Blue text 'I'D RATHER BE SURFING' over a wave scene with a surfer, surrounded by white and light blue stars and arrows.

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Blue text 'I'D RATHER BE SURFING' over a wave scene with a surfer, surrounded by white and light blue stars and arrows.

Blue text 'I'D RATHER BE SURFING' over a wave scene with a surfer, surrounded by white and light blue stars and arrows. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Wayback CDX Original…

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  • I'D RATHER BE SURFING

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Added to archive
July 8, 2026

Wayback CDX OriginalIcons Image Icons GIF Captures

Source title
1117978771_320235033
Category
images / icons / recreation / surfing
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 04:52 UTC

MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival

Source title
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
Category
myoldicons / recreation / surfing
Era
Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 11:01 UTC

Wayback Buddy-Icons.info Remaining Category Portal Shard

Source title
Character icons for AIM, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo
Category
aim icons / character / page6 / character icons for aim msn myspace and yahoo
Era
Mid-2000s AIM Portal
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 22:33 UTC

Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.info Native AIM Icon GIFs

Source title
25650
Category
img / icon
Era
Mid-to-Late-2000s AIM Portal
Observed
July 11, 2026 at 21:54 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.1 KB
Motion
Animated (10 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/6a/6ae835de092460c66958ed2f605a09b00a9ffbfe94d9f51cd971121cd51f9b5e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6ae835de092460c6
SHA-256
6ae835de092460c66958ed2f605a09b00a9ffbfe94d9f51cd971121cd51f9b5e
Full source records (4)

Wayback CDX OriginalIcons Image Icons GIF Captures (wayback-originalicons-image-icons-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Type
Wayback historical portal crawl
Category
images / icons / recreation / surfing
Alt
1117978771_320235033
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 04:52 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and uncertain provenance; research/reference only by default
Slice
OriginalIcons category image folders with celebrity, entertainment, holiday, and user-submitted buddy icons

MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival (myoldicons-originalicons)

Kind
myoldicons-api
Era
Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
Type
current recovered OriginalIcons API
Category
myoldicons / recreation / surfing
Title
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
Alt
1108240425_1422632411.gif | brad822 surf | animated | myoldicons id 206724
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 11:01 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and user-submitted material; research/reference only by default
Slice
recovered large-scale AIM icon and away-message archive with category, subcategory, filename, keyword, and animation metadata

Wayback Buddy-Icons.info Remaining Category Portal Shard (wayback-buddy-icons-info-remaining-categories-portal)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
Mid-2000s AIM Portal
Type
Internet Archive preserved categorized AIM icon portal
Category
aim icons / character / page6 / character icons for aim msn myspace and yahoo
Title
Character icons for AIM, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo
Alt
Id Rather Be Surfing
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 22:33 UTC
Rights
mixed user-submitted and licensed imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
remaining AIM portal categories spanning identity, emotion, school, holidays, sports, symbols, and everyday culture

Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.info Native AIM Icon GIFs (wayback-buddy-icons-info-img-icon-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-to-Late-2000s AIM Portal
Type
Wayback direct native asset enumeration
Category
img / icon
Alt
25650
Observed
July 11, 2026 at 21:54 UTC
Rights
mixed user-submitted and licensed imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
native Buddy-Icons.info AIM icon assets spanning user submissions, fandom, identity, relationships, school, sports, music, movies, and celebrity culture

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