One time Dax (on left) told me his goal in life was to be "The Dude" in the 'The Great Lebowski". Take out bowling, insert skimboarding, and make give him a night at the Burbon (Thursdays!) and he's pretty much living the dream.
In the years of me giving him rides to the beach, the range of topics in our conversation ranged from "shredding" to "why does every restaurant in Vancouver serve greens with their breakfast all the sudden?"...the Canucks never came up, how does that happen with two dudes?
Until now...and I'm going to bring you guys along our little virtual ride to the beach...the only thing you'll be missing is Daxcent, which you can only experience live.
So do you think we can go deep in the playoffs?
Ah..I think we’re going to be one those teams that takes it game by game. As long as they can keep gelling and stay friends they’re going to be fine.
Friends?
Yeah…friends...like right now..they’re all happy and smiling. Friends.
Who would you want to match up against in the first round?
Chicago, let’s take those kids down!
Who would be the toughest opponent?
Phoenix if they make the playoff’s.
Phoenix??!?!?
Yeah dude..they’ve got Gretzky!
Please dude…he's the coach...(note, as I dictate this we’re playing Phoenix and it’s 4-zip..for them.)
OK the best playoffs in the world would be Montreal and the Canucks. Montreal is my best friend team. You know how like your girlfriend is your best friend, that’s the Canadians to me, we’re like best friends.
Uh...OK..Who’s your all time favourite Canuck?
Probably Kirk Mclean.
What about your favourite Canuck moment.
Double overtime versus Dallas when we won the game. at like 1:30 in the morning.
Were you always a Canucks fan growing up?
No..my favourite team growing up was the Hartford Whalers.
Why?
Cause I like whales.
What players did you like?
I DON’T KNOW…I was too young to know that sort of thing, all I know is that I liked Whales. I liked Timmy and the tugboat and all that shit.
But whalers kill whales…
Hahhah….shit, I did not know that, I thought it was like the team posed as whales, you know how like the Canucks pose like Johnny Canuck.
