(Moose teaching Spot how to ride the curl)
In order to distract Spot from his biggest rival, Kelly Slater, Moose's Mum (Oldfartsurfer No. 33), took spot on an expedition into the Rockies to toughen him up and prepare him for his big wave destiny.
(Spot sliding into some mountainous waves in the Rockies)
"I thought I could get him sliding into some mountain waves to get him acclimatised to the temperature before he hit the big liquid waves of the North Pacific" said Mouse's Mum. "We also thought we could distract him from chasing Moose during the day" she said. The distraction was only short lived, however, and Spot, with all the skill of an experienced hunter, managed to track down a real Moose. "A poor substitute for a killer whale" said Spot, "but it still gave me that buzz from the potential of losing a limb when I snowboarded between its legs".
(The real moose Spot tracked down in the Rockies)
The last reports of Spot, Moose's Mum and the Moose were that they were doing altitude training in board shorts and tee-shirts on the highest peaks of the Rockies. The Old Farts Surf Co. is sponsoring the training session by providing gingernut snap biscuits and good coffee.
3 comments:
For the record, there is no such thing as good coffee in North America - Spot
Hey Spot - ditto for their beer! But then coming from Tassie with such a wonderful brew we're spoilt.
Hex Mex, good to see that your writers block has finally cleared. I expect to see a backlog of stories flowing through. But you appear to have left several questions unanswered. What happened after day 5 in the 'Gatta? Is the Bobsled getting slotted? What is the Dude planning to build and ride this summer?
And then important issues to resolve such as:
does air time count as surfing?
will old farts ever embrace tow-in?
how can we build our own artifical reef?
will the banks at Clifton ever be as good as they were in '74?
cheers
Rouge
Rouge, so many questions and so few answers. Importantly did you see the show on Tassie beer hosted by Anderw Daddo last week. Just trying the Van Dieman Ragged Jack pale ale and its a very very fine drop.
We've had to ship coffee to Canada for Spots training but beer wasn't in the sponsorship agreement. Sorry Spot, perhaps if you get some death slab action shots we could send you a six pack.
The sixth and final day at the 'gatta will be posted post haste. Brief news just to hand - Bob got smashed while the Dude dominated on his new Firewire Dominator during its first sea trials last weekend. The old farts will take any advantage they can, even towing into crowded 2' Clifton or mowing them down on a SUP. There will be a working bee this Sunday to build an artifical reef at Goats beach - please bring own sand bags and shovel. The Oldfartsurfer was surfing Lake Eerie for most of 1974, but you must have been on some good stuff if you thought the banks at Clifton were good!
Stay Stoked
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