LGBTQ+ and World Surf League flags verboten too.
Huntington Beach voters turned out in droves, on Super Tuesday, to make certain Surf City, USA stays free from in-your-face breast cancer survivors, University of Southern California graduates, Grateful Dead heads and World Surf League aficionados. Those proud about their lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, Q Anon roots too.
The City Council, you most certainly recall, banned the flying of non-state, non-government, non-military flags on municipal property last year in a tight 4 – 3 tally. Days ago, voters lent their gravitas by enshrining the rule into the city charter by a slim 58% majority.
Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark boldly declared, “A lot of this is taking Huntington Beach back to how it was. A lot of cities are afraid to push back because they don’t want to be the target of Sacramento. We’re not afraid.”
“The way it was” clearly a shot over breast cancer survivors’ bows who, in truth, should now be afraid.
Peg Coley, the executive director of the LGBTQ Center Orange County, making it all about her community, was not so kind, countering with, “The Huntington Beach City Council is run by a hateful majority whose only interest is advancing an agenda of intolerance for minority communities, including LGBTQ+ individuals. The Huntington Beach City Council is run by a hateful majority whose only interest is advancing an agenda of intolerance for minority communities, including LGBTQ+ individuals.”
Surfer Magazine, taking its first political stance since endorsing Joe Biden in Biden v Trump First Blood, described the town as a “hotbed of Orange County conservatism” and warned readers that they will not be entirely welcome during this summer’s U.S. Open of Surfing.
Surfer, man. Always on brand.
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Beach Blvd was where I learned how to stand up on a surfboard. In time, I got tired of the surf getting blown out by 10am and the black ball flags in the summer. Started heading south to Laguna to surf reefs that were always glassy because of the kelp beds. Then started doing solo trips north, camping in my VW squareback. Kept going further and further north until discovering Santa Cruz and SF. All my old friends were okay with HB. Some of them are STILL surfing there, 50 years later. Lol
former HB locals exposed below. they seem kind, generous, and adapted well despite the rules, the pollution, and the drugs. and have survived to tell the tales. anyone besides the lifeguards get some tail under the guard towers? or just black-balled?
Just down the road from there at Beach Blvd is where I learned to surf. HB was my go to beach for years, until I started venturing southward to Baja and north to SF. That Surfing California book by Bank Wright was my bible.
HB ended when Chuck Dent died,
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But clearly not a place to learn about inclusion or tolerance.
The 909 trash will do that to a fella.
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Hal Jepson covered it well in Cosmic Children…
No coverage of what’s gone down in Fiji?
Rather odd here currently. And if idle hands are the devil’s playground what crook shit is Derek up to!?
Xox
Yeah, instead inane articles about Huntington bigots
BG’s editorial board had a big debate between Cloudbreak and flag flying this morning. Obvious who won.
Punch on
clueless at the moment about what’s gone down in Fiji… what’s up?
It’s pumping!
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Surf Shitty, eww essay!
Oh man… that brings back memories. Early to mid 70s. Robert August shop, Beach Boulevard, night sessionsat the pier. Good times!
The Golden Bear and Wimpy’s burgers. Gordie surfboards and parking between oil derricks at Cliffs.
Jeez half of BG is from HB.
Franks Broasted Chicken was next level.
Sunset Beach, but it’s been a long time since those days.
And hi to all those who miss and remember shredder John Kissel. Childhood friend.
What was the club at the new Hilton where Moreno spun?
Ha. I was there on opening night.
metoo#
J.P. Getty would race the roughnecks to the top of the tower with loser buying the beer.
Golden Bear
what was that Italian place called, Mazotti’s or something like that?
eggplant parm was legend.
had a thing going with the gal at Merrilees for a while, so spent a bit of time in HB.
such fun in the 80’s.
I was living behind Antonucci’s in Newpy shore. Their calzone was ridiculous. Those blonde sisters at the front desk too. Cappy’s, supermodels. Only place left though I haven’t looked for Blue Beet last few swings through. HC, it’s not the same. No more ghetto.
first time I lived in Newport, I lived at 6801 Seashore (corner of Seashore and Orange Street) right across PCH from Antonucci’s.
was just gonna mention RA. I use to hang out with him when he was on Main Street. fun guy to hang out with.
got some good boards from him actually.
Good old surf city.
It’s been suggested that HB is a suitable place for a BG convention.
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By the looks it’d be perfectly suited.
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A fuckin’ shit hole…
Photos of Derrick at Huntington
white man pride > WSL green-washing. i know a great dane from VTA that wrote a grant and received nearly 1/2million greenbucks to educate and create a used oil/household hazardous waste collection system for the cities of HB and Costa Mesa. 2 years worth of consulting. anybody out there aware?
I see your ban and I raise you a ban. I ban your ban….Now what smartie pants?…
Looks like another year will pass where I don’t watch the US open. This year sponsored by Don’t Tread On Me.
ditto
thinkin hard ’bout what flag to plant. beat me to it SC.
I don’t blame em. Huntington Beach doesn’t need any pointers from towns that welcome all the alternative lifestyle folk i.e. San Fran/ Hillcrest… places that used to be cool/ safe
I have to ask. You find Hillcrest to be dangerous? Say what you will about the shortcomings of Hillcresst, but I’ve never thought of it as dangerous.
HAHA what’s the next lie you’ll tell about HB??? we love our town and are thrilled to stop politicians from being able to pander to identity politics. If you don’t like HB then stay the fuck away.
You must be new around here.
Most people stay the fuck away from HB.
Oh I very much stand with HB over those pesky personal banners. There’s a bro who lives down the street from me who reps San Diego State. Such a joke.
Wow, and I thought all those Cal and Stanford back window car stickers were annoying.
Ain’t nothing compared to San Deguito Academy.
Chas, what do Volcom, Mc Elroy, Wahoo’s fish tacos, Voorhees Studios and Enterprise Rent a Car share in common?
The principles all belonged to a SDSU fraternity class.
Why do you care? It’s a fucking piece of cloth.
No worries, I like to spend all my time in Klanaheim and Fallbrook.
Anaheim is like 85% Mexican neighborhoods. Have you really even been there?
Not since the eighties.
Other than Disneyland Anaheim is not terrible. I think most of the nazi sympathizers moved east to Corona, Yorba Linda or the IE. They couldn’t appreciate all the great regional Mexican cuisine or the fact that you can get Lebanese, Iraqi, Syrian, Yemeni or Afghani food in a few square miles. Also Anaheim gave us the fun ska rock stylings of No Doubt.
I’m very interested in the LA basin and what it’s like compared to where I live. Haven’t been down there for decades, so my thoughts on it are dated back to the punk rock scenes of the eighties.
Thanks for the updated info. Good food is a win.
for financial info read LA Business Journal. for food, read LA Times. and only for food!
Don’t need the financial info. I pay Fidelity thousands of dollars a year to make all the stock market decisions for me. I don’t trust myself when it comes to that stuff.
rFanklin Templetom performance?
LA is the same as THE CITY except you have have to drive everywhere and the weather is better. Same diversity, same great ethnic food or Michelin star restaurants, same crime, same top notch universities, same crappy traffic, same hella expensive real estate (even in what used to be the hood), same kinda douchie hipsters or bougie liberals. I preferred BART and Muni to LA Metro. Come to think of it I’ve NEVER taken LA Metro just like I never drove in SF. Real punk is dead in the OC and LA just like in SF or Berkeley. There’s no way to be a “starving artist” as it’s just too expensive. Your neck of the woods wins because you have better/colder/sharkier surf and the redwoods.
Aren’t you the guy that resigned or got fired from the Planning commission for your anti-semitic and anti-islamic comments?
No, I’m the guy that is living rent free in your head.
the guy living rent free, but you’re also this guy too
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This aint you? https://www.latimes.com/soc…
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Racist Trash.
Anyone need a real estate agent in North OC who uses hotmail for his business email addy?😂😂😂
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Is it true that you also live mortgage free in the house mommy bought you?
LOL…you’re thinking of one of your commie grifter friends, please don’t confuse us anonymous stranger.
Your picture is quite familiar. I’m not sure if it’s because I ran into you at last years Puerto Vallarta Beef Dip Bear Week or if you were one of the bearded inbred hillbillies storming the capital a few years ago. The stylings of the two groups are very similar. But we both know the bears have way more fun. HB rules cuz they have the BEST oil spills.
well, this thread took a turn!
Must have forgot about Google.
Can’t play both sides. Justice is served.
But in theory, you can play both sides if you are the same person with two different Disqus accounts, am I correct?
Only one that I know of.
All of course, theoretical.
Tell me what my other one is. I’d seriously like to know.
Theoretical, my dear gooch. Theoretical. I would not dare presume such skulduggery. From you, least of all.
Cunthead
Oh no, please don’t ban us from HB! Where else can I go to a beach town that looks exactly the same as 90% of the other shitty OC towns, has the least attractive beach in California, is filled with perpetually aggrieved dudes who are maddogging the world, commands mediocre surf, and has 2 or 3 half way decent places to eat?
Next thing you know you’ll be telling us that we aren’t welcomed in Tustin either, truly breaking many hearts. Sad.
“are thrilled to…”
says the guy clearly pandering to identity politics
I don’t like your like country so I stay the fuck away.
Please don’t say that, we need you!
As your Orange Jesus Lord and Savior would say, HB is a shithole. Enjoy donkey.
That’s why shit boxes 9 blocks from the beach sell for 1.3 mil. Good point.
You have 2 disqus accounts? Aren’t you special and transparent.
You need to be fighting crime with your deductive reasoning skills. I’m gonna go home and rethink my life now. You’re doing the lord’s work son!
Gladly.
Fake ass surf city. It’s not even legal to drink beer or smoke weed on the beaches. City run by little sissy boys scared of flags! Putin approves.
spoken like a core local. where did you grow up?
people being offended, to the point rage, by a rainbow.
interesting times.
If the rainbow still represented god’s promise to man, it wouldn’t be an issue. But I think cultural appropriation is a good thing.
No doubt in part due to the mediocre waves in HB, which are similarly best seen through memories of an apparently glorious past.
Peg sure bought into that whole silence is violence bs.
OC Register > LA Times. or so it used to…
Your own eyes > OC Register> LA Times
a wink and a nod from the blind man…
No Japanese flags on Kanoa Igashi Day?