Tag: Big Surfing
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surfing 2.0: fetishism and spectacle
One of the most compelling traits of consumerist culture is the constant message of “never enough.” You can never have too much… S/he with the most toys wins… You can never be too successful… You can never have too many trophies… too much money… too many friends on Facebook/Twitter… etc. This is the fall-out of…
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Gone, The Deviants*
Once, surfing was a haven for those dismissed by society-at-large, shunned or otherwise despised by a protestant-work-ethic-entrenched culture and beloved from within surf culture, as deviants. The July 2011 issue of Surfing World from Australia, which focused on misfits, oddballs and eccentrics in the surfing world, asks: “Surfing has traditionally been the great refuge of…
