Gnarly, Hardcore Christians
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Is Jesus your moondoggie or hodaddy?
Christian surfers are amped about their bitchin' messiah, the Lord. After all Hell is such a bummer.
There's even a Surfer's Bible:Inside, before Matthew I, is a smart cartoon, "The Parable of the Four Grommets," in which "Once upon a solid 10-foot swell a surfer traveling through Indo came across an ancient fishing village sitting in the wickedest right and left hander known to Surfkind.
Recently they appeared at the Christian Summer Surf Festival:
"Not to sound like a tree-hugging hippie, we're just lifting them up," said Keith Gallo, considered the most hard-core surfer of the group. "We want them to see Christians that are gnarly and hard-core."