Well I would say I am a frothing dreamer,(be nice now) quit often found day dreaming at work about some nice clean waves on the weekend.When I know its going to be clean and not too solid I start frothing in the car.Is it normal to feel this way at my age?
I know another guy on this forum much the same,just talking to him and sense his excitement,passion in his voice and his eyes. Wonder who I am talking about?

Mr Encouragement can give you the poops.

He’s an okay surfer in his own right, not great, just okay.

His problem is he hoots and hollers encouragement whatever wave you’re on and tells you what a good ride it was. Trouble is, you know it was at best average and you’re a long way short of a top rider.

He’s trying to be really nice, and he is but it feels kind of icky because you’re too old to be getting the sort of encouragement that a mum would usually reserve for her child at the end of a soccer game, regardless of how crap he was.

Yes, we do have one locally, I’ve also referred to him in the past as have-a-chat.

You know, I’ve often wondered if Mr. encouragement/have-a-chat has any ulterior motives for his gregarious attitude

I can only think of 2, he’s either a bum boy or religious fanatic.

I’ll just need to keep an eye on him and see what he ends up doing or saying out in the car park.

I guess if he hands me a copy of Watchtower or some similar publication, that would be a good indication of his inclinations in one direction and if he offers to help me get out of my wetty by getting in there with me it would be a good indication of the other direction.

Not really sure what to think if I was bending over getting out of my wetty and he delivered a copy of watchtower up my ginger. That would be confusing.

asea said...

i start frothing at the time i think of surfing nice clean waves and my missus says look at that silly look you've got.i say what are you talking about,it's my normal look.mac it is normal to feel like that at your age.

Oh that's comforting, I was thinking I needed to grow up still young at heart

obct said...


Not really sure what to think if I was bending over getting out of my wetty and he delivered a copy of watchtower up my ginger. That would be confusing.

Still laughing about THIS visual......

Not so much in a group, but at a spot, "The phantom ripper". Comes out of the woodwork when the surf is good, rips the bags out of it, then disappears again. Very few people know him but everyone has seen him shred.

au_rick said...

martman said...

One of the worst is the dude that thinks he can dominate each set and calls others off from an unmakeable drop and after padddling back out after wiping out wants to sit at the top of the pecking order or otherwise drop in just to be an a-se

so what do we call this guy....

Mr. ?????????

Wanker!

or someone who will need a mechanic to got his car starting

au_rick said...

martman said...

One of the worst is the dude that thinks he can dominate each set and calls others off from an unmakeable drop and after padddling back out after wiping out wants to sit at the top of the pecking order or otherwise drop in just to be an a-se

so what do we call this guy....

Mr. ?????????

This can guy be commonly referred as FIGJAM often heard in the pub retelling the
stories of the days surf to anyone who,ll sit within earshot