"Pure cruelty…risking best friend's life…etc"
It’s a slow news day so let’s scrape hell out of the barrel, shall we?
You’ll remember, six months ago, when Mavericks pioneer Jeff Clark ran over a VAL with his SUP foil out at Cowell’s in Santa Cruz. You’ll also recall the third party in the collision, Skyler the Surfing Dog (and her owner, nineties pro Homer Henard).
Read, Surfing Dog vs Kook vs SUP Foiler/Mavericks Legend Jeff Clarke, here, SUP Foiler Jeff Clark Responds to Anti-Foil Buzz, here and Watch Full Video (With Zoom) of Surfing Dog vs VAL vs SUP Foil/Mavs Legend Jeff Clark, here.
In the Cowell’s incident some argued Skyler and Homer dropped in on Jeff, and was the cause of his SUP Foil colliding with the encroaching VAL. Similar to American justifications for bombing Cambodia during the Vietnam war, if you’re looking for a historical comparison.
This narrative was subsequently quashed by all parties involved.
Now, the Australian red heeler has been embroiled in another scandal. Earlier today, popular instagram account @kookoftheday posted a video of Skyler being sent over the falls in a shorebreak, briefly disappearing in the maelstrom that also knocks over a nearby photographer.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3A1aIjAJq6/
Writes KOTD,
Alright, this dog surfing shit just went too far. It’s kool to see a dog surf a safe, slow mellow wave maybe once in eternity. But you gotta do what you gotta do for attention these days, like risking your best friend’s life!
The response was split, for and against.
@mamavava THIS IS SOOO HORRIBLE. FUCK ALL THESE PEOPLE INVOLVED. PURE CRUELTY. IDIOTS. THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED
@colewalliser I think this is animal abuse. It’s infuriating to see.
And,
@jerbo741 these people need to fucking relax. I’m sure (Sklyer) is very loved and supported. Keep doing your thing and having fun out in the water!
@tenderplacements The dog can jump off at any point, if he really didnt wanna do this he wouldnt do it. You cant force a dog to do something like this.
Currently over 1900 comments, and counting.
It’s a fascinating exchange of ideas that recalls French social theorist Michel Foucault (who loved sexual torture) and American linguist Noam Chomsky’s famed 1971 debate, “Human Nature: justice versus power.”
Where do you sit? A bit of canine fun, or animal exploitation?
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I can’t decide which is funnier the dogs desperate leap to try to avoid the certain flogging or the dopey mole with the fancy camera getting ankle tapped in the shore dump?
I’m just glad the person got bowled over and the dog made it out safe and sound.
To be fair dogs are raised to be eaten in certain countries, this one just has to pull into a few closeouts to earn her keep…seems like a good trade to me
https://www.totallycoolpix….
Thats a-llama-ing
Fact-check, Doggo Skyler’s old man is non other than 90s Santa Cruz Pro Homer Henard aka “Henutts”. Also for all you soft cock dog lovers out there, Dogs are like children, a good one loves getting pounded! Wait, that didn’t come out right…
I blame the photo chick…
Almost worth the animal endangerment just for the very pissed off look on the idiot with the camera as she goes down into the shore break . Americans …..
Wonder if doggo keeps a diary?
The called the dog Skyler for fuck’s sake
Ol’ Skyler should dig into his Australian heritage since there’s a good chance he could pull a Kanoa on Surfing Australia. With the Aussie team hook up, the tight transitions at the Ranch tub is gonna have him handling beach dumpers like this ease and give them better hope for at least one medal in Japan.
I think he’s a she? Though I dunno if Doggy Olympics are gendered anyway.
Siouxsie and the Banshees ?
Your wish is my command
https://youtu.be/JLv84ZXCNtY
There was once a band in Sydney that the drummer left because “he wanted to hit his toms more”. He joined a band that for want of any better description, were a Siouxsie
coverrip off band. The band he left went on to much bigger thingsId like to see some cat surfing actually
I don’t want to Cramp(s) your style but Can your pussy do the dog ?
Saw it once on video during a flight from Ca to Hawaii..one of those videos the airlines shows before landing.
I think dog ownership has gone too far – the whole of LA smells like dog shit.
That’s actually human shit but I understand your overall point.
ANIMAL ABUSE FOR SURE. I WISHED THIS SO-CALLED WOMAN WITH THE CAMERA HAD DIED
IN THE WATER…THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A BLESSING TO ME. GOD BLESS THE INNOCENT
CANINE.
Have you considered a career writing for Beach Grit?
So called woman! That sort of attitude will fit right in
still annoying but dog surfing seems a lot safer when the human stays on the board with the dog. i’ve seen a lot of videos of these surfing dogs but never seen one kick out. and it’s not like you can teach it about the dangers of closeouts by running mason ho videos on loop in the kennel.
running mason ho videos on loop in the kennel
No one deserves that. Especially not dogs.
What will they feed the Dog at Xmas considering he is on a strict Ho Ho Ho diet all year round ?
You’d assume they’d Dog leg it
Not sure if it’s just my phone, but if you type ‘Beachgrit’ into the Safari address bar, the spelling option offered is “Kelly Slater”.
It’s obvious that only dogs should surf. That would solve many surfing’s issues. Simple.
After checking out the clip , this is footage from a dog surfing contest ….. ? and the fact that the dog went incomplete on his final maneuver and probably lost ( the dog on ) heat , I am just wondering if the funding for his doco Dogtown will
be slashed and he will end up boneless in the dog house ……
Sent to the shore pound
Surfing Sapiens get pounded , Surfing Dog gets Impounded….. ?
Hello brothers and sisters . Bloody hell ! You go away for two weeks . Sharks sharks sharks and clubbing Seals are out , my non violent nude protest on the beaches of Sud Ouest France contre draconian bathing laws in Sydney are so yesterday and I am now searching through Foucault’s L’Histoire de la sexualité , Paulo Pasolini’s Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom for scenes of dogs being abused by fascists in shorebreaks and covering the Dora Lives graffiti with the wonderful German poster which pops up at every election on trees and light poles at my local park “ if you don’t vote you get Nazis “ before attacking Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock trying to understand why I am having so much trouble keeping up ?
Wtf are u on ?
Weirdo
Coffee this morning .
So seriously.
Werido
When I was a poor struggling vagabond surfer I was a weirdo but now that I have climbed the socioeconomic ladder I prefer the term eccentric …. ha ha
How far up did you climb?
About 1/2 a rung and it’s definitely still snakes and ladders ,so could easily be back to being a weirdo again in no time …..
I could not have summed it up better
Good holiday?
A Beauty .
Score?
First week full of waves and sun and week two full of beatings in victory at sea ( to be honest much more like defeat ) conditions and wine lubricated socializing .
I’m very happy for you!
Its sad and at the same time interesting how desperate human surfers are to draw attention to themselves and surfing. Even if it means terrorising their own loved pets.
Who’s going be the first to win a big wave paws award?
Poodles at jaws?
Goats at pipeline?
Wsl= world surfing livestock?