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SLOsurfer Legend (inyourownmind) Reged: 01/16/02 Posts: 224 Loc: San Luis Obispo, CA, USA Re: Why Everyone Hates Surftech, and Pop-outs in General       02/07/06 06:56 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Quote: Why does everyone hate Surftech and pop-outs? That's easy, just ask the question why everyone likes custom boards so much. There's hundreds of answers, but the best one is that is proves to everyone that your not necessaily a kook anymore, or at least in your mind. If you really think this, then I hope you're at least consistent, and apply this statement to those that purchase off-the-rack boards, as well. And if you are in fact consistent, and you DO lump those that purchase popouts AND those that purchase stock boards into the "KOOK" category, then you have just kook-ified a lot of surfers that surf much better than you do. Seen the photos of Chris Ward in florida on a stick that he pulled off the rack of a local shop? Or maybe Matt Archbold killing it on a Santa Cruz popout in the latest Cold Water Classic? Or, perhaps you've seen Kelly Slater on a Kechele popout in Campaign 2? So you're lumping these guys into the kook category, eh? You've got a lot to learn... I think that this sort of mindset comes from the desire to differentiate yourself from other surfers. You latch onto something that makes others a "kook", so that you can distance yourself from whatever that characteristic is. Your subconscious is telling you, "Hey buddy, you're not a kook because you don't ride popouts. Aren't you awesome?" You're condescending, and you're missing out on two of the joys of surfing: being happy for other surfers, and not feeling the constant need to re-assure yourself that YOU'RE not a "kook"; kooks buy popouts, and you don't buy popouts. Therefore, you're not a kook. Keep telling yourself that, and keep glaring at those who paddle out on a Surftech. Keep thinking that you deserve more waves than those who don't surf as well as you, or ride something different than you ride. I can tell you one thing for certain: there are a lot of "kooks" out there that surf one tenth as well as you and are ten times as happy doing it. Surfing is about personal enjoyment, and nothing else. So who's really the kook? The guy who's pissed off that others don't ride what he thinks they should ride, or the "kook" that is just stoked out of his gourd to be going straight on a 3-foot closeout on his popout funboard? The better I got at surfing, the more I realized that surfing is just all about enjoying what YOU'RE doing. And if you can SOMEHOW manage to look past the supposed "kookiness" in the water around you, shed your selfishness, and actually be HAPPY for other surfers, you WILL, I GUARANTEE, get more enjoyment out of surfing. Post Extras

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