Does drinking The Claw make you goofy?
Identity politics are still the rage and how much do you identify with your stance? Like, are you a capital ‘R’ regular foot, a capital ‘G’ goofy foot or are you a little more fluid? I ain’t talking fluid like Jamie O’Brien, going both ways. Mere mortals like us aren’t bi but are you bi-curious and/or relatively unattached to how you stand on a surfboard?
I am a regular foot but don’t feel any great pride. My little one, when she first started kicking a skateboard, tested out both regular and goofy for a few weeks before settling on goofy, like her mother. It made me happy, to be honest, because I think of screwfoots like I think of left-handed relief pitchers in baseball. I imagine them exotic, much sought after and extremely valuable even though I know that stance has nothing to do with dominant hand.
I envy goofy footers, I suppose, but I know a man who forced his little one into a regular stance at first sign of goof, possibly stunting years of progression but maybe not. Maybe he saved her from years of lackluster style.
In the case of Dusty Payne, Monster Energy, his drink sponsor, flipped him from a regular to a goofy and plastered him all over town. Like a real sassy thing.
Do you think he cares?
Would you?
Identity politics are, after all, still the rage.
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My eldest started as a goofy and switched.
I disinherited him quicker than if he came out as a boogieboarder.
I think Dusty should follow the John John route and sue Monster too as Dusty hasn’t surfed for Monster for almost 5 years now. The emotional distress and humiliation must be unbearable.
Thfri ing
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Oi beachgrit how bout some discussion on last rounds/finals of Sunset? How will it play out if its maxing out
That’s why Nascar is all “Turn left Ricky!!!”
It’s wired into are dna..
He was a fun train wreck to watch..Talk about a guy who got a million second chances..
But also, like you said fuck LA..
We used to call that “shitfoot” and the heckling was brutal, off the charts. Like when I surf.
More importantly….is he being paid?
Totally by the way everyone, that Surf Lakes prototype pool is about to be struck by a small tropical cyclone. Should cross the coast just north of the joint over the weekend, quite a bit of wind and colossal rainfall.
It’s a legal ploy
So Monster never need pay
Another surfer
Is dat how dey do da surfy ova deah in yo cuntry?
Very odd.
I’m goofy and proud! (Actually I don’t think much about it)
I certainly don’t never push no mongo on my skateyboard, no siree Bob.
I’ve tried it a few times. You know…“experimenting” , but it felt wrong and I knew it was against Jebuseseses’ Vlog. I had to go wash myself and do a dozen un-landed Hail Marys over the hip.
i’m goofy and wish i wasn’t. hardly any good left points in southern california. worse, i never learned to skate properly so i push mongo and my right foot is my stronger foot. when i learned to fight, i stand right-handed.
so why do i stand goofy? like mcqueen says in magnificent seven, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
one of my kids is a lefty tho – thinking i should make him switch to regular. i guess bobby martinez did ok going backside at rincon, so maybe my son will figure it out as well. but feel like life is easier for regular foots.
steve howe! i remember seeing him throw serious heat in 1980
doesn’t matter which way you look at it, any glass surface beside a busy road is going end up a dusty Payne.
Are you sure you are a Kerr and not an O’Brien ?
not sure. but I am sure of the phat part. and after waiting several years to apply that comment I should probably change my name to Sadd-wan.
At least it’s not a side or straight down the middle bum part ? After several years ,must you Phat re Tyre ? I feel so deflated …..losing BG’s own Samwise Gamgee .
I salute you sir.
You are the only winner in this whole scenario.
… except for DP, who gets paid to surf.
You show the patience of a true master, biding his time until the most deadly time to strike. I tip the cap atop my pouty face to you, your excellency!
As good as it gets, we can all retire.
So there are surfers who stand with there left foot forward and do okay ? Never heard of any at least from my old neck of the woods…….None ! From Banksy ,Greeny , Occy , Dog ,Kingy ,Flintoff,O’Leary to supergrom Jarvis Earle not a single one with the regressive left foot forward Gene .Go figure ( while going left ) ?
And all these Aussies think baseball is boring! Blasphemy!
Any game that lets Cubans and Americans play together can’t be all bad ?
Two things we’ve always had in common: cocaine and baseball
Anyone else’s Disqus account fucked up? Can’t see my notifications but I can see that they are there, and cannot login! I’m outraged!
Disqus is only breaking left today. All the regulars are fucked.
Thought I’d Pampa you with an upvote Jimmy seeing as you are being left left out ?
It’s cuntish!
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Mine seems fine. But have an upvote as a nice cup of tea, dear.
Had this same issue the other day. Thought it was because I hadn’t been using it for a week or two, but turns out to be goofy foot discrimination. hashtag metoo.
I’ll be damned if that ripple-nipple bitch’s race is superior! The cone-nipple people will rule this world!
You shut your mouth, you dirty knife-nipple bastards!
What’d you say to me, you target-chested piece of shit?
Race war!
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