"People are always in awe, especially when I go to places I have not performed yet."
Jimbo Pellegrine, now there’s a name that rings a few bells.
Jimbo is the plus-sized surfer who lost his arm in an auto collision and was charged with two felony counts of terroristic threatening when he “unleashed on first responders transporting him to the hospital.”
BeachGrit covered every step of Jimbo’s journey through the court process,
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His well-worn clip where he wrangles a cave at Padang Padang proves his surfing chops and this clip, below, of Jimbo lighting up on a gas station attendant in California demonstrates, I suppose, his antipathy toward Iraq and its mostly Muslim inhabitants.
Jimbo ironically channels the Iraqi kid in the Mos Def/Slick Rick classic, Auditorium, when he tells the presumably Arabic-looking attendant to gimme my oil and “get the fuck out of my country.”
“People are always in awe, especially when I go to places I have not performed yet. Usually people get strange looks on their faces and snicker, and kids talk shit. Then there are the places I have been known to frequent where you can find my name carved into cement and posters of me everywhere, so I have a ton of hype at my favorite spots and all the pros and homeys are with me so that makes a difference.”
So many disappointed HMI’s and surf fans tonight.
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TV commercials would have me believe otherwise.
Derek that Mos def slick Rick reference was a deep cut
Its a mitzvah!!
Also, there was a time to account for your errors, change your ways, and apologize. Not sure if he’s mentally capable but the hypocrites hopefully at some point get a taste of their own medicine if they aren’t able to forgive when forgiveness is asked.
Are we Fat Shaming™️ now???
Only a decent society would
As a decent society should.
Dude has literal shit stain on his butt. Imagine how rank his car seat must smell.
Shit human. Too bad the car accident didn’t take off his head.
I’m not sure of the degrees you are better, but I’d never wish harm to you.
The degrees are many, of that I am sure. And I wish no harm to you.
either by land or sea…lefty of not…draft me a brew!
He looks and sounds like a Mafioso. An emotional, easily triggered people. This is his country, his wave, even if it’s only been “his” for a generation or two. The oppressed become the oppressors.
Sometimes you go too far. This is one of those times. That applies to Jimbo and Dez.
Edit: it’s Jimbo not “Jumbo”. Kinda fucked up Dez. Enjoy your next trip to Kauai.
Nowhere in that story is Jimbo actually mis-named as ‘Jumbo’ though.
The distinction between his actual name of Jimbo and the descriptive word jumbo (about his size) is quite clear, as Jimbo is obviously being referred to as ‘being’ jumbo (meaning fuckin’ big/fat).
Cheers…
I’m going to Kauai?
It’s a challenge to look at someone, and know they’re iraqi. It usually takes some time with some water, to get that deep…..
Drip Drip
Cocaine and surfing hmmm
I was revisiting our mate’s adventures just two days ago. Great to see he’s tracking well.
His Chubster interview says he’s starting a surf camp on Lombok with Chris Ward. Go figure.
Never thought it’d be possible to have a seizure from reading a headline. Bravo 👏