Raised fist!
To surf or not to surf, that is the question roiling wave sliders from Bondi to Bagram and everywhere in between. Pitched battles on Instagram, insults hurled, accusations, threats, much head slapping emoji.
But while surfers argue the merits of this or that, two unlikely heroes have risen, becoming the faces of surfer rebellion in the time of Coronavirus.
The first was Jonah Hill as reported by the Daily Mail:
While many residents of Los Angeles heeded the statewide ‘stay at home’ mandate to curb the coronavirus, that didn’t stop Jonah Hill from catching a few waves.
The 36-year-old actor and filmmaker was spotted surfing the swells in Malibu on Sunday morning.
The Superbad star recently shared on Instagram that he’s been surfing for seven months, adding that, ‘anything is possible.
After his surfing session, he was seen with his wetsuit pulled down to his waist, exposing the multiple tattoos on his chest and arms.
Then, days later Will and Jada Smith’s fine boy Jaden raised a fist, shook it at the man and, also according to the Daily Mail:
Despite the closure of the beaches, Jaden Smith appeared to ignored the latest order and went surfing in Malibu – which is located in LA County – on Sunday, March 29.
The 21-year-old actor/singer, who is the son of superstars Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, hit the waves on the deserted beach.
The star wore a full body wetsuit as he rode several waves before heading back to his car with his board in hand.
He was seen putting his board in the back of his neon pink Tesla Model X car.
Both appear to be firmly on Team Tudor and do you embrace their devil-may-care or will you boycott their next creative efforts? Movie and music video respectively?
More as the story develops.
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damn it Jonah’s a kook. Super Bad is one of the best all time
Neon pink Tesla model X. Ok…
In real news, Jeff Grosso passed away yesterday. wtf. I hope it wasnt suicide. RIP.
whoever the fck is jonah hill is never heard of him kook needs his nuts stomped
Yeah they’re good too.
I’ve really been getting into the Lo-Fi stuff.
You bet!
Fyuck Auff that ain’t Jonah Hill that’s me!
Kooks united. FTW!!!
Jaden Smith looks like he found an old stash of Nat Geo mags and thought the villagers looked dope, or ill or fresh
Fuck so good!!!! Stay safe, SD is a mess.
Haha! How you been, EI5?
Doing OK, just lots of self isolation and buying worthless shit on eBay….
Stay safe!
Speaking of dope, Ill or fresh; go check out ‘Jazz Spastics’ on Spotify.
They’re actually Scottish but laying down some serious mid-90’s ‘Hop beats.
‘Sfukin dope, num’sayin?
Wrong! He thought they looked Woke.
Get with the program, old man. This is 2020. We are living in the future.
Apparently everyone is going down to ‘my’ usually quiet beach. Surfers, dog walkers everyone. There are spots in-between two main beaches, along cliffs where every fucker is having the usual carry-on beach gathering. The cops could have a field-day if they really wanted to raise revenue.
Catch few for me will you? Be sure to go over the falls in a spectacular fashion to really make it authentic.
It’s gotta be that fucken walk/runners track.. Death knell for the wood.
My good lady is very disciplined about writing -up a whiteboard of school coordination every day. We swap morning/ afternoon sessions so we can do work-work also. It’s not easy esp as the kids take advantage of their old man being a useless grumpy bastard.
As I’ve mentioned previously; I’m so used to not-surfing due to various factors that a few more weeks isn’t phasing me.
Not so useless, raising kids is righteous. Be proud and keep it up
Ask my wife her opinion of my executive function and ADHD spaz and you’ll get a slightly differing opinion, but thanks for your support!
I can’t make myself click on a daily mail link.
It won’t be a grim blame game like that one you like
It’s already April fool’s day here in NZ
This in entirely appropriate…
I told my misses she had lost weight.
Why is it that only the clowns are out? I was watching the cams this weekend and of the people who decided to paddle out the first weekend the beaches were officially closed, not a single one could surf!
Real surfers don’t surf
Looks like we got a new parking lot enforcer folks! He drives a raptor, he has a ship tattoo AND skull and cross bones!
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Kinda expected Jaden to be on a hypto
Too early in his VAL journey, maybe?
By the looks of his performance in the attached clip, yes.
Just think, he could disappear off round the pacific for 6 months and surf his brains out without a care in the world for want of cash and get pretty
goodintermediate.Although he might want to take those stupid fucking chains off his neck first.
Would match the pink Tesla better.
Unfunny Jonah with a little bit of that BG-God-Awful-But-Better-Than-Yadin’s-Still style…
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Art history will remember you for your Coronavirus Period.
KVF’s Coronavirus Period blended with his Saint Bede Period would put critics back on their heels/heals.
you sir are a genius… made several comments here and there on the same lines honestly not even close to a genius but keep it up. the more people you rile up the better, even myself sir. dont stop being you. seriously. or literally whatever it is that you millennials say/write/text to convey a sense of emphatic seriousness…
Even Jonah would have deserved the nod over Fanning in that Pipe Masters heat, though.
In my dad’s later years he would sometimes get stuck in that position taking off due to his arthritis. With his grey/white hair he quickly earned the nickname ‘the silver panther’
You just know that if that’s the best frame they have of him.. then he hasn’t quite gotten out that phase of “progression” yet. c’mpn Jonah, pop, pop!