"I am the kid taken away by the twister. Now I have no board to surf with my friends tomorrow."
Wild vision of a tiny surfer being caught up in a Wizard of Oz-style twister on Australia’s Gold Coast, his lil surfboard ripped out of his arm and sent to the heavens, went viral a few days back.
The kid is running along along the eastern facing escarpment at Point Danger, the ridge that overlooks D-Bah, as the storm cell hits at around nine in the morn. The wind is so strong, gusts hitting one hundred clicks an hour – 4500 lightning strikes would be recorded and a car would be crushed and trees felled, all electricity out etc – the kid is lifted up and hurled by the invisible hand of god with his his surfboard torn out of his hands.
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The Instagram account Kook Slams, which is not to be confused with the original surfing wipeout account Kook of the Day, offered the kid in the clip a free surfboard at which point a bunch of kids put their hands up for the prize, deftly weaving tear jerker stories in an attempt to win the new stick.
Eventually, the legit kid, Benny Wineera, who bears a passing resemblance to on-fire women’s world champ Caity Simmers, was found and presented with a brand new five-o from Jason Stevenson’s house of shred.
The presentation can be found below, the lil man stunned by the verbosity of his interlocutor.
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When I get called onto waves, I’m so scared to disappoint the person that I’d rather get smashed trying
So funny. This kid is a twin and they are massive frothers for all things – so, imagine 2x Caity’s coming at you all the time.
What about the old boy that sailed out to the drumlines in the same gust?
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THIS story isn’t dissimilar to what is happening in the US Capital Markets today…
You’d think that most Aussies would be occupying the Scarecrow role in a Wizard of Oz scenario though
It was either an internet stunt (good job, it worked) or some frothing kid going for a slightly windy yet surprisingly empty lineup (what the fuck were you thinking little bro)
Back in myyyyy day he woulda got a clip round the ears for letting go of his stick
Call that a storm? Pffffft. Back in myyyyyyyyyy day kids used to ride the southerly for a nickel. We used to call a nickel a porky and tie them in a sock our surf string. “One pork sock on the wind” we’d say to the stray dog next door. Of course meth was better back then…
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back in the day kids were not allowed to surf at the main breaks until well into their teens………..when they had proven they would take off, and ,could swim to the beach when they lost their board…….you had to earn your place….nowdays everybody is part of the chaos…” surfing is chaos , with no rules,” and that’s why wokeness has become part of surfings creed of nearly honor…….ah surfing is so passe…
Great fist shaking moz, top notch!
And give him a midlength so he learns the fundamentals!
what, your little 100 lb ass can’t duck dive a 6-8?? Too bad, little man, getting beat to shit and half hour paddle outs will put hair on your chest!!
Ivanka looks like her mom, Melania…”Am gonna need a stronger sunscreen..” Trump drinks whiskey…”Jerry, do you need a massuse.? ” Taxi!”