surfer dudes

steve waterman jan 6, 2000

imagine some surfer dudes
standing on the beach
and talking about the waves
one of them had a new board
and wanted to talk about his Ride

it sounded pretty good
so he wanted his buddies to try it out
so one at time
paddled out and caught a wave

then they would talk about their particular wave
and how it was a little tough to get used to
but most felt it had the potential for better Rides
new users of this board
got some tips from the those already having had their ride

after the last of their group had their chance to ride a wave
the guy who had come with the new board said
i have been using the board for a little while now
and i can show can you a couple of tricks

so, the dude paddled out
and attempted to do some kind of
weird spinning twisty thing
and he fell and they laughed

but they all wanted to have their own boards
and try it out on their own, in private
and they did, and several found new tricks themselves

and everyday, they would hang at the beach
talking about this wave and that wave
that all had collectively experienced
constantly recalling some of the best ones

and of course, by now
they all had cool names for their tricks
and could not wait to try some new one
even if they crashed and burned and took a face plant
we would all just laugh

and it gave us all a little courage
to try an even more difficult trick
they all had a pleasant meal on the beach later
and mused about some unique wave that had rolled in that day
and gabbed about how they had an idea for their boards

one young woman even wanted to try to make hers invisible
she belligerently brought her imaginary board to the beach one day
and we laughed,

she turned with a knowing smile
and picked up her board
being careful to grab it just right
and skipped into the shallow water at the edge of the beach

we waited there and watched
she paddled out to the wave by herself
stood up and caught the wave
and Rode it all the way in
to the point where we were standing

oh how we laughed
and some young children had observed her Ride too
they began to talk about making their own boards
then all the children started to laugh together


( added April 25, 2005)

later, a couple of lads from down under appear
one with a curvy wooden board which he calls root two
along with his newest fiber glass creation, this board he calls the generator
this beauty has flexible fins you could switch all around
it slices and dices through the Waves and gives such glorious rides

the other lads new vinyl board was known as great stella
it sparkled with perfect precision and was unequalled in duals
it magically morphed it did marvelous manifestations of composition
and was limitless in respect to how big a board could be

then one day, when the down under boys were just completing some runs
came a new fangled contraption named the applet made out of quilted fibers
it was a weird thing and looked like a camelion on the beach
now this puppy could replicate them other boards antics mostly
and could do all its vast repetoire within just one Wave

( written december 23, 2010 )

walter and andrew and some math guy got caught
coincidentally not able, to reposition their thought
one claimed that plan w was plan g
none transformed to coordinate a proper alignment with me

then there is a polyist named wendy
whose twelfty is totally trendy
her math skills are magnificently fine
yet she left my point, right off-line

magnus was quiet as a benedictine monk
last step was physical, needed to debunk
relatively speaking, I cannot say
mathematically speaking, words won't convey