Ian Cairns go off on SUPS

Intro thread or GTFO.

 

Some of y'all is a buncha biatches.

Paddle out and surf. Know your aptitude in the H2o. Catch waves....or get the hell out of the way. Everyone dont get a game ball after each sesh.

#dontactstupidinthelineupbjatch

 

How is that a cop out? I see everyone from pros to groms hopping these small boards in waves way to small to ride them in. Now if you're talking head high barrels then I don't see anyone hoping on them. Like I've already said I don't own a log and only borrow a friends when it is knee high and we want to screw around.

As for striving to be the best you can I'm all for that, especially when done like you and others seem to do it and still be mellow. What I take issue with is the attitudes from guys like Brad, Stank and Shred that if you don't surf the way they say is right or if you don't try and rip every wave apart, or surf for 10 hours straight and then hit the gym to stay in peak surfing shape then you have no business surfing.

Our sport, lifestyle or whatever you want to call it was founded on fun and stoke and once it became a professional endeavor the purity of riding waves was lost. It is now almost at the level of NFL, NBA or MLB. Television exposure, massive Global Corps sponsorship and prize money have taken an activity that was once something only looser beatniks do and changed it to the cool, hip get your pic on the cover of people mainstream thing to do. Guess this way the jocks that once looked down on us surfer/skaters in middle and high school can now be okay doing it cause Nike and Gatorade sponsor that Sh!t

Sooooooooooooo fukin funny that a sport that began with being an outsider or individual now has every douche riding the same board, wearing the same baggies and looking like a bunch of generic clones of each other.

Pump that last part was not directed at you or anyone on SI in particular, just an observation I saw in the lineup Sunday.

 

I do not disagree with that at all. Pick the board to suit your waves. Here we got gutless crap 85+% of the year so I ride boards for that.

The way I look at picking your craft is this:

1. If you have a large quiver and varied wave types then pick the best board for the conditions. Also if this is you the you are a lucky SOB!

2. If you only have a couple boards make sure they fit the range of waves you surf most often. This is my category.

3. If you only have one board, go ride it and have fun.

 

What's all this hoppin about?

[video=youtube;63Q6FO0CKT4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Q6FO0CKT4[/video]

 

Dont take this the wrong way, cuz I respect what you bring to this forume, blah blah.. friendly ribbing.
Your unwillingness to ride a long board must be why they call you the pump master. Just always wiggling and jirating, struggling to get down the line when a longboard would have you cruising in the right spot every time. There are just some days when the longboard is the weapon of choice and those dudes that just really wanted to try their new shortboard are just bobbers. Sometimes there are dudes ripping knee highs on small grovelers or whatever. They are 14-25 and weigh next to nothing. Not many 51 year olds out there shredding anything less than waist high on a shortboard. Either you are just super nasty or you dont get out in the water too much due to needing size.
Nonetheless, ocean janitors are SUPer annoying

 

You sure that's why they really call you Pumpmaster?

 

Nice to meet ya Speedy

 

LOL That's what pills are for

 

...then GKY.

 

Shhhh

 

Your wives most often repeated question to you is:
"done so soon?"

 

GKY- Go Karaoke Youngster

 

More likely, "That's it!!??"