http://postsurf.com Unfiltered Thoughts on Surf Culture Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:24:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is not real life. Go towards the light.  The exit is up ahead. Finish reading this post, close the window behind you, and emerge into the brightness of a new day.  There's nothing here for you anymore.  The PostSurf project is complete. I am not Lewis Samuels. That ended long ago, amidst the ... http://postsurf.com/2009/09/04/epilouge/ In my youth, I was a surf travel ascetic. No technology. No cameras. I was there to experience the moment – not document it. I wanted to see holistically – instead of deal in the outright lies and half-truths that kodachrome froze in 1/1000th of a second. ... http://postsurf.com/2009/06/19/photo-dispatch-shaping-memories/ It's back to reality for me starting next week.  Off the road, behind the monitor, staring at "real work" instead of "PostSurf," billing hours instead of being billed. As a consultant, my professional life has the binge and crash rhythms of Amy Winehouse's personal life.  I stay up late doing everything ... http://postsurf.com/2009/06/18/the-waiting-game/ Amateur hour.  Awkward family slideshows, proudly led by hobbyist photographers, in which the host just keeps clicking through vacation photos, ignoring the signals of guests who grew bored after a dozen shots of lobster red bellied youths. Even worse: picture after picture of the scenery.  Mountains, mammals, marsupials, monuments.  Images that ... http://postsurf.com/2009/06/06/photo-dispatch-oz-family-slides/ Australia is a big, lucky country.  25,670 kms of coastline, chock full of bays, points, pubs, and pro surfers that I've disparaged.  There are some places in the surfworld that it may prove unwise for me to visit - Brazil, Basque Country, the North Shore... places where I've stirred the ... http://postsurf.com/2009/06/01/magical-realism-with-ben-button/ I'd like to start featuring photos instead of words on Saturdays.  The concept is simple: you, the reader, submit 3 shots on one topic. For now I'll get the ball rolling with Lefts.  Please send photos you'd like me to post in coming weeks. [caption id="attachment_791" align="alignnone" width="520" caption="Photo: Lewis Samuels"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_790" ... http://postsurf.com/2009/04/11/3-shot-saturday-lefts/ I've been pondering subtraction.  It's an appropriate subject for foreign shores - as Americans, we're raised to focus on what we can add to our life, instead of what we can take away.  We're a culture that's been adding objects and responsibilities and new lines of communication for years.  Now ... http://postsurf.com/2009/04/07/the-art-of-elimination/ The Surfline forecast for today called for 1-2' and onshore winds on the particular foreign shore I am now haunting. If there is a god, perhaps she believes in ironic justice. The swell built to double-overhead plus by sunset, and the crowd was light... as most punters had checked the forecast, and ... http://postsurf.com/2009/04/02/ironic-justice/ [caption id="attachment_742" align="alignnone" width="520" caption="Greener Pastures. Photo: Lewis Samuels"][/caption] I am off to greener pastures on something called a "surfing trip." I can't wait to get to Brazil and start counting my barrels! I'm not entirely sure if they have the world wide web there, or if we only have that here ... http://postsurf.com/2009/03/30/fleeing-the-country/ It's time for another PostSurf Reader Challenge!!! Lately, I've become concerned that some readers don't really "get" what PostSurf is all about. So this week, we have a reading comprehension quiz. This will be especially useful for any kids prepping for the SAT, or pro surfers trying to pretend their home-schooling equates ... http://postsurf.com/2009/03/28/reading-comprehension-quiz/