Tag Archive for ‘kook’
God is a Kook!
Newsgroups: alt.surfing Subject: God is a kook! Date: Sun, 07 Jul 1996 I’m sitting outside at my local beach break this morning in this crappy little wind swell, barely longboardable, all by my lonesome. This guy with a beard wearing a neon fullsuit (water temp’s pushing 70) paddles out on a Merrick chip with about [...]
NYC Surf FAQ
With the booming popularity of the sport, the number of surf shops has grown in the metro area. Here’s an updated listing of New York Surf Shops
Coastlives: Kevin O'Driscoll
Kevin O’Driscoll is a scientist, father, surfer, teacher, environmental activist and Kook. It’s this last occupation that has brought O’Driscoll the most notoriety, at least among a certain segment of overeducated, underemployed surfers. As founder of Kooks Anonymous, a highly selective newsgroup of surfers based on the East Coast of the United States, O’Driscoll has [...]
CitySurfer's Journal: Summer 1996
Saturday, June 8: Took the shortboard — an old Tabeling 6’4″ — out to Rockaway. The wind was onshore, the waves were small and there were plastic bags and who-knows-what-else floating around in the water. Sunday, June 9: Heidi and I took the LIRR to Freeport and then a bus to Jones Beach. Then we [...]
Why I Surf
To live in New York and to call yourself a surfer is to be an optimist. The waves, with a few glorious exceptions, are consistently bad. The water is cold and rarely clean. Work, geography, traffic and weather all conspire against the hopeful surfer. And, in a city where people value their time so highly [...]