Dirty Old Wedge Page #2

- We kind of made this little

pact

and we were the new guys, the

young guys.

- 77, that summer was the

year I really got to know

those guys really well and we

started hanging out together

and, no not getting in trouble.

Well, not getting caught I

should say.

- For some reason, it

became a very large group

that would go there every day,

whether there were waves or not.

The group was very united

and I think that's why

it became the Wedge crew.

I don't know who coined the

phrase

but it kind of started

in that min 70's era

where I came in at.

(upbeat, rock music)

(waves crashing)

(upbeat, rock music)

- You could tell right

away who the players were

down at the Wedge and you

just knew to stay clear

and just stay low.

- The Wedge guys saw themselves

as kind of rebellious,

non-mainstream and they regaled

in that.

- They had a lot of

commaraderie.

They became the locals.

They kind of like were jerks to

people

who weren't from here.

- You had all the guys in the

group,

thought the exact same way.

This is our wave and nobody

else is gonna mess it up

for us.

- There's definitely a

local Wedge crew and--

- [Voiceover] They don't like

anybody invading their turf.

- They don't like (laughs).

- When I first

went there,

everybody was,

it was

aggressive.

I mean, everybody had

their f***ing balls

out.

- For the Wedge guys,

yeah it is a little bit

of a different story because

that wave isn't about just fun,

it's about pushing yourself to

your limit.

(upbeat, rock music)

- The body surfer Wedge guys

were like water polo lifeguard,

buff, stud dudes, you know.

So, they didn't take crap from

anybody.

- You'd get the standard

warning, you know?

If you were an idiot and

you cut you off or something

and they landed on you,

you'd say, listen man,

don't do that again.

And if they did it again, well,

sometimes we'd follow them on

the beach.

- [Voiceover] The Wedge crew.

- [Brunette] The Wedge crew.

- [Blonde] Yeah.

- [Voiceover] We're in the Wedge

pit.

- [Both] Yeah.

- [Voiceover] Are they gonna

kick our butts for being here?

- Ya know and it was funny

cause they came down in shorts

at first and then all of sudden

man,

they'd just bust into

Speedos and we're just all,

whoa, you know?

- When I first starting riding,

it was Speedos under the

trunks, get down to the water,

drop the trunks, ride in your

Speedos.

And then, eventually we said,

oh.

You know what, we're

the best guys down here.

We were here all the time

so why don't we just

wear 'em on the beach?

Because we didn't care.

We didn't care what anybody

thought of us.

- You know, it was their trip

and they made fun of themselves.

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