What defines a "waterperson?"
A clip of a kayaker getting really mad at a surfer in the lineup is making the rounds and prompting difficult conversations around dinner tables, at bars and anywhere else waterpeople gather. The spot where the incident took place is unidentified, though looks to be somewhere in California. The swell appears very small, maybe 2+ ft, with two surfers and one kayaker bobbing in the brine.
A very small wave suddenly manifests, one surfer and the kayaker make an effort to catch with the kayaker seeming to have the edge. The surfer lets off the gas, the kayaker appears to be ready to slide when, suddenly, he is pulled off the wave backwards.
He paddles furiously toward the surfer, who might have tugged on the canoe, splashes him, and pokes him with his paddle, before drifting away.
The scene ends there though not around the aforementioned dinner tables and bars, where waterpeople are, once again, forced to confront tough issues. The toughest, of course, is the puzzle “are kayakers waterpeople?”
On one hand, they ply their pastime on water (rivers, lakes and oceans).
On the other, kayaking is totally uncool everywhere save class V rapids.
Furthermore, are all waterpeople brothers and sisters? Distant cousins? Lake people entirely unrelated to river people entirely unrelated to ocean people?
Tough questions leading to tough soul searching days.
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Spot on.
Agreed .
lol, no
kayaking likely served an important interest to the indigenous American
Ha. Clocked him too – its like true photojournalism , image speaks a thousand words etc.
Looks like he’s taking a boomer nap in between sets. But at least he’s out there as brutus says. Glass half full is also my choice of drink.
San Bernadino
glass 1/2 empty…I see a man fighting to stay in the ocean …knee paddling , alone with the ocean……enjoying the moment….imagine if his expectation is just to catch a wave….nothing more……and that brings him joy…..the truth is in the eye of the beholder!
exciting stuff in the world of entertainment, relating to the war in gaza. I was going to wonder if we could get similar levels of excitement in the surf world but then I realised that Ziff would just pull the plug and end the whole thing; and Jordy wouldn’t get the opportunity to surf for 20 seasons in a row.
“Finneas and other musical artists have withdrawn as supporting acts for Ed Sheeran as of Tuesday in protest of Macklemore being dropped from the tour after the rapper says New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft organized a boycott against him.
Macklemore, whose real name is Ben Haggerty, joined Sheeran’s “Loop” tour in New Jersey earlier this month. He made remarks to the Metlife Stadium crowd that included the phrase “Free Palestine” before performing his protest anthem “Hind’s Hall.”
He announced Monday that he was no longer on the tour after Kraft called Sheeran and threatened to cancel Sheeran’s planned tour if Macklemore was still performing.
All of the opening acts listed for Sheeran’s upcoming tour dates have now announced their departures.”
“Aaron Rowe posted his statement to Instagram as well, saying in part that he could not stand by while billionaires silenced voices speaking up against “Israeli genocide” and those who highlight the “savage murder of children.”
“Ed has been a friend to me and has changed my life, I could never thank him enough for this,” Rowe wrote. “But as Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine, and violent occupation.”
“Governments don’t want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear.” – George Carlin
“The things that matter in this country have been reduced in choice, there are two political parties, there are a handful insurance companies, there are six or seven information centers.. but if you want a bagel there are 23 flavors. Because you have the illusion of choice!” – George Carlin
“Beoga, Sheeran’s house band, also said the group was departing the tour. The Irish band described itself as being friends with Sheeran for over 10 years who “never saw ourselves playing in stadiums of that size and that opportunity is not lost on us.”
“It’s important that everyone knows that the real enemy is the zionist lobby,” the band’s statement said. “They have worked tirelessly to silence artists who want to speak freely about a genocide happening before our eyes, for fear of retribution.”
his backing band bailing is just amazing.
i’m not sure his PR team / management etc could have fucked this up worse if they tried.
incredible.
I wonder who wrote his replies…
Certainly did not do himself any favours there…
who woulda guessed that all the big stadiums in the USA are owned by right wing billionaires,LOL…..?
What is Eddy supposed to do now?
Brutus doesn’t care about that, hes just stoked all those dastardly anti Israel supporters got silenced haha
Macklemore’s IG follower count got a big ol’ boost. Ed’s went down. You love to see it.
I certainly do Pauly. I am also waiting for Brutus to get back to me with some answers to the questions I gave him. He states he hates Donny and everything he stands for but also loves Israel who are clearly controlling him at this point. Just makes zero sense to me?
There’s no hate like Christian love
I’d heard about the other acts, but this is the first I’ve heard his house band left too.
Honest question mate. Do ya reckon Ed still jags heaps of roots despite being a fuck ugly ranga? Surely ladies these days still have some standards?
I’m sure he does. There are all kinds of hangers-on in the world. I don’t understand it any more than you do.
Oi cunt, I got pulled up the other day when I showed a video of our sick cunt Skating Prodigy and said “Not his fault he is a ranga” I had to delete it.
It is the R word now. You can’t say that word anymore…
Too be fair a lot of the ginger pubes and blood nuts are so fuckn gifted and talented.
Bunch of freak like soon to be banned “Goofy” freaks
All my respect to them
Hahahaha why did ya delete it?
It made sense, Orange is a colour too.. Why leave them out of it
His absolutely piss-awful tattoos have done more to make that weak-as-piss cunt unfuckable than the fire in his Reg Grundies ever could.
His music doesn’t really help either ay
Never underestimate how bad the majority of people’s taste in music is.
I find it amazing how many people world wide have drunk the Koolaid …of Palestinians and their quest for recognition and use the ol’ chestnut of genocide and what about all the murdered children……..
So when you confront the Hamas Lovers with…are you a supporter of Hamas……or I see you really care and have taken a stand on the needless deaths of children…….6000 children die everyday from Hunger, 365 days of the year…..and the total per day up to 20000……for a 1$ a day……anyhow it’s all just so hypocritical…genocide/Zionist Lobby/damn Jews…meanwhile …????
You’re on the wrong side of history, brother. So it goes, though.
I caught your recent podcast with DLS, today. Very entertaining. Keep up the great work.
Would love to be able to try out the 24 and 22 year old Margo designs to see how they go.
History for me is a 10,00 year one …a story that has a start and a finish…….so pretty amazed where we are in history right now…exactly where we supposed to be……
Just so ya know, yeah the Margo era was great….but what I am doing now is way better…….Stab will be releasing the Margo/Micah , son and surfing Dads boards….we didn’t get great waves the week they were down here….but should be a few Gems…
“so pretty amazed where we are in history right now…exactly where we supposed to be……”
So true
I am pretty sure I paid a lot of money for this ride…Which is all it is, from the 70’s till now.
Hahah.
Fuck knows what happens when the ride ends, or if money even exists there…
I hope not
We are exactly where we are supposed to be? Who told you that and why? Was it God?
The world as we know it is teetering on the edge due to shit, greedy cunts and your beloved religion and Israel are front and centre? This statement makes zero sense to me mate and I would love you to explain it to me……..
no comment on OUR hypocrisy?
No comment of importance. I do understand the anger, rage and need to crush one’s enemies until they can no longer engender fear anymore. When you have the big stick, and your enemy is down, you use the stick. Israel controls the biggest stick on earth.
I don’t condone it, but I understand it.
The lines were already drawn in the sand
I wish everyone could drop their sticks right now, and instead of building a fences of division, build ANYTHING else instead…
What do I know, I was born lucky.
It seems for many, it is better to not be born at all…
Nihilism for the win…
When I was born, the sandpit of the world was already portioned out.
I accepted that.
I guess there can never be enough sand for some people, because all they know and remember was when it was their sandpit, and how it used to be before all the others came to play in it.
It’s hard realizing that the sandpit was a kitty litter box all along…
Pissing and shitting where you eat is fucked up. And blowing up oil tankers is really fucked up. I wonder how the marine life and fishing is the awesome “Trump Strait”
Mate I usually stay quiet on issues like this and stick to me lane but fuck me thats some nonsense right there. When even old Donny speaks up and tells Israel that its unacceptable to blowup entire unit blocks of innocents in the hope of taking out a fella they’re after you know its fucked up.
As a proud Christian I have no idea how you just sit there and tell us we’re being hypocritical while your beloved Israel behaves in a way the vast majority of the world would consider barbaric at best. Love ya but I think your view on this is clouded to say the least
The thing that disgusts me most…
We have got to the point, where we have the resources, technology and the means, and every commodity available, from where we can feed, educate, house and care for nearly everyone on this planet.
But we don’t have the compassion.
To be fair hive insects evolved much faster, so this could be our future the way it is going…
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In saying that, there are so many fucked up cunts that ruin shit for everyone else.
I have no answer.
But I know that Hard Core Religious Beliefs is not one of them…
Perhaps time to let go…
Probably too late hahaha
Yes, there’s definitely no one railing against the cause of children dying of hunger, those reasons being late stage capitalism, billionaires and wealth disparity, ya numpty.
Here’s an idea for the world famine crisis Brutus. Why don’t all the greedy, corrupt cunts in charge of religion say we know we don’t pay taxes but we are going to pay the same amount to help the starving and homeless all around the world? Seems like the right thing to do to me but I won’t hold me breath cuz they’re complete and utter cunts who don’t give a fuck about anything except their money and their power
Actually Griffin was recently asked about the ongoing dramas over in The Middle East. He looked a little baffled then replied that he didn’t see a problem cuz personally he couldn’t see any issues with Israel work. Fuck I hope the dumb cunt does a Slowers rap after his next heat ay hahahaha
Griffin is not dumb.
He won so many high school scholarships, along with his brother, and graduated with multiple honours from his school, and best of class and was the velourdickdoorian
Griff was his mum’s best student ever (Sorry Crosby)
Yet Kraft is hosting Kanye West shows at his stadiums this year, and that cooked unit has literally praised ol’ Adolf.
That’s consistent.
Purely for research purposes I have watched that Sydney Sweeney cures erectile dysfunction clip heaps of times now. I am delighted to tell the older fellas on here they can now chuck away those blue pills cuz just watching this a cuppla times before yous have a root will put some lead in your pencils ya old cunts yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
goat boat, maybe.
$150 walmart kayak… fuck no. you have zero place in a surf lineup.
Shout out to Welsh legend Matthew Rhys for winning TWO Emmys last night, both in lead roles. One was for a comedic role and another for a dramatic role. The fella is a killer actor and his wife is one of the most attractive, personality-wise, people in all of entertainment; Keri Russell. She belly laughs loudly and regularly, which is an extremely attractive trait.
The Welsh nation is proud today, as are all the British gritties who lurk in the comments.
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never seen him either
His most prominent tv role was in a show, where he met his current squeeze, called The ‘Mericans.
In it, he and his partner both played Russian KGB agents who were deep undercover in ol’ usa. I once started watching it but got distracted. I’ll get back to it sometime in the future as it’s good.
He also played Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in a 6/10 movie with Sienna Miller. Also had Cilian Murphy and Kiera Knightly. Maybe one to watch with the love of your life.
https://youtu.be/82fBBrYF8-8?si=-dlBOoELxbqWZMmk
His lady was also once married to a carpenter, while being a famous tv star, famous since teenagehood. So the chippies will like her. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Great show!
You might like this one. I had forgotten it, and was reminded while watching an interview he did with Conan (the comedian).
Rhys once drunkenly, late night on the internet, bought an old, 1932, fishing boat that Hemingway had owned and fished in Cuba. He then spent 4 years restoring the boat with his captain, and now charters it out of NY where he lives.
never heard of him.
I don’t watch TV
What is TV? I only watch sports, some market news and Sydney Sweeney movies.
Oh, that’s great. I love him.
Sofa did ya find me cunt lesson helpful and beneficial mate?
I did. I was confused on a few points prior to your lesson. I’m sure tone and body language make a big difference and must be seen/heard in person.
Yeh it does but glad I could make things a little clearer for ya.
Now this is the classic seppo comments thread I’ve been missing, welcome back Hip. I thought the who can catch the smallest, shittest burger Slo Cal Classic was back on today? Too big?
Hey bro
Talk to me about that swell Hip….
Unique angle, as the tide filled the lines separated into peaks
No one around
Points were polluted with humanity
No wind for days and two high tides to surf around, perfect timing
I am confused by below. Are those shots of where you surfed or ones from somewhere else that someone surfed?
my spot
very confused , thought you were more of an SB guy , not an SD guy — did you do college in SB??
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Justin Herbert is engaged!
I haven’t tried it as a quad. They are too tracky for me. Prefer thrusters and twins.
Twinzers?
Heard Magu was off the tits too
He just said this ain’t backside.
Lately its been mostly the Better Everyday.
Hasn’t broken that well since 1982
Rumors of the point firing, but yet to see photos
Thought about driving down, but I was in empty peak land
I’m confused as the earlier post said 75 pros out.
Do you see anyone in my photos?
I’m just putting on more sunscreen, it was broiling hot.
Backside had 75 guys out
Ah, is that the beaches in town?
No, beach in town had moments but so many swimmers, not sure you could have surfed it