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Thursday, December 15, 2011

GrumpTard

Many do not know what a "GrumpTard" is. Please... let me explain. You see, at nearly all highly coveted surf spots there are older men who have devoted much of their lives to that specific break. Most of these men grew up surfing the spot in the 70's, 80's, and 90's. Up until the early 90's, violence and a smaller surf population kept these special breaks from getting too crowded. In turn, these "GrumpTards" were just normal human beings privy to uncrowded good waves. Somewhere through their decades of surf experience though, this privy transformed to entitlement. Rather than being fortunate to surf good empty waves and viewing it as a blessing, they now deserved them. It's the result of this transformation that creates the dubious "Grumptards."

The reason I bring this up is because I believe i have discovered an odd new species of Grumptard; the likes of which few have even heard of. Most Grumptards are hostile to visiters that are not locals. They establish the rules which outsiders are supposed to follow and if a visitor breaks those rules they get dealt with. This is standard GrumpTard practice. 

The Grumptard which I have discovered does not follow this practice. Instead he targets people like himself who have devoted and sacrificed much to learn the spot. This author does not know if the Grumptard regrets the choices made during his own life and is trying to discouraging others from making the same mistakes. This author finds the Grumptards methods otherwise impractical and ineffective in increasing his wave count. Regardless, it is my duty to spread awareness.

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