Our brave new world!
Do you love our modern political age as much as I do or do you love it more? I think it would be difficult to love it more, to be quite honest, because I love it a lot. Everything used to be so… boring. So… scripted. A politician would get caught saying/doing something frowned upon. He would deny it until it became untenable then he would plead for forgiveness then he would disappear.
Yawn.
In this climate, though, everything is twice as glorious. A politician will get caught saying/doing something frowned upon and immediately double down denying only that it is, in fact, wrong. Staring boldly into the camera. Refusing to disappear.
The surfboard shaper and performance artist Peter Schroff is following this new model and let’s review. Two days ago he posted, on his Instagram, a self-portrait doing “yellow face” while mocking surfboard makers who import boards from China, Cambodia, etc.
There was a bit of frustrated disbelief amongst his followers as to the racially charged overtones but did Mr. Schroff tearfully apologize? No! He doubled down by posting this:
And writing:
Lookylike pimp’s hunch was absolutely correct…… there’s alot of busy body faulty politically correct folks here that love twistin pimp’s intended statements. Uno who you r, do you really want to kill the American $ ‘n make theirs stronger? SAVE DE SURFBOARD INDUSTRY IN AMERICA……. FYI this snapshot was shot years ago by pimp’s Japanese friend at the R-23 sushi bar downtown LA
Modern!
Now. Do you feel that pimp’s intended statements were twisted? Does it make it ok because pimp has a Japanese friend? Are there any Japanese surfboards being imported to America? I must go outside to the snow now but will be pondering these and other questions as I slide.
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Don’t you mean “Who’re da fuck is pimp?”…?
You people are such losers. You guys bicker and moan over the stupidest of things then nail a cat to a cross because he does the same. Libtards can’t be fixed, helped, or saved from themselves.
its the stuff they put in our water, it turned the frogs gay in CA
I don’t care about Peter Schroff, but please can you not run any more articles by Michael Kocher. He was not a very good writer and proved himself, not least on the occasion of his death, to be a complete fuckwit. If there’s one thing boring about BG – and it’s only one! – it’s the occasional indulgence of a tedious fuckwit like that guy. At least Schroff once had some sort of surfing related act.
For Pete’s saké, dat fucker is Schr off!
Ibàgree (not sure how auto-correct got there, but thats auto-being one funny fucker right there) …about Kocher’s unnecessary exhumation.
3 articles on a washed up alcoholic has-been 80’s shaper with a penchant for Asian racism… slow news week, right?
Has-been is generous.
Dumb ass cracker smh
Is OC bro racist? Highly relevant. Clearly I’m not ready to move on from OC bro yet.
“I’m not a racist. I’ve got an Oriental friend.”
I spoke to one once , and she was a ping pong kinda gal!
What are the odds his friend was actually the waiter?
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There is a shaper who lives relatively close, his work looks good and he is highly regarded, but some of the racist shit he posts on Facebook about immigrants (blah blah blah…) I’ll never buy a board off the cunt!
Every godamn shaper is a trump voting jerk, I can’t figure it out for the life of me. By “trump voting jerk” I mean a homophobic,nationalist,with delusions of grandeur. There’s a few that aren’t,but we’re all bong hitting hermits who keep to ourselves.
they’re all set up as pass through businesses, they love Trump for his fiscal responsibility
trump’s fiscal responsibility! thats good.
Right on , and why wouldn’t they be?
Trump has promised to protect local jobs , put big tariffs on products from Mexico ,Asia , help build Surf Ranchs by putting Trump towers in everyone of them , don’t tell me you are so cynical and skeptical that you wouldn’t believe the President of the USA?
you sound like one of the worst types of queers
I don’t know. This doesn’t sound like the elton john I know.
fuck yeah , I have shaper who lives near me , he’s a fucken lefty liberal , wants globalization , thinks there’s climate change , and sharing is caring…are you kidding me!!
Someone posting up their own prejudices on their shaping businesses Facebook page isn’t a smart marketing move! Then again, what sort of intelligence is really at work behind a racist’s eyes!
maybe his clients are Team America -Fuck Yeah!
So many questions Pete! How far do you pull your eyes back when you’re doing Mason Ho? “Common sense” says halfway, but maybe there’s some art in the ratios? And maybe Eddie Rothman’s kids are just a little bit Asian? Can you do them by squinting and making a hook nose with your finger? I’ll be eagerly checking your Instagram!
Let the sheep have their new pro models so they can feel secure about their lack of ability. Some of the best surfing I’ve seen has been on unorthodox craft. I saw Adam Replogle DESTROY a 3′ point break wave by my house on a 8’6″. Some of the best surfing I think I’ve seen in person.
I don’t think it’s about board design anymore,he’s seems to have crossed a line in the sand that nobody can figure out where it’s “insightful” or ‘orible gubbna ,I don’t think that the tiny Tim phonetics is helping anybody.
as long as Knost gets checks and people line up to buy Burch’s fortieth handshape ever, i’m sticking with orrible gubna.
They’re all still going at it. I’m not sure if this falls into the “all publicity is good publicity” category anymore,reminds me of trump saying “I could shoot someone in the street and not lose a vote” type shit. Fucking over it,makes me want to make boards in China so I’m not that bitter.
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Take a pill bro. Life’s to short to be hateful.Hate is the worst emotion and poisons the soul. Not trying to sound like a hippie but let it go and free the spirit. Leave the shock value trip up to Chas; he’s got it down.
haaaah “net never”, bringing the Bezos approach to the industry
Ooooohhh, he has an Asian friend. Okay then, nothing to see here, sorry bro!
Just don’t drive through UC Irvine with your windows down and you’re good. Or ever need to pick up a prescription.
He imported his Asian friend to cut costs, and culled the life dreams of a Made in USA friend. He is the very evil that he abhors.
Dude, funniest post all week!!!
Or see a doctor, or get an attorney, or go to school….
my sister’s graduating pharm class at USC had more Nguyen’s than all non-asian grads combined
How do you know when an Asian has broken into your house? Your room is tidy any your homework has been done.