"Bottom line: We need to take this thing seriously."
The Great Coronavirus Kerfuffle of ’20 sure has taken many strange and twisting turns. Economies locked down, otherwise healthy people “sheltering in place,” fear, paranoia, latex gloves and face masks once reserved solely for weed-whacking the yard worn into grocery stores that are employing Soviet-era systems to ensure there are enough blue jeans and toilet paper for all.
The strangest and most twisted turn, though, is Surfline’s CEO issuing a rare and king-like edict to surfers everywhere and let us read, together some choice bits from “A Statement From Surfline on Surfing and the Coronavirus.”
With regard to surfing, it’s simple: If you can’t get to the beach alone and surf alone — no standing next to your buddies in the parking lot, no chilling on the beach with a group of people — please don’t. Stay six feet apart. Always. There are many asymptomatic folks out there who can spread this thing.
Michel Bourez is leading by example: “There is a big swell coming this weekend,” he posted. “Personally, I will not go to Teahupo’o to avoid the spread of the virus. We are all in the same boat and this is very serious. The sooner we make the effort to stay at home the sooner the spread of the virus will decrease.”
Bottom line: We need to take this thing seriously, which means we all practice social distancing. Be safe and let’s watch out for each other as best we can.
And shall you heed? Were you just waiting for this royal pronouncement to sort your day’s activities which is now limited to staying in doors and watching Surfline cams feature empty lineups?
Isn’t it ironic that the surf website most credited with crowding lineups from Lowers to Lunada Bay would only now recognize the trouble of surfing in a giant pack of folk? That the website known for pushing epoxy funboards onto legions of VALs would now be circumspect?
BeachGrit has always been a social distancing pioneer, having doubled the now accepted “six feet apart” rule from inception and preaching “when three or more surfers are gathered together, one of them shall become eaten by a shark.”
Ironic like rain on a wedding day. A free ride, when that ride has already been purchased.
Good advice that just wasn’t taken.
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It’s a blessing.
Now is the time for being proactive and I believe our government is way ahead of the rest. Everything has stopped, but no word on surfing, which makes sense in Norway. Also, since this will be catastrophic for the economy they have already envisioned alternatives. The ministry of fisheries are trying to make it easier for people to take part in whaling. You are no longer required to have any previous experience, and you can go whaling with old boats. As long as there is a will, there is a way – if you want to go whaling. After all this is over and we have to worry about food on the table, the Norwegian government have found a solution.
Not sure how I ended up here 5 years later, but do you feel like a fucking retard now that the dust has settled, or are you in your 5th booster?
Blind support from this eurotrash. Maybe the crisis will actually MAGA? Don’t want a starving pit bull to lead our NATO gang that’s for sure.
I’ll see if I can wrangle something with the R&D Dept.
Locast plague is wipes out the middle east food supply-
https://www.google.com.au/a…
Is that so they don’t get bitten by those things with teeth & fins (sharks) ? Or caught in their legrope (not an attack) ? This one swallow ya whole, No chewing no tenderising .🦈🦈🦈
You’ve never excreted a fece?
It is what is produced during prolonged bender induced dehydration, an entire poo condenced into a single marbel sized fece.
Well he did say “please”!
So when are they turning off the cams?
well, rain on your wedding day is a good omen, symbolic of fertility, it’s why we throw rice, bring on the rain!
“I’m waiting, for what, my kind of people, what kind is that, I can tell my kind of people by their faeces, by something in their faeces.”
― Ayn Rand
“Evil never dies. It just changes faeces.”
― Dean Koontz, Forever Odd
“We all know what a big giant sword you have, I’m sure. No need for you to wave it in our faeces yet again.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
“It is the common wonder of all men, how, among so many million faeces, there should be none alike.”
― Thomas Browne, Religio Medici; And Other Writings
“A clown needn’t be the same out of the ring as he has to be when he’s in it. If you look at photographs of clowns when they’re just being ordinary men, they’ve got quite sad faeces.”
― Enid Blyton, Five Go Off in a Caravan
Chas – you’re missing the real scoop. I had the virus. Nothing more than a mild man-flu. My hangovers are worse. Now I have immunity and will be free to bog all the rail i like while the general surfing population, particularly the old boys on their 8ft guns in 6ft waves, are at home hiding for months on end.
I had it too
Last september
It was pretty bad but I still went skiing.
Isolate the old and ill and let the rest of us get it and get on with it.
Yep, I just necked half a dozen panadols, half a tramadol and some modafinil.
Felt pretty good after that
New Aussie laws coming into effect midnight tomorrow I think, maybe today, to not leave the house unless ‘absolutely necessary’ – i.e. going to the shops or work. Outdoor exercise allowed.
Sounds like we can still surf for now (Surfline man be damned) if we go by ourselves and stay away from anyone else. Would be keen to get another session in before the cops see 200 blokes out at snapper and blanket ban it nation-wide.
It was like a Saturday morning down the local this morning at 9am for round 2. I am not a fan of the new Scomo Surf Team hitting the water so frequently.
Lotta people off work and school with nothing better to do, hey. Is that up in Sydney?
much further north
No there’s not Kook Kahanamoku. Those laws that is. You can still do what you like, as long as it doesn’t involve large outdoor gatherings or smaller indoor social gatherings. There are laws however, differing from State to State, concerning your behaviour if you are in post-travel or actual Virus infected quarantine. They are the “absolutely necessary” laws.
Alanis Morisset is a most difficult name to type on predictive text in ones phone when trying to say she sucks and sucked extra bad being a mute god in Dogma. Isn’t that ironic..dontcha think?
Don’tcha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?
It’s like raaeeain on a rainy day. – Jimmy the Cab Driver
There’s no such thing as ‘bad weather’ , merely inappropriate clothing.
(Insert Hurluley ad for HazMat wetsuit)
Actually bad weather is now called
Climate modification
Maybe it’s just a metaphor? Now that’s why people get to be a Doctor for words.
Jagged Little Pill has not aged well.
Except for the going down on people in theatres bit
That never gets old
This is all going to be like the Y2K bug isn’t it. Except with a fuckload of people dying.
in a year, there’s gonna be a whole lot of people blundering around saying “I TOLD YOU IT WAS ALL A HOAX! Now let’s take some more drugs!”
Hopefully none of you cunts will have to bury anyone close to you.
oh how thy prince of yesteryear gazes in the reflection when tomorrow is so grey…
This is gonna change the face of the world forever. America’s economy is toast, down the gurgler. Trump’s going down in history as the president that fiddled while the US burned. 20 – 30% unemployment, small businesses trashed.
China’s already getting back to normality, NZ and maybe Australia will recover as China’s our biggest trading partner. Logs and dairy will be moving in a months time.
Meanwhile China’s poised to become the world’s biggest superpower
Market up 11% today, biggest point gain since 1933. We’ll see!
Also, me thinks China screwed going forward. The repatriation of US industry from China had already begun, this virus has turbo charged the move. At a minimum, much of the Pharma industry will be returning, and soon. People are now openly talking about wanting stuff not made in China (I hear it all the time), something that wouldn’t have been said in polite company a month ago (they’re all racists I know, sniff).
Before anyone shoots the messenger, I’m not wanting this scenario. The writings on the wall
While you might be right. America’s too big and mighty for the economy to perma gurgle. There’s even a chance that after this dust clears, we’re riding a wave of New Deal-like government spending that we’ve needed for decades.
It’s cool as long as you don’t run out of ink
That ship sailed so, so, so long ago. If you want stuff made locally, epic. You’re gonna pay more. If you want stuff that’s less expensive, it’s gonna be made somewhere with low wages. This cork ain’t going back in the bottle, nor should it, really. Having said that, it’s absurd that our pharma isn’t at least partially made here. No govt oversight of that kinda thing in our hypercapitalist hellhole.
When I see abandonment of cheap China imports in Africa, I say good things are on the horizon for America.
https://mobile.reuters.com/…
‘hypercapitalist hellhole’. You should take residence in Venezuela or Cuba maybe N. Korea. Get out the hellhole already!
The USA fuels the demise of humankind. Not Cuba, Venezuela, or even N. Korea.
That is easily the dumbest take one could possibly have.
When they see the prices that will change
When company X is paying a 30% tariff to have their bobbles manufactured in China prices don’t stay cheap.
🙌🙌
Doesn’t Trump have his shit stuff made in China?
“In 2000, President Bill Clinton claimed that the agreement then being negotiated to allow China into the WTO would create “a win-win result for both countries.” “
Nice whataboutism and dodging the direct issue, both. How does that tiny orange mushroom that’s been all up in porn stars taste in your mouth, Otto?
Next just reply back ‘I have no argument to make, cya.’
Yeah, it’s plain to see on any tag for Trump products: “Made in China.” Not an argument, but a pretty publicly available fact.
Yes.where else.?
Ha! Should have shorted EVERYTHING!
R u OK?
enjoy your Brave New World
And one saying…I TOLD YOU IT WAS ALL A HOAX…now did everyone see what a terrific job I did…it was perfect, just like that…
Depends. If you decide to get married in Sligo in February it really isn’t.