Viva the Revolution!
Were you very sad when the Robert Mueller was turned in last Friday to basically crickets? No fireworks. No lopped off heads. Just another day in Washington all dull and grey.
Well, there may be no collusion between Donald J. Trump and Vlad Putin but there is all sorts of collusion between surfing, including our glorious surfing lifestyle, and Russian folk and let’s read about them in the mouthpiece of the state also called Russia Today or RT.
The exotic sport of winter surfing has become a new attraction in Russia with more and more athletes attempting to conquer the stormy waves of the few seas and lakes which remain unfrozen during the winter.
In St. Petersburg, surfers defy subzero temperatures and stormy winds to glide on the waves across Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, which are not iced over in February.
“Whether it’s winter or summer… it doesn’t matter, we go surfing,” says Nikita Kononovich, 29, who commits himself to surfing all year round.
The surfers paddle into the ice-cold water without fear of being frozen as their wetsuits provide thermal insulation, protecting them from injury.
The waves at this time of the year are no higher than 1.5 meters. However, stormy winds combined with snow and ice plates which drift on the water make surfing even more dangerous.
Taking all precautionary measures, the surfing sessions don’t last more than two hours, as temperatures below zero make hands and feet go numb and cover the athletes’ faces with ice.
“The worst moment is when you get out of the water and go to get changed,” said another extreme surfing lover, Danila Novozhilov.
“Surfing in winter isn’t particularly hard. You need to respect a few rules like watching how long you spend in the water to protect yourself from the cold.”
So, first, this is my favorite surf piece of the year. It as all the great elements including fabulous characters and wonderful use of verbs. I don’t care what the politicians think, but gimme this sort of collusion all day long.
Viva the Revolution!
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Wow! Your vacation is very interesting and very fun. Besides that you also play surfing there. Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge about surfing. Odysseysurfschool.com
You forget about John John. What if there was 3 John Johns on tour brazzos would be dropping like flyes. But it would be funny if Brazil dominated and white breads could not even make top 20. Only Brazilians would watch the CT and prize money would plummet. It would be the end of professional surfing.
In 2001 Greg Noll’s cat Ike came along on a a trip from Seattle to Alaska – by way of Montana, Alberta, BC and the Yukon – in an attempt to be the first to surf Kamchatka in Siberia.
The idea was to fly from Anchorage to Petropavlovsk on Magadan Airlines with some surfers and a photographer or two.
But 9/11 shut the trip down. Nothing flew out of Alaska for more than a week.
Curren and friends finally made it there, and it looked like an adventure. Surf and native steelhead.
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When the Robert Mueller what?
You need a noun, or something.
“Were you very sad when the Robert Mueller was turned in last Friday to basically crickets?”
I blame Trestles. Lots of great surfing there, but not a wave that actually challenges anyone.
But if you want to prove Longtom’s story out, you just need to watch Filipe and Kolohe out at Trestles together. Kids are happy to see Kolohe, but excited to see Filipe.
Yeah, just Pussy Riot, sounds fun!
Bizarre Love Triangle creates New Order ? Or a little Moose/mousse au chocolat …….bon appétit !
Not even to I Feel Love ? How could they deny folk the joys of a collaboration from Jimmy Somerville and Marc Almond …… ? Oh Tainted Russian Love …..
Might have ended the Cold War much sooner ? Or restarted it ?
#vdk_insta #ig_vladivostok #eloera
C’mon, I had that one covered in my first option.
I sometimes feel we’re the only sensible place on earth.
No male brides allowed in
Russia
God help me, I thought they were wearing flippers.
Most def
Got a halfa
Washington calling,
only Cdog
No convicts.
Ohhh Victor, you are very unattractive man.
out of curiosity I googled “Russian surf”. perhaps I need a new computer, mine is clearly still in the good old days. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Try to be elsewhere during re-entry or you may end up like a Russian Serf in Gogol’s Dead Souls …..
If you ever a chance to see gogol bordello play I highly recommend it.
Will do . Thanks Herr Kerr .
Nyet
Heard some horror stories about the behavior of Russian VAL’s in Indo.
Neg’s had to politely ask this one to step away from the judging area…