How mainstream is surfing now?

It's all Wayne's fault

 

Thanks Obama.

 

Don't know how old you are Blaster, but it was the same in the 80's.
Although I think it's worse now with the interweb, and it's here to stay for good.
Wait till the 2020 Olympics.

 

Deffinitly right. You see it allot. Specifically commercials like you said. But I don't know. Come winter, you don't see that stuff as much. I don't care what they show on tv, as long as the kooks stay out of the water. In summer there's kooks regardless of tv commercials. In winter, no one is saying "oh let me put on a 5/4 and paddle out when it's before freezing". I guess what I'm saying is, I dint like it but it could be worse.


Plus I always get a laugh when you see a car commercial with boards on the car backwards. your filming a commercial at least do it right

 

Car ads been like that for the last 10 years. Where have you guys been?
Let no SUV be sold without a picture of 3 boards on or in it!!

 

thats a joke on it's own. i mean who's gonna compete? surf team botswana? kazakhstan? ok...
it's gonna be the same people as WSL.
hey more gold for america though, so you know im all about it .

how about should the summer olympics be held in some landlocked country?

 

The Mazda commercial mentions going on Dawn Patrol, and I swear I spotted a Coil on the top of the car too. lol

 

If the number of WRV and Quicksilver/Roxy decals see on cars around here is any indication, at least 50% of the VB population surfs.

 

Make sure, then, that no one in your family, your friends, or anybody you can influence, ever buys a Mazda of any kind.
And yup- I saw that Mazda ad mentioning Dawn Patrol. I almost barfed......

 

Who DOESN'T surf anymore??

 

The only way to slow the roll is to report more surfing related injuries and deaths and breed more sharks to cull the populace.
Why just today, there where 43 drownings, 67 where knocked unconscious,29 broken necks, 59 bled out from fin gashes to main arteries, 13 of which attracted sharks that killed another 7, and that's on one beach, and it was flat.
It's not a game moms and dads! Stop buying your kids surf gear and use your money more wisely, say, college tuition or more video games. Reality hurts!

 

Recently there was an article, I cannot remember where, perhaps Surfline, that listed by state where to go to College so you can be close to surf locations. Those schools subsequently raised their tuitions......

 

I think we need to blame surfing, it's just too much fun, stupid surfing. If surfing was like, say, skim boarding, then we'd have it all to ourselves.

 

It's not a game funny man! This is some serious sh!t.
You'll see

 

What I don't get is that surfing is hard to learn. Mean, nothing about the experience is noob friendly. If you're just doing it for the cool and style points, I just don't know man. There have to be easier ways.

To get even halfway decent, where I stopped, takes real commitment.

 

and this will take them far in life and better their, our, world.

 

True dat. Anyway, this week promises to be fun. I will be away 2 days, however, going a bit inland to once again spend time with my daughter and 2 week old grand-daughter (that beats surfing for me anytime). Life is good at the Cuda home!!