You really seem like a happy dude, Brad. Via the transitive property of stoke, your videos always put me in a more relaxed mood and may even make me a nicer person for the day. Thanks for the great vibes!
Not bad, if anyone is watching this though for tips on how not to be a kook. They forgot to mention what makes a kook a kook and that’s burning people! Also don’t paddle up the peak, ideally find a riptide, or paddle out between peaks, to do your best to avoid getting in other peoples way. If you can do that then you are not a kook 👍👍
Just now learning to surf at 55, I am a total rookie. Thanks for all the tips. In the intro, Chris shows how to be a Barney and totally reminds me of Barney Rubble. Classic! 🤙
Hey, Ben Gravy should take some notes from the first tip. Just kidding, it is kind of funny how he wears his board shorts over his wetsuit though. Also, one time when I was in South Dakota, we were walking around downtown Keystone (I think) and there was this guy walking around with his board shots over a wetsuit (what ocean is he going to swim in??) my dad thought it was so funny he took a photo and the guy was looking right at him. 🤣
I'm happily the kook board renter for now, I moved right by the beach so I'm kinda obliged to be a kook future surfer lol. I got up for about 5 seconds in my first hour session. That 9 foot soft top is just too much, tired me out on the walk to the beach.
I saw a dude at Manly beach, Sydney, Australia.. With a Big wave gun, flippers, and an American football helmet with cage, he used the gun as a boogie board, didn't ruin my surf, was stoked that the old guy was going for it..
Well with a single board on a rack nose forward is more aerodynamic and no it won't slide backward unless you forget to strap it down. With anything but 50/50 rails, wax toward you is easier to get a grip especially with wider boards. In the early 60's everyone used to sit outside and chat but that was before the age of social media where you don't actually talk face to face. In the age of multicolored hair & piercings of everything (some visible some not) does anyone really care what you look like? I know, I know it's all in fun! Like others have mentioned though the best surfer in the water is the one having the most fun! Stay stoked!
At Porto everyone pulls up right next to you. Love this spot, but that one thing is so annoying! Even in the rare moments when it's not crowded, you have a little peak to yourself, a surfer will paddle right next to you! I usually casually paddle away, sometimes they follow 😳 it's getting crowded like the 405 out there!
Yes crowded, but also I've noticed how they follow me, stick like glue. Rule of thumb, don't paddle out and sit right next to somebody. What happened to social distancing 6 feet apart? Pretend there's viruses out there!
Really like your videos. Fun, interesting and informative.. and a casual mix of the order in which it comes. Yeah... think i will buy myself a pink wet suit, with flashy white letters reading KOOK... If i'm being yelled at at least they can see i was anticipating their criticism....
proper way to carry your board is wax TOWARDS you but hold the lower rail away from you a little and whichever end is forward stick it down almost touching the ground so the back sticks up. That's how I've done it for years so that means it's the right way.
If you are carrying a mid-length and up to a longboard, especially with single-fins, always carry the board with fins forward and turned to your body, with a 9'0 you completely loose awareness of where the tail is and it's really easy to hurt someone or even worse, ruin your beautiful handmade board with a glassed on fin 😂
In Va. Beach even the locals can kook it up. Gotta admit to mixing up left and right fins and surfed three different days frustrated as hell because my board sucked hahaha. I had another board with me, but a 5’4 twin fin wasn’t the best choice, sometimes we get barrels in VB.
i wear a swim short over my wetsuit , but its not for surfing , i do it because i go and come back from the beach on my bike and i hate when the neoprene is rubbing on my saddle . the short doesnt shaff , dry quickly and give extra pockets
I'm from Oklahoma originally but when I finally did make the move to come a surfer it was pretty easy to figure this stuff out. Dress code rules what to look out for I mean a lot of it was just common sense. But I was vert skater before I was a surfer and I think that's why I picked it up so fast.
I want to learn how to surf..but a little turned off by what I see by local surfers. They want to fight anyone who gets in their way or flip off people. I mountain bike, snow board, climb etc and have never had anyone want to fight on the mt bike trails for getting in the way. Are most vet surfers this immature or toxic? Or is it just the culture to fight like in hockey?
Surfing gives you a very short span of time actually surfing on a wave. In a few hours you will probably only have a few minutes total of actually being on a wave. So when somebody messes a good wave up for you it is very easy to get mad. The other sports you mention you get much more time doing what you went out to do. Snowboarding for example you could have a couple hours in a day actually snowboarding so if someone gets in your way it doesn’t matter as much since you can carry on where you left off.
Not most, but many. I almost always find uncrowned spots, but some days it’s unavoidable. Once you are better than the average surfer, you will get a bit more respect, but you will still encounter some dicks.
@@AIstudio4 edit: sorry nick I didn’t mean to direct the comment to you. Sorry about that. Original comment: Try to find a different spot. Some spots the guys take it more serious, they don’t have patience for people learning. They probably grew up there but had to learn at a lesser wave and had to work up to main break. At least, that’s how it was where I grew up. So, that’s the mindset. It might seem ridiculous to outsiders but to them it’s not. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, just letting you know where it comes from.
None of this even matters as long as your having fun and not hurting anyone 🤙🏻
It’s for insecure men who are worried what others think about them 🤙🤙
Padding matters, the ditching of Boards matter, and being too close to people in the line up matters
Lol, actually a lot of it matters especially when it comes to safety.
The most important part of your surfing is your style.
You really seem like a happy dude, Brad. Via the transitive property of stoke, your videos always put me in a more relaxed mood and may even make me a nicer person for the day. Thanks for the great vibes!
Thanks Nick! Stoked on the nice comment.
Not bad, if anyone is watching this though for tips on how not to be a kook. They forgot to mention what makes a kook a kook and that’s burning people! Also don’t paddle up the peak, ideally find a riptide, or paddle out between peaks, to do your best to avoid getting in other peoples way. If you can do that then you are not a kook 👍👍
If you show up with a pink Disney princess scooter you get mad respect.
Just now learning to surf at 55, I am a total rookie. Thanks for all the tips. In the intro, Chris shows how to be a Barney and totally reminds me of Barney Rubble. Classic! 🤙
Hey, Ben Gravy should take some notes from the first tip. Just kidding, it is kind of funny how he wears his board shorts over his wetsuit though. Also, one time when I was in South Dakota, we were walking around downtown Keystone (I think) and there was this guy walking around with his board shots over a wetsuit (what ocean is he going to swim in??) my dad thought it was so funny he took a photo and the guy was looking right at him. 🤣
That dude is a kook, trust me! I’ve been out with that dude many times back east and he’s a tool
Even among surfers (maybe especially) you have the fashion police.
I'm happily the kook board renter for now, I moved right by the beach so I'm kinda obliged to be a kook future surfer lol. I got up for about 5 seconds in my first hour session. That 9 foot soft top is just too much, tired me out on the walk to the beach.
Dude this was awesome 😂one more thing to add with the fin setup. If you have a board that can be a thruster or a quad, don't put all 5 fins in at once
Thanks!
Dude but all 5 fins is shredding hard! 😜
Does Kelly Slaters 5 fin count as being a Kook?
Love it!
I do always carry boars with fins facing forwards just so I never knock them. Broken one too many fin box to learn that lesson!
this
Kook for life 🤣🤙🤙🤘🤘
We all kinda are.
@@BradJacobson I was speaking for myself .. I live as a kook for life BRAD. it wasn't meant for you.a little I tease them a little I am
I saw a dude at Manly beach, Sydney, Australia.. With a Big wave gun, flippers, and an American football helmet with cage, he used the gun as a boogie board, didn't ruin my surf, was stoked that the old guy was going for it..
That sounds amazing! I'd love to see it. Maybe he can come to the states.
@@BradJacobson if i see him again you'll be the first to know! keep up the great work!
Chris is too funny. Had me rolling around laughing.
I laughed pretty much the entire time we filmed.
Well with a single board on a rack nose forward is more aerodynamic and no it won't slide backward unless you forget to strap it down. With anything but 50/50 rails, wax toward you is easier to get a grip especially with wider boards. In the early 60's everyone used to sit outside and chat but that was before the age of social media where you don't actually talk face to face. In the age of multicolored hair & piercings of everything (some visible some not) does anyone really care what you look like? I know, I know it's all in fun! Like others have mentioned though the best surfer in the water is the one having the most fun! Stay stoked!
Lol 😂 I never heard of the goggles and the swim hat
Hahaha, it happens.
Kooking 101, these are hard core, never even heard of some of these. 😂😂😂
Wow this is gnar brah. What a bonzer vid. Y'alls some sweet bros. How do I carry board on my slingshot?
At Porto everyone pulls up right next to you. Love this spot, but that one thing is so annoying! Even in the rare moments when it's not crowded, you have a little peak to yourself, a surfer will paddle right next to you! I usually casually paddle away, sometimes they follow 😳 it's getting crowded like the 405 out there!
Yes crowded, but also I've noticed how they follow me, stick like glue. Rule of thumb, don't paddle out and sit right next to somebody. What happened to social distancing 6 feet apart? Pretend there's viruses out there!
@@vickryan exactly! 6 ft apart minimum
Really like your videos. Fun, interesting and informative.. and a casual mix of the order in which it comes.
Yeah... think i will buy myself a pink wet suit, with flashy white letters reading KOOK...
If i'm being yelled at at least they can see i was anticipating their criticism....
I carry my board fins forward cuz I walk through crowds on my way to the beach, and want to know where my fins are so I don't run them into anyone.
proper way to carry your board is wax TOWARDS you but hold the lower rail away from you a little and whichever end is forward stick it down almost touching the ground so the back sticks up. That's how I've done it for years so that means it's the right way.
If you are carrying a mid-length and up to a longboard, especially with single-fins, always carry the board with fins forward and turned to your body, with a 9'0 you completely loose awareness of where the tail is and it's really easy to hurt someone or even worse, ruin your beautiful handmade board with a glassed on fin 😂
Haha, I laughed out loud a few times during this.
It was a blast to film.
Dude my beach in nj is literally all these descriptions the tourist learning to surf is free humor 🤣
In Va. Beach even the locals can kook it up. Gotta admit to mixing up left and right fins and surfed three different days frustrated as hell because my board sucked hahaha. I had another board with me, but a 5’4 twin fin wasn’t the best choice, sometimes we get barrels in VB.
I carry my boards fins to the front so when i drop it, i just damage the nose and not the tail which is more important.
i wear a swim short over my wetsuit , but its not for surfing , i do it because i go and come back from the beach on my bike and i hate when the neoprene is rubbing on my saddle . the short doesnt shaff , dry quickly and give extra pockets
Try putting a plastic bag on your seat. The neoprene will slide easily on the plastic.
Dude board shorts over the wet suit advantage you can carry wax extra sun block and what ever else you can fit in your pockets lol
Good points! hahahahaha
💯👏 Practical Kooks 1 vs Judgmental Pros 0
What if you have to protect your head from sun exposure, what would you wear to avoid skin cancer?
Good point.
Yeah you're right I guess you better stay home
Bro, you can wear goggles, a swimmers cap, trunks over your swimsuit and swim fans with a foamy, if you go out and shred you will get mad respect
O I will be saying it alright. Nike swim caps only because it's cooler, right? This backzip is now a chest zip, thanks for the tips B man!
It’s funny that the title of this is to not look like a kook and the two dudes talking look like the biggest kooks to me 😂😂
Never saw a kook with shorts over the neoprene suit, only local legends.
Bruh I'm literally the ultra kook!!!
Great video, thanks guys!
I'm from Oklahoma originally but when I finally did make the move to come a surfer it was pretty easy to figure this stuff out. Dress code rules what to look out for I mean a lot of it was just common sense.
But I was vert skater before I was a surfer and I think that's why I picked it up so fast.
Purpus pulled off the board shorts over the wetsuit for years. #katin
Hey WELLSY..let KOOKS be....we ALL need entertainment....
I want to write kook on my board heard surfers like to get down and my family being from Logan I look forward to it.
Very funny but . Greatings, from Lima (Perú).
Wavestorm ?
Plastic bag on foot for ease of wet suit slip on is gold.
Never wear goggles, right Gerry Lopez?
Because Vince Moaloka is a kook!
Just kidding Gerry.
As long as u doing those cuts or offthelip doesn't matter how u look
Oh don't you worry shredders ,I'll let you know
I ditch my board all the time bro, fight me
Great video
living in NY, I see this shit all the time
Hey buddies, how are you doing?
Wow I find this video controversial like what if I wanna take my surf board on my daughter’s pink scooter?
An other thing is to be walking with your surf Board and drag the leash
I actually use prescription goggles for body boarding. Kook 4life😆😂😭🤡😜
There’s obviously exceptions. You know this.
I saw a Procter
3:30 lol
Bro you missed the kookiest move ever, snaking
Good point.
If you had to watch this, too late ...
Kooks make for a funny day at the beach, unless you get smashed my a board.
Is it really true that the chicks are always looking for the guy with the nicest woodie?
I want to learn how to surf..but a little turned off by what I see by local surfers. They want to fight anyone who gets in their way or flip off people. I mountain bike, snow board, climb etc and have never had anyone want to fight on the mt bike trails for getting in the way. Are most vet surfers this immature or toxic? Or is it just the culture to fight like in hockey?
Surfing gives you a very short span of time actually surfing on a wave. In a few hours you will probably only have a few minutes total of actually being on a wave. So when somebody messes a good wave up for you it is very easy to get mad. The other sports you mention you get much more time doing what you went out to do. Snowboarding for example you could have a couple hours in a day actually snowboarding so if someone gets in your way it doesn’t matter as much since you can carry on where you left off.
Not most, but many. I almost always find uncrowned spots, but some days it’s unavoidable. Once you are better than the average surfer, you will get a bit more respect, but you will still encounter some dicks.
@@AIstudio4 edit: sorry nick I didn’t mean to direct the comment to you. Sorry about that.
Original comment:
Try to find a different spot. Some spots the guys take it more serious, they don’t have patience for people learning. They probably grew up there but had to learn at a lesser wave and had to work up to main break. At least, that’s how it was where I grew up. So, that’s the mindset. It might seem ridiculous to outsiders but to them it’s not. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, just letting you know where it comes from.
Everyone starts somewhere and everyone was a kook at some point chill out people take shit to serious
That’s what I look like
HEY KOOK.....SPLIT....
NYC hotspot of kooooks
jaden castellon could really use some of these tips
let him kook
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
dammn logan paul got old dude!
TBH just by looks, both u guys qualify as kooks
Bro if you're a surf instructor, you're a kook!
ok ... I guess you gotta have a stinker once in a while. Stick to the other stuff, just my opinion.
REAL surfers WILL NOT watch ultimate surfer.....BAN PEDO WOOD ....Save surfings SOUL.....
Brad don’t surf
Brad did surf but unfortunately a neck injury keeps me out of the water. I still surf occasionally but pay for it with a week of neck pain.