Heroes will rise.
It has been pouring rain for over 24 hours across much of southern California, threatening to wash the bottom half of the state into the mighty Pacific. If that were to happen, city officials from San Diego up through Santa Barbara would have a large dilemma on their hands as playing in the ocean is currently outlawed. Banned. Barred. Met with heavy fines and frowny-face’d tsk-tsks from Ken “Skindog” Collins.
Would the officials have enough pages in their ticket books? Enough judges to process all the cases? Much stress.
Well, during any time of wanton oppression, heroes rise. Two days ago we met Don Abadie who took his boat and made a brave attempt on empty Lower Trestles.
Today, we meet Jack Silverwood and let’s go straight away to San Diego’s local news for details.
Encinitas surfer Jack Silverwood believes this overarching order is infringing on his constitutional rights.
He spent the day Thursday protesting the beach closures at the famous Cardiff Kook with signs that read, “Commies can’t surf,” “Give me waves or give me COVID,” and “Kim Prather is a Kook.”
Silverwood is pointing out the actions of our local government have been overreaching, like a communist regime.
A communist regime or a fascist regime.
When reached for comment, World Surf League CEO Erik Logan said, “We feel very good and very confident that we can monetise this global audience of surfers through a variety of different business models. Direct-to-consumer is a powerful one, but not the only one. However, in the near term, given where we are with the crisis today, it is something that we have off to the side.”
But do you have a protest planned? An act of defiance? I’m cooking one up both literally and figuratively.
More as the story develops.
Well ironically Trump is also a populist just with no morals. I think Biden may signal a shift away from corporate friendly Blue Dog Clinton and Obama policies. We will see.
Man, I trip out on how venomous it gets on here with certain folks if you dare question the narrative. I don’t knock anyone for their beliefs or ideas and try to be respectful, certainly not trying to get into a heated argument or saying Im right, you’re wrong, but damn, that’s not reciprocated. First you’re called anti-science, then Fox news moron, Trumptard, tin foil hats, conspiracy retard, Alex Joneser, paranoid, and every other stereotype. Shit starts getting personal and turns into an annoying waste of time. That said, some, if not most cats on BG are cool even if we disagree and it’s appreciated.
Fuck, on Kauai the curfew starts at 9PM not 11pm. And it’s been EVERY FUCKING DAY since March 20th, and they say will continue until May 3rd. But could be extended, just like everything. No exercising, no grocery or beer runs, no leaving the house, no nothing during those hours except essential workers and service providers. But subsistence hunting and fishing can be done. But no legal hunting at night. I wish it was only for one weekend for us. it’s pretty fucked. I’m sure they will extend it to everyday on Oahu as well, because…
“It’s for the public good. For safety.”
Got one for you: youtube.com/watch?v=qM_r-cJ…
Agree. He’ll pick Harris or Warren and step down after 4 years, if not before then.
I think their metric was go with one old white dude to get center left votes (Bernie’s policies in Europe would be center left, which shows how far right this country has become, including under Clinton and Obama), but realizing most of his supporters won’t actually show up to vote (people under 30); or go with the other old white dude who can get voters of color and suburban moms, who will show up to vote. Primary voters went with choice B, too. I dug Bernie 4 years ago, but this time around was an Inslee voter but he never had a shot. Cory Booker, too, but he also never had a shot.
Night surfing. You’re welcome
F trumpp
Are you a porn star or Russian hooker?
Mesa Jr College reject right there.
If you want Trump to replace RBG on the Supreme Court, then don’t vote for Biden. If you want a perfect candidate in a country of 350 million disparate political views, you’ll be waiting forever. And definitely lay off the Russian bots who are all over social media (Putin has no desire to see Biden get elected, and all desire to keep Trump in the White House). And maybe just don’t watch TV. If everyone followed those two strategies this would help the USA more than about anything else right now.
Depends what it is. The Thundercats close the whole beach and even if you did want to surf outside the zone the waves are shredded with the wake and fumes from 6-8 fucken 2-strokes, not to mention the sound. The clubbies also take over a fair whack of the beach for their big championships. The argument that we only do this once a yeaar is somewhat moot, given there is something on every second or third week that prevents, often the best peaks, from being surfed.
There has been a ton of military action in San Diego too. As well as a larger than usual Border Patrol presence at the beach.
They have been attacking Americans freedoms for along time. Maybe since the begining of the country. The founders warned that retaining liberty would not be easy. Americans have lost their way and are easily fooled. I have no faith in them as a whole.
How’s your family in NY, CkT? Hope they are all doing well
Thanks Scott. everyone I know is fine so far, fortunately.
Hope you and your family are staying healthy as well.
Good to hear! All good around here, thanks!
Bingo!!
Whereas Trump can’t even start one? Try harder. Or lay off the Russian psyop bots.
I tried petitioning my wife with some grievances. Didn’t go over well.
I’m not from SA, so I don’t have the foggiest idea. What I can tell you for sure is that you’re missing the larger point of my comment.
It’s the BG tradition.
you have too many brains for this comment section! and I agree
Yeah right, signs.
18,000 people are dead so far in the US from this viral spread, which has been so disgracefully non-handled by your idiot Emperor, and and sure enough, let’s write signs about Commies because we can’t go surfing.
Was the point to go surfing or was it to draw attention? If it was the first, then writing bad signs about it and getting your photo taken was probably not the smartest way to go about it.
Yeah but have you seen his press conference ratings Nick…it’s like Monday night football level. Tremendous…terrific…really really tremendous
Never report the important stats do you Nick…part of the FNM
Well, being uneducated by your own admittance you can forgive yourself for not knowing that leaders of countries will almost always see a surge in popularity during a crisis. Trump totally kooked it, much lower approval than leaders in other countries. Besides, most people tune in because they are freaked out about their livelihoods and loved ones, rather than for that clumsy fascist’s glaring ineptitude.
I really got to work on my sarcasm…sorry nads, am with ya!
I thought it was pretty spot on. Throw in the phrase “the best” somewhere and you have it 100% covered.
Yeah but in fairness to nads, my comment underwent some serious editing after he wrote that
Infection rate still exponential and cases doubling in a week. If it carries on like that 1 million in a weeks time. I hope he’s taking it seriously now
exactly this…and what in the actual f does communism have anything to do with this blabbering idiot? Even worse than him is the “news” that covered it
Get used to 2 term idiot emperor. And by they way, the ‘idiot’ did more than any other Western country early on. We have a thing called Federalism (states rights) which entrusts power and authority to individual states. These ‘United States’ are able to make decisions at a state and local level that may contradict Federal advice or guidelines. In New York city for example, poor decisions by the communist mayor (no hyperbole) have contributed to their woes. The mayor down playing the virus into March and actually encouraging people to congregate and attend an annual Chinese New Year parade when the virus was already known to be in NY is just one example. Oh and that mayor, Cuomo (NY Govenor), and Newsome (CA Govenor) have all praised (to their credit) Trump in his handling of this. Consider CNN is lying to you.
Sign guy should have cut a better piece of cardboard, granted. But his ‘stunt’ was effective. It got people thinking who otherwise don’t, that maybe this is fucked up and the last thing citizens of the home of the brave should be tolerating. Woke some folk, hopefully. Right now it’s like Winter and winds have sucked so easy to not surf. We’ll see how things pan out in a week or two when we get some Spring warmth coinciding with an overhead SW swell.
you just go on believing all that mate.
I grew up believing in American, well, not so much power or the Dream, but style and drive and intelligence.
Joel Tudor didn’t join him? What a cock.