It's like magic!
I don’t feel the burning pangs of jealousy much but a man, or woman, with surfboards functionally displayed in a living space gets me every time.
Surfboards are, of course, our playthings but also undeniable works of art, those curves, that rocker, and keeping them locked in garages or basements is as cruel as it is stupid.
Like displaying Picassos into an outhouse.
My Picassos are displayed in the garage, standing on some moldy carpet, held in place by dowels drilled into a two-by-four.
Sad.
Well, just the other day I received a brand new QuiverGrip system in the mail. It was minimal, functional, sleek. Adjectives I most admire in my surf accessories.
I wanted to go rip the two-by-four and dowel setup straight out of the garage but that seemed like work and the garage seemed too depressing.
That’s when genius struck.
I would move three of my favorite boards upstairs to the bedroom.
My wife wasn’t home so I couldn’t run it by her but who doesn’t love Picasso?
I am not a handy man but any dimwit with an electric screwdriver and level could sort out how to install and I had it up in five minutes flat.
Art.
The three boards I chose were my Vulcan pintail gun for big days at Turtles, the JC board that carried me across Yemen and an Album twin fin, my everyday go to.
I laid down on the bed admiring my work, when finished, and am excited for my wife to come home too.
Our bedroom is now a museum.
Make your bedroom a museum too.
Or an outside fencepost or backyard tree or… honestly anything.
Everything is better with a surfboard on it.
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I have an old board at the side of the entrance to the driveway and yard. I tied it to the chain link fence with a piece of wire to stop it from getting blown over. Cost–about 10 cents……….
The upside down hip carry is by far the coolest way to carry a surfboard.
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sam waters you know I almost never reply to you, because you are an outrageous super troll. But in this case, especially given the weird text shit going on in your post, I will make an exception, for I think Longtom is right. I think ol Erik is completely out of his depth, both in this Sars-Cov-1 crisis and in the WSL sport context. Holding your board wax in is a minor issue compared with how he has comported himself behind the scenes in this crisis. Perhaps one day the actual story will be reported as to how most of CA averted the surfing close-down that seemed imminent last week. It would shine a real light on who makes a difference in those circs and who doesn’t.
https://www.theinertia.com/…
my wife would not allow this sort of thing, thank god
also comparing those to a Picasso is a little gauche, especially the one with a tail pad!
Al contrair , all boards are truly a work of art, but agreed, the tailpad does detract something from the true impact of the art, kinda like a moustache on the Mona Lisa……..
Try just ‘one’ surfboard leaning against the wall in the ‘corner’ somewhere. You might be able to slide it by her. It will give the room some good vibes……..
Chas, christ here we go again. How many times have I told you, store your boards nose down!
what sort of modern surfer are you.
Post-modern, as in carrying surfboard like child etc. https://beachgrit.com/2017/…
what about the upside down hip carry.
Fuck! I can’t post a pic. forget it
Nice Che Guevara spray. Very rebel!
Val special. Who has 3 boards?
Fuck me, is that a fucking rock salt lamp?
Disturbing isn’t it. It’s obviously magical.
Next will be the ad pitch for the wax container (including built in comb), while surreptitiously in the back ground is Charles’ vaginal stones recharging under a full moon
Vaginal stones!
Juicy Couture!
Yeah dude, like totally aligns your shakra with your mantra, or somethin’.
The books next to it are probably Reports from Hell, Cocaine and Surfing and Welcome to Paradise now go to Hell – all carefully displayed to glow in the rock salt lamp
JC! Whatever happened to JC surfboards…I had a really nice one probably about circa yours, Chas, awfully nice guy, too, if you don’t mind a bit of prayer here and there.
i had multiple in late 90’s. dorain made that guy a household name.
I reckon so, but then again, I do sometimes feel my handicap score surfing is just par for the course.
How do you feel about the Che Guevara sticker on the middle board?
Che was a brutal thug, and sadistic fan of.public executions of perceived enemies to Castro’s regime. Che was also a coward,.and died a coward’s death.
That said, Chas brought that board to Yemen. I’m sure the sticker was there for purpose. What Chas hoped to achieve is only.known to him. I think he thought Yemenis would view him as a brother in arms, skinny revolutionary arms. Thing is, it’s not like there’s a lot of Cubans in Yemen. Or even communists for that matter. Hell, the Yemenis probably thought Che was actually that guy from their VHS tape of old MTv Carson Daly shows, you know, the episode with the Rico Suave guy. That’s probably why the Yemenis thought Chas to be homosexual.
Chas has a good body for fashion.
If anyone’s planning on ordering one of these, rather hit me up and I’ll email some DIY instructions and mocking insults at no cost.
Eh. I’m lazy. For $60 this saves me a lot of headache. Been looking for something that can easily be stuck on a cinderblock wall.
More useless Chinese shit
Yay.
Hollow Cause Museum?
What the hell is that thing on the table that’s plugged in?
That my friend, is a salt lamp…
https://www.healthline.com/…
Wife: ” What the fuck did you go and buy now Otto? Is that a salt lick?”
Me: “Yes dear.”
I’m on the edge of my seat for Charlies advertorial on the lamp.
Tomorrow!
Are the boards plugged into the salt lamp?
Sweet jebus, I think so! Is this how unicorns are made?