Para quem não teve a oportunidade de ler, vale a pena: a matéria "California Underground" de autoria de Nick Carrol, irmão mais velho do Tom, na revista Surfing de maio, está demais.
O cara largou o inverno havaiano e até as ondas quentes de sua terra natal, a Austrália, para se aventurar durante 10 dias pelos picos mais casca-grossa (do ponto de vista do localismo) californiano, em pleno inverno, só para tirar a febre, ver se o localismo por lá é tudo o que dizem...
Abaixo, um trecho da matéria, onde ele explica as regras que criou para ele mesmo, para que a matéria tivesse credibilidade:
"I’ve set myself certain rules for this assignment. I’ve made these rules so as to keep myself in the realm of any other surfer who might want to wander the California coast and surf anywhere he chose.
- I’ve gotta go by myself, or with one other person, no more, no photography.
- I can’t draw on any friendly local resources beforehand – pulling some sort of weight through connections would distort the circumstances too much.
- I’ve got to approach the sessions the way I would at any unfamiliar break, given many years of surfing experience – give other surfers plenty of room, but don’t betray your own right to figure out the break and ride the waves that come your way.
- I don’t have to offer any information about what I’m doing, but I do have to answer people’s questions if asked.
- I can ask non-local friends for information on the spot, and use other publicly available information – online, books etc.
- I can’t retaliate with violence of any kind, and will only report incidents to the cops if they involve serious or permanent damage to limb or possessions.
I truly hope I don’t have to call the cops."
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