Monthly Archives: July 2008

A brief notice…

…third generation blogger Mr Papersurfer Junior has managed to prise himself away from the skate park for a few moments to release the fifth episode in the imaginatively titled, classic blog series ‘Papersurfer Junior‘. You should go read it before it sells out… I didn’t surf today. Next week…

The view from my desk…

…well before my dearest Papa (the Old Git) says ‘actually I think you’ll find that’s my desk’ the statement was rhetorical (and I think you’ll find that everything belongs to mum btw if you check the small print on the prenup). Anyway the point being, if there was going to be one at all (which [...]

Somethings been bugging me…

…how exactly do flies ‘land’ on ceilings? Do they buzz in a parallel path then barrel roll and swiftly deploy their jam-covered suckery feet? Or… do they come in at a slight angle upwards outstretch feet #1 and #2 (full sucker power at ready), attach both then swing their shiny black arse skyward….? Or… do [...]

The road to Tofino…

…there are a few indescribably special places on the planet where human beings have had such little effect on the environment that the overwhelming sense of natural beauty and ancient serenity leave you almost breathless. The west coast of Vancouver Island is one such place; virgin rainforest clinging to broken cliffs that fall into the [...]

A briefly possible conversation…

Tuesday morning, after a near perfect head-high glassy session on the Oregon coast… Gerry Lopez: Hey hunnybunny – you’ll never guess who I surfed with today… Wife of Gerry Lopez: …I don’t know sugar-britches – who was that…? GL: Just the one and only Penfold – from Surfugal… WOGL: You’re shittin’me! Holy cow… GL: God’s [...]

Canoodling all over the world…

…it’s a tough job – but somebody has to do it – Ireland, England, Surfugal, Sri Lanka, Canadialand and now the Good Ol’ United States of America. All recent venues for the ongoing chronicles of Tango and Penfold. We’ve just returned from Oregon after a long weekend sampling the delights of the beautiful Pacific Coast [...]