Unfollowed.ĭo you mostly like the work of Newport’s ancient provocateur and think, gee whiz, it’d sure be nice to keep surfboard manufacturing as a local cottage industry and so forth, but regard Pete as a little out of tune on the anti-Asian thing? Your boards look good, but you just seem to be an angry old man who likes to show off (chainsaw shit), and stir the pot. gillespieboards Your shit “cool dude” spelling and continual putting shit on people is getting me down.Want to make a big impact? You start small and educate the surf shops that sells these junk. They are just doing what they contract to do by these mega surf corporation. Don’t attack the asians that doing all the manual labor. I get what you’re all about, but I think you are attacking the wrong group here my friend. I’m not mad about this post or offended whatsoever. Something I want to discuss with you in person on how we can help our friends and family in the surf industry. happybattlesurfco Would love to buy you some beers if you ever in San Diego.shoupacabra I like your anti-corporate screeds but fuck this shit – UNFOLLOWED.It follows a post loosed minutes before that says, “ask our foundin fathers wud day think of chinese junk?”Īll of which was a little too much, even for Schroff’s small, but mostly devoted followers: Yesterday, Schroff did a little “yellow-face” on Instagram alongside, “does our dollar ‘av dis face on it?” “As we march forward let’s keep our dignity in this battle for a Asian import free nation, there’s power in freedom of speech without stooping to the level of name calling or anger.”Ī post shared by Peter Schroff on at 5:59am PST Last year, Schroff filmed himself “performing and documenting the ritualized destruction of a Haydenshapes Hypto Krypto surfboard” at the Rockaway Beach Surf Club in New York, “in honor of those workers replaced by overseas labor.” He throws his online barbs, mostly, at the Australian surfboard company Hayden Shapes and the Kelly Slater-owned Firewire Surfboards (although he targets the company’s CEO Mark Price) and Slater Designs, all of whom manufacture the bulk of their surfboards in south-east Asia. Lately, Schroff, who is sixty three years old, has fashioned himself as the anti-imported surfboard and fiercely anti-Asian, provocateur. World famous kiteboarding competitions, summer concert series and surf movie premiers are just some of the events that fill our Cape Hatteras event schedule.Noted Newport shaper and designer says “fuck Asian imports”…Ĭalifornians of a certain age, that is, old, will remember ever so well the Newport shaper and designer Peter Schroff.Īt his mid-eighties peak he was making boards as Peter Schroff Designs as well as an “anti-surf” line, Schroff clothing, boards and t-shirts emblazoned in luminous pinks and patterned like happy tropical fish.These carefully chosen destinations are our top-picks for your next kite or surf adventure. REAL Pros have traveled all over the globe following wind, waves, and good times.Not many destinations in the world can match this. Beautiful sunrises and sunsets, both over the water. Our employees come from diverse backgrounds and bring a high level of professionalism and drive to the REAL team. Join our team and live in one of the best locations for wind and surf in the world.
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