Welcome to ghost white.
Social science has long held, as fact, that surfing and surf culture reached peak whiteness in the early 1980s with no possible, or probable, way to grow any whiter as it shifted from “snow” to “baby powder.”
That supposition was blown to smithereens, over the weekend, however, with the release of country superstar Luke Bryan’s new music video “Waves.”
Shot on location in Malibu, it features two young surfers who fall in love after an extreme wipeout. They proceed to play games on the pier, canoodle under the fireworks and eat many tasty treats.
The boy rides what appears to be an 8’0 funboard.
The girl a yellow’d chunky thruster likely in the 6’2 range.
The surprise twist, revealed at the end, is that they are now both elderly and still in love, suggesting the funboard and thruster were present in the 1950s.
Surfing and surf culture have now, officially, reached ghost white.
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Haha. Taking notes. I can picture her calling me a pussy if I told her that it’s like my private diary. “What kind of “private diary” gets posted on the internet for anyone to read? And responds to other peoples comments and questions ? Either you a secret mahu or you lying to me Greebs!!
Now get down and put your tongue to work and I might let you off easy!”
Mine just discovered that I have a profile and do actually comment. She reads it sometimes has asked me a few times over the years if I ever comment. I always said no. A few weeks ago she saw my name and my cover was blown! Now she wants to see the history of my past comments.
my ex wife’s greatest fear is knowing what BeachGrit is.
How come the ones complaining have their usernames greyed out?
I’d like to know who paid somebody to write this brainless non-article. It seems as though they are just handing out money for nothing so I wanna know how to get some. Thanks
If you have to bring up race with EVERYTHING, you’re probably a racist. BUT…. it’s not like surfing wasn’t a top 5 white guy sport to begin with🤣
I like my country music in the mountains and reggae on the beach👍
I didn’t know there were “white guy” sports. I’m guessing you’re from the mainland, where your understanding of history is Colombus, cowboys & Indians, civil war, WWI and II. Not your fault. You’re a productive of your environment, just like most of us are. So, maybe where you’re from, surfing is a “white guy sport.” Where I’m from, it’s a lifestyle that was created by the native Hawaiians.
And this is why we can’t have nice things.
I lived in Hawaii for 6 years bro. Probably while you were still wearing diapers….
You seem to be a product of the mainland public education system Hawaii has indoctrinating all the kids over there.
Just a heads up; the woke virtue signaling stuff ain’t gonna score you points with the ladies.
What I wrote seemed to go over your head, which isn’t surprising considering the importance you put on scoring “points with the ladies” and your reference to “woke virtue signaling.” Since when has higher education become a bad thing? Just in case your unaware, our entire modern society comes directly from higher education. We stand on the shoulders of giants. Luck for you, you get to come along for the ride and try to score points with the ladies, haha. Good luck diaper boy.
Just letting you know this is an emoji free zone. Next time there will be consequences.
Your mom is an emoji free zone.
Damn right she is. She’s not a teenage schoolgirl.
Geez your just a little racist, get a life.
Sorry to correct but no girl would wear a bikini that small in 1950. It looks to me more like the 1970s by what the girl wears. And by the age of the couple at the end, definitely 1970s.
Idiotic article! I wonder how all the beautiful Hawaii, Brazilian, Fijian and the rest of the non white surfing world feel about your stupid article. Your part of the problem, pushing a narrative that furthers the divide and is not inclusive.
It was ultra realistic , and believable, until the female shortboarder fell in love with ……THE ENEMY …..Yes , the melange of different races and cultures makes the most beautiful offspring ……..but only abomination can come from this unnatural , ungodly and unclean Union of a shortboarder and a poor man’s Long Bored Errrr .
At least u didnt ask the new zealander to delete it because……feelzzzz
Best place to take a newbie: walk down goat trail at blacks after it rains on a 6ft plus day. That just about wraps up 95% of the “will u teach me to surf” inquiries. The other 5% become tolerable as a 4th person baja ride along guy. They spend more time on the beach, watching the stuff.
That is fucking beautiful. FUCKING BEAUDIFUUUUULLLLL. That is a sentimental syrupy world I want to live in, albeit girl should be boy clad in rubber (Yulex, of course, I am not a trogoldyte!).
Why on the chart is ghost white darker than plain white?
Is it the extra layers of guilt?
it’s called sertanejo…
Luke Bryan, or Bryan Luke. Either way, two first names is as sketchy as it gets!
Off topic but various Randy Travis songs have been stuck in my head during some of the best surfs of my life. That smooth baritone gets all up in me.
Dude you probably haven’t even surfed since Randy was popular. Mid nineties O.B.?
Not judging but…..
I’m not surfing to this , enjoying it none the less..
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Ok that was the worst shit I’ve ever seen. Good one Chas
Pickup trucks, dirt roads, country music, growing weed, guns and surfing. A way of life for a lot of people north of me.
Yeah but this ain’t country music, is it?
Negative.
RESPECTED!
I mean, shit, if they’ll shut down Malibu to film me surfing an empty lineup for a lame country music video, I’m your huckleberry.