'Insane!'
And of course you watched Conner Coffin’s magnificent dolphin dance a few days ago at The Box but did you read the mainstream media’s headlines? Oh, each was more superlative than the last and here is a sampling:
“Dolphins steal show with ‘insane’ scene at Margaret River Pro.” -Stuff New Zealand
“Are you guys FINished yet? Dolphins ride wave next to surfing star with Kelly Slater calling it the ‘coolest thing’ he’s seen.” -Daily Mail
“Oh my god: Surfing world left stunned by ‘insane’ moment.” -Yahoo Sports
Etc.
Not one of them picked up on Longtom’s likely suggestion that, “Terrible, irrational but who knows those dolphins weren’t having a rape party and one of the damsels wasn’t trying to escape?”
Well, not satisfied with one day’s worth of headlines the greedy dolphins pulled focus yet again yesterday in Manhattan Beach, California (home to the World Surf League’s President of Content, Media, Studios, Merch and Bass Guitars Erik “ELo” Logan) and let us turn straight to Untied Press International for the latest.
A photographer at a California beach captured video of the moment a pod of friendly dolphins decided to join a group of surfers.
Robin Fenlon captured video Thursday when a group of dolphins approached surfers in the waves and spent some time mingling with the people as they sat on their boards.
Fenlon said the surfers were students on their last day of surfing classes.
“Some residents who have been here for years were like, ‘We’ve never seen anything like this,'” Fenlon told KTLA-TV.
Now, are the dolphins trying to tell us something or are they just a lot of dirty narcissists?
Also, was Conner’s dolphin ride really and truly the ‘coolest thing’ Kelly Slater has seen?
I find that very difficult to believe.
Extremely difficult as he has dated Pamela Anderson, Gisele Bündchen, Cameron Diaz among others.
But what is the ‘coolest thing’ you’ve seen?
I hope not dolphins.
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Maybe seeing a local guy smoking crack while simultaneously doing a shit in the middle of the street in San Jose, Costa Rica. Quite uplifting.
one of the coolest things i’ve ever seen was in jaws in 3d at the end when the grenade explodes the shark and blood and guts fly everywhere and pieces of the shark’s jaw float out of the screen. i think girls might have been screaming, it was that cool. makes me wonder when the wsl will bring out 3d footage. another cool thing i’ve seen is the lancaster bomber g for george in the australian war museum – i went there when i was about 10 and took the 1:72 scale matchbox model lancaster i’d made and won a regional model comp with in oak flats or dapto and held it up and ran around under g for george making flying noises and bombs dropping and machine guns shooting and messerschmitts exploding and going down in flames. that was pretty cool. makes me wonder when the wsl will bring out action figures – 1:18 scale would probably suit. i’d even get into collecting if they came out.
Dolphins may be sex fiends, but they hate SUPs so… https://www.youtube.com/wat…
That was amazing , as if the dolphins had just seen the Big Lebowski and had just invented freestyle ocean bowling , then took out the remaining two pins and a paddle .
The coolest; AI and Dave Rastovich surfing 6′-8′ Keramas. Easy.
Evidence for the WSL that they will one day be as popular as Flipper.
I think the coolest things I’ve seen, are now forgotten due to years of weed.
They were pretty cool sights though, I’m sure.
BTW: we see dolphins all the time here in the surf.
The coolest thing I’ve ever seen was yesterday when Kelly Slater, 11 time world surfing champion, embarrassed those 2 pre teens in an arm wrestle after his post heat interview. Maybe this will drive Kelly towards domination of the pro junior arm wrestling circuit! Long live KS!
I had a dream , prophetic or pathetic …….? And it was written , that Smelly Skater would beat 1 10 year old 1 time and 1 11 year old 1 time but doing this He will never be more than 11 anytime and will remain forever the Teenless GOAT At 7 and 4 x 10 ….So help me God / Goat …..? 12 apostles , a dozen , the dirty dozen , the square root of 144 will he remain ever apart from ….?
There’s no [h]arm wrestling with the truth.
kARMa…….?
Could be bad luck getting near 13. ’07 was year Kelly became most events winner. Now he’s chasing kARMa or some obscure arm wrestling match.
Seemed a little forced from Slater.
And lame.
#jaded
Peter Tosh walks past our van while we’re having a Dutchy inside.
Oh bruddha Bex did you man get up stand up or stay in the van on Electric Avenue with dat man Eddy Grant ?
No, and he was murdered not long after. Not by us though.
What about the Sherrif?
That shit Clapton done it.
I knew it. Shifty bastard. Always shooting him down.
Here’s my favourite anti-police song of the last two days.
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That dolphin is Puttin the boots to poots
It make sense for dolphins to try to be man’s best friend . Much better to be treated like a dog than a Guinea Pig ? The coolest thing I saw was Richard Gere playing with ………? No but the coolest thing I have ever seen in the water besides an ex girlfriend nude who swam out to say hi , in France , was a flying Manta Ray while sitting with two other blokes near the rock at Snapper Rocks in 86 . Very underrated on the big happy flying fishy exciting jumpy scale ……..was my ex girlfriend ….
The coolest thing I ever saw was 2 seconds later when Conner Coffin tried to outshine the dolphins with his hands behind his back too cool for your queer school fake steeze and then ate shite like an extra awkward VAL. Classic! But Twerpel fluffs on about that guy so much, he could not laugh about it and tried to pretend like that did not just happen. The moment was so funny but it did not fit his puff piece script of Conner being smooth as churned butter. That particular announcer team is so overhyped but unsavory. I am waiting for Beachgrit writers to please make a hostile takeover and save our ears.
If only he could have been playing a guitar or ukulele , after having lit himself on fire just before taking off into oblivion accompanied by dolphins . Where was JOB when we needed him ….? Luckily for us he is only half Australian …… ?
Even my wife called it incomplete. Surely if the barrel is the only ‘scoring maneuver’ then riding out is completion. Tripping over the steps on exit or falling on your arse on the shoulder is the same. Equally ruins the aesthetic of the ride. Or else there would be a lot of 1.47 rides that should have been 7’s.
Is ELO really a bass player?
In my mind he is.
Stand Up bass Player.
Yesssss!
That’s all that really matters!
If only he had this type of hair
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Isn’t everyone?
Ouch.
I’m sure you’re one of the rare good ones Lem
Yeah, Lemmy was. Me? Not so sure. Sure as shit should not be singing and playing bass. It’s hard work, for a start. And I seem to have not fallen out of the talent/ability tree.
An orca eating a great white eating a dolphin eating Box.
You have given me a great idea for my daughters 3rd birthday ! A Food Chain ……? Like one on those expensive charm bracelets from Pandora , with an Orca and a shark and a dolphin and a box ( well it is from pandora after all ) and when she asks me the significance of these 4 charms I’ll tell her it was Uncle Otto’s idea ?
You and you alone my brother JB would I allow to steal me lucky charms.
This Charming Man .
Will nature make a man of him yet?
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“I wouldn’t say doomed , an adjustment …..” was very funny and was laughing so much I thought it was a good way to describe the current state of pro surfing in Oz ?
Hahaha so much references hahaha
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