Max - pushing envelopes
As Max hit his late teens, his musical and surfing progression began to explode. He qualified for the WCT at age 16 and burned through the tour, winning at all the gnarly locations and taking home the title by a longshot. At Teahupoo he buried Slater in the final, catching what many haved called, "the most grotesque wave of all time." For the final day of the contest a huge southern-hemi groundswell marched up from New Zealand and sent seismic vibrations throughout the island. Competitors awoke with stomach-churning butterflies as monstrous waves unleashed booming eruptions of aquatic doom on the spiny, shallow reef. From their beds in town each could hear the haunting, cacophonous cracks of set-waves on reef. All but Max were a bit nervous. Max had been born with some strange genetic quirk which bypassed the body's normal fight-or-flight reflex and turned thoughts of fear to those of calm.
During the final with Slates, barely any of the waves were paddleable. Gigantic, four-story set waves sucked the low-tide reef dry and then churned and raged along. Backless, frightening, heavy heavy heavy groundswell lurchers. Midway through the heat the horizon darkened and a monstrous set loomed. To the shock and concern of all in the channel, Max started sprint-paddling deeper and deeper. Even Slater couldn't believe what he saw and yelled at Max, "It's suicide man, get out of there!" Max let the first and second waves of the set pass under him. The sonic pulse emitted by those waves hitting the reef rattled wine bottles on the other side of island. On the third wave Max spun and went. At first the wave just looked like a girthy mound of liquid power... But as it began getting tripped up by the reef, the thing sucked out like some alien life-form. All of a sudden a quadruple-overhead, absolutely-backless, low-tide, Teahupoo hell-wave gathered on itself. Quick little Max flicked-in over the ledge like some-sort-of waterbug. Seconds later he was deeper than the deepest of deep. Deeper than anyone had gone before. The thickest lip in the history of lips threw out horizontal and gulped Max into a true cathedral barrel. A cavernous, crystalline, spiritual place of God. He instictively sang out in a high C and the sound echoed through the chamber and even out into the peanut gallery in the channel. The sound bent and shifted with the air-currents of the barrel and sounded to the folks in the channel like the voice some divine aquatic being. Ten seconds later, just as it looked like Max was going to get clamped shut by the end-section he got spat out at mach 30 and then rose up, hit the lip, and launched into a triple-flipping double-twisted varial, which he landed softly. He then kicked out into the awestruck crowd.
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Slates interview from ESM
KELLY SLATER...
SPEAKS OUT ON EVERYTHING (EXCEPT KELLY SLATER)
By Matt Pruett
It's been almost four years since we last picked the brain of the greatest surfer to ever play the game. And past experience has shown us here at ESM that when you have an athlete from the home team making a title run--particularly Kelly Slater, who's chasing his record seventh world championship--it's best to save the mundane, "How-does-it-feel" interviews until the deal's sealed. But few surfers have been on the WCT longer than Slates, and even fewer have witnessed as many changes within the league itself and East Coasters' place in it, so we felt a midsummer Q&A with the Champ was in order. And to avoid any potentially jinxing situations, we restrained our questioning to ask Kelly to comment on everything... except himself.
ESM: You jumped on tour halfway through 1991, and needless to say, things are a lot different now with the ASP than they were then. Is this "Dream Tour" everything you hoped for back in the days of three-to-the-beach in less-than-ideal locales?
KS: Yes and no. With anything you're trying to help evolve, there's change that needs to occur. I'm pretty satisfied with where it's at, but a few things need to be implemented to ensure that it's always progressing. That comes from making mistakes and learning what's happening with the way the whole tour's structured. There are a lot of issues on the table now. The size of the tour is a pretty interesting one. Having 48 guys in every event, at this point I'm not sure that makes sense logistically. I think we may need to trim that down a little, maybe to 32 or 24, to capitalize on the best surfers doing the best surfing and having an arena for them to do just that. I'm not sure every guy on tour feels that way, but in the end that might be something that'll be good for surfing. And there's obviously inflation in the world, so prizemoney should increase along with it. Surfing's a professional sport so that's a realistic request. Also, there are a couple spots on tour that aren't the best for us.
ESM: Like Japan, for instance?
KS: Well, if you scheduled Japan at the right time with the right waiting period, it would fall in the time space of the European leg. If you had a mobile event in Japan, it could be an unbelievable contest. But we haven't quite gotten things figured out enough to where we can have a mobile webcast. So we have to try and push the technology we're working with. The webcast has allowed us to go to spots where before we were worried about getting people to the beach. There's always things you want to achieve, but I think we have a pretty solid tour for the most part.
ESM: How has the ASP's new and improved judging criteria of rewarding points for "flow" as well as "variety of repertoire" affected certain surfers' approach to competition?
KS: Those are just words. Nothing's really changed. The judging's been as unpredictable as ever this year. But there's good and bad with everything, though. You can buy great stock and it'll go down, y'know? It's just a learning process. For instance, at Reunion, I personally felt the waves were getting judged, not the surfing. Some guys would rip outside, but the waves wouldn't connect to the inside bowl, so they couldn't get over a 7.0 even if they surfed it like a 9.0. Situations weren't like that with everyone, because Mick (Fanning) won the event, but the results showed that there was a little bit of a struggle going on with us trying to figure it out. The top five seeds didn't even make it to 5th-place.
ESM: Speaking of top seeds, what can you say about the Hobgoods' remarkable ascension over the past couple seasons?
KS: I can't say enough good things about the Hobgoods. They're the classiest guys on tour, in my opinion. First and foremost, they're great people. They're friends with everybody, they're progressive, they've got open minds and at the same time, they've got great beliefs that guide them. Then to top it all off, they just charge. For two brothers to be in the top-10 in the whole world is pretty amazing. At this point, both have a realistic shot at winning a title. I think there's probably been more of that expectation put on Bruce and Andy (Irons), but I personally don't think Bruce has a shot at the title. He has the surfing talent, but even with him being one of the top pros, there's a lot of things that need to go with it. The Hobgoods have everything it takes--big waves, small waves, rights, lefts, hollow, mushy, competitive skills... They're just well-rounded, and they've really done their homework. I think we should all be really proud of those guys.
ESM: CJ's obviously one hungry competitor. Now, with the birth of his first child, do you think he'll be even hungrier? You can probably relate, seeing as you had your daughter while on tour?
KS: Yeah, but it was different for me. I wasn't with my daughter's mother. CJ's in a happily married situation, and I'm sure they were expecting to have a child. You can never figure those things out, though. Everyone was thinking that was going to be really good for Joel Parkinson's surfing and he's not doing so good for his standards. But there's always a chance that having a child might give more meaning to CJ's life, and more of his energy will go in that direction. It won't necessarily push his surfing, but it'll push him to be closer to his family and have more time at home. But I think he's balanced enough where he can handle all that really well. He seems to know what's important, and he can adapt to the situation really well. Maybe it will make him hungrier to have a big college fund for his kid...
ESM: He seems to be on a personal mission to validate his '01 title after that year was cut short due to 9-11.
KS: But hey, if Andy had won the title that year, he'd be a four-time world champ right now. Would that be blemished? No. A world title's a world title. I gotta tell ya, if the tour ended right now, I'd be stoked to win the title [laughs]... I wouldn't be complaining. The thing about CJ and Damien is they both wanna go out there and just kick everyone's asses. They're not gonna hold back for anyone. They go full-bore when you're competing against them and then when the gloves are off and the heat's over, they're smiling whether they win or lose. They're able to leave it in the water and that's a breath of fresh air.
ESM: On the other end of the spectrum, Shea's having a rough time getting back on track since his 2004 sit-out due to injury, and he just missed Reunion Island, too. Next to you, Shea's been on tour longer than any other East Coaster, but he's in a dangerous position. What's it gonna take for him to get on safe ground?
KS: The number one key in Shea's life right now is circulation. He needs to get blood into that knee and get that thing healthy. But you never know with those things. I was just talking to a friend of mine who was a top ballerina. She hurt her foot and it caused her to resign from ballet. And she actually said it made her life more complete and set her in a different direction that she needed to go. Shea obviously has a career-threatening injury. He might've gotten back on it too early and if that's so, it's gonna be more frustrating than the injury in the first place. Hey, it makes us all proud to have another East Coaster on tour, but I'd rather see him healthy than struggling. Risking his physical body just to try to make it back on tour, it's not really worth it. They're just contests.
ESM: And Cory? Consistency isn't his strong suit, but he has these flashes of brilliance and, as evident last year, he performs really well when the pressure's on. Do you see him as a legitimate threat?
KS: I don't see Cory going for a world title, but he's always the guy who can make the top-10 or the top-5. He can win pretty much any event. He's had really good results in big left barrels, and he's done well on the Gold Coast. He proves he can go both ways. That doesn't make him gay, though... [laughs]. But seriously, I know that if I see him on my side of the draw, I'm like, "OK, when will I end up against Cory?" Because you expect that he'll beat the guy he's against.
ESM: After the Hobgoods and the Lopezes, with the odd WQS hope like Gabe Kling and Ben Bourgeois thrown in, there isn't any young East Coaster making a lot of noise internationally. Is there anyone you see as having even a remote chance at making the Show? Dylan Graves? Adam Wickwire?
KS: I haven't spent that much time with Dylan in a couple years, so that remains to be seen. Wickwire has a lot of talent, but the general consensus is he has some growing to do, just opening up his mind a little bit. You'd know better than me, because I'm not home so much, but... hey, you want a good quote?
ESM: Sure.
KS: During the finals at Restaurants, CJ looks over at me and goes, "I wouldn't want to be a grom from the East Coast right now." I asked him why and he said, "That's a lot to live up to, man." In other words, he was kinda beefing us up a bit, because we're doing really good right now. But CJ's a very humble guy, and basically we both wanna do everything we can to inspire the local kids, but for us to be sitting in that heat together and be two of the top-rated surfers in the world is pretty crazy. We want that to filter back home, so we'll just have to see. I'll tell you what, though, there's always been those hyped guys who don't end up coming through. David Eggers was a classic case. Matt Archbold, too, Nicky Wood, Jason Buttonshaw... There's so many surfers who've been pegged as the young hot guy. Then you got someone like Dane Reynolds, who hasn't done much competitively, but has the talent and the approach, and he's not scared. I have no doubt that Dane's gonna get himself on tour and do really well. He'll probably struggle a little bit with the 'QS, but when he gets on the 'CT, he'll just blow up. But there'll be some guys that will come out of the East Coast that no one's looking at right now. I don't think people were looking at Cory Lopez when he was 18 and saying, "Oh, he's gonna light the world on fire." But he got on tour and started blowing people away, taking off on crazy waves, and people were like, "Wait, this guy's from the Gulf Coast of Florida!?!" A good topic of conversation with the Hobgoods and Lopezes might be getting back and having a camp, to take some of these young guys under our wing to see if we could help in some way. Because I know when I was a kid, I had a pretty strong support group with Matt Kechele and Bruce Walker.
ESM: How about the Fuel Channel televising ASP contests? How's that going to help the sport's credibility?
KS: We've never had any credibility from our TV shows and we've never had good time slots. I think it's long overdue to have something like the Fuel Channel. I'm offering up some ideas about the shows. I think our contests shouldn't just be shown as contests but turned into a movie--like a surf film set to music and portraying it in that way--make it more entertaining by including other things like the lifestyles of the surfers. Maybe follow a guy who's struggling and barely making it on tour. Because there's some really interesting stories with some of the lower-rated guys.
ESM: Now for some random questions: tow-at surfing--blowing up or overblown?
KS: I'm open to it. I'm not live or die either way, but I went down to Spanish House with Kech recently and I wouldn't even have wanted to go surfing. It was just closed-out crap but you could tow and get big airs and have a good time. I even ended up breaking a board.
ESM: Waveparks in the U.S. featuring legitimate waves in size and form--distant future or pipe dream?
KS: I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that's the future. At some point, it will be a realistic venture for surfing. I haven't seen the models for this one (Orlando Surfpark), but I know that there're things in the works that are gonna revolutionize pool surfing.
ESM: Given your celebrity status: if there were a surf contest open to only mainstream stars (actors, musicians, etc.) who do you think would win it, excluding Jack Johnson, of course?
KS: That's a tough one. I'll say Tony Hawk. Gimme a month with Tony and I'll train him to where he'd be doing airs. Maybe Tony, Perry Farrell and G-Love battling it out...
ESM: What surfer on tour do you have the most respect for today, and for what reason?
KS: Danny Wills. He's a great all-around guy and a tremendous surfer. He's probably got one of the most pleasant styles of any surfer to ever walk the Earth. Danny's a really good family guy, too. I was hanging out with him in Reunion, and he's telling me how much he misses having his wife and kids with him. That's really refreshing because we see a lot of ***** on this tour, man. I've seen some stuff over the years that has caused me not to respect guys I would've respected otherwise, and that's a shame. But there's always gonna be people who influence others in a positive way, and Danny's that guy.
ESM: What's one place on Earth that you've never surfed, but are dying to?
KS: I'd love to just get on a boat and go through the Philippines during typhoon season. There's over 1000 islands, and imagine the surf that's hitting there on different days. You'd have to do a lot of adventuring, and you'd probably need a helicopter or a sea plane, but that would be unbelievable. There's also this island called Diego Garcia, which is a marine base for America in the middle of the Indian Ocean, and I bet it doesn't get under five-feet all year long. I think it's consistently bigger than Hawaii because it's right in the middle of all these storm systems. Then I look at all these dots of islands... Micronesia, the west coast of Africa, the northern side of Europe... The safari idea never ends in my brain. I always said I wish there were ten of me so I could be in ten different places.
ESM: What's your reaction to the decision to hold the Summer X-Games surfing competition at Puerto Escondido? And after two years of beating the west coast on their home turf, do you think the East Coast team has an advantage there, looking at our team roster?
KS: I think not only do we have a mental advantage, but we have a surfing advantage over the west coast team when it comes to big surf.
ESM: Looking at that famous sequence of you in Tahiti following your win, we have to ask--does a beer taste better in the barrel?
KS: You know what? I wouldn't have cared if that thing was full of saltwater. That victory tasted so good.
Indian Ocean photos from surfermag.com
anybody have an old spring suit or short john they wanna part with?
got some fun lil southy barrels in SB county yesterday
Posted by: bbr at July 25, 2005 10:33 AMDid Max do a victory ride in the tube with his trumpet?
I don't particularly understand what the surf has been doing. Looks like a mess at the buoy but it's been very surfable if you find the right place at the right tide with the right wind. Saturday morning was very pretty out, but only okay surf; some long, soft rides and a couple of bigger pitchy drops. That afternoon I was at the beach with the family and it looked not unsurfable, but crappy enough that I didn't go in but just watched the cavalcade of soft-tops and foamies. Sunday low tide I drove and found side-offshores and really fun waves many of which seemed a lot fatter than the weak stuff I'd expected from looking at the buoy. South swell? Anyway, surfed-out enough to take a rest day.
Posted by: kloo at July 25, 2005 10:38 AMTrippy e. That Kelly sure can hit it.
Lot's of stuff happened this weekend.
Surf: Had a fun 3.5 hour session beginning at the crack of dawn Sat morning. Only came in cuz the waves turned to shite. Surfed twice on Thursday, once on Friday and Sat. Sunday, I needed a little better than OB offered so I took a drive half way to SC and found... nothing. Shared some waves and pleasant chat with the Bstah for a while. Nice group of folks in the water on Saturday. No drop-ins or snaking. It was good fun.
Thief: I tracked down the thief that stole my wifes poppy plant. I noticed that another plant was missing so I went in the house to get her and show her the scene of the crime. When we came out of the house together, the thief was stealing another plant. Just like a Bugs Bunny cartoon with the carrot shaking and quickly disappearing into the ground, a plant shook a couple times and got sucked into the earth. The thief is a mole.
Darrick Doerner: I went to see Darrick Doerner last night at Wise and ran into a couple more Niceness peeps, Artifact and SS. Darrick had some interesting perspectives on Surfing as a way of life and as a profession. He offered up some fun stories about surfing legends - he knows them all personally. He also talked about educating surfers in safety and courtesy in the water. In reality, the main reason was to promote his surf-along school, but he was really ointeresting to listen to.
Housing: Yuriko (my wife) and I looked at a condo 1580 La Playa during an open house yesterday. On the third floor there was originally (1975) two, 2 Bedroom apartments that at some point in time got converted in one, four bedroom condo. Nothing special about the place but is a partial view of the ocean. Asking price is $799,000! I was really pissed-off when I saw that price. I'm still pissed. How in the world can that be justified? I know about the idea that if it sells, it's priced right but still. Then we noticed on almost every block in the sunset, there were open house signs. The market is about to change. People are bailing out of the investment purchases made with thier interest only loans.
Sorry about the long rant this am. It's Monday and I don't feel like working.
Posted by: Dennis at July 25, 2005 10:38 AMMoles do not eat plants. They eat insects.
Gophers eat plants. Pocket gophers. Vicious varmints.
Posted by: blakestah at July 25, 2005 10:40 AMI killed a gopher Sunday. Two weeks ago I dug out a hole down 2.5 feet before it branched. Set a trap on each branch with my arm in up to my shoulder. Came back, the hole was filled in and my tethers were gone. Dug it out and I could not find the traps, Muther fuckers stole 'em. Bought two more traps and tied the strings to a bucket. No luck although one branch got tripped twice. Only caught a few hairs between the sissors on one try. SO I gave up on the hole after a few days. Sunday a new mound showed up, and I was on it in a hurry. Got 'em.
Posted by: friend #1 at July 25, 2005 10:48 AMdennis,
Posted by: otf at July 25, 2005 10:51 AMam told that coyote urine repels gophers
they sniff, sense danger and then scoot
so you gotta catch one o' them wiley critters and get him to pee in a bottle
Chocolate ex-lax gets the gophers every time. Maybe shitting yourself to death isn't the most humane way to go, but its effective.
Posted by: herb at July 25, 2005 10:56 AM
Posted by: j at July 25, 2005 11:00 AMcaught some good waves on sat morn at the beach, a couple nice ones amid a lot of junk. i checked it sunday, if i hadnt been tired i might have hoped for a 'better than it looks' but i bailed.
a good samaritan at lawton and great highway told me he has seen a guy around there casing surfers and their cars. the guy hangs out while people change, follows them over the dunes and then comes back and goes for the car. this guy told me he saw this from his window and chased the guy away but thinks he has seen him lurking since. description: short hispanic guy with a lot of tats, drives a red toyota, maybe a pickup i can't remember but definitely some kind of red toyota. keep an eye out!
Posted by: vons at July 25, 2005 11:02 AMvons. thx for the info.
dennis, i hear you on the housing tip. I was thinking the same thing as I was driving around the sunset this weekend. So many places for sale.
e and i found some fun and uncrowded waves down south yesterday. the beaches down there were as packed as I've ever seen them. everyone escaping the inland heat?
Posted by: lerm at July 25, 2005 11:10 AMMajor Kook weekend for me. I try to think of it as karmic payment for the times when I actually kind of *surf*. Big shoutout to Welle for our sesh - yay! We'll save a place for you out here W. Move back :)
Gophers. My dog won't hurt them, instead she tries to play by sneak "beeping" their fur with her freezing nose and jumping back. Apparantly this is the greatest game ever. The icy wet nose attack seems to traumatize those guys more than canine teeth. Viscious pooch. This technique will probably be enough to irritate your own gophers straight of your yard and into new digs in your neighbors'.
Posted by: s.s. sharkbait at July 25, 2005 11:12 AMvons.. good info.. i'm going to set up a permanent (car-theft) section of the site, kinda like the "posts from the past."
Posted by: e at July 25, 2005 11:17 AMLindy was better then OB this weekend. Better waves, better bikinis.
I know, I know.....I didn't think it was possible either but it was.
On real estate, if you had chucked your bankroll in the S&P 500 5 years ago, you would have the same bankroll. If you put it in real estate, you would have doubled your money. Yeah, its overpriced but you can figure it out and make it work for you. All those houses aren't going to sell for $500,000 in 2 years. Nut up!
Posted by: Kaiser at July 25, 2005 11:22 AMI was in Santa Cruz most of last week. Not much surf anywhere. No one out at the Lane morning or afternoon. 1-2 foot waves at PP and 38th. 50 people out south of RDM, mostly surf school folks, but the waves were pretty good for longboards, 2-3 ft not much wind tide going out.
Posted by: bddbb at July 25, 2005 11:41 AMmissed the boat on this discussion but that slater win is pretty wierd, though he got like 3 vertical turns and a couple of other huge wacks but almost a ten on a wave that he fell on is questionable. stoked that he won though and im saying he gets his 7th this year and that hes still the best surfer ever so far.
kind of scored 5 hours south of sf this weekend, very very warm water.
Posted by: bagel at July 25, 2005 11:44 AMThere's a lot of right to go around. Mr. Kaiser is right, speculation in real estate has made people money in the last five years. People on second homes, and people leaving the Bay Area. People who own homes and plan to stay get no benefit.
Mr. Dennis is partly right. There are a lot of homes for sale, but the second half of what most of the country calls summer is the real estate apex each year. So, it happens every summer, you just happened to be looking at real estate right now.
The market WILL end this year. Long term lending rates are the key. The Bush Administration is going to force China to devalue the yuan by October. No matter how it plays out, interest rates will be at least 2 percentage points higher in a year, possibly sooner. But there is still a good inventory, and a hot market, and the buying shows no signs of slowing while interest rates stay down. The yuan devaluation is key. China buys US bonds to stabilize the yuan against the dollar. Once the yuan is devalued by 15%, the Chinese will stop buying bonds, and the Fed, which is already WAY ahead of interest rates, will kick in. Long term lending rates will correct with the yuan, and real estate will enter a very very slow period for the next 15 years. If you recently bought on a 10 year interest-only loan you may get out without losing too much.
Posted by: Financial planner at July 25, 2005 11:56 AMIf you look at the historical returns of stocks vs. housing, in a 30 year period the Dow Jones returned roughly 10 percent, whereas housing returned only 7. Unless you're a genius like Soros, and you can enter markets of all sorts and exit at the right time to return nearly %35 annual gains. That's effing amazing.
Posted by: MSG at July 25, 2005 12:16 PM"KARL! i want you to kill ALL the gophers on the course!"
Posted by: korewin at July 25, 2005 12:18 PMFunniest urbandictionary.com definition ever:
Queef
Air expulsion from the vaginal area usually after sex. In the eighteenth century, it was common practice for small groups of well-to-do Southern women to each lift up their corsets and "queef" at their leisure on warm, summer afternoons. Typically performed on balconies or porches, these women would insert various large objects in their TOOTS and slowly pull them out to create the desired sound. These "porch parties" would provide hours of fun for the ladies while the men were away, and, from a practical standpoint, at times, enough air circulation as a respite from the brutal summer heat. Small wagers were often placed with the winner going to longest continuous queef, highest pitch, lowest pitch, smelliest, and wettest. There was also the queef sing-a-long; and a special prize was given to any women whose queef could attract wildlife.
"Annabelle tried to conceal her queef at the governors ball but to no avail."
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=queef
Posted by: at July 25, 2005 12:22 PMfinancial planner, stick to surfing. the yuan is going up against the dollar not down.
Posted by: eric at July 25, 2005 12:25 PMBBR, I have a large oneill long sleeved shorty (helps with the farmer tans) that is in good shape. I bought it when I was living in Malibu for a summer and it just sits around now. E-mail me if your interested - suneilthomas@hotmail.com
Posted by: suneil at July 25, 2005 12:29 PMI still think the cool thing about buying a house regardless of how much you make off of your investment is the fact that you own (sort of) the place you are living in instead of paying someone else to let you live there.
And if it works out, in the end you may even make money.
Posted by: kookdom at July 25, 2005 12:30 PM
Posted by: e at July 25, 2005 12:32 PM
Posted by: e at July 25, 2005 12:34 PMbuy land....they don't make it anymore.
Posted by: at July 25, 2005 12:35 PMWent out yesterday somewhere along OB very early. I am not too proud to admit that for the first time ever, I groggily pulled on my suit backwards. Looked down at the zipper, smacked myself on the head, and started taking it off again. Waves were small, mushing out a little outside and then dumping inside. What's with all the rips everywhere? It was starting to look better mid-morning but had to go. It's definitely better out in the water than it looks from the cliffs.
Posted by: Nate at July 25, 2005 12:37 PMSC was not huge, but there were a few clean, head high sets (long wait). Got to meet Robert Scott, the inventor of Doc's Proplugs which was kinda cool. Sunday a young guy got out the water to find his truck had been stolen from the lot. Why hide your keys? My pal Pete who takes a low profile after a few shoulder surgeries. He's driven from near Modesto to SC every weekened for about the last decade. Dedication.
Posted by: Bruce at July 25, 2005 12:38 PMbruce, was this the first time you've shot with a housing? good work.
Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at July 25, 2005 01:13 PMhere is what you can't afford
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/24/REHS_sfrancisco.txt
Posted by: broke ass punks at July 25, 2005 01:15 PMHOLY SHIT THAT WAVE UP THERE IS FUCKIN HUGE!!! JEEEEEEEEZUS
Posted by: Brian at July 25, 2005 01:47 PM
Posted by: Brian at July 25, 2005 01:49 PMWith regards to ear plugs, are the $4 pack-of-four silicon ones they have in Walgreens good enough to prevent surfer's ear?
In other news, Viper fins kick ass and the Coleman raft popped the main bladder while was stuggling to get it out beyond the breakers (note: the tow bit in front has a safe working load of 4 lbs). What I learned: while using an inflatable raft at OB, turn it upside down and hold it above the waves, otherwise it fills up with water.
Posted by: Andrew in Alameda at July 25, 2005 01:52 PMYipeee. Priced out of a thing you helped create. Boo Hoo. Must be a surfboard in every garage facing La Playa from Lincoln Way all the way to Sloat. In the water its a gaggle.com/ google.com and yahoo.com love me love fest. You know who you are but we have no idea why you are here. Move to Santa Crud, or HMB, or Pacifilis where the waves break gradual and easy and the sun shines most all of the time! In these communities there are like minded people, such as yourselves, who enjoy a club or fraternity atmosphere where special cliques of self protecting social groups can gather with the larger tribe of transplanted.commies. There you can enjoy and discuss the variances of your twisted ride knotted up in your falsefried perceptions of what surfing actually is. It is an art form and sport of purity. It can ill afford these values you place on it. And who gives a flying fuck about KS! How on earth do his ramblings shed any light on your life or anyone else's? What??!TF!
Posted by: Kelly's Cove Love Toy at July 25, 2005 02:17 PMI don't get the worship. Yourselve's being the novices you are - it is like the little teenageboy jerking off to a Hustler magazine and we have to catch you everyday at 2pm, like your mom did...
By contuinuing to publish this SF based website you rape, scrape, eat, regurgitate and shit out onto us your absurd fantasy of riding waves on our beach. You are surfing culture whores without a solid purpose in real time.
Yeap, Bay Area houses are gonna crash everyone! Sell me your house.....
You will lose money on your house. Seriously. Sell it to me now!!!
Financial Planner, you paint a good picture but go sell it to the folks in Sacramento, LA, Phoenix, and anywhere east of 580. Where there is land, people will build. Pop goes the your investment property! Oh, and also, give everyone a lesson on taxes and how to be a good little CPA and what not. Unless of course you think the tax benefit of owning a home isn't worth explaining the benefit there.
Unless the coastal commission opens up all the open land space around Crystal Springs thru La Honda and down to 4-mile, I ain't selling a thing around here.
Posted by: Kaiser at July 25, 2005 02:21 PMKelly's Cove is over-rated.
Posted by: Kaiser at July 25, 2005 02:24 PMThis website is like beating off to Hustler?..damn yo, the SF locals are spoiled. When I was a teenager, all I had was the Sears catalog, and I was happy to get it. And these days, trust me, there are much better sites on the internet for that kinda thing.
Posted by: Andrew in Alameda at July 25, 2005 02:25 PMSo is Kaisers....
Posted by: at July 25, 2005 02:32 PMKaiser, crash was not mentioned other than by you. What I expect will happen is minamlly, a dramatic slowdown in price growth from 15% annual to maybe 3% or 4% annual, which is normal. Most likely there will be a slight decline in pricing by up to 15% in some instances. In other words, about a one year correction.
Kelly's Cove Love Toy, I would say there's more like 4 to 10 surfboards in every garage along the Great Highway. Sorry can't respond to anything else you wrote cuz it doesn't make sense.
Posted by: Denis at July 25, 2005 02:41 PMdamn e er junior
Posted by: mig at July 25, 2005 02:41 PMhaven't seen manhattan go off like that in a long time
Kelly's Cove Love Toy rules!
now i hate myself even more.
This newfangled interweb thing is an abomination. It's the devil's work!
I should never have started surfing. That's only for the pure artists and Native Americans. But only for those Native Americans who never displaced other Native Americans.
oh yeah and Slater can't surf.
thanks Love Toy - you've spread the hate and venom and i hate myself even more! Yay!
Posted by: e at July 25, 2005 02:44 PMHey e,
What right is that big ass wave??? Is that Mav's or Jaws. It's blue, so i'm assuming Jaws??
Posted by: MSG at July 25, 2005 02:44 PMjust a 1/3 interest
This ocean view residence with attached garage on Parcel 93 includes an undivided 1/3 partnership interest in the 100 acre parcel (allows for four family members to be designated as owners). The solar powered 3000 square foot home has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a great room plus den, a sunroom and a large deck. Located approximately 10 minutes inside the Hollister Ranch entrance gate via an all weather road, the property is served with telephone, and water is provided by the Santa Anita Mutual Water Company. Seller will consider providing financing. $3,850,000 (Principals only please.)
Posted by: sick realestate? at July 25, 2005 02:47 PMApart from his curious fantasy of catching teenaged boys masturbating, I quite agree with Kelly. There is such an obvious and crucial difference out there between, on the one hand, the soul-less, surfbreak-raping transplants, who ignorantly paddle out on their ridiculous boards and sit stupidly waiting for waves to abusively catch & shamefully ride, versus, on the other hand, the tuned-in, wise, and pure worthies, who, in contrast, mindfully paddle out on their sprituality-laden boards and sit in meditation waiting for waves to reverently catch & soulfully ride.
Posted by: kloo at July 25, 2005 02:47 PMmy guess is shipstern's in oz.
e—fill us in.
Posted by: korewin at July 25, 2005 02:48 PMnice one kloo
Posted by: at July 25, 2005 02:48 PMUnworthies represent!
Hey artifact: lost your email. No biggie, but can toss some info your way. madisoncuckoo at yahoo
this guy is gonna oil paint and swim alcatraz tomorrow. Bagel? You want to give this a try?
Posted by: s.s. sharkbait at July 25, 2005 02:52 PMhttp://www.waterworldswim.com/messages/default.asp#40
Doc's pro plugs are much better than the puddy plugs. Doc's let some air into the plug to let you hear and prevent that dizzy feeling you get with the puddys. The puddy plugs are only useful for one time, as they get grains of sand and ear shit all over them. Doc's are reusable until you lose them. I've lost my Docs eating shit in kelp, but that was only once. Puddy plugs also tend to stuff sand and crap deep into the ear, the docs are much better.
I have nothing to do with docs, but I feel naked and vulnerable surfing or swimming without em.
Posted by: acctnut at July 25, 2005 02:57 PMwow, the authority on california and hawaii surf culture speaks to us. ohh boy.
my mom once gave me one of those posters for the surf art thing. my mom always gives me korny surf stuff like bart simpson on a surfboard t-shirt, mavericks coffee table books and surfing related things like that. even though they are gifts, i usually just give this kind of stuff to goodwill.
Posted by: toe at July 25, 2005 03:03 PMYIKES!
Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at July 25, 2005 03:11 PMI need ear plugs. I have some kinda smelly thing going on in my left ear. I used some goop that a pharmacist gave me in Japan and thought it went away, but it came back this week. I think I'll try vinager tonight.
Posted by: Dennis at July 25, 2005 03:11 PMdennis, i wouldn't use vinegar. if it smells it could be fungus. if it's fungus it could be yeast related (athletes foot/jock itch) yeast feeds on sugar.....vinegar is full of sugar.
Posted by: Bootie Cooties at July 25, 2005 03:17 PMDennis, its either fungal or bacterial. For either, a flush with 95% rubbing alcohol and 5% glycerin should help. If it is bacterial, 47.5% white vinegar, 47.5% rubbing alcohol, 5% glycerin works better. Gimmee a ring if you're worried - glycerin can be gotten at a hardware store, and some surf shops sell pre-mixed drops. Flush after each possible water exposure (ie: after shower, bath, surf, hot tub, scuba diving, Alcatraz swim, etc).
Posted by: blakestah at July 25, 2005 03:25 PMstank ear? that's pretty disgusting dude, go to the doctor and get your shit checked out.
Posted by: bbr at July 25, 2005 03:26 PMDamn, the Dr. is in the house! Thanks all. I'll go for the alcohol and glycerine treatment tonight. I'm not worried really, just prefer to treat things at home rather than run to the doctor every time something happens. My gift to society is not to abuse my medical insurance coverage ;)
Posted by: Dennis at July 25, 2005 03:35 PM
Posted by: kozyndan at July 25, 2005 03:42 PMFrom el salvador, mexico, nicaragua, costa rica, Peru, Chili, Panama and Columbia:
Posted by: at July 25, 2005 03:48 PMjock itch in your ear
Posted by: at July 25, 2005 03:54 PMman, Dennis where's yo head been
Posted by: at July 25, 2005 03:58 PMI've had my head up my arse most of my life. Bound to catch something.
Posted by: Dennis at July 25, 2005 04:05 PMpathetic bob carillo. pa-thet-ik.
Posted by: transplant dot commie? it aint 1992 anymore dork! at July 25, 2005 04:16 PMMore importantly Gringos respect the Chulpacabra!
My wetsuit is the driest it's been in a long time. Thanks SS much appeciated, an email is on the way. Dennis try Hydrogen Peroxide those bubbles work wonders on ear funk and stay away from Q- Tips.
Posted by: artifact at July 25, 2005 04:16 PMDennis,
Posted by: at July 25, 2005 04:21 PM.
I had the same situation and did have fungus in my ear, the doctor told me to put athletes foot drops in my ear, no joke. I thought he was trippin but it worked.
i respect the chupacabra!
and bbr i have like 3 old wetsuits that my friend left at my place before he moved to an island, not in "good" condition really but your welcome to them..im sure one or 2 are possible to cut up and make a spring suit or whatever..
Posted by: bagel at July 25, 2005 04:26 PM
Posted by: e at July 25, 2005 04:33 PM
Posted by: shark island at July 25, 2005 04:34 PMcollege pranks gone bad....they superglued her head to this board and made her sit like this for hours...
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1756&e=2&u=/050722/483/mtl20607221618
Posted by: j at July 25, 2005 04:46 PMthat ain't her head, that is her face. ow.
damn that is horrible.
terrible is what it is.
Posted by: korewin at July 25, 2005 05:01 PMWARNING: A surfer's pickup was broken into this afternoon on the Great Highway at Pacheco. They BROKE the passenger side window and stole their wallets.
Posted by: Steve at July 25, 2005 05:04 PMIt bums me out when people break into cars while they are surfing. I hope someone catches this guy; although I'm sure his karma is not doing so well these days.
Posted by: g. at July 25, 2005 05:40 PMKaisers does suck. It can be fun but why surf there with 40 bodyboarders and Carissa Moore's dad? Besides, you can't catch a wave when it is good because the dudes riding the Rex hulled out boards catch everything from way outside anyway. Show some respect to the morning crew, you can nab one here and there.
Or, move on down the way. Ain't no one out in front of the aquatic center. No one hanging at Magic Island either, they are all over at Bowls.
Better yet, why surf near Waikiki at all. There are good spots all over eh Bob?
Posted by: Kaiser at July 25, 2005 05:48 PMand SS i would never want to do a big group swim/ race thing. i saw my girlfriend do the treasure island mini triathalon and and when that whole group jumped in the water and started swimming it looked super dangerous and shitty, she said people were grabbing onto her and all kinds of water was going in her mouth and nose when she would go for a breath feet kicking everywhere talk about claustrophobic, dang.
ps. any chance of surf right now?
Posted by: bagel at July 25, 2005 05:55 PMfrom the howling in my west facing winder up here on
Posted by: korewin at July 25, 2005 05:58 PMthe hilltop, bagel...
i'd say go have a beer.
ok!
Posted by: bagel at July 25, 2005 06:11 PMfor those of us oldsters with more skillz or ballz or whateverz than i:
6th Annual Kahuna Kupuna Classic on July 30, 2005 at Linda Mar Beach, Pacifica, CA
The 6th Annual Surfing for Life Kahuna Kupuna Classic (KKC), scheduled for Saturday, July 30, 2005 at Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica is still accepting entries. Entry forms are available at many area surf shops or by contacting Roy Earnest at 650-438-6378 or email: agewaver @ earthlink.net.
The Kahuna Kupuna Classic is the only amateur surf contest in the world specifically designed for older longboard and shortboard surfers. The minimum age is 40 for male contestants and 30 for female contestants. Unlike other surf contests, contestants only compete against others who are close to their own age in 5-year age divisions. Among other special awards planned for this year, special recognition will be given to the oldest and youngest contestants in the contest.
This entirely volunteer run and coordinated event is a fundraiser for the non-profit Pacifica Beach Coalition's summertime beach clean up program and other local non-profit groups. This is a very relaxed and family oriented event that brings people back year after year. The entry fee is $70 which includes the contest and, beginning at about 5:30 pm at the Pedro Point Firehouse, the post contest reception, dinner and, of course, the awards ceremony. Admission for the post-contest festivities for non-contestants is $15. For more information, please contact Roy.
Posted by: at July 25, 2005 06:45 PMWARNING #3 for the day: Saw a couple previous posts about break-ins on the Great Highway. That guy at Lawton (from Vons earlier post) must have stalked me on Saturday, too. Sometime between about 7:00am and 9:00am when I was surfing. I didn't stash a key. He broke the window on my beater '91 Honda, then stole my shorts out of the trunk with my wallet in the pocket. I cancelled my ATM/credit card by 9:30, but there were already 2 false charges on it. Lesson? I guess come to the beach with nothing, and leave the car unlocked.
Posted by: kmac at July 25, 2005 08:05 PMYeah, I don't bring my wallet. But I'm going to start not parking on the Great Highway. Walk a block and save yourself a headache.
Posted by: kloo at July 25, 2005 08:18 PMPlease walk two.
Finding parking spots is hard enough already on 48th street.
Posted by: friend #1 at July 26, 2005 09:23 AM