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| 223009 | 11440 | Molded, Reverse Engineered, Handshaped by One Only...WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU? | 35 | Sax-son | Oct 11, 2021 | 2021-10-11T12:11:06-0400 | Planktom said: I agree, I don't think this is an overly-optimistic statement at all. There are some golden threads to surfing as a culture and I believe that the ability to talk to another surfer who has developed enough skill to make a really good custom surfboard to meet my needs/imagination is really worth something. I have been concerned that the sea of hyped-up, 'proprietary' tech (cough, splutter...) boards may pull people away from this relationship to the point of that culture being eroded, but maybe I'm worried about nothing. The Emperor's clothes will always go out of fashion some day. Click to expand... I don't think that surfing started as a counterculture. Yes, there were some counterculture personalities associated with it, but not as a whole. I started surfing at 12 years old and I was certainly not part of any counterculture at that age. I think some of that was created by Hollywood. Beach communities and the "surfing culture" are different because of their proximity to the ocean. It is natural for those communities to gravitate to ocean related events be it diving, surfing, sailing etc. It just comes with the territory. I lived in a beach community for over 55 years so I know the difference between that and the mountain community I live now, although there are some similarities in thought and attitude of both. During my grom period, I dealt with personalities like Con Colburn, Dewey Weber, Hap Jacobs, and Bing Copeland. I never for once thought of them as counterculture personalities. |