgot about it.
More recently the same two dudes flew to Italy and gave the Pope a surfboard. Press made it seem as though it were a good thing. I, obviously, beg to differ. The Catholic church is a hateful, corrupt, monster.
Tried writing something about it titled, Surfers Welcomed by Head of Global Pedophile Network. But it was just a rant, and not a very good one. I think the title is great, but that ain’t enough to carry a piece. Fucking kids isn’t funny.
I think grom abuse is more or less a thing of the past. Which is probably for the best.
Teasing and torturing young ones in good fun may build character, but there’s a line you just can’t cross. And I don’t know that everyone knows where the line is.
It starts with holding them down and drawing on hilarious permanent marker mustaches, next thing you know some lunatic is sodomizing them in a closet. “It’s just a prank, bro!”
There’s a part of me that likes to see kids suffer a little. Especially young surfers. I watched a bit of the Volcom Totally Crustaceous event that just went down at Trestles. Those little bastards surf way too well. It’s unfair, and it makes me feel bad about myself. Because I’ll never be that good, and I’ve been surfing more than thrice as long as they’ve been alive.
A fun little short featuring grom tossing scratches the itch. Isn’t evil, no one gets hurt. The minor in question will remember the event fondly. Won’t be recounted to a therapist a couple decades down the road.
It also features some top-notch stand up boogieboarding, of which I’ve long been a fan.
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Discarded. Get used to it…
In Hawaii, we give em cracks.
That edit was gold! Though I beg to differ, doesn’t count as stand-up boogie if it has fins… then it’s just a foamie
They’re totally boogieboards.
Or is this a surfboard too?
http://bodyboardhq.co.uk/st…
That’s what the cool kids call a “mini-simmons”right?
Speaking of surfing way too well: there was a guy out while I was the other day. Absolute shit, windblown, choppy shit. The dude was riding a Slater Designs. He was fucking ripping. Catching anything. I’ve never been more frustrated.
Back on topic: Fuck the Catholic Church, and also “Cool Pope.”