Margaritaville star bravely conquers Hurricane Florence!
If I’ve written it once, I’ve written it 1000 times… surfers are craaaaaaaazy! With our bushy bushy blonde hairdos, our baggies and our huarachi sandals too ain’t no telling what kind of no good we might get ourselves all mixed up in. Like waking up really really early in the morning to check the waves, or surfing in hurricanes.
You already know how much I love madcap defiance of both nature and man but, I’ll be honest, I didn’t count Jimmy Buffett amongst the loons.
Jimmy Buffett, whose music is described as “island escapism” and is equally famous for the Margaritaville restaurant chain, posted an Instagram photo this morning telling the world he is not afraid of dying and he is going to surf a hurricane.
Folly Beach is in South Carolina, if I’m not mistaken but real quick have you ever eaten at a Margaritaville? I thought about it, once, in Honolulu but ate at a sushi place instead.
I’m looking at the menu right now, though, and if you and I were meeting at Margaritaville today for lunch I believe I would order the crispy chicken cobb or maybe the California club. If we were meeting for dinner I’d order the Lava Lava Shrimp and possibly a Cheeseburger in Paradise. No, strike that I’d order the Lava Lava Shrimp and the blackened grouper sandwich with sweet potato fries.
Most importantly I would order a Stolichnaya and soda. I totally know that you’d look at me with your nose all scrunched and say, “But we’re in Margaritaville, bro?” And I’d respond, “I know, I know, I just can’t do it.”
A bummer for me in the moment, but I’d be happy later when my mouth didn’t feel like a puckered bowl of fruit.
That really is a fantastic description. A bit anti-depressive compared to old Cormac McCarthy I’m reading right now* (*socially acceptable beachgrit literary brag)
That is poverty consciousness
I hate his music but i saw him surfing ages ago and he seemed like he was pretty into it.
Who is Jimmy Buffet, honest question, I’ve heard that he is into surfing, but I’ve never heard of the cunt aside from this, is he the American version of Cliff Richards? I don’t know who Ted Nugent is either but I’m assuming he is a doomsday prepper’
They’re a lot like Kelly Slater. They just won’t fucking retire and go away.
Exactly like Kelly Slater… they both sell more stuff than most and make a fortune while doing it. Jimmy Buffett may not be rich man investor Warren Buffett, but he has a shit ton of money (reported net worth of $550 million US) and can fly his own float plane to any surf spot he wants. Man I hate and envy this guy.
I think he makes a lot of money in the stock market
Whenever I hear his name I (and it’s only ever in surf media) I always think he has cornered the “all you can eat” buffet music scene, hence being popular in the USA!
Talking of getting older – who gets injury wildcard next year Kelly Caio or JJF???
Not Kelly!
Why not Uncle Tito’s? Why?
It’s refreshing to see someone like him just not giving a fuck; he’s got an old board, he goes straight, with a terrible stance, he’s rich enough to have people surf for him, somewhere else.
Ah good on him.
Blessed are the aged perma-kooks.
Unless he’s a Trumpy Republican, in which case, fuck’im.
Glad his knee’s are still holding up.
I’d pay good money to watch Jimmy Buffett and Ted Nugent battle it out.
Win win
Folly Beach is straight roots! A little barrier island populated mostly by leathery drunks. I also read that Kenny Powers and some of his buds from LA decided to move to the area.
Fuck, if had his money, I’d probably be dead at his age.
Good for him still being alive and kicking and all, but it looks boring as hell
Getting older isn’t pretty
I’d say it’s like free falling but that would be petty.
I’m laughing like a refugee here.
The surf shop I worked at as a teen played Jimmy Buffet’s “Christmas Island” from November through January and now hearing mention of this clown makes me want to kill myself.
He’s no Seabra- https://www.youtube.com/wat…
Looks like he aint afraid of drinking a few Margarithas before surfing either…
I know. I was thinking I want to puff what he has
Sometimes you just get that great one wave session
Margaritaville is a state of mind not a restaurant.
A Stewart. LOL
Credit for not holding a Firewire. Isn’t he a billionaire?
Between the 2/3 wax job, the cord and the Stewart, it’s hard to give any credit.
Gnarls Barkley, brah. The dude on the left looks like he waxes his board like Iggy from Surf Ninjas. He has more wax on his board than I think I’ve used in my entire life… I probably average 1.3 wax jobs per board lifetime, though… Wait, what’s that? Oh, yeah, you’re right, I do suck! How’d you figure that?!
That “dude” is Bob “jungle” jerard. If you don’t know about him and Jim “cutback” Johnson you should quit sarfing.
Maybe he washed his surfboard and somebody had forgotten to take the tissues out of their pockets? I hate it when that happens.
i have like ten bars of wax on my board, i like big bumps