Matt Warshaw on Clay Marzo

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stunet started the topic in Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014 at 8:58am

Matt Warshaw waxes lyrical in this sympathetic piece on Asperger's sufferer, Clay Marzo. Warshaw's blog entries are consistently good but this one realy chimes.

http://encyclopediaofsurfing.com/eos-blog/marzo/

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stunet Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014 at 8:59am

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freeride76 Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014 at 9:15am

75 large for living in Kalbarri and surfing Jakes all year.

I'm not feeling too sorry for him.

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crustt Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014 at 9:43am

My Mates kids surf with hm a bit, took them months for him to say anything and then could not shut him up at times

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stunet Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014 at 9:44am

freeride76 wrote:

75 large for living in Kalbarri and surfing Jakes all year. I'm not feeling too sorry for him.

Bit harsh. Can't say I'd swap positions with him.

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memlasurf Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014 at 10:20am
crustt wrote:

My Mates kids surf with hm a bit, took them months for him to say anything and then could not shut him up at times

That is interesting. He obviously got comfortable with them then the dam burst open. Great that he can socialise once he is over the hurdle. Freakish surfing and wasn't aware he was living in WA I always though he lived in Hawaii on Kaui. I remember watching him in a contest a few years ago it was really sad. They kid was completely freaked out and looked terrified.

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salt Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014 at 10:21am

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."

Henry David Thoreau

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zenagain Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014 at 10:23am

My nephew (and also God son) has Aspergers. We knew he was always different watching him grow up. As a baby we thought he might have been deaf as he was totally oblivious to all around him. Growing up, small things like the inability to ride in a car with the window down and a total indifference to animals. It's like the family dogs and cat didn't exist. To this day, routine and order are top priority. On the flipside, he's brilliant at maths and music, he plays Cello and loves computers. He was recently awarded an ongoing paid traineeship developing gaming software. Hundreds applied and did the test and he was the only schoolkid that got in. Maybe they liked the difference in which his brain processed problems. Not a bad little earner for a kid in grade 10 as opposed to stocking supermarket shelves.

He's a funny young fella, looks like any normal 15 year old with the exception that he's 6'7" (no shit- he's like a telegraph pole).

Love Marzo's surfing and the different approach he brings to attacking a wave.

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caml Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014 at 12:01pm

Quiks dropped lots of surfers not just marzo . He still travels , & part time w.a & maui

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mundies Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014 at 9:45pm

Salt - I love a good quote when its in the pocket. Well played.

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freeride76 Wednesday, 12 Nov 2014 at 8:09am
stunet wrote:

freeride76 wrote:

75 large for living in Kalbarri and surfing Jakes all year. I'm not feeling too sorry for him.

Bit harsh. Can't say I'd swap positions with him.

It did sound harsh. Didn;t mean to make light of the aspergers. I was under the impression he'd lost all his sponnos and was picking up glasses at the Pub.
75K is still a handy living from going surfing.

In my books he deserves every penny.

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udo Wednesday, 12 Nov 2014 at 8:27am

Would that be 75K in U.S. dollars ?