#shred the gnar

[original-collections]

(via Grim Reaper Born To Skate Force To Work Magnet by TonySpencer)

[dalcosaurus]

[gavamont]

A wizard that uses his surfboard as a surface for magical sigils.

He’s surfing the seas and he’s cutting the waves

He’s writing out formulae of great import

Shredding that gnar is what he craves

And his sigils heighten the joy of the sport

One to repel sharks, one to repel squid

One to protect the shore, and one to make waves big

But all these spells and sigils are a sign of one sure thing

He’s a chilled out mage who’s the best at surfing

[bb-enablefreebuild]

I love. the juxtaposition of Harrow gathering ingredients for potions in blazing heat while Gideon attempts to shred the gnar

[tessmontyart]

Learn How To Surf fanart 🏄‍♀️🌊

A delightful Owl City song that describes a blonde with lots of quirky tattoos;

“She had that old movie quote: ‘We’re gonna need a bigger boat’, 🚤 two tiny waves on her toes, 🌊 and turtle tracks on her collar bones” 🐢“She had a shark on her arm, 🦈 a pirate shredding the gnar, 🏴‍☠️ an octopus wearing shades, 🐙 and seagull wings on her shoulder blades” 🪽

Such a silly song, it’s my favourite from the new Coco Moon album 🌙

I included some closeups! I put a lot of detail into this one 💕

[bri-cheeses]

Shredding the gnar on the pow pow: A compiled list of skiing Rosekiller headcanons

So. Um. I want you guys to know that I was out skiing all day on Friday and Saturday, and so now I’m inspired. Anyways, y’all know how much I love the idea of Skier Evan ™ and will use any chance i get to force it upon you. So i’m taking that chance right now with some Skier Rosekiller ™ headcanons 💕

- Barty would be a snowboarder, one hundred percent. You skiers out there know EXACTLY what I am talking about when I say that (for those of you who don’t know, snowboarders are just. so annoying. They clog up hills and stop and just sit down in the middle of the runs, blast out music from their speakers with no respect for other people and their ears, and are just usually rude in general) (wow that actually kind of made me sound like a Karen but i PROMISE that they are actually annoying, everyone agrees)

- But yeah Barty would snowboard, Evan would ski, and they’d be absolute menaces while doing so, because skiing always brings out the most unhinged thoughts a person has

- I just KNOW that they would touch each other wayyy too much on the way up to the top of a hill.

- Like Barty would kick his one unstrapped leg up and lay in on Evan’s lap, or manage to sit on Evan’s lap while they go up, or just hook one leg over Evan’s and put an arm around his shoulder while doing so

- And Evan would be slightly less… overt (?) and mostly just lean on Barty most of the time and put his head on Barty’s shoulder, but occasionally he’d grab Barty’s thigh and just. Drag it into his lap because he wants to hold it

- Oh also, Evan would definitely do that thing where you scoop up a bunch of snow up onto your ski before getting on the lift, and then once he’s on the lift, kick up his ski so that the snow sprays on Barty and goes down his coat.

- And Barty would shriek like a little girl whenever Evan does that

- Evan would love gap jumps and moguls (or bumps, whatever you want to call them) and double black diamonds

- Barty would prefer the rails/entire terrain park in general and going through the woods where there are explicitly signs saying not to go through the woods (which I have definitely never done in my life, nope)

- They would both unashamedly flirt with the ski lift operators, even though they are dating each other (but seriously, how are so many ski lift operators that cute? I don’t understand it)

- They would be the type of people to heckle other skiers from the lift, and cheer really loudly whenever someone landed a jump or boo if they didn’t (it might sound mean to do that but it’s actually so funny when people do that to you lol)

- Evan would constantly give Barty one of his ski poles so they could sword fight on the way down

- Make out sessions in the middle of the woods up against a tree?? I’m thinking yes

- Neither of them would wear helmets; Evan would wear beanies and Barty would wear a hoodie underneath his coat and pull the hood up

- There are. So many stickers on Barty’s snowboard

- With stickers in mind, they’d also love to leave random stickers on lifts, too (the Mona Lisa dabbing is the one sticker i’ve seen that immediately comes to mind when thinking about this, idk why)

- So. Much. Bombing. (bombing is where you just go straight down the hill and try to go as fast as humanly possible)

- I forgot to mention this above with the heckling from the ski lifts, but they would find so much joy in cupping their hands around their mouths and yelling “YARRRRDDD SAAAALLLEEEE” whenever someone did a yard sale in front of them (that’s when someone falls and everything goes flying, your skiis and poles and sometimes helmet and gloves, too. It’s super funny to see, but not very fun to do lol)

- Anyways yeah I think that’s it, I just love the idea of these two skiing together <3

[naturallyadventured]

emmadanzo

a topless tribute to the wild woman inside us all 🧜🏻‍♀️💃🏻

camillemilligan

Get yourself a group of sick surfer chicks who are down to camp in the bush for days to get up early an shred some gnar 🌊

mvrlenv_

Feeling so much gratitude for these carefree amazing water women & all my women everywhere Infinite love for you all you know who you are🤍

[geddyqueer]

for your consideration: placing two heating packs in your ski backpack and sliding a camelback full of hot choccy in between them so that you can slorp hose-fed hot choccy whilst shredding the gnar

[good-realtor-bad-realtor-dynamic]

I'm gonna be rewatching and replaying this episode of the podcast a lot. Glenn and Charlie were on something and I haven't laughed this hard in ages!

Glenn providing sweet, sweet fan service to the creeps with those fuckin arms out. All the lads looked good today.

THEY KNOW WE LIKE GLENN'S BAND TSHIRTS!!!!

Glenn opening with a Take on t-shirt sleeve lengths

Sports talk! Which means we get to hear Rob beg Glenn to watch his shows and Glenn repeatedly blow him off and complain about sports

"What I don't enjoy is a one hour game taking four hours" - Glenn dragging American football (accurate)

"I'll hear you talk about a 4 hour play you were riveted by" - yes Rob, call! Glenn! out!

"Pounding someone and getting pounded by somebody." That's what gets Glenn off. No I will not provide context.

"IASIP is the 2nd place of tv shows" / "Ooh I think we're 15th place"

D&Bs did an advertisement flop when this episode aired?! Love the history lesson.

Apparently FX gets all the product placement money!

There's gonna be an episode on the current economic shitshow and inflation this season — called it!

Charlie and Glenn really went all out riffing with all the little voices they like to do and they have the best comedic chemistry!

Rob's mind voice to John Wayne and studio head impressions to surfer bros, and all hilarious as fuck

"John Wayne seems like a bit of a pussy" lmao

John Wayne the surfer bro shredding gnar reminded me of their Keanu from Point Break bit — funniest shit in ages

Shooting trash out of the sky should be in a Sunny episode

Aliens are jelly people

Rob's cat is called Moose? Jack Bauer was the original.

Thank you for the cat videos on the side.

Moose beat off a hawk's attack!

They looked good today so I filled up on screenshots.

[jamesmysun]

My Billy Hargrove Headcannons

- his mom gave him his necklace and that’s why he doesn’t take it off

- he taught Max how to surf and that translated into skateboarding

- they left California because Billy got caught with a boy and that’s why Max says it’s his fault they had to move to Hawkins

- always has a hair tie on his wrist

- Max would patch Billy up after he would get in trouble with Neil and that’s how she knows how to clean El’s leg, not because she skateboards

- plays basketball, football, and lacrosse. a sport for all 3 school seasons

- loves movies

- really good at snowboarding and always takes Max with him to “shred the gnar”

- would never admit it to any living soul but he actually likes Max very much and thinks she’s cool. He tells her a lot and they’re secretly besties. they like this 🤞

- got his shoulder tattoo on his 17th birthday

- volunteered to teach the little kids how to swim

- he actually finds D&D really interesting and he pretends like he’s not paying attention when Max explains the campaign The Party is doing, but he’s listening intently (this happens while he’s working on his car and Max is keeping him company)

- would do anything for El 😔👊

ok i’m done now 🫡

[nightmareinfloral]

dc may not have much good live action stuff,, and the comics may be 50/50,, but i’ll be dammed if the animation department doesn’t shred the gnar every time.

[y2kbugs-moved]

Playing as Gnar, who is supposed to be incredibly difficult to master and not a beginner choice, is like trying to tame a very feral cat who will claw you to shreds. It's worth it because he is adorable and needs love.

[badger-bear]

Writer's Corner Café Create a Character(s)

Over at @writerscornercafe we have decided to do bimonthly prompts. January's prompt was creating a character in a week. I decided to rework two original characters I have had for years. I ended up not doing every single day but what I have will be under the cut!

Monday

create a name for your character and then describe their physical appearance in detail

Catherine “Lemon” Ellen Hartsworth

5’5 ish, midsize, long straight blonde hair, blue eyes, “southern belle”, freckles everywhere, 27, 1 inch curved scar on right ankle, birthmark on her ribs on the left side, freckle on the top of her ear, two lobe piercings, white

Charlotte “Charlie” Jane Briggs

5’7ish, thin, long straight brown hair, brown eyes, 29, tattoos (brachiosaurus on left shoulder, roses under boobs across chest, skateboard on outer wrist, “shred the gnar” on right forearm, dagger on middle finger, ocean scene on left leg below the knee and above the ankle), septum piercing, stretched lobes (00), white

Tuesday

write out your character's most significant memories and relationships

Family:

Lemon

Richard and Sue Harsworth (parents), Louella (maternal grandmother), Kennedy (older brother 30)

Memories:

Summers at Louella’s farm

Pageants until the age of 10

Vacations with family

Grand Canyon

Milky Way

Washington DC

Field trip to the local news station

Seeing shooting stars

Church every easter and Christmas Eve

Hearing her parents and peers talk poorly about LGBT

Friends:

Molly Kirkland (27)- best friends since elementary school

Hunter Kirkland (27)- Molly’s husband, friends since college

Beau Norris (28)- college friend

Jessica Norris (28)- Beau’s wife, college friend

Brittanie Hannah (28)- college roommate

Important Coworkers:

Dale Lewis

Martha Glad

Nadine Franklin

Charlie

Family:

Jennifer and Martin Bates (biomother and step dad), Jackson and Susan Harstworth (biofather and step mom), Joanne (paternal grandmother)

Memories:

Meeting Kyle in middle school

Having a crush on Gabby in first grade

First skateboard at age 8

First kiss with a girl at age 14

Being chased with Kyle by cops for skateboarding

The car accident graduation night (Kyle was driving and could have lost his scholarship so Charlie took the fall)

Working on skate videos

Friends:

Kyle Hightower (29)- best friends since 11

River Jobbs (30)- boyfriend of Kyle, met him through Kyle

El Kelley (28)- friend from college

Lacey Jones (29)- friend through skateboarding

Annie Maxwell (31)- ex girlfriend

Important Coworkers:

Nadine Franklin

Alex Fields

Sunday

write out what qualities make your character unique and their backstory

Lemon

Lemon’s parents raised Lemon and Kennedy to be scholarly and to achieve their dreams no matter what it takes. Her parents weren’t devoutly religious, but they went to church every Easter and Christmas Eve. They lived in a small town in the heart of the bible belt, so she grew up around racism and homophobia. At a young age Lemon thought there was something different about her, but she was never safe to explore that side of her.

From a young age Lemon was interested in the weather so she went to school to become a meteorologist and is now a weather woman on the local news.

Charlie

Born and raised in California, Charlie grew up middle to lower middle class. Her parents divorced right before middle school which left feeling confused and started to act out. She took up skateboarding and eventually became a professional skateboarder. Her and her best friend, Kyle, got themselves into sticky situations often. Charlie came out as a lesbian n high school; this was largely accepted.

After graduation she got into a pretty serious car accident with Kyle which left her staying with her grandmother in Atlanta.

During her years of being a professional skateboarder she became heavily involved with the video making process and got into sound tech. When she stayed with her grandmother in Atlanta, she was able to start working on low budget sets and worked her way up.

[allgood-123]

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[waffle-bubbles]

"shred the gnar"

Interesting teacher

[starf]

StarF's Top Ten Albums of 2023

WHAT A YEAR! I feel like as far as music 2023 got off to a somewhat slow start (with some exceptions), and then once summer hit it was banger after banger! It was definitely tough to narrow this one down, and there are plenty of great albums I wanted to include, but alas, a top ten is a top ten for a reason, so here are my ten entries! LET'S GOOO!

10. WSTR - 'Til The Wheels Fall Off

I truly don't even remember how I found out about this album, but I'm glad it fell into my lap one day. I think I just heard some song on a random Spotify mix and thought "what is this?!" Turns out the entire album is just some great pop punk. It feels like old pop punk but while still having enough modern sensibilities to keep it from feeling like it's only playing into nostalgia or stuck in the past sonically.

9. NOBRO - Set Your Pussy Free

This one snuck up on me! It came out right at the end of October, and I was so enamored with other albums that came out around that time (albums you'll almost certainly see later in this list, in fact), that I completely missed that it had come out! I eventually found out and was able to listen to it mid December, and NOBRO managed to sneak in as the latest entry to this list as far as me hearing it for the first time.

Don't let the potential recency bias fool you though, this album is immediate, fun, and catchy as hell. I've been saying NOBRO is the band to look out for ever since I heard their single Don't Die back in 2020, and I was correct. Between this new album and last year's Live Your Truth Shred Some Gnar NOBRO is absolutely crushing it.

8. Connor Price - Spin The Globe

Okay so this is where things are going to get a little tricky. Luckily this is the only entry in the list that comes with something of an asterisk, but you're gonna have to hear me out.

Spin The Globe comes in at just shy of 20 minutes, making it barely an album - and that's being generous. The issue is that Connor Price fits into a group of artists that has been emerging ever since streaming has become the primary way of consuming music, artists that just don't drop albums.

Spin The Globe as well as "Till Next Time" are listed as 2023 albums from Connor Price (their run time together still only equaling about 35 minutes), but then in addition to these he also dropped around 21 singles in 2023 that just don't exist in any formal collection. As someone who loves listening to albums this is super frustrating, but as someone who loves listening to Connor Price I also can't deny that whatever it is he's doing, it's working.

So while I do love Spin The Globe, you can also consider this entry to be the entirety of Connor's output in 2023, because goddamn he does not miss.

7. Waterparks - Intellectual Property

One of the albums that saved the early portion of the year from being super boring, Waterparks emerged with yet another collection of bangers. While I always enjoy what Waterparks have to offer, I feel like it's been awhile since they've hit my top ten, but Intellectual Property is definitely another high mark for them as they elevate from their "usually consistent" to "oh damn this is really good."

It's no surprise that the songs here are infectious as hell, catchy, and just plain fun to listen to. There have been many a time over the course of the year that I'll just be walking around and suddenly Funeral Grey is playing in my head, and every time Real Super Dark comes on I get immediately pumped.

6. Buck 65 - Super Dope

This album was an absolute treat early on in the year. I remember once again just listening to some Spotify mix and the song Challenge To The Underground started playing and I immediately thought "What Buck 65 album is this from?" This lead to me finding out it was a new song, which got me stoked. Then very quickly I found out there was an entire album attached to it, which was even more exciting.

Buck 65 returns to form on Super Dope and spends the 40 minute runtime just dropping bars and having fun, a look we haven't seen from him in quite some time. 2023 was an amazing year for hip hop releases, and this one clearly resonated with me.

5. Baby Gravy - Baby Gravy 3

This came out at just the right time for me personally. The last few years I've been vibing heavily with both Yung Gravy and bbno$, and even though they have plenty of collaboration before this I was specifically fiending for more. And you know what? I happened to get my wish, and it's living up to all my expectations.

Baby Gravy 3 is unabashedly fun, silly, and just an all around good time. These two work together so well and have been dropping bangers for so long that this comes across as a well oiled machine at this point, and even the tracks that I originally thought were kind of filler have grown on me, cementing this easily in my top five.

4. Chris Farren - Doom Singer

The moment I heard the first single from this album, Cosmic Leash, I knew this was going to be another perfect album from Chris Farren. With a knack for weaving personal stories, navigating emotions, all while somehow keeping it light and bouncy, Chris Farren delivers an album that will have you singing along by the end of your first listen to each song. Also be sure to check out the music videos, because they are wonderful.

3. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE

Of course Jeff has to sit next to Chris on this list, it only makes sense. And while I definitely thought this was a shoe-in for my number one slot when it came out because HELLMODE is an incredible ride from start to finish, the next two albums came out after it and were absolute doozies, but we'll get there.

For now we're talking about Jeff Rosenstock, and how HELLMODE continues his legacy of putting out all killer, no filler records. Even though Jeff's style has been perfected over the years, each album brings its own vibes and stands out uniquely against the others, keeping them from all running together (I'm looking at you, new Front Bottoms album). HELLMODE specifically weaves throughout various Rosenstock styles and blends them together flawlessly. Whether it's the frantic BTMI!-esque engery of "HEAD," the poppy earworm that is "LIKED U BETTER," or the emotional rollercoaster of "3 SUMMERS," the one thing you can know for sure is that no matter what flavor of Rosenstock you're listening to you know it's going to rule.

2. Bear Ghost - jiminy

Goodness gracious this one snuck up and absolutely blindsided me this year. I've been a fan of Bear Ghost for years and routinely come back to their music every autumn (as I think their music gives off that kind of vibe). I knew that over the past couple years I had seen a couple new singles from them here and there, but I didn't think much of it. And then one day an entire new album was just on their page.

jiminy is a front to back banger, and I've listened to it front to back countless times since it dropped in late September. It's amazing how consistent the albums sound is while every song still has its own unique thing going on. It's a blast to sing along with, it's a joy to listen to, and the stories being told throughout the songs are fascinating. I know I'm going to be listening to this one a lot going into the future, and you should too.

1. Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions

This is it, this is Aes's best album since The Impossible Kid, and that's a hill I'm willing to die on. I don't know how it's possible for an artist who is so prolific to also be so consistently phenomenal. I knew I was going to like ITS from the moment it was announced and I heard the first single "Mindful Solutionism," but the grip this album had on me from the first time I played it cannot be understated. If this hadn't come out in mid-November right before Spotify stopped collecting data for Wrapped, it likely would have dominated my stats.

I can't express how impressive this thing is. In typical Aesop Rock fashion every song is a fascinating dive into unique topics you wouldn't necessarily even be thinking about otherwise, with masterful flows, intricate lyricism, and some of the smoothest and best production I've heard from a hip hop album in some time, it's just fire from front to back.