But if you surf, you get inundated every year with images of surfing Santas. It's cute until you're into your 20's, then it's tedious stuff you're forced to smile at. One can only wonder about the d-bags who don Santa suits and paddle out for the cameras every year. Do they think it's original or funny...or even interesting? Don't they know this has been going on for at least 60 years?
It all started with relatively innocent Christmas cards, with a surfing Santa theme. Not bad, in retrospect...
Photo shopped Santas have been around since, well, the emergence of photo shopping. Of course, the waves shown would be outside the desired size and power range for a guy in a Santa suit! Imagine a two wave hold-down wearing a fake beard and a red flannel hat...
There there's the, "Let's get a big group of Santas together and go surfing!" crowd. Whatever they're drinkin', send me a case...
And what photog could resist the obligatory, "hot chick in a skimpy Santa suit at the beach" cliche'...
Somewhere back in the 80's, the "shaka" sign became a part of mainstream culture...so of course, it's now de rigueur with every friggin' Santa surfing image.
Then, just when we thought we'd hit rock bottom, up pops surfing Santa surf school teachers...
Of course, tangential water sports like SUPeeing and kite surfing are getting into the act...
And we can't end it without the annual, "Norad Santa Tracker finds Santa in the line-up" schtick !
3 comments:
A lot of research went into this post. ;^)
Merry Christmas, Paul! Thanks for all of the entertainment.
Hi Paul,
Merry Christmas from Northern NSW.
Cheers
Bretto
I was coming in from a crowded session at my formerly secret spot, fat, out of shape, with a edgeboard that was having control issues, and a old lady comes up to me and says, "even Santa, surfs".
I still don't know how to process this.
Merry Christmas, Guerdon
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