Welcome to Malibu now go to hell.
It is not yet Autumn, in California, and yet the promised Super El Nino weather system is already causing much havoc. Boardwalks and seawalls falling apart, the train tracks running past Lower Trestles shuttered, homes falling into the Pacific or, in Nicolas Cage’s case, into massive sinkholes.
The Surfer star’s Malibu home nearly vanished into hades, yesterday, after the earth opened its mouth and attempted to swallow the beachfront mansion whole. Reports from the scene described the sinkhole occurring at 31630 Sea Level Drive, Cage’s address, and estimating it to be 25 to 30 feet deep and about 30 feet wide by 60 feet long.
Evacuation orders have been issued for 31 nearby homes as the cavern is expanding. Seven homes have, thus far, been red-tagged, meaning no one can enter, with another twenty-four to be scarlet letter’d soon.
Big yikes.
Malibu, of course, pulsed over the weekend and into Monday and Tuesday with many surfers feeling the thrill.
Very exciting but not nearly as exciting as Laird Hamilton’s epic Malibu pier shoot from over a decade ago.
Hamilton’s home, I can attest, is up in Malibu’s hills though if the sinkhole keeps growing, may be beachfront soon.
Wild times.
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Maids house is killer. And for people talking shit here’s a laird story——-
There a bike race called Race Across America. Bicycle race for you strayan bung hole freaks. It’s done solo or teams. Laird decides to do it. 4 man team. Being laird he also wants the team to paddle SUPs from Malibu to race start in Oceanside (where race starts) my dad helps run the race so he introduced me to laird. He was in the start area. All lined up with bike dorks in their Lycra shit clothes. Lairds in trunks, bike shoes, rash guard. So off they go. Lairds team was un 1st place. You take turns on the bike other 3 are riding in a big RV and Van with supplies. Somewhere in bum fuck Egypt laird got clipped by a car ( they were leading race at that point) so new guy gets on bike but they are delayed by police doing a report and ambulance to clean up laird. Somewhere they didn’t win and made it across Country. Pretty rad feat. But they weren’t done next day they drove up to the Hudson. They then all 4 of them paddle around statue of liberty ahead bavia east river. Dudes a beast. Would not be stoked to have him wanting to kick my ass. Update lowers is smaller than yesterday and of course Kelly’s there dude sure likes the attention .
Seeing that they gave mandatory evacuations for 31 homes around Nic Cage’s house in Malibu, because of damage to the infrastructure and the inability to for emergency services to access the areas of need be.
Crazy stuff.
Imagine the Mexican dropping a 7 pound machaca out his bung hole. Ai carumba
The water gets warm enough to wear boardies at Malibu? Fucken freezing every time I surfed California
Like a colder, fatter angrier gold Coast
Yesterday the air temp was the hottest in the US. Hotter than FL.
And the waves are coming from a tropical storm, down south.
So I would probably still be in a 2mm, but it’s as warm as California gets ….for now.
Waves are back to shit mostly. Newport point and some of the jetties look like pipe only with length of ride like cloud break. Saw one guy get shacked 4 times on a solid 10 ft ( Hawaiian) it was easily the best ride I’ve seen in Newport in my life. It was offshore howling for 3 days. Insane.
Laird is a sinkhole.
Fantastic song, and brilliant lore behind it.
A huge part of the Californication of planet earth. 🌎
And their kids formed Wilson Phillips.
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Zero fks given.
How many fucks do you have left to give?
Can’t just be giving them out anymore these days…
Just take the easle down the beach and do some bob Ross paintings. Simple!
That looks good cept for the crowd. How do you surf in that ?
Wow, who woulda thought…….
The wave in Long Beach I think it’s 64 something is always a lake. Shit horny corner has bigger ankle snappers than that spot
Go to a sports Physio….preferably a Rugby based one and get it diagnosed first….then you will get a program based on science to heal quickly…..I tore mine very badly at Bells a few years ago….nearly tore the hammy off the bone….was out for 5 mths……did all the rehab and fine….diagnose first..always!
pain and a limp for 2 weeks
very spiritual blowie….LOL….your respect for spirituality shows what a deep person you are…and now a Hammy torn…….what would you do if you could never surf again……..would you have a life?
Low intermediate, if you are out there mate.
Could you explain K-Pop for me please?
I’ve got this, boss. Beyond this, you don’t need to know anything more.
(I’m attempting to be funny because I don’t know anything about K-Pop, beyond the fact that this song won an academy award for best original song in a film)
The embedded data you shared, and the metadata of this link, states you have watched this video 77 times, and your LG TV used its cameras and microphones (Yes, more than 12 different ones) to to film you dancing around and singing to KPOP.
How would you like to Proceed?
Your LG TV has worse…MUCH WORSE
Gotta love technology. You seen the recent reports of the LG tvs recording audio data in peoples homes, even when switched off ?
Alexa record my life because I am gay and think it’s cool you can turn on my hot tub for man on man action. All that shit is lamer than anything I can think of.
K-Pop is a nationally derived music genre digitally enhanced to lure young people into the most evil industry on the planet….the music industry.
The military marching band music industry is way worse.
That big bass drum was so pre-rap.
I deeply appreciate Sea Level as the name of the street. Perfect, no notes.
sea level (the band) Shake A Leg…enjoy!
https://youtu.be/LOF7cf_7i3Q?si=gPUppfY0T1qqTBkN
🎶
Jack could you explain to me what this new saying no notes means please mate?
Means it’s good as it stands or nothing needs to be added.
“No notes”? No idea.
Nicagolas Hole
I popped mine surfing in Bali- real weird sensation as it happened.
I surfed a midlength through the rehab- back on a shorty 6 weeks later.
Ironically, I rehabbed it walking up and down hills- good for your hammies.
Working on hillsides for a few years rehabbed very damaged ankles that I had. It was like free physiotherapy for my ankles, and cured an issue that had been bothering me since I was a kid.
I got lucky because I didn’t have the discipline to do ankle exercises to strengthen them.
Was Mo Cole at the top of the hill? Would explain the frantic running causing injury.
now that one got me ..touche……LOL a lot!
My thing with Blowie as you can see ,I question his statements posts and it shows that he has some pretty wild thoughts philosophies , that don’t stand up under scrutiny…and show a very confused Hypocritical insecure person to the point of narcissism……it’s rather amusing now reading and commenting on his fluff!
Where the fucks Hippy? I thought for sure he’d be modestly telling us all how he jagged the best waves of the entire swell then swung round picked up his good female friend Cindy Crawford and took her for a ribeye and a good red at Americas finest steakhouse. Disappointed
Hip likely had a moment that alcoholics commonly refer to as a moment of clarity, and decided to take a break from the Grit.
He’ll be back.
BG is no place to let out personal information about yourself, or your life, because some Gritties just bring up that shit over and over again, as if they’re being clever.
Did I miss Hippy disclosing some personal info? I noticed Strayan making references to his business but never saw Hip disclose that (not that it is hard to figure out if you pay attention).
Hes a wedding planner for his rich and famous mates isn’t he?
Close but not quite.
He said a lot of stuff on his own and in dialogue with longtom. All fine, he does create some beautiful art.
Here’s a photo of him for those wondering his identity.
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ha, had assumed crayfish was the boy wonder !!
could be cat woman?
I’m seeing him as more taunting Batman.
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You get it.
I stir the cunt up all the time
That is a terrible photo of him. This one is better. This is when he was hired to teach Sally Field how to surf, on the set of the Gidget tv show in 1965.
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Leave our Hippy alone, he’s one of the good guys.
woow so there’s good guys and bad guys here on BG?
Yes, and I’m a good “guy.”
It’s quite funny that most of the other guys don’t realise that they don’t have to add a qualifier ( “…and Sofa” ) and that you’d likely prefer being included as part of the collective when the whole group is being referred to.
This is your chance, Sofia. Tell them that you don’t mind being one of the fellas when we refer to the whole collective. No qualifiers needed 🙂
One of the gang gang.
No need for qualifiers! That’s why I drew a beard and chest/pit hair on my avatar.
And I’m a good cunt!
I ran a crew with 6 aussies, 5 Mexicans and 1 white guy. Me. Super trick house. 22,000 sq ft in a little village of billionaires ( bill gates, his daughter, pro golfers,tennis players and NFL stars) we framed it. Framed casita and a 6 million$ fucking barn for Arabian horses that cost more) I digress non of the Aussie dudes said cunt, drank fosters, or had very basic math skills. Most would treat their tools like shit. One wanted to wear his sandals on a house with rake walls with LVL 2×6’s with 29’ peaks on rake walls double thick so 11” wide with 4 rows of 4×6 in every bay? Question-
Is cunt a common theme
Same with Strayan
And do you frame in sandals? He said he could “hold the stud while he used a nail gun at the plates”???
Doe any Aussies actually drink Fosters ? Shit does anybody?
Oh and the client was 22 and the heiress to a massively successful company. And hot. And no. Not for lack of trying. She did buy us a case of beer on a few Fridays. Brought by her horse worker dude.
I’m only playing mate, me and Hip enjoy a bit of banter
Have never said a contrary word re hip , all love – just noting he said a few things about his identity
sorry, not insinuating you did- just replying to the general gist
I can send you his address if you want.
Yes, you did miss this.
What did he say?
He didn’t say anything.
He probably typed it, yes. Ha!
He has said way more than enough (you might call it too much) over the last few years to figure out who he is, but at least he didn’t post of photo that shows his face. Ain’t that right Batman?
Another risk is people you know in real life reading here. I’ve been clocked by two people I know who each figured it out by reading a single post. And it wasn’t the same post that gave me away either. Those are just the two times someone asked me about it, I’m sure it’s happened more.
I ultimately don’t post anything here I’d have a problem getting attached to my real name. But the thin layer of pseudonymity allows me to be a little more off the cuff without worrying about the all seeing digital eye, at least as much. But it’s good to remember that the layer is thin.
ditto
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So WTF am I doing here ,LOL…….I have had some shit go down in my personal life because of forums……as I do not hide behind anonymity or can’t…..so what I say here can be held aginst me in public…so I try to stay on topic and what I say I like to think I can back up……I have never deleted or blocked …….so I don’t write frivolous blog stuff, like BG has become now…more Blog than forum…..so yeah the layer is very thin……..but try and stay on subject ….ahhh how the world/BG has changed!
That’s somewhat incredible that it’s happened to you twice, and both from a single post.
If you’re comfortable I would like to know what region/state you’re from. Although it’s fine if you don’t want to say.
I don’t care about the particulars of anybody here, other than what type of waves they grew up surfing and what type of waves they currently get to surf.
One was my best friend who told me about this website, but there were a few years between him telling and him recognizing me in a comment. The other person recognized me from a story I told.
WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO SURF, RICHARD?
Just Kidding. No need to answer that.
South OC. If you don’t know me it’s hard but possible to get my real name. If you know me or we follow each other on Instagram and I’m posting photos from Catalina on both platforms it’s pretty easy to put 2 and 2 together. I have not been surfing much around that area for a few years though which is why I’m more comfortable talking about it.
I have no problem with individual people here knowing who I am. But when my real name is attached for the general public I have to think about how what I’m saying can be used in bad faith. I’d prefer to keep posting unconsidered takes about surf adjacent topics.
Edit: it was from different single posts. My friend just recognized my takes. The other person recognized a story I told about a train ride I had in Spain.
Thanks for the reply, brother.
I recognise you now. I know all the surfers from south OC.
you’re from a beautiful part of the world. Probably less so if you’re not making good coin, but it’s physically beautiful.
Dana point has been cancelled. Capo beach is officially fucked up. You could be from SC but other than Pedro’s burritos and the brazzos clogging t street to uppers ( lowers in San Diego county for some reason) and the fucking hill where most people live sucks donkey balls. Sad to see the destruction. The got smoked. Side note-is this the 5 contest in a row where the WSL has missed the swell by hours or couple of days ?
Just leave Erik Log….I mean Rich Marx alone.
Do
not
give a
fuck
You mean your not really Richard Marx?
I got that big time Sunday Morning.
A Huge moment of Clarity.
I am happy to just watch for a bit while all you cunts belt it out haha.
I only post under my real name – no trolls, no pseudonyms.
I don’t have the “problem” that someone might recognise me.
Hippy has guests coming over so he is picking olives on his ranch for his homemade olive oil that he seasons his meat in.
Hahahaha. Surely his chef and his staff take care of all the mundane chores around Hippy Manor?
He just picks them. Jose does the rest.
I always see him with a French chef. Maybe a Jean Pierre?
What about hose B? I”ll let myself out.
Hey Strayan, imagine your close to quittin time and hittin them golden sodas. How about your **Trestles forecast for us. If I see Pip beating that fucking dildo suckin lion on his chest and claiming shit we need to send the BG Tower 9 crew down there lol . Good weekend to ya
Maybe Disqus have banned him once he hit 86,000 posts for hogging all the Data Centre Storage for himself.
Yeah he’s busy on the atrium and marbled entry
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You get a downvote for upvoting yourself.
Stop, I won’t.
Actually, this gives me another idea
Much like upvoting yourself, that’s not a novel idea.
Where do I go from here
You can only go up.
When my wife asks me how unemployed I am, I will point to this thread
Leroy “The Masochist” Smith?
Some might say that forced down time can be great to reset. Hang in there!