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All surfers could relate to running Surfer Mag cartoon 

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 16 November, 2009 : - - When I first started reading Surfer Magazine back in the late 1980s, one of the first sections I would flip to was Wilbur Kookmeyer. Dude went over the falls in every sense.

Back then, Surfer held undisputed claim as the Bible of the Sport, and there were sections of editorial that you just couldn't wait to check out. Extra (still the last page of content) was always a hysterical photo. You could learn what Sunny Garcia ate for lunch and what bands he liked in Human Touch. And there was plenty of Pottz coverage.

And Wilbur, the work of San Diego artist, Bob Penuelas was a bold move by the mag, a montly satirical commentary, poking fun at surfing itself. You can only imagine the kind of fun Penuelas would have today with fodder like $2,000 surfboards, Fantasy Surfer, hater blogs, SUP wars, energy drinks — Alex Knost! — it would be a field day.

First appearing in 1986, Wilbur, buck-toothed and slow-whitted, was the ultimate kook, ever trying to achieve status in the surf world for all the wrong reasons, and constantly getting pitched over the falls. The characters all represented the extremes of surf personalities and reminded us never to take ourselves too seriously.

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