Ancient proto-Polynesians own the narrative but what if...
Oh my, oh boy, oh my. I am half lounging in a very fine bed right now because it is ten o’clock at night though the sun has not yet set and won’t for a few short hours. Then it will rise a few short hours after that because I am in Copenhagen.
Copenhagen!
I have never been here before but have been wildly fascinated since youthful days spent reading Søren Kierkegaard and imaging.
Søren Kierkegaard!
All of his philosophy is the absolute best, or at least all his philosophy that my addled brain can understand. Like either/or.
Either/Or! (buy here!)
And I have given two book book readings lately in promotion of Cocaine + Surfing (buy here in Australia! Here on Audible! Here in America!) where a few questions have been asked on the origins of surfing and my claim that it was Peru.
“But what if…” they say “…but what if the Portuguese explorers were riding waves too?”
And I tell them that those ancient Peruvians pre-date European expansionism. “But but but… what about the vikings?”
It would be an easy search, considering today’s technology, to know if the ancient Peruvians predate these proud vikings but I have never done it so don’t.
I would imagine the ancient Peruvians predate everyone but Mesopotamians but, again, what do I know? And I am jet-lagged.
But!
I went swimming tonight in that salty Danish brine at eight o’clock at night and there were no waves but the water was perfect and so was the warm wind.
Do surfers actually need waves?
Does history even matter?
Just kidding, Matt Warsahw! I’m super jet-lagged!
I don’t know, but it must have taken a lot of waveriding skill to get those ships safely to the beach on the west coast of Ireland, Scotland, etc, Plus the cold water!
Well, (having semi-documented Viking heritage), this here Viking is happy to finally be semi-acknowledged.
And you’re wrong Nick. Us Vikings would take out those Pacific Islanders, due to better weapons and armour. Sure the armour might be a bit uncomfortable in the heat, but our metal forged weapons plus bows and arrows are a step-up on spears. (Note, I say this as someone who didn’t have to face too many Islanders while playing union or league growing up).
I’m a Viking, do you think I’m happy about it?
Liar. You are a tulip farmer at best
We could all just have a little viking club here on BG.. wouldn’t that be neat! Got family in Norway!
I was horrendously overcharged for the book at Brisbane airport but thought fuck it, I liked Welcome to Paradise…plus the book title garnered a cheeky grin from the cute sales girl and a few minutes of conversation, so there’s that. Fun read.
Take a walk through Copenhagen Central Station if you want to step back in time. Masterpiece.
The ancient Vikings would have cut those Peruvian fishermen sixty thousand new arseholes.
But then would have had their puzzlingly pointy heads bashed in by the proto-Polynesians.
by the way where’s my fucking copy of this book? I want to review it, along with the classic surfploitaion novel “Cute And Deadly Surf Twins”, by the great Patrick Morgan.
Guinness > Carlsburg
I think they’re both owned by the same company these days.
Look for a Guiness / Carlsberg collab beer out soon.
I will NOT look for that, Chan.
Rapists, pillagers and monk killers! Responsible for setting up that shithole Dublin too!
Dane Reynolds, Dane Gudaushas… I think you are onto something!
Why have my harmless links on the last article been modded?
Don’t you like Bo Selecta?
Since I’ve turned back on the picture/links function every second post goes to the Mod “pending” box….
Fair enuff.
I figured it was merely an automatic thing.
…but thought I’d kick up anyway because I’m just like that.
It’s Warshaw