Pumping energetically for speed on the flats Wearing a leash all the way back to the car park Īttempting to throw an aerial in the whitewash
Letting go of the board in front of whitewater Ignoring channels and charging through breaking whitewater Showcasing original traction pad placements
DEFINE POSER PRO
Rehearsing pro surfing maneuvers on the beach Īdopting an extremely low stance in the whitewater Wearing boardshorts under and over a wetsuit Wearing helmets on a one-foot summer day Performing strange and innovative pre-surf warm-up exercises Īsking someone to take your photo with a flat ocean in the back Riding a wave until fins are buried in the sand Paddling with the nose of the board pointing to the sky ĭisplaying multiple surf stickers on the surfboard Take a look at the most comprehensive list of kook actions and behaviors, and make sure you avoid them at all costs: You can usually spot a surf poser by the clothes and apparel he/she wears, the bold behavior on the beach, and rude attitude towards other fellow surfers, or the way a wannabe surfer enters the water. Kooks are careless, odd, exotic, and ridiculous. So, what is a kook? A kook is a pre-beginner surfer, an aspiring wave rider, a nerd, or someone who tries - and fails - to mimic the surfing lifestyle. If a pro surfer claims a last-minute wave when he needs a score from the judging panel, he will be called a kook.
DEFINE POSER HOW TO
That's life no worries.īut if a weekend warrior who knows how to ride a wave paddles out wearing a Fedora hat, he will be named kook of the day. You're "allowed" to make mistakes and wipe out. A novice surfer doesn't necessarily need to live through the kook phase. However, kookiness has nothing to do with learning how to surf. Surf kooks are everywhere - carrying surfboards inside the mall, exercising muscles on the boardwalk, and driving the highway with the board through the side of a car. And someone who pretends to be a surfer will certainly be called a kook. drawing parallel, the congress leader said in his eyes those who attacked the j&k assembly or the parliament house were a terrorist, just like every individual who violated the supreme court's directives.What is a kook? What should you do to avoid being called a kook? Here's a to-don't list for those who want to look cool. he added that revolutionaries of 1857 mutiny had been dubbed as terrorists and rebels by the british. he said the country, and particularly the muslims, would not accept terrorism as defined by the us or the uk and which the central government had readily accepted. "under the bjp rule, kidnapping has assumed the status of an industry, communal harmony has come to an end and people are living under the reign of terror," he said, asking prime minister vajpayee in the same vein to define terrorism. addressing a press conference, azmi, who resigned from the party to join the congress early this month, hit out at the bjp for tearing apart the social and cultural fabric of the state. Lucknow: castigating the rajnath singh government for reducing up assembly to the status of a super market, where every ally leader was engaged in the task of bargaining, the former janta dal (secular) mp obaidullah azmi has asked prime minister vajpayee to define terrorism.