kook
Timeless derogatory surfing term, generally applied to rank beginners, but also used for any surfer thought to be in violation of surfing's complex unwritten code of conduct; a world champion paddling out to a surf break for the first time and dropping in on a local, for example, would be shouted down as a "kook." The word "kook" is not a surfy adaptation of "cuckoo" or "kooky," but a play on the...
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The Cardiff KookSubscribe to view
Malibu kooks, 2020Subscribe to view
1971 surfer with kook cordSubscribe to view
William KookmeyerSubscribe to view
San Onofre, 1939. Kukae Canyon in the background.Subscribe to view
1940s surfer on a hollow kookboxSubscribe to view
The Cardiff Kook
Malibu kooks, 2020
1971 surfer with kook cord
William Kookmeyer
San Onofre, 1939. Kukae Canyon in the background.
1940s surfer on a hollow kookbox