Comments on: Surfer speak video http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 19:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: mtellers http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364807 mtellers Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364807 That made my day. I particularly enjoyed the sound effects. That made my day. I particularly enjoyed the sound effects.

]]> By: trueblue2 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364303 trueblue2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364303 I totally needed this too - I am a total West Coast person temporarily living in the Midwest and feeling pretty homesick (especially with this shitacular weather). I totally needed this too – I am a total West Coast person temporarily living in the Midwest and feeling pretty homesick (especially with this shitacular weather).

]]> By: acx99 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364596 acx99 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364596 I've come to this thread to watch this at least a dozen times already today. I'm pitted. So pitted. Watching this is just like, WuPAH! I’ve come to this thread to watch this at least a dozen times already today. I’m pitted. So pitted. Watching this is just like, WuPAH!

]]> By: evolucien http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364360 evolucien Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364360 Three possibilities: 1)The kid was asked by the newscaster to do an impersonation of Jeff Spicolli to explain his session 2)The kid is an inland kook 3)He is mentally disabled. I've been surfing religiously for 30 yrs, and you rarely here that kind of diarrhea, especially in 80's vernacular. Albeit, 7 out of 10 hardcore surfers have squandered their brain cells, and act like crystallized 14 yr. olds. Three possibilities: 1)The kid was asked by the newscaster to do an impersonation of Jeff Spicolli to explain his session 2)The kid is an inland kook 3)He is mentally disabled.

I’ve been surfing religiously for 30 yrs, and you rarely here that kind of diarrhea, especially in 80′s vernacular. Albeit, 7 out of 10 hardcore surfers have squandered their brain cells, and act like crystallized 14 yr. olds.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-365137 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-365137 What I gotta laugh at is FOX news. They get the best clips. What I gotta laugh at is FOX news. They get the best clips.

]]> By: chuck http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364887 chuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364887 Stoned. Stoned.

]]> By: DD4U http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364641 DD4U Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364641 Totally agree dude. This video, like, made my day. Totally agree dude. This video, like, made my day.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364130 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364130 He talks like everyone I went to high school with. Brah. He talks like everyone I went to high school with. Brah.

]]> By: igpajo http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364132 igpajo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364132 That's awesome. "Wa-Bah!" Almost as good as listening to trailer park denizens describe how the tornado sounded. That’s awesome. “Wa-Bah!”
Almost as good as listening to trailer park denizens describe how the tornado sounded.

]]> By: Binaryloop http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364400 Binaryloop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364400 If you had your closed captioning turned on it would look like this: "Oh brah, it's just like, dude you get the best barrels ever dude. It's just like you pull in and you just get spit right out of 'em. And you just drop in and just smack the lip WHABAP! Drop down and hit the san BAAAAAAAAAHHH! And then after that you just drop in and ride the barrel and get pitted! So pitted. Like that...." If you had your closed captioning turned on it would look like this:

“Oh brah, it’s just like, dude you get the best barrels ever dude. It’s just like you pull in and you just get spit right out of ‘em. And you just drop in and just smack the lip WHABAP! Drop down and hit the san BAAAAAAAAAHHH! And then after that you just drop in and ride the barrel and get pitted! So pitted. Like that….”

]]> By: themiddleroad http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364406 themiddleroad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364406 He was real, gotta be to pull it off so well. Otherwise he's Oscar worthy. He's also obviously part of the population that offsets Kasparov to make 100 the average IQ. And yes, drugs were likely involved. I just wanna take him home, like a dumb but cute puppy. And that was a total unicorn chaser for that god awful jesus song. /gag He was real, gotta be to pull it off so well. Otherwise he’s Oscar worthy. He’s also obviously part of the population that offsets Kasparov to make 100 the average IQ. And yes, drugs were likely involved. I just wanna take him home, like a dumb but cute puppy.

And that was a total unicorn chaser for that god awful jesus song. /gag

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364151 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364151 I grew up in Ohio, so the closest I got to this guy was the Spiccoli character in Fast Times At Ridegmont High. I like the video because the surfer is so sincere! He looks like he was having a great time! I grew up in Ohio, so the closest I got to this guy was the Spiccoli character in Fast Times At Ridegmont High. I like the video because the surfer is so sincere! He looks like he was having a great time!

]]> By: Xenu teh WunderKat http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364153 Xenu teh WunderKat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364153 It actually kinda reminds me of that scene in Return of the Jedi where C-3PO is telling the story to the Ewoks. Or all of the turtles from Finding Nemo. Let's be generous and call it idiomatic onomatopoeia. It actually kinda reminds me of that scene in Return of the Jedi where C-3PO is telling the story to the Ewoks. Or all of the turtles from Finding Nemo.

Let’s be generous and call it idiomatic onomatopoeia.

]]> By: kellythewriter http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364156 kellythewriter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364156 Heh, that's hilarious. I work at a TV news station and showed this to some of my co-workers and they loved it. :P Heh, that’s hilarious. I work at a TV news station and showed this to some of my co-workers and they loved it. :P

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364160 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364160 I had a roommate who called his own mother 'dude'. Obviously, I live in California. I had a roommate who called his own mother ‘dude’. Obviously, I live in California.

]]> By: jonjonz http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364674 jonjonz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364674 Next time I'm taking my self too seriously, I will just think of the obliviousness of this guy. Funny how slang is just an excuse to listen to your voice. Next time I’m taking my self too seriously, I will just think of the obliviousness of this guy.

Funny how slang is just an excuse to listen to your voice.

]]> By: jsauter http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364163 jsauter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364163 @XENU TEH WUNDERKAT: I totally see what you mean with C-3PO. @XENU TEH WUNDERKAT:

I totally see what you mean with C-3PO.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364419 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364419 I grew up in Huntington Beach (where this was shot) and I think this accurately sums up why I moved somewhere else. Brah. I grew up in Huntington Beach (where this was shot) and I think this accurately sums up why I moved somewhere else. Brah.

]]> By: UFO Lover http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364167 UFO Lover Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364167 He's Cute! He’s Cute!

]]> By: pizzaboxbeercan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364169 pizzaboxbeercan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364169 LOL! Thats Jeff Spicoli from 'Fast times at Ridgemont High'. LOL! Thats Jeff Spicoli from ‘Fast times at Ridgemont High’.

]]> By: acx99 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364173 acx99 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364173 gnarley gnarley

]]> By: minTphresh http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364175 minTphresh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364175 gnarly! gnarly!

]]> By: JoshuaTerrell http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364181 JoshuaTerrell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364181 He's totally pulling the interviewer's chain, you can see from the way he's grinning that he's joking. He’s totally pulling the interviewer’s chain, you can see from the way he’s grinning that he’s joking.

]]> By: Justin Ried http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364182 Justin Ried Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364182 "All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine." “All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I’m fine.”

]]> By: SteamKev http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364183 SteamKev Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364183 "Yah Bra, the ocean IS my bong." “Yah Bra, the ocean IS my bong.”

]]> By: roboton http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364190 roboton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364190 Yah I wazlike pitted on the barrel of WHAPAW when I got into this post and like BAZZAM the video was doneitwassoawseomedude. Yah I wazlike pitted on the barrel of WHAPAW when I got into this post and like BAZZAM the video was doneitwassoawseomedude.

]]> By: Enormo http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-365471 Enormo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-365471 #19 posted by Antinous #34 posted by Lauren O and everyone else who said "Trust me"... I've surfed Southern California for the vast majority of my 40 years. This guy gave you and the local news exactly what you all wanted. A convenient stereotype and a sense of superiority. The fact that you have no clue that this guy was busting on you (yes you!) and the local news is delicious. Actually a pretty astute piece of social satire if you ask me. But what do I know... I'm just another brainless surfer. See you in the water, suckers. #19 posted by Antinous
#34 posted by Lauren O
and everyone else who said “Trust me”…

I’ve surfed Southern California for the vast majority of my 40 years. This guy gave you and the local news exactly what you all wanted. A convenient stereotype and a sense of superiority.

The fact that you have no clue that this guy was busting on you (yes you!) and the local news is delicious. Actually a pretty astute piece of social satire if you ask me. But what do I know… I’m just another brainless surfer.

See you in the water, suckers.

]]> By: Bionicrat2 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364195 Bionicrat2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364195 When I moved to LA, surfer speak was one of a few LA "accents" I was stunned to learn actually exists off of the screen. 10 years later it still cracks my shit up to hear. When I moved to LA, surfer speak was one of a few LA “accents” I was stunned to learn actually exists off of the screen. 10 years later it still cracks my shit up to hear.

]]> By: catsford http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364713 catsford Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364713 I tell you, this guy's voice is Bill Murray doing Todd (with Lisa Gubner) on SNL. I tell you, this guy’s voice is Bill Murray doing Todd (with Lisa Gubner) on SNL.

]]> By: gruben http://boingboing.net/2008/12/23/surfer-speak-video.html#comment-364207 gruben Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-364207 Reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGDwScgb_Y0 Reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGDwScgb_Y0

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