And as recorded by Surfline cam!
Earlier today, the noted big-wave surfer from Santa Cruz, Ken Collins, also known, variously, as Skindog and Skin Dizzle, announced that he’d received a citation for the “bitch slap” of two bodyboarders.
From the Instagram account @skin_dizzle: I was surfing small Pleasure Point with my kid. 2 boogie boarders called the sherif on me. They said I bitched slapped them both. I got a citation to go to court. @surfline rewind shows them dropping in on me and I just put my hand down and pushed them back from hitting my knees as I went by. Interesting times we live in. Thanks @surfline for the rewind camera.
Cue commentary re: the insanity of a world where two boogers can’t be brushed aside without the cops being called.
From the noted surf journalist, Sean Doherty: “You invaded their safe space.”
Kook of the Day: “Sad, sad entitled privileged world we live in. I remember getting dunked and if I want and told my mommy or daddy they’d be, like, ‘What the hell did you do out there? You must’ve fucked up!'”
Life_surfer77: “Crazy to think what would’ve happen to them ten or twenty years ago.”
And the shaper Chris Christenson, “The world has gone soft. Just say you’re transgender and they’ll let you go.”
In 2015, Collins was ticketed on suspicion of misdemeanour battery after pushing another man in an argument over a one-foot wave.
Collins, 47, was surfing at the popular spot near 41st Avenue and East Cliff Drive the evening of Jan. 8 when he “dropped in” on the Los Gatos man and got in his way, said Lt. Kelly Kent. Collins and the other man argued in the surf, and Collins grabbed the man by his shoulders and pushed him in the water, deputies said.
The surf was about 1 to 2 feet, according to Surfline.com. Collins and the other man started arguing again near East Cliff Drive, where Collins allegedly grabbed the man’s shirt or sweatshirt and stretched it out. Deputies arrived about 6:10 p.m., saw the stretched clothing and ticketed Collins.
No one was injured.
I asked Collins for a comment, ’cause you know he’s gonna light up, but he’s gotta talk to the DA first etc.
No. You do not have that capacity.
After being on the receiving end of lineup abuse as a kid back in the day you feel robbed of the chance apply it to the seemingly more entitled youth of today. A little taste of what we put up would ideally be a sort of history lesson to help create a mutual understanding between generations. Can’t say I’m against the more neutered line ups these days it’s a more family friendly experience.
Why push kids?
Why not?
because they carry guns. I live in America
The world is too soft. There was never any mention of beach tussles, so where did you pull that from, precisely? Testosterone/egos/penises is also out of context, as never mentioned, but someone did suggest rape above. So you down with that if you’re really a bitch like you claim?
I’ve seen the hanging wetsuit amongst surfers of high regard here in SanFrancisco. It appears from Skindog’s feed that he spends an allocated portion of his time hassling other surfers . Check out the Instagram video he posted laughing at folks caught in the not inconsiderable backwash at the bottom of the Steamer Lane stairs Stay classy kenny !
Come on, that was hilarious. His next post shows his boy and friends playing in it.
Made it thru 41 years of surfing so far without a slap..bitch or otherwise…given or received from El Salvador to Drakes Bay. Maybe I need to get more aggro.
the fact we are talking about “the world is too soft” and checking out the incident, FFS what a fucken beat up. when you consider that the good old days ,it was simple…….bad behaviour had consequences in the water……usually the older guys educated everybody , it was simple !
Yes , there was the occasional smack in the head , nothing really vicious , you were put on notice ……Like we used to go to the Pub , and it was fight nite every thursday to Sat….fighting in Pubs was sport……so what happened in the surf if someone wanted hassle , ignore the rules…..
Now as we can see the whiney little bitches who call police , like what happened to Skindog , like what happens at lowers….everyone thinks they are equal , now its just a fucken shit fight everywhere…..ahh no wonder Nike says surf is dead , sell Hurley , as it’s a fucken pussy sport!
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Dear Chas,
Please rein in your overuse of ‘etc’. It reminds me of bad catchphrase in a long-running sitcom.
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yada yada yada.
He ends every fucking vapid micro-article with it. This site is all about getting pointlessly annoyed about things etc
You should see what annoys some of the commenters.
I’ve seen. Just wanted a slice. I feel bad now. Chas seems alright apart from the hats.
It’s all a front. I think deep down he’s extremely vulnerable but uses BG to hide behind.
but check out who actually wrote the article. hint, it’s not chas.
Since when do bg comment threads apply to the article they’re under???
“You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is surfing.”
Cesare Pavese
“I have a naughty pussy”
Miley Cyrus
“Pain is inevitable. Surfing is optional.”
Haruki Murakami
“All surfing is caused by being in the wrong place. If you’re unhappy where you are, MOVE.”
TIMOTHY LEARY,
“Not at the DINNER TABLE Henry!!!”
“Surfing is nothing. It’s all a matter of preventing those you love from surfing.”
Alphonse Daudet
“Dad!, I dug another hole”
Dale Kerrigan
Maybe just long overdue karma foreskin dog after all the years of being a cunt and not being called out on it.He refused to let me park my car at Steamer Lane one day in the 90,s “cause i,m saving this spot for my buddy dude” (in a whiny high pitched American accent). Last of that whole group of cocks that isn’t dead or in jail,Santa Cruz what a town full of fuckwits and the waves arnt even that good either
Sounds like newcastle
You should have tried dealing with him when he was the Volcom rep for Nor Cal.
Geez…us…
Thank gawd no one saved you a parking space.
Wow! You must be traumatized.
Obviously! not to mention Ratboy once cut in front of me in the line at McDonalds! and some guy called Peter Mel blew smoke in my face in the carpark outside the Seabright Inn. Damm you Santa Cruz, Damm You!!!!
Billy, he’s so pissed at you all that I deserve to be sacrificially raped according to him because dude can’t touch youz. All time. Good luck to him.
“Surfing is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you to stop surfing.”
Jane Roberts
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“Surfing doesn’t improve human beings, does it?”
Herta Muller
I do like this sentence: “The nostalgia for the good old days of beach tussles just makes people sound like middle-aged men on testosterone cream, desperately trying to assuage their egos as their penises flounder.” So…vivid.
skin_dizzle?
Is Snoop-speak still trendy? fo’ shizzle, no fizzle?
Serious question: is it skin-dog or is it skin-dawg? And how did he earn that nickname?
I call him flesh puppy