Wonderfully named characters such as Micky Munoz, Randy Ranick and Darrick Doerran tell tales of 'wipe-outs' and 'gnarliest' rides, while surf journalists add to the myths by recalling legends who put Hawaii on the map in the 1950s, likening them to Jack Kerouac and labelling them 'intrepid men'.
These tales all add to the myths already surrounding these artists, but really: all of the above is a lot to put your body through.
But it just adds to the myth.
It only adds to the myth.
In the meantime, Coke is still on the run, only adding to the myth.
Simpson was one of those transplanted stars who won over a foreign public, and his martyrish suffering on a French mountain added to the myth.
That Mr. Assange ended up in a dispute with Mr. Ball, his media partners and just about everyone else around him adds to the myth.
Erica Jong (who also naturally felt "recognition" on her first visit to Venice) lists "Ben Jonson, Thomas Coryat, Sir Henry Wotton, Thomas Otway, Daniel Defoe, Joseph Addison, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Oliver Goldsmith, Lord Chesterfield" all adding to "the myth of Venice".
