stuff about surfing and books and other things. None of it is too important but it passes the time
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
There Is No Surf In England...
...but there's a really good surf newspaper. Put together by Dan Crockett, 'Kook' is 20 pages of tabloid sized newsprint genius and I wish I'd thought of it. It's surfing, but it's also sheep, plywood sliders, channel bottoms, tea, bird pictures, a recipe, the funnies and some superb lo-fi photo reproduction. Dan, who is what I believe his countrymen refer to as a 'diamond geezer', stopped by the compound, ate some bison and left a stack of Kooks which you can purchase for six american dollars (postage included) and help fund his explorations. You get a highly entertaining read at 30c a page and a very cool artifact of the independent brilliance that surfing can still spawn. He gets a gallon or so of gas or a taco plate while traveling and accumulating material for the next edition. Speaking of things to buy, Crockett nearly walked with this.
It's a 2+1 diamond tail Mackie, 5'10" x 21" x 2.5" (or thereabouts). I've been making no effort at all to sell it because I want to keep it, and I sort of avoided the question when Dan asked about it which is not at all what I'm meant to do with the boards Mick entrusts to me. It has a handfoiled high aspect center fin and sidebites, and it's yours for $725 which is a steal. I'll even throw in a free Kook. Unless of course I cave and surf it in this upcoming south...
Surf it!
ReplyDeleteAwww man, that's not helping any- you're a shaper and meant to be responsible. How many of yours do you surf? No wait, don't answer that....
ReplyDeleteNone! And I swear I'm not just saying that because my lovely wife reads your blog, too. Honest...
ReplyDeleteLovely wife, I believe he's lying through his teeth. Board was saved by absolutely atrocious conditions, a river heading north on the inside and wind thrashed brutality on the outside
ReplyDeleteThat outline looks superb!!
ReplyDeleteNiegĂ
board looks AMAZING! -how do i buy kook?
ReplyDeleteCoop,
ReplyDeletesend me an email, info@foamandfunction.com and we'll set you up