Stephen King gets a touch of the Peter Benchley's

[loCAtek]

Where's the proof that Stephen King, the author, has ever surfed?

...waiting.

[BoSoxGal]

You made the assertion - you prove it!

And you might want to delete that massive copyright infringement above. I'll reread the story before I'll believe you, given your track record.

Though I note that, indeed, the sport of ocean surfing IS mentioned in the quote you provided.

Don't you ever tire of playing the village idiot?

[Scooter]

she's still got nothing.

She's got to be frigging herself off over your attention Scoot.

Why do you think I gave her an opening by making a minor edit to a post? The poor thing needs something to feel superior about, amidst the remaining pathetic wreck of her existence. Her boyfriend has never got her as wet as when she picked up on that.

[loCAtek]

He did not go to Australia to surf, where is the proof of that?

does, "Let's go surfing." describe anything about the sport of surfboarding?

It's free online. I posted the link to the site that provides it, just in case.

[loCAtek]

Finally you admit it, thX Scoot.

[loCAtek]

Wow, you wish you turned me on. You're an interesting person, whom I respect but attracted to? Not so much...

[BoSoxGal]

[Scooter]

He did not go to Australia to surf, where is the proof of that?

No one has ever asserted that he went to Australia to surf. You, on the other hand, said he had never gone to Australia (proven false, which you lack the character to admit), and that he had never surfed, which as yet you have not proven.

Finally you admit it, thX Scoot.

I know I will never have to thank you for admitting the falsity of your assertions because you don't have it in you to admit a mistake. Once again, something that takes character.

Wow, you wish you turned me on.

Too afraid of what I might catch, so I'll pass, but thanks for the offer. So sorry that the bf can't get it up for you.

[loCAtek]

Thank Gob, everything is sexual to him;

She's got to be frigging herself off over your attention Scoot.

...I just have no idea, why you believed him Since:

Too afraid of what I might catch.

...should be my line LOL. Oh well, drift off into whatever fantasy you guys want, the point was;

Born in Portland, Maine in 1947, Stephen King could have learned to surf there, if his father hadn't left him when he was two. So, his mother left Maine entirely to work menial labor in Connecticut and Indiana, places not known for their surfing; besides his family were very poor, and he grew up doing chores and odd jobs to help them survive. By 1954, he had discovered science-fiction, and began his first attempts at his own stories, since he wasn't surfing.

By age 11 his mother took them back to Durham, Maine [not near the sea] to live with her infirm parents until they died. Descriptions of Stephen as an adolescent, up to the age of 14, by his friends and family, were of a chubby kid with his nose always buried in a book, while not surfing
In 1959, it's said he found a box of old science-fiction and horror stories by author H.P. Lovecraft, et al. and that this was the genre he wanted to emulate. He acquired his first typewriter, and actively tried to get published. His still has his large collection of reject slips that prove he was writing, not surfing.
Attends High School and in 1965, his first story is printed, 'I was a teenage graverrobber' hint: it's not about surfing. He does take up smoking, however.

1966 King starts collage, at the University of Maine, Orono, which takes him further from the ocean. His hobbies including student journalism, political activism, and not surfing.

1967 He makes his first professional short story sale, not about surfing, ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories.
From there he intermittently sell's short stories to Men's Magazines, including 'Night Surf' in 1969, which was not about surfing, and where no one says the line, “F*ck it, let's go surfing!”
Married in 1971, he began teaching High School English, which left him no time for surfing, even if he wanted to. As StephenKing.com puts it- he was: Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
From there 1974, he and wife were raising a family even further from the sea in Colordo, after his first novel Carrie was released.
From then on, he achieved great fame and if he had been surfing, I'm sure we would have know about it, by now.

[Scooter]

I don't see anything in there about him ever taking a piss or a crap. Am I supposed to take that as proof that he has never done either?

So as proof of this:

Not to do a sport, they've never engaged in, nor expressed a wish to engage in before; on a continent, they've never visited

she's still got nothing.

[Lord Jim]

His hobbies including student journalism, political activism, and not surfing.

As a matter of fact, I understand that he was president of The Not Surfing Club....

[Gob]

He wrote all the minutes for them...

[BoSoxGal]

Stephen King lived in Colorado for one year.

He has lived the rest of his adult life, including his college years, within one hour of the Atlantic Ocean. One of his three houses is located on the Gulf of Mexico in Sarasota, Florida. The Bangor (primary) house is one hour from the Atlantic Ocean. The Lovell, Maine house is his lake house, generally visited in summer.

The dude digs water in a big way.

Until verifiable evidence is provided that he's never surfed, I believe it's more likely than not that a dude as rich and adventurous as King has probably tried surfing.

But, that's really not the issue one way or the other.

Surfing is mentioned in 'Night Surf', and King mentions the image of surfers in On Writing. That disproves the blanket assertion offered by the resident loCAtroll, expert on all things Stephen King.

[dales]

I don't know squat about Stephen King.

I know a little about this dude:

[loCAtek]

Again BSG, 'Night Surfing' is posted in full; and none of the characters surf the waves, nor say [as perpetuated by you] "F*ck it, let's surf!"
While I can't prove a negative, surely you can show evidence of a positive, if it exists?

Where is your evidence that Stephen King, the author, has surfed?

[BoSoxGal]

It's been a few years, but as I recall, in the face of certain death one of the characters in Night Surf says something like 'F*#$ it! Let's go surfing.'

[BoSoxGal]

Not to do a sport, they've never engaged in, nor expressed a wish to engage in before; on a continent, they've never visited; no.

All unproven.

Finis.

[Scooter]

I can't prove a negative

So you admit that you cannot prove your assertion that King has never surfed. So remind me again why we should be accepting it as true?

[Sean]

Because she said so. What more evidence do you need Scoot?

[loCAtek]

No problem guys, I'm doing your work for you

I've posted this on his message board, which the author Stephen King may see, he may not; however it's moderated by a personal secretary of his who confirms things like sightings of him in book shops, rumors of his death, etc.

I'll let you know