Stoke is the experience of dynamic, dynamite-like movement and of standstill shock, at one and the same time. Mystics would say this is an experience of eternity—eternity merely unending time, nor the mere absence of time, but the presence of all time at one present moment. I think this explains the deep happiness that both [...]
June 4, 2010 | Posted in
Surfer's Log |
Read More »
The recent 10 to 16 foot waves that pounded Maine’s coastline as a result of category 1 Hurricane Bill seemed to serve as a beacon to surfers from all over the Eastern seaboard. Although there were unfortunate casualties that resulted from nature’s romp through the east coast, it seems that the old addage that a [...]
April 2, 2010 | Posted in
Surfer's Log |
Read More »
Ancillary Stoke: Condition bestowed upon an onlooker or crowd as a surfer pulls off a radical or insane maneuver.
January 3, 2010 | Posted in
Mini-Posts |
Read More »
