"If someone acts like they’re going to punch you it counts as assault, allowing you to engage without being liable for assaulting them."
There are many reasons not to like surfing: surf hats with the inbuilt GoPro cameras, surf hats in general, change mats, the ritual humiliation of towelling ponchos, beach carts, electric foils with handheld remote controls, foam surfboards with handles, inclusivity, diversity etc.
All of which threaten the beating heart of surf culture, a place that was once raw as hell, untamed, just you and a board carved from a hunk of rectangular foam and the pulse of the damn ocean. You, a giant tomcat glaring at these obstinate waves that wanted to smash you from ass to earlobe.
You and the pulse-racing magic of discovering new waves and then coolly surfing them with the contented look of a female lion suckling her young.
A real rock-and-cock show, as if it needs to be said.
But if the VALS in the hats and the ponchos and so on threatened to dilute surf culture into a bitter cordial, a so-called fight posted on Instagram between two surfers might be its death knell.
In the video, two men shape up, one apparently a kneeboarder noted for his aerials. You won’t believe what happens next
Nothing!
But as lame as the non-fight is, the initial commentary below the line was worse.
Call the cops!
I’m pretty sure if someone acts like they’re going to punch you like that, it counts as assault, allowing you to engage without being liable for assaulting them especially if it’s on camera
It does get better with various takes on homosexuality and so on although, so far, the commentariat has resisted leaning into versions of retard.
Just a couple of gays having fun! Gotta love Cali! Pride month coming around again
E homo pretending to confront an OC homo, who’s mom is gonna bail them out?
Cali produces more gays than any other state though. 20 million people live near the beach and all think they’re tough guy locals, but they’re actually just gay gays with wealthy parents.
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May I just say that anyone wearing a flat-brimmed baseball cap is instantly suspect of being a fuckwit?
I’m not gonna give IG a click, but in my experience, any dude with a goatee, flat brimmed hat, and sideburns should be in jail.
Happy Halloween… can’t wait to sport my costume https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
if you want to see a real surf fight, as well as some exquisite surfing, nothing beats the Dan Malloy scuffle
Key is, never on film
Getting more diff by the day, don’t need to stage
https://uploads.disquscdn.c… What a fucken core lord.
but have you seen his real estate listings though? I hear they are pretty core. Local buyers only.
possibly local sellers only and not peter?
pretty sure there’s a BJJ defense to that where you just hit the ground and hope that your assailant voluntarily decides to join you down there
lol
Even more lame than the chest puffing is the road style carpet on the beach? Mericans….
Helps to keep from stepping on broken glass or syringes on the way out.
last time I surfed at that spot, there was a Corgi convention on the beach with a bunch of Corgi owners and their dogs all along that little boardwalk. And then one of the dogs ran up and peed on my leg as I was checking out the surf
Hahaha what is that thing?
Shouldn’t the kneeboarder be on his knees?
shoulda knee’d him!
Did you really kneed to go there?
Drop it!
Watched on mute so failed to understand who’s the kneeboarder.
Wannabe Pennywise frontman with copycat Dickies buddy or the yamamoto wetsuit 21st century man-boy.
Culture clash seems eminent.
I wonder if he had his time again Chas would get back up and stand and deliver?
Hahahahahaha
Whatever happened to old Groggins?
Running a nice little surf boutique/masturbatory event space near Haleiwa.
Not involved with STAB anymore?
Nope. Not for awhile now
Of course not. Ashton should have sent Chas a pink tee shirt that said “Ashton’s Bitch”.
Cali produces more gays than any other state? Let’s hope the tariffs stem the flow of cheap Asian gays into the US and support those locally made gays.
🤣🤣 fuck!
Hahaahahaha
Make America Gay Again
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Just show the knee boarder doing an air!
Having worked in the construction every summer from HS through college, I rarely saw or participated in a fight that looked this gay as talk is cheap and generally ends with a few less teeth. Even my gay friends would scratch out the eyes of any man who invaded their space. But then again they’re weren’t that many fights as most men knew when to walk away from shit.
As for the Chas kerfuffle, solid work and way to lead by example especially with the vintage RayBans!
I’m from the elite school of fighting where I can remember the best ones cause I got knocked out. Chin like Murano glass.
The fact that you know Murano glass doesn’t bode well for you fighting skills. Finer things in life etc
wake up and see the sky, fun times!
Love this! I recall fighting a guy with a cast in his hand. Never fight a guy with a cast…it still hurts all these decades later
A few squirts of hand sanitizer before the fray
A little clap on the hips and an osssss.
I don’t know if surf culture was as raw and cool as we all remember https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Still look like scrappers.
Gay as fuck scrappers.
GAFS
…”but they’re actually just gay gays with wealthy parents”.
Sounds like half the ‘surf world’ anyway…