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Cardiff Kook
The ''Magic Carpet Ride'' is the official name of a high bronze statue of a surfer in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California, that locals have nicknamed '' The Cardiff Kook'', a name by which it has come to be known.〔〔〔〔〔 The statue was commissioned by the Cardiff Botanical Society, and created by artist Matthew Antichevich, who is an Encinitas surfer and a teacher at Mount San Jacinto College, at a cost of approximately $120,000.〔〔〔 It is mounted on a granite pedestal and stands by the side of the Pacific Coast Highway, next to the San Elijo State Beach campground.〔 The $92,000 construction costs of the statue were raised by the Botanical Society, with the $30,000 installation costs met by the city of Encinitas.〔 On the statue base are plaques upon which are recorded the names of the major donors who contributed to the Botanical Society for the erection of the statue, including Marion Ross.〔
The statue was intended to depict a surfer performing a "(backside) floater", but the Botanical Society ran out of money, and thus the statue is missing any actual surf.〔〔 Antichevich was chosen from more than 50 bidders on the commission.〔 His original design was in fact to be a female surfer on a breaking wave, but there was not the money for that, either, and the Botanical Society opted for a male surfer on a granite plinth, halving the amount of bronze required.〔 Other proposed designs that were discussed with the Botanical Society included the figure of professional surfer Rob Machado and a surfer on a longboard.〔 The ''Kook'' is intended, according to the artist and to Michael Ames Clark, the then chairman of the Botanical Society's selection committee, to represent the joy and awkwardness of a boy novice learning how to surf, in acknowledgement of the area's attraction for novice surfers.〔〔
== Public response ==
The San Diego Architectural Foundation, in its annual "Orchids & Onions" awards for the best and worst architecture of the year, awarded the ''Kook'' an Onion in 2007.〔 The nickname comes from a derogatory surfer slang name for a "wannabe" surfer, and reflects the low opinion that locals and surfers have of the statue.〔 The ''Kook'' has been criticized by surfers for its shortcomings, and for what they state to be an unrealistic depiction of a surfer. In part this is attributed to a backlash against popular depictions of surfer subculture in general, by surfers who see their subculture as under pressure to be assimilated into the mainstream.〔 Other critics have maintained that the feet are positioned incorrectly, the hands are odd in appearance, the figure is too thin and effeminate, and that the figure as a whole resembles more a novice surfer about to fall off his board than an experienced practitioner.〔〔〔
The level of criticism came as a surprise to both the Botanical Society and to Antichevich,〔 who stated that he didn't expect the piece to be as widely misunderstood as it was upon its unveiling.〔 The original models of the statue include the wave, and Antichevich has stated that had the wave been present, people would have understood better the surfing move being depicted.〔 He also noted that it was impossible, whilst building the statue, to look at its hands from the necessary angles, since "I wasn't working 16 feet in the air.".〔 Town deputy mayor, at the time of the ''Kook''’s erection, Jerome Stocks has defended the statue, stating that to anyone who has complained he has responded "Well, you go raise your own 90,000 dollars and put up a statue that you like.".〔 Currently, the statue is embraced by the community and has received a pretty good response as it has been a business boomer for local stores in the area and online, with 2 websites TheCardiffKook.info and TheCardiffKook.org The Cardiff Kook Costume 5k & 10k Run, a Kook Calendar and even a Kook Cafe, it has become the place for people to take a photo in Cardiff!
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