First ever Tool of the week award goes to…
The hero-for-half-an-hour Jet ski rider, whoever you were : Picture a surprisingly uncrowded mid-morning surf at a favourite north-end location on the far side of a busy seaway. As if the Froggerâ„¢-esque paddle over( via a busy thoroughfare for boats of all size) isn’t bad enough, surfers then have to put up with tourists on rented PWC‘s stinkin’ up the joint with petrol fumes and fangin’ in and around the lineup with zero clue about safety. I’m sure they’re told the rules at some point (60m boundary around surfers), but soon forget them.
A bit of info from the Surfrider foundation:
Not only are jet skis harmful to the physical and natural environment, they are also a danger to humans. Jet skis, now 12% of all watercraft, are responsible for up to 40% of all boating injuries. Often, those who are injured are not PWC riders, but are other boaters, sailboarders or swimmers who couldn’t get out of their way.
I’m giving the Tool of the Week award to the particular guy who almost ran me over in about 3′ of water in the shorebreak today, only missing me because I was yelling obscenities at him and giving him the finger2. He then proceeded to buzz me (and another guy also trying to communicate by way of the finger) and give me a serve of jabbering bullshit punctuated by a I’m-so-angry-my-voice-is-breaking crackle about how rules don’t apply to him. All the while setting a great example for the two children on the back with him…
Buddy, you win.
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Where’s Willie?
As of Saturday 21st of August, 2011
Web Developer and aficionado of all sports involving boards and bats. Currently taking advantage of the travel options afforded me by my genetics by living in London and leaving as often as possible.
mate that is why i regulate 4220, for fuckers like this. it would have been a serious case of smack down on the beach, while his kids cried like little bitches in the backgorund, had 4220 represented!
Instead you were on some hoity-toity breakfast date when you should’ve been surfing with me! I hope
you got laidit was worth it…Maybe you should start letting me hump your leg again on deserted beaches, and I wouldnt need to go on dates………..
ok but lets continue this conversation in private lest more children cry…
you guys are odd.
And who would’ve guessed crowded with fuckwits in a place like surfers paradise – its amazing!
stop your whingin. you should have paddled right up to him. stood on your board, looked him in the eye, and said “I forgive you, Jesus loves you”
then smacked him on the nose, stle his ski and tow in to beachies while he’s stuck on the beach (with kiddies crying and weirdos humping legs)