History / Memories of the erBB

[donuts]

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i think the above image is a norman mingo rendition, which is what most art students and laymen seem to prefer... the earlier kelly freas pieces are my favorites though, i feel they expose a more complex a.e.n. inner psychology....

for black and white versions, wallace wood could not be topped. he could usually be counted on to imbue alfred with a touch of sinister retard menace, similar to some of the writing that shows up regularly in our politics forum...

your thoughts?

 

[jkb]

I remember laughing my ass off on the Technoviking thread

 

[sponge]

Technoviking! Classic!

Reminded me of this one: Hitler's Surf Trip Ruined

 

[r32]

Damn, I had forgotten about Technoviking. That was an epic moment in history which may never be matched again in our lifetime.

 

[Subway]

yeah Technoviking was literally right when i was first exploring and trying to "figure out" what this place was. Great intro to the erBB lol

 

[PPK96754]

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You're a great Host, Joe. T'was fun staying at BR's and driving over to see your sweet home.

 

[jkb]

Drad's #1 Thread was pretty epic! That might have been over in the design forum though.

 

[PPK96754]

"Is the name of my new band"

 

[crustBrother]

"Is the name of my new band"

Saw this on the ho chi minh last week... Pretty sure its been discussed here before...

 

[James -Bummer Jim-Devlin]

tippy=toppers=MF'ers

 

[One-Off]

I remember laughing my ass off on the Technoviking thread

???

Does Technoviking wear eye shadow? Is that something we should be doing?

 

[jkb]

???

Does Technoviking wear eye shadow? Is that something we should be doing?

Do not question Technoviking.

 

[Iceman]

I met Knice once.

Also met James-bummer-jim when he was in town a long time ago.

Q_Surf is the man. I was on a solo roadtrip up north about 10 years ago and met up with him and Lina. Camped out, scored some fun waves, they fed me. He's helped me out with some awesome snowboard equipment advice since.

 

[James -Bummer Jim-Devlin]

We're not quite at the death knell just yet, but it is always nice to reflect back on the stories, the people, and the events that made/make this place so special. Let's take a walk down memory lane, and continue to make new memories.

Before it was the Surfer.com Forum there was the Surfermag.com Monster Bulletin Board (hence erBB). The earliest board entry I could find was in 1996.

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Here's a capture of it from 1998:

SURFER Bulletin Board

needs to

 

[SurfFuerteventura]

Remember when everyone freaked out cause it was the "eve of the erBB"?

How'd that work out? ..

 

[ghost_of_lewis_samuels]

Remember when everyone freaked out cause it was the "eve of the erBB"?

How'd that work out? ..

LOL - yeah, wasn't this site taken offline months ago?

Seems like they just kicked @Bohter out and left the rest of the site intact

 

[hammies]

LOL - yeah, wasn't this site taken offline months ago?

Seems like they just kicked @Bohter out and left the rest of the site intact

Yeah, what ever happened to that guy? Did he fall off the edge of the Earth or what?

 

[stringcheese]

Remember when everyone freaked out cause it was the "eve of the erBB"?

How'd that work out? ..

One day, we're going to try to log in here and get 404 or some other error. It will be a sad day, with a lot of texting "what now?"

 

[sponge]

Remember when everyone freaked out cause it was the "eve of the erBB"?

How'd that work out? ..

That'd be me. Took it as an opportunity to relive the good and bad times of this forum. Glad I was wrong.

In the meantime, RIP these mags/sites and their respective social platforms: surfingthemag.com, transworldsurf.com, swell.com, bluetorch.com, hardcloud.com,...

 

[LipService]

Was there a er-mag dial-up BB in the 80's? I'm trying to remember.

Some of you youngsters maybe don't know this, but your computer modem needed to phone a bulletin board in order to get "on line".