Too wild for this life
Interview with Bunker Spreckels by C.R. Stecyk III
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Was it like you thought it was going to be having money?
I had no idea how it was going to be. No idea at all. I found out that it gave me a certain amount of power. It gave me a certain amount of freedom to do things that I hadn't been able to do before, like travel. I was able to buy some things that I wanted, like cars, insurance, things like that. I was able to move to an area I wanted to move to,move into a nice house, teach myself to shape surfboards. I finally had time to go surfing, plenty of time to ride the waves.
How'd your friends react when you came into your money?
I think they were waiting for me to get my money more than I was. To me it was unreality. They were the ones doing all the thinking about it and the scheming and the dreaming, whereas to me it wasn't a reality yet.
So the hardest part of getting the money was adjusting to all your friends?
All my so-called new friends. I wasn't finding it hard to adjust, but all of a sudden I have people coming around and seeing me and being nice to me when normally they probably wouldn't talk to me or want to have anything to do with me.
Have your personal habits changed to any great extent?
Not to any great extent. I just started eating better. I started eating steak every night, eating out at restaurants every night, that kind of thing. That's what changed. I was able to go out and go to the bar and drink as much as I wanted and not worry about who was going to pay for it. I could drink myself comatose and I could go out and buy whatever I wanted.
How much would you say you spend on an average day on the North Shore?
About $500.
Is that counting your bar bill?
That's counting everything. Some days it's more, some days it's less. But basic minimum, $500.
The average guy here I'm sure doesn't spend that in a month.
Yeah, well.
How did the women react to you after you came into your money?
Before, when I was using women, the women knew I didn't have any, but knew that I might be getting some. That's all they knew. I didn't know exactly what the play was going to be, so I never talked to anybody about it. I didn't know what was going to be happening.When I got a hold of some money, I had a lot of women approaching me. They wanted to come. They wanted material security. They'd come over and get it on with me and go places. I had a lot of women just flocking around me, trying to get in there and get their toes beneath my hook, so to speak.
What was your record for women during that period?
I used to fuck a lot. Still do. My record? Let's see. I nailed 64 chicks in one week. That was pretty interesting.
How do you happen to remember that?
I was keeping track. It was an ego trip.
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Was it like you thought it was going to be having money?
I had no idea how it was going to be. No idea at all. I found out that it gave me a certain amount of power. It gave me a certain amount of freedom to do things that I hadn't been able to do before, like travel. I was able to buy some things that I wanted, like cars, insurance, things like that. I was able to move to an area I wanted to move to,move into a nice house, teach myself to shape surfboards. I finally had time to go surfing, plenty of time to ride the waves.
How'd your friends react when you came into your money?
I think they were waiting for me to get my money more than I was. To me it was unreality. They were the ones doing all the thinking about it and the scheming and the dreaming, whereas to me it wasn't a reality yet.
So the hardest part of getting the money was adjusting to all your friends?
All my so-called new friends. I wasn't finding it hard to adjust, but all of a sudden I have people coming around and seeing me and being nice to me when normally they probably wouldn't talk to me or want to have anything to do with me.
Have your personal habits changed to any great extent?
Not to any great extent. I just started eating better. I started eating steak every night, eating out at restaurants every night, that kind of thing. That's what changed. I was able to go out and go to the bar and drink as much as I wanted and not worry about who was going to pay for it. I could drink myself comatose and I could go out and buy whatever I wanted.
How much would you say you spend on an average day on the North Shore?
About $500.
Is that counting your bar bill?
That's counting everything. Some days it's more, some days it's less. But basic minimum, $500.
The average guy here I'm sure doesn't spend that in a month.
Yeah, well.
How did the women react to you after you came into your money?
Before, when I was using women, the women knew I didn't have any, but knew that I might be getting some. That's all they knew. I didn't know exactly what the play was going to be, so I never talked to anybody about it. I didn't know what was going to be happening.When I got a hold of some money, I had a lot of women approaching me. They wanted to come. They wanted material security. They'd come over and get it on with me and go places. I had a lot of women just flocking around me, trying to get in there and get their toes beneath my hook, so to speak.
What was your record for women during that period?
I used to fuck a lot. Still do. My record? Let's see. I nailed 64 chicks in one week. That was pretty interesting.
How do you happen to remember that?
I was keeping track. It was an ego trip.
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Bunker Spreckels: Surfing's Divine Prince of Decadence
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The hedonistic life of a peculiar playboy and surfing legend
Bunker making history being the first to ride Bruce's Beauties on a five-foot-seven-inch "Lis fish" surfboard, Cape St. Francis, South Africa, winter 1975