Kook Test

[Fish]

Actually the tail rail is pretty important and if you dont' have a board bag tail first can pick up some rock dings. I'd rather have a dinged nose than my tail.

[Doc]

I've dinged some tail over the years

Doc

[Fish]

Is that one of those references to what the kids are doing these days?

Those crazy kids.......LOL

[rveesurfdawg]

8. Do you paddle straight out at an obscure Oregon beach break and sit right next to the only other guy in the water?

Yes, but only when I see Doc sitting alone catching wave after wave and then look around and see 20 - 30 others with nothing in sight.

[garbagebagwillies]

*adapted from Surfer Mag's Wilbur Kookmeyer*

Kook: n. A rank beginner, novice, barney, dweeb, spaz, squid, pseudo surfer, poser, pretender, goon, etc.
"any surfer thought to be in violation of surfing's complex unwritten code of conduct"
The Encyclopedia of Surfing (matt Warshaw)

Are you one??? Take the difinitive test....

1. Do you use odd numbers, such as 7, 9, 11, or 13, when describing wave size?

No

2. Do you wear booties and a hood with a springsuit?

No

3.Do you wear your wetty to Arch Cape Market for beer?

No

4. Have you been fired from any job for being on OSP too much?

No

5. Do you get your only surf forcast from OSP?

Yes

6. Do you give a play-by-play description of your last wave to complete strangers at Shorties?

No

7. Do you get egoed out when you catch every wave on your 11-foot long 4-inch plank? (be honest)

Yes

8. Do you paddle straight out at an obscure Oregon beach break and sit right next to the only other guy in the water?

Yes

9. Have you ever said "dude", "gnarly", "rad", or "stoked" in the same sentence?

Maybe

10. Do you strap your board onto your car nose first wax up?

No

11. Do you practice your stance in front of a mirror?

No

12. Have you been in a Coast Guard helicopter?

I wish.

13. On average do you spend more time on OSP each week than you do in the water?

Yes

Ok, now count the number of questions that you answered yes to and take the poll.

[qball]

If I read the test correct, since even '0' yes's make you a poser, merely taking the test makes you a kook? oh well.

1. Do you use odd numbers, such as 7, 9, 11, or 13, when describing wave size?

I don't get it. I measure waves in body size, i.e. waist high, or in metres these days.

2. Do you wear booties and a hood with a springsuit?

Don't own a hood or a springsuit. 4'3 year round in Oregon and winter in NZ.

3.Do you wear your wetty to Arch Cape Market for beer?

Don't own a wetty.

4. Have you been fired from any job for being on OSP too much?

only been fired once, on Christmas Eve for stealing.

5. Do you get your only surf forcast from OSP?

buoyweather.com or surf2surf.com or surfco.com

6. Do you give a play-by-play description of your last wave to complete strangers at Shorties?

only my wife has to endure occasional play by play

7. Do you get egoed out when you catch every wave on your 11-foot long 4-inch plank? (be honest)

i get egoed out about my 11 inch plank.

8. Do you paddle straight out at an obscure Oregon beach break and sit right next to the only other guy in the water?

if I found the break, it couldn't have been that obscure

9. Have you ever said "dude", "gnarly", "rad", or "stoked" in the same sentence?

I've used Dude in the same sentence as lots of words, like 'put down the gun'; 'where are my pants'; and 'I didn't know she was married'

10. Do you strap your board onto your car nose first wax up?

fin first always.

11. Do you practice your stance in front of a mirror?

only when it's glassy out

12. Have you been in a Coast Guard helicopter?

does a Coast Guard pilot count?

13. On average do you spend more time on OSP each week than you do in the water?

At this point, I don't even visit the OSP as often as I surf.

[redliner]

Damn it! Back to the drawing board.....

[Bison]

You guys aren't taking the full test...

Still amazed that surfers don't pick up their dogs poop.

they aren't surfers...they're kooks

#14. Do you post responses to kook tests?

#15 Do you let your dog run free and poop while you are surfing and not check for land mines when you get out?


#16 do you sometimes spell your name wrong? (doc)

[Bison]

#18 Do the locals throw rocks at you?

[Sparky]

#18 Do the locals throw rocks at you?

Do not be discouraged.. did we get discouraged when Germany bombed pearl harbor.. NO.. we kicked some tail..

[Bison]

he's on a roll...

[Fish]

#18 Do the locals throw rocks at you?

Do not be discouraged.. did we get discouraged when Germany bombed pearl harbor.. NO.. we kicked some tail..

Uhmmm, I hope that you were quoting Animal House there Sparks! LOL

Neidemeyer! Dead!