Very tough.
Oh to feel that surf life, to need that surf life, but to be trapped somewhere difficult to live that surf life. Such was the predicament of dentist Seth Lookhart who had set up his practice in Alaska, a state that has surf (listen to photographer Chris Burkard describe) but difficult to easily access surf.
What did Dentist Lookhart do to itch that scratch on a regular basis?
Extract teeth while cruising a hoverboard, of course, also extract teeth without patient permission etc. Giving him the sensation of riding the foamball over a treacherous stretch of reef. Many consequences. High stakes etc.
We surfers, we understand this feeling, this need, but the Anchorage Superior Court does not and handed dentist Lookhart a 12-year sentence for reckless endangerment and fraud. The judge declaring, “In reviewing all this over and over again, I have this visceral response — you darn near killed some people….” as Dentist Lookhart was whisked away.
If you were locked behind bars in Alaska for 12-years what sort of hobby would you take up?
I might begin carving miniature totem poles from soap.
Or maybe become an expert in training street tough Killer Whales in order to unleash them on my enemies upon release.
Win-win, I suppose.
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If Im ever in this situation my defense will be based on how NO2 sunk its insidious teeth in me and am an addict, victim, etc.
Id also advocate for tooth for a tooth as punishment
He shoulda charged extra for the novelty.
That’s not a hoverboard!
His lawyer fought for him tooth and nail
12 years a Dentist.
What will they do next?
Lodge someone’s tax whilst squatting
On an IndoBoard?
Dude, harsh!
When Ike and I were driving through Alaska, we took the Haul Road all the way to Prudhoe Bay.
This was around the time some drunk numbskull shot the Alaska Pipeline and caused a spewation of 250,000 gallons of crude oil all over the aina/tundra.
https://siouxcityjournal.co….
There is no shortage of drunk numbskulls in Alaska, and meth has just made it that much worse.
This guy was a beachgrit-class screwup: “Prosecutor Kevin Burke argued that Lewis had little potential for rehabilitation. With 13 felonies and 32 misdemeanors on his record, Lewis has had been given plenty of chances to reform, Burke said.””He has squandered and rejected all of those chances,” he said.
Sound like anyone you know?
They gave that dude 16 years in prison, and another 1+ years for a suspended sentence.
Ever since the Exxon Valdez, Alaska is exxxxxxxtremely sensitive about oil spills.
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I guess you would be bending over to pick up the soap for those mini totem poles.
Is it possible that the Devil whispered into this weird scientist’s ear ….. go see the Little Ship of Horrors and …… Back to the Future .
Here’s our boy hovering on success ?
https://youtu.be/bOtMizMQ6oM
I think having to watch that movie over and over is what led to my unnaturally strong hatred of musicals.
It was those fucking oompa loompa’s that did it for me
He surfed the waiting room, now he surfs a jail cell
Jesus. What a fucking dumbass. But 12 years, with taxpayers footing that bill? Strip his license and have him pay a settlement, but that’s crazy. He better get used to whomever is hovering near his backside, that’s for sure.
He’ll be popular in the exercise yard on his hoverboard cruising from prison gang to prison gang with witty quips and forward/backward rolls to appreciative nods and jealous glances.
Skinny white surfer dude in a Alaska prison.
Soon to be known as ” the tooth fairy”
I imagine the Toothless fairy might be more popular.
That sentence had some teeth to it!
NSW should employ this dickhead
Maybe we should have tried to immigrate to Alaska instead of NSW …. I can just imagine the interview
So Dr Bickerton do you deliver babies while hoverboarding ?
No ..
Right , you’re in , start tomorrow .
I was thinking the guy could de-tooth some sharks whilst foil boarding or kitesurfing
Legend status..