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45 Reasons Why You Should Never Go Surfing

Anyone who claims they actually like surfing is lying...

1) If anybody ever tells you that they like surfing, don’t listen to them

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2) Don’t believe their lies

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3) Surfing’s rubbish

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4) You have to battle past the crowds on the beach

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5)  Into icy cold water

Photo: Matt Carr

6) Which is full of filth and pollution

Filth – Photo: Rich Inpit

7) And the more-than-occasional dog turd

8) In the wind and rain

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9) Just to sit around waiting for a wave

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10) A wave that never comes

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11) And when it does it’s tiny

12) Or way too big

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13) If you do happen to find a few rideable sets, you’ll have to fight for them

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14) And everybody will hate you

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15) Because there are no friends in surfing

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16) Locals hate anybody from a different postcode

Photo: Matt Carr

17) The women are ugly

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18) And the men are worse

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19) Everybody’s much fitter than you

Jimbo Pellegrine is larger than life – Ashley Bickerton

20) The views are rubbish

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21) And completely devoid of culture

Ouakam, Senegal – Photo: Matt Carr

22) Once you’ve seen one wave, you’ve seen them all

Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania – Photo: adrenalineart.com

23)There’s only about 4 places to surf in the world

North East of England – Photo: Greg Martin

24) There are no role models in surfing

Mick Fanning along side teenage cancer patient Ben Beasley – Photo: Jared Williams

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25) And you can never make a career out of surfing

Kelly Slater, doin’ alright – Photo: Jason Alexander

26) It’s just for lazy bums

Gabrielle Reece and Laird Hamilton – Photo: espn

27) There’s no adventures to be had surfing

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28) No social scene

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29) No parties

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30) No festivals

Boardmasters – Photo: Fistralbeach Hotel

31) And competitions are always so far away from the public

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32) You can only surf for a few months during the summer

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33) You’re virtually forced to dress like an aquatic gimp

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34) If you don’t live near the ocean, don’t even bother

Photo: Stuart Kenny

35) There are absolutely no tricks in surfing

Zoltan The Magician kickflipping his board – Photo: YouTube

36) In short, surfing is rubbish

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37) It’s no fun at all

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38) It’s just silly, really

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39) And you’ll never be accepted

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40) Not that you’d want to

Photo: Ed Howell-Jones

41) It’s dull

Post-surf beer, anybody? – Photo: Callum Jelley

42) So if anybody tells you they like surfing

Photo: Ed Howell-Jones

43) They’re a liar

Photo: Luke Gartside

44) It’s just a group of people saying “dude” and “gnarly”

Young, dumb, and full of cum… – 20th Century Fox

45) Actually, that last one’s kinda true

Photo: Catherine Votovich

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