Waxing Nostalgic

I love my Yater Spoon.  It belonged to a very cool guy who passed away and I ended up with it.  I think most people recognize the board's name from Lt. Kilgore requesting his Yater Spoon in Apocalypse Now.  I would have liked some napalm when I surfed Cardiff tonight.  But only because the waves were micro and it was a really long wait in between sets.  And the water is back to freezing again.  And it was crowded.

This little kid, about ten, paddles out singing "Chantilly Lace" and is just kind of cracking me up.  I used to love that song when I was four; it was on a rockabilly tape my dad always played when he had to drive to an away basketball game, and he would take my sister and I along.  I have a really fond memory of not feeling well before one of the games, and the national anthem was about to start, so my dad was ignoring me.  I threw up all over the gymnasium floor while everyone watched and kind of saluted me. 

Anyfondmemoryway, I asked this kid how he knew that song.   He said he was watching The Buddy Holly Story with his dad, and his dad had been playing it after they watched the movie.  I wanted to tell him that I was his age when that movie came out, but then I remembered how much I hated people saying shit like that to me when I was little.  As if I cared about what happened in their childhood? 

The kid he asks me what I'm riding.  I told him it was a Yater.  He asked if it were a Spoon. I was like, "Uhm, yes, it is."  He said, "Yeah, Yater pretty much perfected that shape."  I told him he could try it out if he wanted, but he declined.  There were a lot of surfdads out, so I couldn't tell which one was his, but I really did enjoy this kid's moxie.   Kudos to his dad for getting his kid started on the classics.

Obviously I have nothing going on in my life right now.  I will update on GPG and lip glosses soon.  Here is a cute video for you to watch in the meantime.  (Had chewing gum just been invented?)  I think Justin Timberlake should cover this song.  Or Lil Wayne.