• Home »
• Forum »
• Categories »
• Bodyboarding »

blunt

• Sidebar
  May 2007
  Hello noo-noos.
  
  Heres a letter I wrote to Blunt Mag. Lets see if they print it.
  
  "Haazit.
  
  In 1960 odd Bruce Brown made The Endless Summer – the original surf movie. I love that flik. I watch it all the time. That and Riding Giants. My favorite scene in Endless Summer is in the first half hour when Mr. Brown is introducing surfers and surfing from around the world. One scene shows Bodyboarders surfing California wedge – in 19 voetsak – and he refers to them as surfers! Open the latest Zig Zag and there’s a shot of a surfer pulling in at Pipe, but look at the line-up in the background and you’ll see there are about 14 Boogers waiting their turn. You see, the boys are out there charging but are hated and labeled. Stand up and be counted they say. Zig Zag actually had a question they would regularly pose to featured surfers (until they realized the connotations that is), “Would you ever succumb to Bodyboarding?” like crack cocaine or the dark side of the force.
  
  I’ve risked my neck often surfing suicidal shore breaks at Gassies up the West Coast, massive barrels a surfer just cant get into (believe me – I’ve seen them try) . My boet Jeandre broke his collar bone there in November and was back charging even bigger swell in December. But the boys get zero respect and even less coverage. Do yourselves a favour and watch the latest No Friends DVD. The Waiimea shore break section is absolutely mental. These guys are fearless and that shit is impossible (to quote Riding Giants).
  
  We are basically an underground movement, a small community where the pros are worshiped by us and ignored by everyone else. We may not be mainstream but there are 100’s of us in SA. A market most refuse to tap into just because we’re not cool - like Shane Dorian - In Gods Hands.
  
  So, thanks guys. Finally a profile on a Booger. I might even subscribe if you keep that up.
  
  Cheers
  
  Sidebar
  
  (no details no prize)"

Bodyboarding 2,029 views

21 Replies

• Spy Dude
  June 2007
  Blunt mag is part of atol media and thus a sister mag to zigzig, who by the way hate you more than concentration camp jews hate the nazis. Atol media is evil and zigzag is the work of the devil.
• scroffmeister
  June 2007
  this will probably get me shot down in flames but hey talking of Shane Dorian I was in the water with him out in Morocco a while back now and I saw him get the most amazing barrell I have ever seen while out at Boats, he hassled me in the water as much as he hassled standups, still quality wave and a quality surfer.
  
  Actually the first thing I noticed about that pic of Pipe in the Zag was how many spongers there were out there, obviously surfers will point out the fact that they dont charge but merely shoulder hop but we know that already. Keep bodyboarding underground, I would hate for the sport to end up like the corporate circus that is surfing.
• Sidebar
  June 2007
  I had a dream last night that a booger made the cover of Zig Zag. I must really stop drinking so much beer before bed.
  
  There's a stand up dvd out where at the end Shane Dorian surfs Chopes (i think it was chopes) on a Bodyboard.
  
  In Gods Hands really was lame but if the man is prepared to lay down and be counted, he might redeem himself a bit with me anyway.
• Sidebar
  June 2007
  Wazzup yall.
  
  The editor of Blunt, Craig, just emailed me to ask if he could print my letter. I'm chuffed but a bit suspicious.
  
  The tide may be turning na broes
• Sidebar
  July 2007
  wazzup
  
  well -- they printed my letter and i got my shoes yesterday. sweet.
• misfit
  July 2007
  I dont like the way they take skating for a pooooes.
• Peter Lambert
  July 2007
  How funny is this.... I subscibe to the 'zag's online newsleter just to keep an eye on whats happening.... next thing you know I get the following e-mail. (beautifull, just beautifull) lol
  

  ---

  Original Message

  ---

  From: "Will Bendix"
  To:
  Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 12:06 PM
  Subject: re: E-mail subscriber?
  Howzit Peter, Will here from Zigzag magazine.
  
  Hope you're well and getting some waves down in the Cape. Looks like a big
  storm smashing you guys at the moment!
  
  Anyway, reason I'm mailing is not about the storm - hehe - but to tell you
  that you've scored yourself a custom surfboard from F22 plus a full range of
  accessories from Island Style.
  
  Your name was picked at random from our online e-mail newsletter database,
  where we like to buff e-mail subscribers with prizes like this from time to
  time.
  Drop me a mail when you get a sec, and we can sort out getting the prize to
  you. Have a good week.
  
  Cheers!
  Will
  --
  William Bendix
  Editor
  Zigzag Surfing Magazine
  Atoll Media
  Tel: (031) 263-1603
  Cell: 084 5811 989
• misfit
  July 2007
  fuck dude thats pretty lucky. Ask them if you can get a homeblown blank used. Biodegradeable and available in SA apparently. Will be one of the first to have one and then when (presumably) selling it on, yuppies will pay for the privelage.
• kimon
  July 2007
  misfit you poeees
  
  "privilege"
• Elementree
  July 2007
  I still rate it's some kind of ironic joke, they probably know who Peter is...just like Zag to have a little subliminal dig at boogers.
• misfit
  July 2007
  stop! grammartime! it strikes again. sorry s...timon, or whatever.
• JAMES bye
  July 2007
  wot did the guys at blunt comment on your letter
• Sidebar
  July 2007
  Craig Mckune ( the editor ) spoke about bodyboarding at Diaz coz it was to big for a surf board. All straight forward stuff- didnt even choon me grief.
  
  What got my attention was the editorial comment when he talks about being younger cruising the coast with just a bodyboard and a creme soda super m.
  
  We may have an ally here boys.
• Stephan Becker
  July 2007
  thats pretty sick. But I won't get my hopes up, rathr wait and see what Zigzag has to say about it... Not saying there's no hope tho. Oh and nice one Peter! That should cover yr costs to SA's(if yr goin)....
  
  bye now
• 
  July 2007
  haha, all this hype is funny. I see it as even though we both work off waves Bodyboarding and Surfing is two totally different sports!! If you stop comparing it and push all the conflict aside most of us are really nice people that get along... in fact if i ever go for a standup session i normally make more friends and end up having a laugh and chat with new surfers in the water.. now how often can you say that about bodyboarding?
  
  But also scored some fun waves today with this big swell with JMO and even though we were the only two bodyboarders we had a cool chat to some of the standups and they were pretty stoked on how JMO was charging deep of the boil. Most of us bodyboard when we are young and then stand up after our backs give in or give up on the fight of trying to find sick waves to bodyboard everyday... i can pull out a surfboard and go down in 2-3 slop and still have a really good surf on just about most breaks.. on a bodyboard, sha right! Its to small, frustration kicks in and you start hating your sesh or give up...but not saying thats all the time.
  
  Me im not chosing sides and take an option of the latter.. i bodyboard and surf... and actually get a lot of respect from the surfers cause they know i bodyboard but when they see how well i can surf also they are pretty stoked and respect that i can do both fairly well and dont see any need for judging each other etc... oh well thats my open views and its like religion. We can all debate about it and there will be no final answer or outcome...
  
  I say lifes to short to worry about it and just enjoy whatever you do. If someone wants to get freaked out about the sport, well good luck to him cause im enjoying my life and time in the water and not going to let his problem make me lose any sleep...
• Marthinus
  July 2007

  Sidebarr wrote:
  Craig Mckune ( the editor ) spoke about bodyboarding at Diaz coz it was to big for a surf board. All straight forward stuff- didnt even choon me grief.
  
  What got my attention was the editorial comment when he talks about being younger cruising the coast with just a bodyboard and a creme soda super m.
  
  We may have an ally here boys.

  
  
  I was chatting to him (Craig) on Blunt's Forum on their website, I asked him why it is that they dont feature any bodyboarding in the mag, and to my supprise he didnt write me off at all. First he told me that they do run some bodyboarding features in the mag, even thogh it was very little. (apparently there was a half page profile of Rob Gray in 11.4.)
  
  Further more he explained to me that "bodyboarding has an unfortunate history of being at the losing end of propaganda and bullshit." I'm guessing the primary reason that they don't run bodyboarding features is because the big advertisers such as volcom will pull out....
  
  All in all he actually sounds like a really decent oak, nothing like those 'every-day arrogant surfers' you'd expect someone in his possition to be like..
• Stephan Becker
  July 2007
  yeah very well put and so true it is. My crew is made up of mostly close friends that sponge. But when my bro is home I normally surf with him and a mate. So then our crew is made up of me, a sponger, my bro who's an egg beater and his mate who's a stick man. and they also do the preaching thing and try convert me.
  
  Anyway the point I'm trying to make is that I've had some awesome sessions wit em, I've had sum awesome sessions in the bboarding crew and basically I really don't care what u ride. I respect people in general and disrespect others only coz of their personality or what they've done to me. Say try convert me
  
  I'd rather worry about making a section and busting than preaching to others. How much better we are eh!!?
• Stephan Becker
  July 2007
  Need some more of these in
  
• Craig McKune
  September 2007
  Cool. A whole forum just for us. Like I said on bluntmag.co.za, propaganda and bullshit! You know it. Beyond that, certain cats' got my tongue. Yup, I grew up a booger in the Cape. Now I'm a bad stand-up surfer.
• Craig McKune
  September 2007
  Oh, and to the guy who reckons we take skaters for a pooooees, what do you mean? That's not a defensive question. I skate worse than I surf, but I'm a big fan of 'real' skaters. By no means do I want to take them for fools! C
• Francois
  September 2007
  Good to have you on board Craig.....

Post a Reply

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.