We rage about Chinese-made boards but maybe, just maybe, the People's Republic really is an earthly paradise!
Chinese cops taking chops out of boards in wind slop? What the fuck is going on here?
Earlier today Alex Greenberg posted a video to his youtube channel of what appears to be a group of some sort of Chinese official, maybe cops (?), at Xi Chong Beach, in Shenzhen, China, hacking a vicious chunk out of a local surfer’s board.
Quality handsaw, right there. Cuts through the poor fucker’s ride like a hot knife through butter. Most effective surf deterrent I’ve ever seen.
There’s a running commentary from the cameraman, but I can’t understand a word of it. What language is he speaking? Is it Italian? Whatever it is, I don’t know what the fuck he’s saying.
I think I hear the word police in there toward the end.
I reached out to Alex to see if he could shed some light. Nice guy, he got right back to me.
As for back story: I did not take the video. I’m in a chat group with surfers from all over China, (I live in Shanghai) Someone posted this video among others of officers destroying boards. Over 100 people in the group chat writing in Chinese. my Chinese isn’t that great. Anyways what I can gather is that the local officials are sawing people’s boards they deem not experienced enough to surf. Or the officials are sawing anyone’s boards at this one beach break.
Another theory is that since there are some heavy typhoons approaching the China coast the police don’t want people in the water.
China is a strange place when it comes to enforcing laws. it’s hard to explain unless you have experienced it.
I am trying to get an answer about what legit happened. Then I can share that info.
More videos? Hacking up kooks’ sticks when they’re a problem? Delicious! Gimme more!
I’ve asked Alex for the other videos mentioned in his email. If I can get my grubby little mitts on them ya’ll will be the first to know.
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wow, that’s a lot of boards in the water 🙂
chinks will eat dogs and cats, but cant swim
It happened on a ‘private’ beach. There was a previous collision with a swimmer. Surfing was subsequently banned. Private security takes these ‘practical’ steps. ShenZhen police are now negotiating with the local surf club, as local surfers continue to surf, so as to come to some arrangement.
Saw it kook!
Side cut. Everyone’s riding them.
A little back story that I just found out: A swimmer was hit by a first time surfer. The swimmer was not seriously injured at all. Later these guys came grabbed boards that were completely unrelated to that incident and started hacking away at them.
The commentary is in Russian and I don’t understand all of it, but it is similar enough to my native lingo that I am pretty sure that he says at one point that “surfer hit a man” and that’s why po-po is in on the action. Whether he hit another surfer or a swimmer and whether it was in the line up or on the beach, I don’t know. Either way, we need kook police like this in California pronto.
Oh we’ve got plenty of kook police. Policemen that are kooks, at least.
Yes!
I didn’t even know Chinese people could go in water.
It’s their goddamn umbrellas that drive me crazy.
That’s it straight off to hardwear store to buy quality hand saw. Strap that baby to my back. anyone that drops in can slice thru their board in an instant.
May double as good shark repellent – fuck the magnet shit, could just slice through dorsal fin like hot butter as well!!