the annual Xmas gift post
just in time for the holidays
The top 10 gifts to get a surfer are...
(drum roll please)
Well to begin with you don't need ten new things
(maybe knowing that is the biggest gift in itself)
Surfing is an experience maybe a lifestyle but not a product
(you can't buy a set wave from The Queen)
(you can't buy a set wave from The Queen)
(I ALWAYS get email from naked body surfers who will argue the point and then send pictures)
but we tend to get more and more and more stuff,
(especially here in the land of plenty)
some of the stuff never get used, a waste of the materials and energy that went into the manufacturing process and lots of this stuff ends up in a landfill.
(I'm not buying that's a thoughtful gift for your great, great, great, great, great grandchildren who might be cultural anthropologists)
some of the stuff never get used, a waste of the materials and energy that went into the manufacturing process and lots of this stuff ends up in a landfill.
(I'm not buying that's a thoughtful gift for your great, great, great, great, great grandchildren who might be cultural anthropologists)
So what do you need?
(do peaks come in a ten pack with a side of off shore winds?)
More importantly during the gift giving season, what do you need that someone can buy you?
Grandma is more likely to pick up the pop out from the offshore sweatshop than the custom board from your local shaper.
(It had all those pretty plastic flowers and it came with matching shirt and trunks dearie)
(If grandma is jiggy with it and knows your local shaper (happy birthday wishes go out to Gary Hanel BTW) then goody for you and your obviously outstanding genetic lineage. Grandma may have even gotten handplanes for all the grand kids this year.)
Ok so where does that leave us?
(If grandma is jiggy with it and knows your local shaper (happy birthday wishes go out to Gary Hanel BTW) then goody for you and your obviously outstanding genetic lineage. Grandma may have even gotten handplanes for all the grand kids this year.)
Ok so where does that leave us?
Wax
(wax on wax off)
I had a standing order for surf wax for all gift giving occasions for years
(If you see me at the beach, ask me, I have some)
(hopefully the humor of a mat rider with a huge stash of wax is not lost on you)
(beats using a credit card, oh you cut those up? good!)
So where are we now?
more is out
less is in
waves come in sets
The truth is no thing you can buy will make you feel like this
"Family treasures can't come thru the front gate"
So ask for a new beach towel.
That one in the car trunk stinks!
If it's a magic towel so much the better
Comments
I do have a gift for all those who care about sharks. Been working on something for a while which is shocking stuff once I researched it so will send on when ready.
In the meantime have a very happy holidays with you and yours Bruce and a most excellent new year!
Cheers
Josh
Josh - Looks like you have a sane handle on the holidays. Best wishes and good health to you and your family this coming year.
a smile and calling a stranger onto a wave will be my gifts
Well said mate.
G
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