And wait til he lights up on the east coast's own VALmageddon!
Today’s guest on Dirty Water is described by BeachGrit writer Steve Rees, as the “most famous surf shop owner in the world” and “Part animal―Part machine―Part idiot.”
While other surf shop owners obsequiously lick the boots of the clothing majors, for this is where the cash is, he sticks to his Buell wetsuits and custom boards.
If you don’t know where his little surf shop is in Newport, Rhode Island, well, good luck finding it. He don’t have a website.
He is seventy years old, still rides a six-one and he is a skilled persuader for he knows how to worm his way into a tired heart.
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Hasn’t been married long enough to have selective hearing
Is this guy just a wealthy person acting like he isn’t about money? Pretty sure pops was a pro football player.
I would surf Ruggles back 25 years ago.
I never knew much about Sid, but I shared this with my friend who knew him and he said he visited him last year when he was home in Boston. Said Sid is a great guy, hard core.
Sid is a Hero. His drunken surf reports are legend. Calling Sid at 5 am was always the start of a great session.
Thanks Sid for keeping the anti-culture culture alive and well. Long may you roam.
All of Derek’s bandwidth is used up by his Coffee sisters only fans accounts
aww man did ‘shopping cart’ get throat chlamydia?
I will listen, for the first time, sometime soon. And I will let ya know boys.
Sid is the anti-kuk. Absolute legend. 🤘🏼
Derek looking very Swayze
No-one puts dancin’ Dezzy in the corner!
Respect for people that didn’t care about making money and sacrificed a normal life for waves. Are there waves there?
No.
Didn’t think so, been begging Chas to take a road trip to the
East Coast because it’s so different than Nor-Cal. Philly cheese stakes, hockey etc. It’s all so intriguing.
Are you his wife?
No sorry are you his fag Aussie friend. Maybe give him a handjob for a woop discount.
Ha, I think you’re projecting, but hey, we all gotta have dreams
Haha savage burn!
Hurricane season is good depending on how active the tropics are.
Usually Sept -Nov
Water is warm.
Bad news about how crowded it is now.
I’m 0ld and half pissed on a Friday night, I forget which hurricane we were out at Ruggles and Aaron Chang was there. For some reason I believe Bradd Gerlach was out. I may be wrong.
Back then, it was pretty uncrowded.
As the hurricanes come up the coast, you hope they are slow moving. I forget which one sat out there for about a week and pumped. If you are from Boston like myself, you start in RI, you surf Mass the next day, and head up to Maine before it heads over to Europe
Kinda the same story crowd wise up here in Nor-Cal. Always been interested in what it’s like to live on the east coast.
I guess the other jackasses on BG. Would rather read whoop articles all day every day than interesting road trip stories. Thanks for the reply.
I’m down in Victoria now for 20 years, was in Manly for 2. I would say Vic is similar to New England.
I’ve lived in Newport Beach for 3 summers and never seen the guy.
The Wedgeless one?
Just how East of the 5 are you?
About 3000 miles give or take
3,121 miles. Close to Wisconsin St but also close to the Sagamore Bridge.
Wrong coast
Because that ain’t him…..thats Jimmy Hogan.
I bet they’ve seen you…