A)Serious
B)Know what I am talking about
C)Have some link to the powers that be in our country
D)Support Bush (NOOOOOO)
Believe me I am a surfer and have no clue. But here are my rambling thoughts on the economy.
Considering that our new president unwinds by body surfing and our new Secretary of the Treasury spends his free time surfing (in Cape Cod), I am encourged. (Yes Netherland brothers this is how I assess the state of our economy. We have surfers it must be good!)
Then I saw the Frontline peice on the Meltdown. Frankenstien AKAPaulsen is all you think he is and less. Holy dollar bill Batman! This is scary!
Watch the entire Frontline piece here
This morning however I was driving by 'The Longboard Grotto' and it was closed. Now this isn't news . It had been closing for a long time and now sits vacant like a reminder of the ghosts of economy past. In our backyard it made the problems uncomfortably close.
It's not like I was a giant fan of the Grotto. They had the customer service levels of the early 70's when the surf shop workers treated you like crap. I apologetically bought new boards twice. I always felt like I was 12 years old at Tower Records worried if the minimum wage clerk would think my record purchase was cool enough for them.
So what can we do as responsible surfers? A new board of course! My personal input to the economic stimulas package. Surfy Surfy has these Bonzers.
I always wanted or thought I could surf pretty well on one of these boards. This site is like crack to new surfboard dreamers.
From Surfy Surfy
4 comments:
Grotto closed not because of any so called "bad economy" cause the owner got sick of it, had nothing to do with poor sales, he could just do more on the internet without all the hassle, and he's rich anyway, that's what I heard. Those bonzer shapes looked good, but I don't know about all the fins. Maybe one fin.
The Grotto was a landmark and it was a great place to go and look at all the great boards and surf culture from the past. I miss it. They were always respectful to me.
What was funny was they had a "going out of business sale" banner across their store for about 4 months
The Grotto had some cool stuff and the nostalgia thing going... but I agree with Big Red..... not the greatest attitude in there. Sam made his millions - good on ya mate. Adios.... I just got done hooping w/friends. i.e. shootin the Rock. A president who body whomps and hits the open jumper and has a cabinet of ex-college basketball players?!: Oh yes he can!!
xxx, 1 Dumb WaveRider
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