Did the Irish invent Surfing?

[Mark Kohut]

don't know fer sure, but they did invent The Aryan Brotherhood.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_Brotherhood

--- On Sun, 8/30/09, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Did the Irish invent Surfing?
> To: "John Carvill" <johncarvill at gmail.com>
> Cc: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 11:21 AM
> more of  this locals rule bit
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/sports/othersports/23surfing.html?_r=1
> 
> SUNSET BEACH, Hawaii — They are known as the Wolfpak or
> simply “the
> boys.” They use fear and their fists to command respect
> in the surf
> along the North Shore of Oahu, a seven-mile stretch of some
> of the
> world’s most renowned waves. At the celebrated Banzai
> Pipeline, they
> determine which waves go to whom, and punish those who
> breach their
> code of respect for local residents and the waves.
> 
> The Wolfpak formed a decade ago when Alexander moved to the
> North
> Shore and joined his childhood friend Kai Garcia, a former
> professional surfer and jujitsu champion known as Kaiborg
> for his
> fearsome superhuman reputation. Alexander had recently been
> released
> from prison after serving time for assault.
> 
> “It was crowded when I came here,” Alexander said about
> Pipeline. “A
> lot of people in the water, not much respect. Where I grew
> up on
> Kauai, you respect everybody in the water, especially your
> elders.
> Don’t step out of line. We just brought that mentality
> over here.”
> 
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:35 AM, John Carvill<johncarvill at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Tribalism, turf wars, and Californian crypto-fascism:
> >
> > "Few anthropological groups are as tribal and
> turf-conscious as
> > surfers, be they Californian, Hawaiian, Australian,
> South African,
> > British or even Irish - a people who already know a
> thing or two about
> > turf wars.
> >
> > Go to any renowned surfing beach and you'll always
> find that resentful
> > remnant of original surfer-inhabitants whose halcyon
> adolescence of
> > sun-kissed, carefree wavewalking has long since been
> eclipsed by the
> > world's discovery of their once enviably uncrowded
> breaks and peaks.
> > Strangers and outsiders are usually greeted by them
> with the
> > chip-on-the-shoulder salutation, "Locals rule!"
> >
> > Right. I bet that's what those Hawaiians said to
> Captain Cook when
> > they bashed in his head with that rock: "Goddamn limey
> stepped into my
> > wave, brah!" Wallop...."
> >
> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/aug/29/surfing-films-bustin-down-the-door
> >
> 
>