I really try not to flap too much on here. I like to keep it simple with photos and some video etc. However, I had a great surf the other night and it got my brain thinking.
Before I paddled out I had been watching some innersection video parts, and my whole thought for the session was to only do grabs with my front hand no matter which rail, frontside or backside. Long story short, I wound up falling on a couple airs that I would consider gimmie airs and had to do a few 50 meter freestyles to the beach and retrieve my board. And on those swims all I could think of was “damn, the kids now a days make all these different grabs look so easy. Am I really this old school?!!”.
So today I thought of some good facts that indicate that you are probably(and by probably, I mean definitely) OLD SCHOOL, but I wanted to check with the kids. And conveniently today when I was sitting at rusty some of the groms came in. Not only did Michael and Joel help verify some of my ideas, but they also helped me think of some other key facts. Here is what I came up with.

You ARE old school if:
-You’ve owned surf videos on VHS

-If you’ve owned a leash that wasn’t double swivel.

-No one under the age of 40 has complimented your surfing in years.

-You’ve ever purchased a Sunny Garcia pro model anything.

-You’ve owned a traction pad made by Trac-top.

-If you’ve still never tried a removable fin system.

-If you still use original formula mr. Zogs sex wax.

-If you enjoy the soundtracks to movies such as Focus or What’s really going on.

-If you have a “pray for surf” or “one god, one country, one fin” sticker on your car.

-If you’ve ever called 976-SURF for a surf report.

I hope you’ve at least laughed at a few of these. And please leave comments with other dead giveaways that somebody is “OLD SCHOOL”. I have to approve the comments so don’t worry if it doesn’t show up right away. I’ll approve all the worthy ones so everyone can see.