Some of my friends tell me that when in the water SUP surfing I look like a dirtbag. I'll take that as a compliment thank you very much. It's not easy looking like a true dirtbag these days. You have your garden variety weekend warrior dirtbags and then you have your seasoned year round dirtbags. I decided to try an experiment. Here in Santa Barbara you can go just about year round without wearing a wetsuit. After having all the trouble in the lineup with the prone surfers I was trying to figure out why some of these guys think it's OK to come up to any guy on a a SUP board and talk smack. Do they just automatically think we are all a bunch of old fart's that will turn around and paddle back to the car? I was going to find out. So on some good weekend wave days I would paddle out with my wetsuit top on and sure enough the hecklers would start heckling. ( I do have to admit that when I see a fellow SUP'er paddling out with shorts, ankle high booties, and a big floppy hat on it does make me cringe! ) Anyhow, I did the same thing with out anything on but my surf trunks and the heckling stopped. Were they scared of the tattoos? Did they think I just got out of the pokey? Well it worked so good that I think next time I will take a Sharpie out and dot some tear drops below my right eye!! It might not always work but it does seem to help:) OUT.
2 comments:
Hah!
Funny stuff.
Your right hand looks like it's made out of plastic.
If I paddle out in just trunks (by the way, I don't know how you guys are pulling off the trunks only up there, the water's effing chilly here) people just look at my big brown belly instinctively know to get out of the way.
Paddle on.
John
John-The big belly works great too but I can't seem to grow one even after all the beer, music and livations!
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