Now I'm not one to moan...sure I detest the Army Corp of Engineers and their insistence on ruining my local breaks...and this hipster movement with their beaver tail wetties and beards sipping expressos out the back of their Scion...oh and and wavehog SUPs -which strangely have been fairly scarce so far this year...but I have a new beef... 12 year olds with GoPros in their mouths. Sure they're just groms with bags of energy - just like I used to have...but these are a new breed of self-important, self-obsessed rich kids with $500 cameras between their teeth.. They have no idea how ridiculous they look dropping in on those of us pumping down the line when we give 'em a nudge out of the way and they honk "sorry" (I think) through their nose cos they can't actually talk as (did I mention this?) they have a friggin' camera in their mouth. One of these days there will be a kid. In a hospital bed. Having surgery to remove a GoPro from his throat. (not that I advocate violence - but someone will do it) There. Vent over. As you were. Happy 4th.
I hear ya. The other day I was surfing by my lonesome enjoin life. Then a drone flys over my head. I look to the beach expecting to see some nerd on the beach or dune controlling this annoyance. I couldn't find anyone. It was freaky. No one in sight of who was flying this thing….we are headed down a slippery slope folks.
Agreed. What really makes me laugh is that there out there with these gopros when its like thigh high and onshore. You aint getting any good footy homie and every one knows it. Its actually sort of fun to search "(insert local spot) surfing" and watch these kids videos on youtube. Iv found a bunch of local kids channels or whatever there called. Makes me giggle to myself when I see them paddle out. Is that weird? I just realized that's kinda weird.
Drop in on 'em and flip 'em the bird as you do so. The more youtubes we get of crochety old a-holes burning groms, the more the rich hellicopter parents will be afraid to let little Johnny out in the water.
Now speed bump is on to something. There could be a youtube montage of burning groms with gopros, it will go viral and we can then slow the growth of new surfers. Well, I have to get back to my latte, beavertail wetsuite, and ridiculous beard now.
"Yo surfer dude? What are ya in for?", asked the serial rapist. "They got me on Youtube flipping off some grom, so they busted me for assault and making death threats", said the crotchety surfer dude. "Those sure are pretty shorts you got on", replied his new cellmate.
A teenager with a gopro on his bodyboard, facing the rider, paddled out and sat right next to me at a peak I was surfing yesterday that I had all to myself. Next set wave comes, he flicks on his camera, and proceeded to burn me... good. Just turned around and kicked into it, dropping in on me like I wasn't even there. We both paddled back out... I angled back to the peak... he paddled straight out... so we had some distance by the time got back out. I look over and see him watching the vid he just shot, with me right behind/under him within a hand's reach. He looked over at me... then looked away. Didn't say a thing... and neither did I. But we didn't need to.
What do you thinks worse? The fact that he dropped in without an apology or that he had to check the shot immediately in the water. Some technology is destroying these kids and they don't even know it. Kinda unrelated but the other day some kid was explaining what "dab" or "wax" was to me. It's a new way to smoke thc. Apparently it involves thc "wax", a torch, and what he called a "rig". What ever happened to rolling a joint being done with it? Some advancements are great, but can we stop trying to make everything more advanced and complicated. End rant
With ya BassMonII...gimme some sticky nugs to roll up, if I wanna get spacier I'll just roll two(Utah, two)...this dab/wax stuff you need a fockin science kit just to get it lit. How da fock you gonna smoke on the beach with a tourche and a rigge?
With ya BassMonII...gimme some sticky nugs to roll up, if I wanna get spacier I'll just roll two(Utah, two)...this dab/wax stuff you need a fockin science kit just to get it lit. How da fock you gonna smoke on the beach with a tourche and a rigge?
the plus side with wax/dabs/shatter is that you put it in an ecig. until ecigs were banned on planes, you could get lit while flying, or so Ive heard. from people that aren't me. so the possibilities are endless. no more wind blowing your lighter out, you can bring it to movie theaters, sneak out super quick from family gatherings, etc. I mean, this is how I imagine it would be
I don't think stink eye would have been enough for me LB. I'm not an agro fighter type but I would of said something. You were solo on a peak he paddles right out beside you and burns you???
you can always say something non aggressively that lets them know your feelings. sarcasm works? like 'wow you were shredding! I heard Aaron Chang* is looking for you' passive agressive? maybe, but this BS cant stand, this aggression will not stand man! *I know its not 1993, so insert some toolbag photogs name for Aaron Chang
Hey is wax and dabs the same thing or different? I got a recent High Times that tells you how to "make" dabs. I didn't really pay attention. They got wax for smack yet? Where the hell does one get wax at? I feel so behind the times. As Huey Lewis and the News said, " I want a new drug." I'm looking for a non-tolerance-developing opiate with no physical dependency. Like Guns & Roses said, " I used to do a little but a little wouldn't do it, so a little got more and more.." I want a substance that a little always does it. And no physical dependency. That kind of sucks. The pain..the suffering. LOL Ha, ha, I love it. Real men get dope sick. El burro mas macho si senior.
