A red letter day!
You did it. You and the low, low price of $1.99 actually did it. Never not once did I ever image that I’d be more popular than Laird Hamilton, world’s greatest human man or Bethany Hamilton, world’s most inspirational human person.
And what does this mean?
Will the People now want me to invent a supplement guaranteed to put more pep in a step? Maybe something like one of those powdered coffee creamers that used to be real popular but instead of making it out of poison and chalk what if I made it out of “superfood” and sea turtles?
Will the People demand a movie about how I overcame insurmountable barriers to achieve a great success? Maybe called Troll Surfer? And how no one could have predicted that a little book titled Cocaine + Surfing (buy here) would one day sit atop of the pile, towering over Pulitzer Prize winners and icons but then Amazon dropped the Kindle price to $1.99 and the world shifted on its axis.
I’d like to thank you for using some precious e-reader bandwidth or cell phone memory and spending $1.99. You’ve proven to children everywhere that dreams still come true.
Suck it Hamiltons.
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Shit. I paid nearly $20 last August and haven’t read beyond that wonderful forward by Warshaw
So how many 2 dollars was that Chas? Enough for the hotel room to finish the next book?
I’ve long loved Babitz’ LA-centric works, since reading one as a 17-year-old transplanted Okie in the wilds of Needles and Lake Havasu. She was quite a character herownself, (see photos of Babitz’ playing chess in the nude with Marcel Duchamp). Thanks for reminding me of her writing, she really captures certain times and tribes.
Can not be bought on kindle edition any more!
Chas, can we now call you 2 buck Chuck?
“Worst book I’ve ever read, boring and pathetic and I put it straight in the trash”. https://www.booktopia.com.a…
Rory Parker rated it did not like it · review of another edition The description of this book makes it seems as though the author is offering an unvarnished view into the seedy cocaine subculture of surfing. He does not.
Gina rated it did not like it Oh man, what a tool. I felt like I was on a bad date with a narcissist. Remember in college when you’d up the font size and expand the margins to hit the length requirement..? This “book” should’ve been 2 paragraphs scribbled on a bar napkin.
Rob rated it it was ok Interesting book. Writing style is fast paced and funny. Mostly is a book for the author to talk about himself, which I think is pretty spot on for the subject matter.
https://www.goodreads.com/b…
Indeed
He did not venture anywhere Exept up his bum.
Damn, there’s only like a few reviews like this? I’m disappointed Chas doesn’t have more enemies that troll book review websites.
Beachgrit is a Zionist conspiracy
Lol… i am at an airport right now & the 1st book i see is by Chas Smith. Next to it is the Dalai Lama. Looks like the Lama is selling better than the Smith. I open one page & see an Anti-Semitic remark about “Jewish from Philadelphia”. I was too scared to read more in case the Thought Police based in Israel & Washington DC would arrest me. I better stick with the Lama of not criticising any being (except for those Chinese Commies who liberated the Tibetans from Dalai’s feudal slavery). Note: Although I consider Chas Smith an intimate friend of mine & was interested in his “work”, I couldn’t spare AUS$32.95 for a short book with large print. Jewish drug dealer, Pottz, Archy, Occy, Elko, TC, DaneK, Buttons, etc, old news.
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Chas,
Can’t believe you would even think of putting yourself in a category with these people….let alone on a level with their objectives.
Chas you da man
Looks like you beat Bill Finnegan twice too!
Charge Chopes now and really claim victory
Great idea. I’m guessing that lanky frame can do a mean pigdog. Lets crowdfund a red camera rental for it.
It would be epic
Except for his groms.
well done chas. now celebrate with a couple of nose beers.
So good. Congrats, dude!
They stock a Laird cookbook at my local grocery. And people are buying it! The stack is getting smaller. Perhaps I need to acquire a copy and see what’s going on in there.
Yoga-SUP-guacamole prep is the ultimate trifecta I bet
Prepped while doing underwater kettlebells
Avocado toast with coconut oil, something, something, maybe. Idk!
Maybe I take one for the team and investigate!
How many recipes for turmeric everything can there be?
Read an interview w laird in AA magazine yesterday. Who buys his shit
Alcoholics?
american airlines.. sorry.. but yes, it felt like that
It’s elevator literature
Bro it’s a VAL reality…kooks dominate!
Great book, a perfect size for me to roll joints on it. 9/10
You mean do rails on? it’s ‘Cocaine and Surfing’ not ‘Weed and Surfing’ – sheesh
Tough to appreciate Chas’s witty drivel whilst grinding teeth
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