A gentle New Yorker braves nor'easter and wins hearts!
You, of course, know the local news “there is a storm/hurricane/snow/wind/big waves so lets go to the beach and snag a surfer” trope. Rarely are the segments any good. The interviewer is always trite and the surfer being interviewed usually deer-in-the-headlights. Oh there have been exceptions like this one from a decade ago…
…but generally poor.
Except look at this fine young man in New York City! The way he casually tries to avoid the camera, his surprise that he is being called over even though he is the only person within miles, his yellowed Xanadu, his puckishness in asking for a ride and the fact that this was his first time surfing ever because he heard it’s good to surf when the wind is offshore.
I think he may be the perfect surfer. He is the one that belongs on our hundred dollar bill.
Speaking of which… should we start our own currency? Now seems like a good time.
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Fake News according to Brad Gerlach. Brad remembers selling his trestles special Xanadu to this guy while in New York 6 some odd years ago. Brad was there for fashion. This guy was there to learn to surf.
Brad taught him wearing Gucci. Lots of it! Not lots of teaching. Convinced the guy he could be Bard, Brad’s alter-ego. Bard would face the storm.
“But it wasn’t the first time. That’s the fake part” said Brad.
I love him even more!
She was hot for the gimp look. Furthering the not so subtle ‘gimp push’ highlighted by a BG commentator earlier regarding the Quikky Pro and possibly the whole year. Get your bets on early kiddies.
New currency you say, how about yellowing glass slippers from the early nineties? One mans treasure is another surfers trash!
Damn, I wonder how much the broken off glass-on fin i saved from my Seach-Era Spyder 6’4″ is worth?
Aercor Ultralite?
Yes!
yes, so good! east coast humor is always appreciated.