The most dangerous part of being at the beach is not the ocean current or even sharks. It’s the possibility of getting hit by a 43 mph diving kite. I’ve noticed there are no permits required to send thin plastic rods 150 feet into the sky above a crowd of people. Who are laying down. With their eyes closed. Let’s face it. No one has ever reeled in a kite. Have you ever even seen one that wasn’t brand new or broken?
It’s as rare as a shark attack, but don’t be the next person to wake up from your beach nap covered in a plastic kitty cat graphic flapping on the end of a rod – that is stuck in your eye.
Secondly,
Would you run as fast as you can and leap onto an ice-skating rink? Then why would you go skimboarding? I truly don’t understand the payoff of this sport. Let’s say you can run fast enough (without stepping on a shell, a sandcastle, or a small child), AND you release the board just right so that it doesn’t catch wind and fly straight back into your chest, AND you jump onto the board without hitting sand and diving headfirst into 1 inch of fleeting ocean tide, AND your feet don’t slip out from under you leaving you paralized from the waist down. If you can accomplish this, then, Congratulations! You will immediately be rewarded with 3 seconds of stand-sliding fun. I hope it was worth it.
07/24/2009
Seriously