Hot fuss!
The Billabong Pro Pipeline is off, will likely be off tomorrow, and only fairly bleak days of waves look to be over the horizon. Oh, we shall undoubtedly gather together whenever it runs and open thread this, while live chatting that, because there are multiple storylines at stake. Which professional surfer will kick the year off well even in subpar conditions, for example? Who will put themselves square behind the eight ball with only four more events prior to the dreaded mid-year cut? Is there an early favorite in the World Surf League’s appropriated “Stab in the Dark” now called “Poke in the Pants” competition?
While on the subject of mayhem, a new documentary has just been released about Murf the Surf by award-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler titled “Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus and Mayhem.”
Do you have thoughts on the man?
The movie, which chronicles a truly wild tale of professional surfing, jewel thievery and prison stints/stunts, seems like a fun ride and I appreciate the over-the-top cinematic elements that Murf, or Jack Murphy, adopted in his life though have ringing in the back of my head the impression David Lee Scales was left with after interviewing him for his Surf Splendor podcast. In a word, or so, and if I properly recall, he found Murphy to be a great showman but also unable, or willing, to own up to real nasty bits in his story. Namely, I suppose, that of being involved in the grisly murder of two women.
Well you can, and should, learn more about Murphy at the Encyclopedia of Surfing whilst subscribing.
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Also, listen to the interview here.
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Isn’t that biting the hand that feeds?
There is something missing in this video.
Ummm, while I am no fan of pro surfing-/ try doing a pop-up with one arm in your living room.
Or try doing one on a 19 inch wide moving object.
Murf the surf was a cruel murderer, and should be forgotten.
He was a scammer bum who used Jesus to get out of jail.
BOYCOT THIS DOCUMENTERY.
Do not glorify criminal bums.
Considering that bionic arms were virtually a reality on 1970’s TV, surely Bethany should have one by now…
BnB
Chief Of 1970’s Transgendered Bionic TV Studies
P.S.
This is the first time (I think) that I’ve posted a comment on the wrong article.
Oh well
Never mind
vocational calling
send crib notes…the highlights…we’ll convert them to cut&paste and gatherings…Halmark Greeting Card’s. warriors needed to fill & plant sandbags…and p/u a chile relleno plato…no habaneros…well, one! burritos are to be eaten only. sandbags taste like…BEACHGRIT!
Big on Scotch Bonnet, habanero and Scorpions down here in the ‘grad.
Just a lil here and there, depending on the dish.
anaheim peppers & supply co…we lay cable!
Well, at least this doco won’t have ‘Andy Eric’s creepy fingers all over it.
I swear, just about everything over the last 5years has that fuckwits name in the credits.
Wannabe mememememememe. Queer Okie cunt.
Going to have a listen here first…..