Progression comes through a respect of the past etc.
As sure as the seasons pass, the retro fashion wheel has spun back to the nineties. We got Mikey’s mullet. Noa’s voluminous denim shorts. Black Beauties. Creed McTaggart’s Billabong line that looks like it’s straight out of the Sonic Youth 1991 European summer tour.
We even got the Momentum Generation, Slater, Doz and pals, all teary deary and wistful.
However. And there’s always gotta be a however. For a lot of people who remember surfing through the ‘90s, it was actually pretty shit.
And that’s the funny thing about nostalgia.
It can even make bad times seem good.
Think about it: the narrow and curved boards that worked in good waves or for the top .1% of surfers worldwide, but were terrible for anything or anyone else. The wetsuit rash that had to be treated like third-degree burns. The full-deck grips that rashed worse than gravel. Peak localism.
So why do the nineties still thrill me?
I’ve never felt happier to surf my 6’6″ x 18 ¼ on a four-foot day at home. Old VHS collections have taken on the same reverential and utility value as the Rosetta Stone. The kids are dressed in Centrelink-chic. Tribal tatts are right back in. If my complete collection of 1994 Hot Gold collectors surfing cards can regain their value the holy ratio will be complete.
What is it that makes us look so doe-eyed to the past when things are so much better here in the future?
Well, could be a few things.
Maybe it’s because the aggressive lines and bladed-up boards being lionised are panacea to the safety turns and high-volume Hypto dads flooding the lineups today.
Maybe it’s because we are all realising just how truly far ahead of the curve the likes of Margo, Occy and Herring were.
Or maybe it’s because everything in this world seems so scrambled, so damn confusing, the innocence of the past places a calming hand on our own and whispers in a deep, soothing voice, everything used to be okay.
I get the appeal.
In fact, I’m responsible for peddling it daily (@surfads). But is it as good as the real thing?
Or are are we just blindly regurgitating facsimiles of what that era was because we can’t appreciate what’s in front of us now?
Yes, and no.
Progression comes through respecting the past. It’s taking the best of what used to work and applying it in a modern context. For the current new wave that’s rocker and length. The importance of the bottom turn (death to the double pump!) Occ’s Torque. The Herro crouch. Margo’s engage and release on a long rail line.
And this.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Be9OhPWH3LU/
Good surfing will always be timeless. Looking to the past is more important than ever when pushing into the future.
Rituals must be preserved, songlines kept in tact.
But confusing or not, there’s beauty in the present day too: unlimited progression, elevated collective consciousness, a Cambrian explosions of wave riding forms. Ignoring that is as futile as trying to take the blue out of the sky.
And it’ll make great #content for Instagram in 2035.
So what other trends that we haven’t seen since the ‘90 need to come back?
Should noseguards be revisited?
Paddle gloves?
Grom abuse?
Recessionist politics?
(Now, here’s the classic that kicked off the whole damn era.)
Heh Heh, beards in the 90s? Jeans and shirt are too tight as well.
Time filters out a lot of ornery stuff from past eras. What we’re left with maybe flatters the picture a bit if wanting to compare ‘n’ contrast.
oh yeah it is , spent a few days with Garret when he was in Aust….and RCJ , the big wave culture of surfing is progressing , as there have been technological advancements with JetSki’s and vests……and the media coverage has allowed more $’s/sponsorships to be created ….imagine having Da Benz sponsoring you and wanting to try and evolve the sport….insane…then we have the CT……..
MBZ sponsor’s big wave athletes because a photo of a 40ft Nazare shoulder has a higher potential of selling cars than even the most insane pipe tubes. It’s funny to hear you celebrating a multinational’s pimping of one aspect of surfing; as pretext for slinging shit at another aspect of surfing.
surfmom , get off the pipe , being delusional and your derogatory comments reeks of wannabeitis , RUOK?
Whats great about the Benz coming and sponsoring surfers , you know like Mick Fanning, Garrett , and host of other surfers who surf Nazare….is they have brought budgets to help with R&D on equipment , opened up sponsorships for big wave surfers , they do not dictate what the sport should look like or be…pimping….gimme a break its called sponsorship and marketing , and then yeah Nazare 40 ‘ shoulders , yeah right genius ……
Funny because everything I’ve said is completely coherent.. can’t say the same for your diatribe. Perhaps it is you should put down the pipe?
coherent to you …pimping a part of surfing…what’s your problem?
you are delusional which make me think you are a tweaker , at least I have 50 years of history behind me…and you,hahaha???????
Classic ageism. Everyone younger/surfing less time than you must be a total kook, right? I’ve made no errant statements. You’re the one talking utter nonsense; I’m only correcting your gross oversteering by telling you that the general level of surfing now is better than ever. Something pretty much every person with eyes, both ex-pro and layman alike, understands. You’re literally arguing a fact plain as day while at the same time discounting the very things (airs, etc) that make it a fact. If you can’t see how delusional that is, perhaps you should look up the definition you stupid old bogan.
haha , now stupid old Bogan …and I do not call any of the younger generation Kooks as you like to think ,.
You statement that,”I’m only correcting your gross oversteering by telling you that the general level of surfing now is better than ever. ” , so you really think the level of surfing in the water is better now than in the 90’s…..haha…there are so many mid aged beginners now …ah why waste my breath ,
you da man , will you be doing a movie or something soon with all your expertise and incredible understanding without getting personal , or would you be able to actually just do something rather than sniping at old bastards/cunts/loser/fat/jaded/bogan/stupid , and showing your incredible intellect to the world?
This is my last response because we keep going on about everything besides the main point that your statement about the level of surfing being worse now is wrong. More mid-aged beginners doesn’t negate the fact that the overall level of surfing is better now than ever before. That just simply means there are more people than ever trying surfing. Correlation doesn’t imply causation.
I’ve obviously gotten under your skin or else you wouldn’t be sarcastically charging me with becoming a surf celebrity over night. Unlike you and many in the industry, I don’t have an existential crisis if someone doesn’t film or get shots of my waves. I told you I am a nobody. This is also an open forum where 99% of the time I’m not “‘sniping at old bastards”, but just making stupid quips about the oddities of surfing. The only reason I responded to you in the first place was to tell you that your statement about surfing being worse now than decades-past is wrong. It was you who proceeded to sling all kinds of incoherent bullshit at me about your credentials, age, and that because I’m a nobody; what I said is somehow incorrect. Does it take a meteorologist to determine which way the wind blows? I’ve been surfing for longer than you may think and have a pretty clear idea as to the flavor of Kool-aid I’m in.
if there are more beginners , that brings down the average, so what’s your formula for ” the overall level of surfing?
You are a nobody , wow thats a pretty harsh self criticism , how’s your self esteem?
I think that we should start a post and really debate my opinion vs yours , whci I am happy to do and back up my opinion with video footage, but no persnal attacks please!
see its not just me , MC have you ever thought that possibly your opinions might actually be debatable ?
oh yes!!
NOTHING TO DEBATE, HE’S GOT 500 YEARS OF SURFING UNDER HIS BELT.
nah just 50 how many ya got Mom?
Big wave boards, as you know, are so much better now too
stop , my paranoia is doing quite nicely without having to leave my phone in a lead lined case!!
A fucking lot more happened in surfing between 1990 and 1999 than slippered boards and tailslide airs.
Fucking decades! They’re the curse on our understanding of everything.
yea drugs do that , the 1960s and early 1970s all the pot smokers thought they were styling and in tune with dolphin fins and shit , then Heroin hit late 1970s into the 80s and they all thought they were punk rock edgy but surfed like shit , then the 1990s and coke speed and meth and the hell men were ripping 4 ft Japan on 7.6″ ” x 18 3/4 x 2 5/8th thrusters ie , until Kelly arrived and put them on notice now that was the real change. I think I got your point right ?
The only thing I truly miss about the 90s is white Mitsubishis.
Which is probably why I don’t miss anything else.
Feel you on this one Chaz. Arigato gozaimash.
Hai!
Wow, great memory. How good were those bad boys! There was a long running batch of pink Cadillacs round my way which were the only gurners prized more highly
You just accidentally turned on KROQ. It’ll be ok, guy.
Still no one can do those carving 3s like slats. Regular rail to rail surfing was arguably better than bar few guys like mick Joel dane and jordy
Strider and the interview dude wearing the same unique shirt is a bad look.
I think shit talking has progressed in leaps and bounds! And rightly so. This sport needs critisism more than it needs waves. BeacHgrit should take a bow for all of the good work they’ve done.
Hawaiian Pro and Nazare are the two best contests of the year so far, by far.
Go Jack!
Why were they the best?
As they call in Bingo , Legs eleven .
90’s are over, 00’s are in. Get with the times.
Then I am changing my name to 007 or is it too late already . Future shocked , having trouble keeping up with the acceleration of the rate of change in the Intersubjective myths deciding which decade in the recent contemporary past is now the shit ?
I think if you compared a standard CT comp from ’86 to ’96 there would be a leap in style and performance. But ’96 to ’16 (minus the airs) …not so much
Watched the world juniors in France in 92 at Lacanau and in solid French Beach Breaks they were hitting the lip and dropping out of the sky like Moniz , Bailey and Leo did at Haleiwa today .
Always minus the airs, right? They’re done so often is must be easy right? Surely these little whippersnapper’s first move on the first wave they get up on in their life is an air. Turns are the absolute hardest part of surfing. JJF in French beachies is so boring, why not scrap the CT and just run legends comps like the 2018 Azores Airlines geezer grand masters? You know, ‘man turns’ and such.
yeah lots of young 13 year olds can do air reverses at will.
Fuck you are a moron , trying to compare the ” Old Geezers ” well past their prime to todays surfers, really?
Yea so why can’t adults? You’ve been surfing longer. How come you cannot do air reverses at will? No, I actually compared prime to prime. Hence why I said that MP in his best form still couldn’t touch JJF, Medina, etc.. hard pill to swallow for you, I’m sure.
most surfers when they get older don’t want to risk damage to their body , so stop airs , so as to prolong their surfing lives.
MP was 70’s….but as you do not follow history , how would you know , and/or how would you know about the 90’s…?
MOM that’ll do , I realize now that you just wanted to attack me personally , to try and tear down my credibility , I shouldn’t have fallen for your trolling , as really you have admitted to no respect or interest in History…good luck with that!!
“you have admitted to no respect or interest in History” HAHAHA nice try, but I’ve already told you I have loads of respect for the history of surfing. If you take me calling you on your bullshit statement as outright disrespect of the entire history of surfing then you’re far more egotistical than I thought. I actually respect you, but the longer we banter the more that diminishes. Apparently you fancy yourself the center of the surf universe? LOL fuck off already.
“you actually respect me” , now there’s this mornings cup of hypocrisy…..if there was any respect you would not have to try and tear down my crediblity , by disrespecting , age , sickness in an old”bag of tits/Bogan/Resin head /bogan etc…you got quite personal which is way of you trying to make your point that you don’t agree with my opinion , it’s all a bit lopsided as you know some minor details of my life, I know nothing of yours……and boy if that’s what you call respect ????
I do not fancy myself as center of the Universe , perhaps you would like to see your self there , but what would you be….have a really good look in the mirror , and make sure its a very big one , as me thinks your ego is one of the biggest I have come across on the forums , ah the ramblings and insults of a young infantile mind…..
Fuck I feel like there was a BG microphone lurking in my closet yesterday , was having a conversation with a few well known Journalists/Film makers about comparing todays surfing to surfing in the 90’s and what has changed .
We agreed the surfing level has not progressed , except for airs , the level of surfing has actually spiraled downwards , competition equipment is so stagnant , manufacturing techniques have not progressed , all in all surfing has become quite mediocre , with empty rhetoric/marketing now being the focus producing very little thats new and exciting , compared to the 90’s which was the era where surfing really pushed the limits , individuals were their own brand , surfing equipment was evoloving every 6 mths , extroverts were treated with respect and revered, the competition was extreme , the partying was extreme, board design was going thru the roof….surf Company’s harnessed the 90’s rebel surf culture into Billion $ Co’s , “and now the end is near we did it our way!”
If you take the airs out of the current top surfers , I doubt very much whether todays surfers would even be in the top 10…..against Curren/Elko/Margo/Occy/Sunny etc who all were innovative/creative and power/man turn specialists , where there are very few surfers today who have the surfing techniques to match surfers from yesteryear……..
Derek , being a no Tech fossil , I would love to post the Margo Winki sessions , could you post it for comment/example of 22 years ago and is there anybody currently on tour who could match him????
Are you kidding me? How about the progression at chopes and in big waves? How about club sandwiches?
Let the old guys bump gums about how thing’s not only haven’t progressed, but have actually gotten worse. What’s funny to me is the downplaying of airs or paddling into waves previously deemed unsurfable often spoken in the same breath. We get it, the past was special and surfing will never have that wild and untamed spark like it used to. That being said, today’s level of surfing completely shit’s on everything pre -90’s and that’s putting it mildly.
True that.
Everything seemed better in your twenties. And it probably was.
And I couldn’t watch a live contest in the nineties.
Or have Pete Mel explain that too much water over the nose would result in a pearl necklace.
It was shitty then, it’s shitty now. There were/are moments of brilliance scattered throughout.
Yikes!
Truth’s exciting ain’t it!
I still can’t remove from my mind the picture of a fiesty so cal surf mom . . . in due time, I’ll replace that image with who you really are: M. Biolos, surf mom extraordinaire.
Matthew is far better looking imo…
actually the foundation for todays surfing was created in the 90’s , best backhand Occy, Rail carves Curren and Carroll , I could go on but realize I am talking to myself hehe!
Oh exalted one, please share more of your smoked-out, incoherent superiority. It really, really matters!
dear surfmom , oh did we get a little precious when I disturbed your sense of reality ? stop feeling so inferior you will be Ok , you have BG and such a beautiful charismatic name #fuckmetoo?
Typical old fart thinking every young person is so emotional and effected. I’m taking you to your nonsense because I find it incredibly funny. To be clear, I find it HILARIOUS how superior you think you are. I’m comfortable with being a nobody. Thank god I’m not some fat old dude begrudgingly coming to terms with the fact, like yourself.
typical young upstart , no respect , no regard for history , no idea about the idea of superiority or is it just knowledge and experience that really does your head in , and does your God not like older men who have put on a bit of weight , because of his cancer drugs…yeah mock the cancer survivors , oh the world will be a much better place with disrespectful little fucks like you!
I have no respect or regard for history because I called you on your jaded bullshit about surfing being worse now than ever? God damn your ego is insane.
No its not my ego , you have said so yourself , that you have no respect or regard for History…..including myself, so how the fuck would you know really what the 90’s was,haha?
Very hard to debate someone who only knows one side of the story …..but I could teach you , but you are too narrow minded and like to play the person not the subject.
sometimes i put on an old tune on spotify from back in the day.. one that got me really going.. and it sounds like shit.. but it ain’t on a turntable either
there has been progression in the air , bigger barrels being ridden , but the basic bottom turn , rail turns , round house hacks etc were the bread and butter of the pros…….I think the basic power surfers are now missing or they have had to sacrifice the power game for their airs …….as per JJF at Margs….he stunned everyone with his rail game , like the 2 x TC’s or OCCY/AI….damn I wish I knew how to post videos , as there is a great example of Jack Robinson at Tombstones getting barreled , whereas if you revisit Tombies and watch Margo…who would come out of the barrel and then start doing Vertical reos…chalk and cheese!
You’re a little incoherent and this is all very subjective. Are we talking purely about what we see the pros doing? Are we talking about the overall level of surfers on average? Either way, in the most general sense, both on average and at CT level; bottom turns are tighter than they’ve ever been. Round house hacks are more exciting than they’ve ever been. You shape surfboards, you should have a fundamental understanding of this. My whole reply wasn’t to put modern surfing on a pedestal, but played out like such as way of refuting sentiments that surfing level has somehow decreased in the modern era. That’s an incredibly retarded assessment and you know it. You’re beef is with how surfing in competition is judged, but you seemingly take it out on surfing at large. Being jaded isn’t nearly as grating to people if you just own it.
Essentially, whether pro or just trying to be a local standout; surfing pre-90’s was more cool than it was difficult. Surfing post-2000 is uncool, but way more difficult. The 90’s seemed like the closest ratio of cool and difficult. Examples being Gerry Lopez, Shawn Briley, and Gabriel Medina. Gerry Lopez is the epitome of retro surf cool, besides being a god at Pipe with a silky smooth style he’s not really a ripper. Shawn Briley, while not David Hasselhof, was cool and also ripped. Gabby Medina fucking rips, but is soft as baby shit and about as cool as 7 Eleven sushi.
yeah mom , it is subjective , and thats why I thought I would throw a little light on the 90’s subject , and my comments are directed at the CT level/Pro era…and having been there to witness 1st hand , what really went down and is going down , is simply based on me actually being there and part of it….so you can say all you want …as where were you reading surf mags and watching surf vids?
When you say that ” surfing pre-90’s was more cool than it was difficult,” I realized you have no idea what you are talking about , and ” surfing post 2000 is uncool but way more difficult……..” then add Gerry in the 90’s hahaha…I think ya better let it go you will embarass your self…is that cool, uncool ,and what is the degree of difficulty?
More incoherent ramblings from a smoked out resin head, complete with a lack of reading comprehension. My statement was “Examples being Gerry Lopez, Shawn Briley, and Gabriel Medina.” If you were capable of thinking critically, you’d see there are 3 names and that I was referring to 3 time periods. Lopez = 70’s. Briley = 90’s. Medina = 00’s. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.
Jimmy , I am just talking about , has surfing evolved ? take away the airs and just look at a surfers on the CT , are they faster doing bigger man turns are they doing check turns or big rail carves …like JJF at Margs ……yeah big wave surfing has improved because of the technical advances in Vests and Jetskis…..and yeah OK I’ll have a toasted Club sandwhich!
Aside from the airs and big waves, look at the barrel riding going on at chopes etc, maybe they aren’t putting as much effort into perfecting their cutbacks as the pros from the 80s did, but times move on, once hanging ten was the significant maneuver, the generation from the 70s can’t be criticized for their lack of ability on the nose when the paradigm has shifted, like it has since the 80s!
yeah Chopes is insane , riding waves on finely tuned equipment , remember when surfers started riding Pipe on longboards, big single fins , no leashes , no water safety…..we were stunned by how big the tubes were , I think Dan Merkel as one of the first where we actually saw inside the barrel , and the takeoffs…today equipment is so much better….but do you still get the same buzz from Chopes now its been done a million times?
Remember when surfers rode 4 inch thick pieces of shit? Did it ever occur to you that, under the same circumstances, maybe a massive fucking block of glass and foam will displace more water than a potato chip of glass and foam? Certainly not a reason for why bottom turns took longer and looked more powerful on old equipment? And maybe, just maybe, the net benefit of sharper equipment outweighs how you may feel about surfers from the 70’s displacing 400 more drops of water than a surfer from 2018 while bottom-turning? You’ve become high on your own supply.
No I don’t remember surfboards being 4″ pieces of shit, as that is just a bullshit statement, fuck are you an ” alternative facts trumpian?”
WTF I thought we were talking 90″s now it’s 70’s , when you talk about me being incoherent ..haha…..so lets stick to the 90’s as the 70’s was actually a magic time for surfing ,designing/pioneering ah when men were really men and there was no whining !
It’s called exaggeration you old nut sack. Don’t even try and act like surfboards weren’t thicker and more voluminous. No whining? Jesus Christ that’s all you come on this site to do. Every time you post is you whining about something. Just because someones decided to take you on your bullshit doesn’t mean it’s whining. “when men were really men” .. and now you’re an old bag with tit’s.
haha an old bag with tits haha…good one , exageration or you just haven’t got a clue do you ? no idea that my weight issues are from 7 years of cancer drugs ravaging the old body….but still could out paddle and out surf you….and my whining as you call it is setting the record straight or giving an opinion that differs from others based on 50 years surfing…but you can call it whining as you seem to have a hard on in whinging about me and my opinions , at least I have lived and am living in the real world and not some keyboard warrior hiding behind his Mom!!
“at least I have lived and am living in the real world” ..on Beach Grit talking bullshit under an alias? As if I’m not a human that exists in the real world as well? Lol you’re so full of yourself. We’re essentially the same just you are older. Congrats on beating cancer.
you say it’s bullshit , I say its real…everyone knows who I am , so not hiding….we are not the same , as I would not insult and disrespect a cancer survivor and or Fat people! just so you know I come onto the forums , sometimes just to stir shit , sometimes to correct history , sometimes just get a discussion going….full of myself or just got a lot of stories/experiences that contradict your view of your world?
“Take away the airs”
I fucking love it. Just admit that you are a jaded old surfer. You literally answered your own question.. “are they faster doing bigger man turns” and then mention “like JJF at Margs”. By your own statement, the answer to your question is yes, minus the airs the vast majority of surfers are doing faster and bigger turns. Don’t even think of trying to reply with some hair-splitting, vague bullshit about the difference between a ‘man turn’ and a ‘big rail carve’ as if your arbitrary definitions mean something. Do you even surf anymore or are you being intentionally obtuse?
yes I am an old jaded surfer , not fit enough and a bit slower , don’t go out over 20′ anymore , ride longer wider. thicker boards….so WTF has that got to do with having an opinion based on 50 years of surfing everyday?
JJF at Margs was like seeing a heat from 25 years before , watching him bury the rail to the nose , turned a tad earlier on his bottom turns , very currenesque……. when you judge surfers from the 90’s , with square bottom turns and vertical backhand reo’s ( occy” ) and Currens rail carves , what’s changed?
Maybe you should come for a surf with me and see how you do , not that proves anything, but how long have you been surfing and how close to surfings elite have you been or are?
Oh you can have an opinion. I actually enjoy the old timers that come on here and share knowledge. Surfing is all very subjective, but to haul off and say the level of surfing is worse in the modern era is so incredibly asinine. You can tell me you’ve been surfing for 50 years until you’re blue in the face, but frankly I think you’re just an experienced idiot. How long have I been surfing? How close am I to surfing’s elite? These very questions show just how fucking cooked you are on your own ego. Whether I’ve been surfing for 3 decades or 3 weeks frankly doesn’t change the fact that anyone with eyes can see that your idea of surfing being worse is just nonsense from an old cunt getting older. Occy and Curren are idols of mine just like Noa, Dane, and Craig. If one were to be as objective as possible in regards to surf critique; Occy and Curren being absolute legends still doesn’t mean they surf better than Noa, Dane, and Craig.
listen ol girl , my point was my stories and facts are first hand , whereas you just seem to be a wannabe…..who gets his opinions from headlines , no real depth…OK I am an idiot , which from you is a compliment , as if you think 3 decades or 3 weeks experience in the surfing culture don’t matter , WTF?
yeah older but still going hard , involved in the big wave shit making new designs etc……you sound like somebody who doesn’t surf much , as if you think ego could drive a passion such as surfing ..get off the ice,your delusions are showing!!
You act like you’re the only one who’s ever experienced anything or that your particular experiences are vastly greater than everyone else’s. THAT is what is so damn funny about you, Maurice. It’s funny watching an old man that’s done a few cool things greatly embellish his own importance in the writing style of a 12 year old. The hard fact is that, while you’re experienced, you’re wrong about the current level of surfing. MP in his prime of primes still couldn’t hold a candle to JJF, Medina, and others. That’s not a crack on surfing of the past nor is it an ode to the surfing of today. It’s purely what it is. No amount of ageism or smoked out bullshit you say will refute that, but by all means carry on.
that’s your delusional view on my comments , but then again you probably haven’t done much in your life so don’t understand you have no real idea what I have done am doing …I am really starting to wonder if you are not one of those kooks who get sent in every now and then for not being able to duck dive.
All this because you disagree with the levels of surfing from now Vs the 90’s , you obviously , are a very learned man vs a 12 year old writer ! FFS now BG has its own really smart guy , who writes like a Finnegan , has read all the latest surf media , so you know a lot..are you really Ben Marcus?
I think we have traded enough insults and disrespect for each other …I have my learned experienced opinion and you have your intellectual pathetic opinion based on ……well not much I can see !!
“what I have done am doing” …but I’m the incoherent one
yes you are incoherent , if you can’t understand , past history , and what I am actually doing today and for the future ….is that a bit clearer ???
Elko was horrible. Was good at sunset but all he had was that weird lay back. Looked good in pics but in video yuck. Agree with Margo occy and current. Current 4 years ago in that retro heat at sunset was as good as any top 32 surfer
Elkerton was great until he changed his style and got the hand chop thing. Watch Kong’s Island and you will see one of the best surfers of that era. He was always great in Hawaii. Remember he always said he was going to party until he turned 21 and then focus on competing. Unfortunately after that loss to Hardman in 87/88 he got some really weird style thing going.
The world is only scrambled and confusing cause of the internet dumbass.
Turn off your shit and it’s still the same.
Unless you’ve had kids….
Disappointed my suggestion of bringing back spitting the winkle was edited out tbh
spit the winkle-
When someone sticks a garden hose up their ass & fills up their intestines with water, walks like a duck to their nearby target, and launches the high pressure stream of water out of their ass…ideally hitting someone in the face.
Sounds dangerous. People really did that?
The 90’s on the north coast
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Shaun (Son of Mango) Munro ?
on the money jimmy
I had a similar wetsuit to Shaun’s in the 80s and copped the nickname Ronald McDonald !
i always wondered where the batteries went, it was so bright
I blame X-Ray Spex and The Day the World went Day- Glo .
….do I remember a Tracks or ASL article where he was being positioned as an eco-warrior because he recycled?
We have come a long way.
This picture said more than that whole article.
I was rad, had a six-pack tummy, and actual hair, like, on my head.
Of course the 90’s were the best.
yep epic
Vests, short johns, Astro Dots, wearing one bootie (back foot), Zinka, zippers and board socks.
board socks are out??? Why does no one tell me these things? Were Flojos a 90s thing? or was that the 80s? maybe the 90s were Chippa Slippas? I can’t keep track anymore.
Yes but patchouli oil jumped from the 70s straight to the NOW and shorts are long enough to cover your nuts but not so long that they get stuck between your knees and the wax f*ing up takeoffs as they did late 90s .
patchouli oil , the essence of foot rot mixed with a hint of some feral chicks underarms and a smell that could wake the dead
Yes laughingly I think Malcolm Mclaren was right in the Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle when he uttered the immortal line “Call all hippies boring old farts and set light to them.”