Ja, we believe in nothing.
And here we finally are. The nadir. The lowest point of a low time. The only anti-depressive surf website in the entire world being accused of being a den of middle-aged white male nihilists from a respected voice in our surf industry who shall remain anon.
Oh my.
But is it true?
Are we middle-aged white male nihilists?
All of us middle-aged and white?
Male and believing nothing?
Not a good look ever but especially not in 2020.
Not, as they say, “marketable.”
David Lee Scales and I met at Album Surfboards in San Clemente today and I told him that Derek and I were, likely, ringleaders of a middle-aged white male nihilist cabal. He thought about it for a moment and… to be honest I can’t remember if he agreed or not but then we talked about Dane Reynolds‘ cutback and birdwatching.
Then I went and purchased a mattress from, honestly, the best furniture store west of the Mississippi featuring gorgeous mid-century modern chair/coffee table sets. When was the last time you bought a mattress?
Middle-aged white male nihilists need comfort too, even if they/we don’t believe in it.
Listen here.
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I’ll listen to it later.
Unfortunately I can’t even hang my hat on “middle-aged” anymore, however I can tick the box for “white” & “male” – but I do know I hate the use of the word “blessed” & “journey”, can I tick the nihilist box too?
PS. Even the use of the word “community” is starting to piss me off!
I believe….
I believe that is my wave, so back the hell off…
I could turn and walk away, or I could fire the gun
staring at the sea, staring at the sun
whatever I do it amounts to the same
absolutely nothing
I’m alive – I’m dead…
I am the stranger …..
Robert got savaged for the next line in ’79, and would be again today.
Been on a Cure bender lately. Very satisfying. 17 Seconds, Faith, Pornography and Disintegration are excellent.
we need a beach grit membership drive to fill the diversity quotas. I volunteer to campaign at the local netball leagues.
I would rather take on Da Hui …
Don’t Fuck with the Netballers !
Or they will fuck with you !
Wasn’t the Nihilist one of the white dudes from Big Wednesday?
Leroy the Nihilist?
Which part of that am I supposed to apologise for?
Being middle-aged?
Being white?
Being male?
Being a nihilist?
Fuck you … you can add another to your list:
Being unapologetic.
The link on Stab to the Dane article is broken. Too embarrassing?
68, more on the hedonist continuum.
Can you still be a nihilist if you care about being comfortable?
Suppose not.
Problem solved. What’s next?
Actually listened to the podcast for once,,, pretty good,, very good, some good points brought up.
“While surfing is expanding, surfing’s core is shrinking”. Well said!
check
48 , white and “I believe in nothing” , awesome , can’t wait to hear this grit the algorithm has got me pegged to a tee.
I identify as a young hot Catholic Latina though….
Well, maybe some, most readers, commenters, here, have been around the block a few times, but I think that is what gives BG an ‘edge’ over other sites. When the commenters here talk about an issue, they actually have enough actuall ‘real life’ experience to give an intelligent answer based on actually being there, done that, lived through that.
Dare I say, the comments here are more well informed than most sites, as the comments are not based on conjecture, but based on real life experience,
I’m afraid so Tim. My bishop takes your knight’s pawn.
check and mate
Is 28 middle-aged? I hate most of you, so perhaps the dissenter and I are simpatico.
we know you don’t mean that x
All the cool kids die at 27. Even Kurt was a Nihilist.
At 57, am I past middle age and just… ancient?
not if you live to be 114!
Watch me, motherfuckers!
June for me. And my back thanks me every single day.
What kind did you go with? My lower back is a mess and my current bed sucks!
Get a couple of blankets and carpets, pile them up and sleep on the floor. First week is tough and then you will never regret.
Princess and the Pea .
It’s a koala. Aussie brand, and it’s medium/sorta firm, but with a cushy pillow top thingy. So badass
Who is this respected anonymous hater? I’m guessing Doherty.
it could be one of us? McCarthyism at beachgrit! Dun Dun DAAA!!
Otto, Bexy? me? My world has just been shattered!
there’s a rat among us Waterproof.
Have you noticed you never see bicko and bexy in the same room?
You know what.. no I have not. They may well be frigg’n controlled opposition!
everyone’s a suspect, but especially bexy and bicko. They are the same (middle aged nihilistic white) guy
I actually keep thinking bex might be my own sub conscious alter ego. Tho surfads is also an alter ego of sorts anyway, so fuck I dunno. Am I bex?
You wish.
No, you’re Munga Barry, obviously!
Your way off
I’m a higher power on an astral plane
Bicko is a member of an obscure northern European Bauhaus hell fire club
lederhosen lads?
I have some Bauhaus Furniture handed down from my wife’s deceased OMA .
I LIKE TO POLISH !
WE ARE NOT , AM I ?
Ahhh, it’s obvious. They’re both Russian bots.
Da, I mean, yes!
Red October ! Now !
With a Scottish accent. “Yesh, quite Moneypenny”.
nothing exists without its opposite…..
Gotta be Ben Marcus.
It’s good to be alive!!
Not in NZ, as tonight is election night and it’s looking like the ineffectual showboating commie woman will be in for another term…
She’s starting to look like Micheal jackson.
With any luck she’ll get on the oxy etc too and won’t last long…
Yeah, I’d still do her though.