Comments on: Alex Kopps Art Opening in San Francisco on Saturday, June 20, 2009

By: Dickey Mora

Dickey Mora — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:47:17 +0000

Mollusk Holiday Craft Fair.

By: ed cranbrook

ed cranbrook — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:04:58 +0000

Does anyone know where I can purchase
the artwork of Alex Kopps? This forum
hasn’t shed any light on the surf artist.

By: BVB

BVB — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:57:21 +0000

STROKE REPORT: You and a million of your friends that surf like mini-gods. Post more pictures!

R.I.P. Yeeeeeeeeeeee!

( I am Kelly Slater, DUKE and Jesus Machado in one soulful being).

STROKE REPORT:

R.I.P.:

Rant – Why I won’t be posting any more public reports
I went down and checked the beach this morning, but I won’t be reporting what I saw.

I’ve been getting a really hard time from my friends for posting a report and participating in discussions here this week. Apparently, my buddies – the guys who I see around the neighborhood, surf with, have over for dinner, and whose weddings I attend – are lurkers on this site and pretty far from stoked on it. They’re even less stoked on me for using it. So, even though I’m close to defining my own ethical boundaries around publicly reporting (don’t report on points or reefs, don’t report on any OB street specifically, don’t report when it’s epic, only consider reporting on North OB, South OB, Lindamar, and the Jetty, always use my real name and real picture when reporting) I won’t be exercising those boundaries. I promised my friends that I won’t post any more public reports here. I’m sticking around, though. I’ll continue ranting, commenting, and lurking.

My buddies brought up some good points that have me thinking. Some follow:

* If StokeReporters feel good about what they’re doing, why report behind profile pictures and usernames that hide their real identities?

* If StokeReporters are really interested in community, why haven’t they put in the time to learn about the existing beach community? For example, “angry guy” has a real name and nickname that everyone in the existing OB community knows well.

* If StokeReporters don’t even know the name of a break, what are they doing reporting on it?

I lived in Hawaii for a few years, and hearing how my friends talk about StokeReport reminds me a lot of how the Hawaiians talk about the sovereignty movement. The general feeling is very similar — a sense of invasion from a foreign group that storms in uninvited, disregards the culture, topples the government, ignores the language, and desecrates the temples. Honestly, I can empathize with their feelings.

By: Bobby Kung

Bobby Kung — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:37:48 +0000

Thank you very much for sharing !!

By: BVBVBVB

BVBVBVB — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:21:37 +0000

The Honda Element was gay when it first appeared as a “surf car” but the ones around the hood are fast becoming a fine kind of shabby chic; having not been able to withstand the salty beach air thus creating a nice patina.
Any early model truck (or car for that matter) Ford Exploder, Dodge Ram, Ford Ranger is acceptable to the locals.
Cars that scream “Burbtrannie: Audi, SAAB, BMW with a big fat WISE logo on the racks are not cool. I have spied a few brightly colored Giant Hot Wheels Toyota Land Cruisers and there is always some white collar Ken and Barbie type behind the wheel;I saw one racing down Fulton at about 65 miles an hour, behind him another car, yep, a MINI Cooper driven by none other than another white collar Ken type.

Another rule of thumb is to not park at the beach along La Playa. The Sloat parking lot is the safest and then of course the Linda Marvin lot always has plenty of space – this I know from not looking.

By: BlackAudi

BlackAudi — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:47:38 +0000

Ah, the ford Ranger. That’s got surf cred in spades. Perhaps you could make a list of “hot” surfing cars and “not” surfing cars to help the clueless surf car shoppers with their next purchases?

By: BVBBVVBVB

BVBBVVBVB — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:22:34 +0000

I live at the beach and therefore do not have to drive. If thereʻs no surf here I “cam surf” the coast.
However, FYI I own a paid for early model Ford Ranger for surf trips. It does not look like a ” surf car.”
The Black Audi is the kind of Bay Area Yuppie status symbol that screams ʻ I want to be noticed!ʻ Donʻt ask me why they spend 44,000.00 and then pay out more to the high end mechanic when the turbo switch fries or the 4 struts fail all at once at 45,000 miles, ask a driver…
As for the surf…?

By: BlackAudi

BlackAudi — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:23:56 +0000

What does BVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBV have against black audis? What does BV* drive I wonder? What is the legitimate car for the hard-core surfer? A 2001 toyota 4WD pickup?

By: slippery

slippery — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:35:16 +0000

The long awaited film is of Alex HAND PAINTING Meyerhoffer boards for anyone who lives in marin and drives an audi.

By: BVBVBVBVBV

BVBVBVBVBV — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:51:24 +0000

You have me to thank for this. I did it for you. I attended the show and was blown away at the fine detail in the work; the genre a little passeʻ but overall a fine addition to the group of rising “surf art” stars.
No Audiʻs parked on the street, no Saabʻs with 5 boards and pro bags covering 10ʻ longboards, No BMW Blue Crush 5 chick transporters, no Subaruʻs packed with little yuppies from Palo Alto that frequent 2 mIle Surf Shop on the weekends when they bomb Bolinas and then check-in over here mid beach mid day all sun drenched and surfed out from partaking in the natural elements explained in Alexʻs art. Doink.