Strange days.
But could it be possible that the World Surf League bungling of its Pipe Masters, wherein the CEO and four staffers brought the dreaded Coronavirus to the show shuttering competition for days and making Hawaii look foolish, has reverberated across continents and hemispheres to South Africa?
It is one of many theories, for a report has just emerged from the famed Cape St. Francis, a wave Robert August and Mike Hynson punched into surfer hearts around the world as they traveled on their endless summer.
Yesterday, the great South African surf journalist Craig Jarvis reported that police threw stun grenades at an older and a younger surfer to get them out of the water. Per the Daily Maverick:
Yesterday, (5 January) at around noon, a local surfer Misha G went to the beach to look. It was pretty quiet and seemed relatively empty, so our friend Misha decided to go and mind-surf a few waves from the safety of his bakkie.
“It was small and onshore, and it looked quite good, so I thought I’d just go and have a look at what I was missing,” said Misha of his mission.
When the wind goes onshore, the waves get ruffled and affected by the wind. It’s not ideal for surfing, but one can still surf.
When he got there, he found the main surfer’s car park cordoned off by a police van. “It was a bigger van, like a 10-12 seater, and there were a few cars blocked off in the car park,” recalls Misha.
“About five or six cops were sitting on the beach by the surfer showers,” said Misha, and there were two standing in the car park. I saw one of the guys throw something that looked like a rock at the surfers, and I thought, ‘what are they doing? Why would a cop throw rocks at the surfers? That’s not going to work.’ ”
The “rock” landed about five metres shy of the water’s edge, with plenty of exposed rock due to the low tide. “It landed on the rocks, in line with the police sitting on the bench,” recalls Misha.
The first stun-grenade explosion shook his car. The second one which followed immediately afterwards he could feel in his chest.
“It was this loud, booming explosion,” said Misha, “and it was pretty intimidating. It gave me a shock because I wasn’t expecting it; it was just such a surprise. I could feel the shock wave.”
With smoke in the air and with cops waving, the two surfers, an older guy and a younger guy started moving.
Incredible and such an odd use of force against two surfers. So asymmetrical but it must be assumed, due the mainstream media picking up the World Surf League shenanigans on the North Shore, that the South African police believe all surfers to be Trojan horses for Covid-19 exactly like CEO Erik Logan for everyone knows the best way to get surfers out of the water is to shame them on social media.
But can you still surf on your beaches? Do police look at you more suspiciously now?
Strange days.
And people wonder why defund the po-po is a thing …well, from South Africa, I should say, I’m not surprised…
true, it is embarrassing that a site that purports to be “news” can’t spell “garbled,” but you needn’t worry that they’re a laughingstock because no one has heard of NNN. besides, I guess, you?
Yet neither of them are true
Kind of a sweeping statement isn’t it?
Knowing Brett as I do, I don’t think he’s on your side here Bex.
Mate. Remember when Donny wished Ghislaine Maxwell well in her fight against sex trafficking charges?
We’ve been used to it for 4 years.
While I take your point about destruction of property, just want to clarify; Is it OK to invade the very foundation of the democracy on the orders of the person who is the currently elected leader of that democracy based on the (proven multiple times in court) lies of a ‘stolen’elction?
Like I said before in the previous article about surfers being warded away from the beach for social distancing… going surfing is probably the best social distancing you’re going to get. Just because there may be a crowded lineup doesn’t mean you’re going to be elbow to elbow. In fact, it’s nearly impossible to be around the same person for more than 15 minutes of an exposed person when you’re on the water because you are constantly moving around or your board will keep you away. These cops were nutters. Not all cops. just these.
Mostly white people on the East Coast and in the rust belt that are dying from OD’s Opiates and speed aren’t really a thing in the inner cities.
Congress was in session. The entire United States government besides the president was in that building. It’s not a wall mart. Do you care about the security of our country? Maybe you’re from Australia I don’t know. You’re also making the assumption that I think it’s OK to let people riot and burn things down. I don’t.
one thing he’ll have no trouble forgetting: trump. cuz he’s gone, baby. gone.
east coast pumping that day. Guy that worked for cantor fitzgerald took a sick day and saw towers burning from the water.
so cal pumping too that day. oilglass 6′ south swell
I knew a girl whose husband worked in the Towers. He was supposed to work that day but decided to stay surfing Montauk Point because it was pretty good. When the first plane hit people in the parked cars started flashing lights and honking. They thought a shark was cruising through…
Two wrongs make a Reigh?
no one’s laughing because no one in the world reads whatever the fuck NNN is.
“garbelled”? that’s some heavyweight journalism, you fuckin absolute dingo.
Disclaimer: I am ignorant in this aspect. What countries do NOT have a long history of racial and economic tension? (not meant as rhetoric or sarcasm)
You’re trying to have a reasonable conversation about facts, with semi-retarded people.
Based on the evidence, the fascism, racism and anti-semitism is well on the right.
People storming the Capitol this week wear shirts with these phrases on them:
6MWNE – 6 million were not enough. That’s the 6 million Jews killed in the prison camps.
Aushwitz Prison Guard – I better not have to explain that.
The President of the US called the people patriots and told them “we love you”.
I can’t remember ever seeing similar behavior on “the left”
Keep on making things up kid. No one tollerates that crap. Well except the antisemitics in congress who would rather fund the poor so called Palestinians rather than the Jewish people. Lol your comments are a total fabrication and a total joke.
Look it up motherfucker. No word of a lie there. You won’t look it up because it doesn’t comport with your preconceived world view. But that’s not my problem.
You’re a f liar! Your low level upbringing cheated you of the use of brain cells. Now, you’re just a repeater for child molesters. Probably because that makes you happy!?
What that I said was a lie idiot?
Not worth engaging this prick
Some of the shit I saw and am still seeing …yes white supremacists hating jews , hating blacks browns ….I mean look at fearless leader wearing horns and a fur jacket FFS ….QAnon, Proud boys, oath keepers etc…domestic terrorist groups.
Trump incites violence , get’s all his cult terrorists to trash capitol hill , 5 dead….yeah , then he says he hopes they all will face the full brunt of the law….now there’s someone who is spineless, gutless a coward……
What happened to good old days when a waxed windshield was a strong enough message ?
“DING ALL” went and made bottles of wax remover.
please drink it if you get covid.
probably the same crew who came up with other surf related un essentials. the change matt, wetsuit bucket, sprinter van etc
Hey, I personally know the guy keeping the surf accessory market in Australia solvent!
it’ll be such a relief to have an administration that doesn’t make excuses
Dems have never encountered a problem they couldn’t make exponentially worse.
such an incredible tale of grit and perseverance.