I do not come from surfers; I am the only person in my family who surfs.
I am a first generation surfer, as my grandfather is a first-generation American.
My grandfather took these photos while walking on a beach in Barbados, before I was born, sometime in the early seventies.
He captured lines and experiences that meant little to him, but now mean something to me.
I have plenty to say, but I’ll save that for another day.
taking things back to adolf wolfli after the corporate rage post? nice move. bring on the ‘art brut’.
that lil bitty left looks so fun for some reason.
wonder if that guy’s kids surf?
I’m first generation surfer and immigrant!
Nice pics - good post.
But seriously, its the weekend - can we get some Alex Knost hate? I got the new Surfer Mag, theres gotta be some ridicule in there for ya once you glance at the super-dope-cool-urban-hipster RVCA ad featuring your boy.
Alex Knost??
Let’s talk again about an all-too-familiar subject: Alex Knost and his misinformed personal attacks on fellow surfers. To get immediately to the point, if I have a bias, it is only against whiney fanatics who smear and defame core surfers like myself and my two balls: named Preston Pendergrass and Logan Schwartzworth respectively. Ten years ago, it was drugged-out, lazy scumbags with mustaches. Today, it’s disgusting, aberrant sybarites who create problems that our grandchildren will have to live with. Let me end by appealing to our collective sense of humanity: The most treacherous manifestation of dysfunctional sentiment among viperine thought police has been the way they egg on negative externalities in the form of evasion, collusion, and corruption.
Fuck you Alex Knost.
And you too Drew Courtney.
hmmm, kind of a soulful post. The plot thickens…
Unimpressive thesaurus use.
If you do have a decent enough vocabulary to understand some of those words, then you exhibit both pretentiousness and a horrible style of writing. I suppose you do so to satisfy your deep feelings of inadequacy.
I wish I didn’t have to write a comment like this one, but a recent comment at 8:44pm here leaves me no choice. I won’t bother discussing the flaws in Sesquipedalian’s logic because it definitely doesn’t use any logic. Pardon my saying so, but inasmuch as I disagree with his / her accusations and find its ad hominem attacks offensive, I am happy to meet Sesquipedalian’s speech with more speech and, if necessary, continue this discussion until the truth shines. Many of the people I’ve talked to have said that people like Sesquipedalian and his / hers vocabulary challenged goombahs should all be put up against a wall and given traitors’ justice. Or, in lay-Sesquipedalian’s terms: gentle raping.
Now that all six readers of this blog have read this simple reply, let me challenge you, the reader, not just to help me take advantage of a rare opportunity to fight the warped, distorted, misshapen, unwholesome monstrosity that Sesquipedalian’s conclusions have become, but also to educate others about what I’ve written.
And fuck you Dylan’s Turgid Longbottom!
Wow, sensitive. I guess mommy and daddy really, in your wounded opinion, must have missed some of your brighter moments.
As your long response and, again, pretentious and horrible writing style attest, you seem to crave other’s acknowledgments.
“Please notice that I remember some of my SAT words!”
“Please be aware of my 8th grade reading list allusion!”
“Please write some sort of praising reply that helps me overcome my past as a sub-par student!”
As my career, IQ, home library, and multiple degrees attest, I am far from “vocabulary challenged.” In fact, my original comment didn’t imply a lack of understanding, but was a critique of a style.
I am actually embarrassed, yes, for you, but also that I became mixed up in this petty exchange. I will not be heard from again on this topic.
Let it all out lewis, life is too short man!
Enjoyng your “work”. Bring it up!!
Best wishes from portugal, the “Tigers” country…
I just jizzed. my. pants.
Why do you guys pick on Alex. He’s from a Newport and a really sweat hearted guy and a sensational artist. Us Newport boys just love him. You guys need to start being nice.
Those pics are very fucking cool, given the context: the photographer, the slash (early seventies? that dude is riping!), the place, the people and the fact that i’m also a first generation surfer
Right on Lewis!
first-generation surfers in CA and first-generation Californians ruined surfing.
Meatwhistle writes like Alex Knost surfs.
Or, more accurately like Ozzie Wright. A surfer who knows some tricks, but hurts to look at.
Better yet, a Brazilian Ozzie Wright. A surfer who knows some tricks, but hurts to look at, and claims every wave.
Artie, explain yourself. Interested to hear why.
ITS ALRIGHT, GERRY LOPEZ MADE BEING A GOOFY COOL IN THE FIRST PLACE ANYWAY
AHAHHAHA… Portugal… country of Tigers… country of the pussiest waveriders ever! When waves get bigger they all run away to the safety bays where it’s 2 foot offshore and make faces of someone getting spit out of an 8 foot pipe barrel on a bogging bottom turn. How did Tiago Pires got that Tiger alias? He looks more like a turtle with weird arm positioning. Is the guy’s neck that short or does he tuck in between his shoulders as protection from the real tigers? God, his surfing makes me wanna vomit… looks just like another brazzo from the wrong side of the Atlantic. Peace out!
“alert!”
Tiago Pires is a kook.
Monsieur John Adams, WERD!
Hey you all, with such big balls, just come and join Tiago and all his fellow pussies at their home break. Just have a look at him surfing 2 foot offshore and claiming here… http://postsurf.com/2009/03/21/outsider-art/#comments
With the correct link now… http://www.flickr.com/photos/onfiresurf/2352197338/in/photostream/
This post was a real treat. Those photos made me realize it’s been quite a long time since I felt like I was looking at something really different.
John Adams and Anthony w., you guys must be bodyboarders!!! HAhah, and really bad ones! I bet you suck in the water and just feel frustrated because you guys are NOBODY!!!!
Let “The Lewis” be the judge… Tiago Pires, tiger or kook?
Tiger dudes ! Look at this SURFLINE video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUFmrZgb7lk
And dudes, when Slater saw this video, he freaked out ! And after Bali 08 he said Tiago was one of the best tube riders in the world!
So, all you jerks who hate Portugal, come here, I will get you to some waves and see if you do better then us portugueses and tiago !
You are such a pricks!
Hey, f-wits!
Tiago goes big. True that. But still surfs like a brazzo and has a rank style. Definitely not one of the best 44 surfers in the world. Being on tour doesn’t necessarily mean talented, you know that?
The rest of the portuguese surfers are generally speaking, plain ol’ water pussies. Except for a few. Actually the boogers there go bigger than the surfies! How fucked up is that?
I’ve been there for 6 weeks in January and when waves got bigger we got all to ourselves. They were surfing these hidden bays like it was the day of the year and all that. You guys seemed like posers to me.
Out!
Anthony, you probably went to the Algarve, where most of the surfers are blond tourist kooks like yourself! If you think portuguese run away from big waves, check out Joao Macedo in Mavericks surfing not big but giant waves!
I’m from Portugal and have to agree with Anthony W., the common surfer in Portugal is rather a poser surfer and not a Big Waves fan. If sea gets a little bigger than usual, they all go look for a more quiet place to surf quiet 3-4 ft waves.
Only a handful goes out there when it’s big!
SEE YOU WHERE IN PORTUGAL NEXT TIME boy (Anthony W.)… it will be all fun… COME AND YOU WILL SEE..-
Tiago might be a kook, but i´ve a bigh cock too full your mouth, once you come here. Youre invited. Just come arround. Mother fuckers.