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Is surfing a sport or an art?

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Created by CMC > 9 months ago, 17 Feb 2012
newguy
654 posts
19 Feb 2012 11:29PM
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Surfing is just, surfing. You can't explain it. Those who have never tried, will never feel it and those who have will never let that feeling go.

62mac
WA, 24860 posts
20 Feb 2012 5:35AM
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I've got that feeling newguy.

11 hours of surfing over five days and its not a good feeling
Oh yes it is

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
20 Feb 2012 8:57AM
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Locky24 said...

In true Darryl Kerrigan style " Its everything its, its the VIBE "
Since no 2 waves are the same and it's not in the olympics, put me down for Art




CMC
QLD, 3954 posts
20 Feb 2012 11:20AM
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Maybe it's neither.

Perhaps it's just a recycling station for guys not strong enough for footy....

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
20 Feb 2012 10:49AM
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CMC said...

Maybe it's neither.

Perhaps it's just a recycling station for guys not dumb enough for footy....


Fixed it for you mate

CMC
QLD, 3954 posts
20 Feb 2012 12:51PM
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doggie said...

CMC said...

Maybe it's neither.

Perhaps it's just a recycling station for guys not dumb enough for footy....


Fixed it for you mate


62mac
WA, 24860 posts
20 Feb 2012 11:30AM
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On footy players just had one in my shop

laceys lane
QLD, 19804 posts
20 Feb 2012 2:23PM
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62mac said...

On footy players just had one in my shop


was he drunk, fondling the staff

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
20 Feb 2012 12:38PM
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CMC said...

doggie said...

CMC said...

Maybe it's neither.

Perhaps it's just a recycling station for guys not dumb enough for footy....


Fixed it for you mate





Wake up Geoff

newguy
654 posts
20 Feb 2012 2:47PM
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62mac said...

I've got that feeling newguy.

11 hours of surfing over five days and its not a good feeling
Oh yes it is


Ahhh but is it going to stop you paddling back out ever again my good man? Most probably not cos once ya beers and food are down and a couple days rest for the ole bones you'll be back out there.

And whoever red thumbed me, guess you're just a footy player

MichaelR
NSW, 862 posts
20 Feb 2012 5:47PM
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Funny, I had a mate ask me yesterday, "What's so good about surfing? You spend all your energy paddling out the back, wait for 20 minutes, get a 5 second ride, then do it all again....."

He's a motocyclist, as am I, so I asked him why he rides a motorcycle..... he responded with the age old.....

"If I have to explain it, you'll never understand"

My point exactly said I, surfing just "is", IMO, it can't be put into any other basket, art, sport, religion. It's all of them, yet it's none of them.... and whilst it can be compared to motorcycling in some ways, it also can't be.

Perhaps Dennis Denuto (The Castle) is correct - "It's the vibe of the thing, your Honour"

Michael

stuk
NSW, 894 posts
20 Feb 2012 5:54PM
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MichaelR said...

Funny, I had a mate ask me yesterday, "What's so good about surfing? You spend all your energy paddling out the back, wait for 20 minutes, get a 5 second ride, then do it all again....."

He's a motocyclist, as am I, so I asked him why he rides a motorcycle..... he responded with the age old.....

"If I have to explain it, you'll never understand"

My point exactly said I, surfing just "is", IMO, it can't be put into any other basket, art, sport, religion. It's all of them, yet it's none of them.... and whilst it can be compared to motorcycling in some ways, it also can't be.

Perhaps Dennis Denuto (The Castle) is correct - "It's the vibe of the thing, your Honour"

Michael


But then its all in the quote "different strokes for different folks" I ride bikes and longboards (Ducati ) but my wife rides dressage horses. While I can ride a horse it doesnt give me the same buzz as my passions do for me, so we agree to disagree and go with the flow.

62mac
WA, 24860 posts
20 Feb 2012 3:01PM
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surfings so over rated best people find something else to do

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
20 Feb 2012 3:05PM
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62mac said...

surfings so over rated best people find something else to do


Jeez, you save some money if you gave it away

Locky24
QLD, 515 posts
22 Feb 2012 8:36PM
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doggie said...

CMC said...

Maybe it's neither.

Perhaps it's just a recycling station for guys not dumb enough for footy....


Fixed it for you mate


Keep up the good work Doggie

Locky24
QLD, 515 posts
22 Feb 2012 8:40PM
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62mac said...

surfings so over rated best people find something else to do


Agreed, Footy sounds good

62mac
WA, 24860 posts
22 Feb 2012 6:56PM
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Locky24 said...

62mac said...

surfings so over rated best people find something else to do


Agreed, Footy sounds good


in the bush miles away from the beach

chrispychru
QLD, 7932 posts
22 Feb 2012 9:13PM
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62mac said...

Locky24 said...

62mac said...

surfings so over rated best people find something else to do


Agreed, Footy sounds good


in the bush miles away from the beach

pfft i love my footy

CMC
QLD, 3954 posts
23 Feb 2012 10:16AM
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Here's a song about Footy..... Good one for the Viccos.

From Spiderbait in the days when we used to see them with 20 people at the pub in Lismore. Then they got big, and now small again....



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