That's a fine shot of Bill Barber, flying his trademark Gorge Animal in a one-handed jump on some recent gnarly day. Worthy of a magazine cover, it turns out. CD had a copy of the magazine, which he showed me, promptly eliciting a WTF so puzzled was I by the title: Senior Source Book.
Beg your pardon? Was Bill jumping over a senior citizen? Perhaps the one-handed jump in order to carry an old ladies groceries through the shore break? I was confused. Bill is just a teense older than me...part of the "social security will run out of money before we get there" set. Lest there be any doubt I will refer you once again to the photo. Seniors jump the surf, sure, but they do it with two hands on the boom. It's a dignity thing.
I will not be offering to carry Mr. Barber's gear down to the water, nor attempting any other form of humor. I'm pretty sure I'm faster than Bill but at some point I'd need to return to the parking area, and then I'd be toast.
Nice photo, Bill!
(The Senior Source Book is an otherwise fine publication of the Times Review newspapers.)
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