View Full Version : Get rid of this forum....please!
SurfJdog
May 5, 2009, 07:52 PM
It just makes me angry every time I read some stupid thread about where to surf and when, what the swell is supposed to do this weekend, or even what kind of music I should listen to before I paddle out.
I know surfing has become a very popular sport in the past decade, but its starting to become almost too popular if there is such a thing. I feel like the internet has exposed the sport wayyy to much and I hope most of you all would agree with me on this...
Swellinfo
May 5, 2009, 08:11 PM
well, its kind of the objective of this site to tell you when the surf is going to be good. We dont recommend droping spot names in the forum, and I think thats been under control for the most part.
You'd prob really get angry if you used wannasurf.com (http://www.wannasurf.com).
SkegLegs
May 5, 2009, 08:21 PM
And what "secret" spot could you possibly have with a total 20ish miles of shifting sandbars in delmarva....get over yourself.
Wow, there's swell and there's gonna be waves at 48th street....seriously? Naming IRI, NJ, Midtown, The Teague ect. isn't gonna change anything. If you go the the 10 or so "spots", there's gonna be tons of people ....... and these forums arn't gonna change that.
aka pumpmaster
May 5, 2009, 08:31 PM
Surfing is a boom and bust sport and it has always been that way. better suits and bigger boards make it easier for people to get into it for longer periods now. better get used to that. the problem really isn't too many surfers, it's too many surfers who lack basic etiquette knowledge!
SurfJdog
May 5, 2009, 09:40 PM
well, its kind of the objective of this site to tell you when the surf is going to be good. We dont recommend droping spot names in the forum, and I think thats been under control for the most part.
You'd prob really get angry if you used wannasurf.com (http://www.wannasurf.com).
I like the site and what it offers from a surf forecasting perspective. I just don't think the Forum is necessary.
SurfJdog
May 5, 2009, 09:45 PM
And what "secret" spot could you possibly have with a total 20ish miles of shifting sandbars in delmarva....get over yourself.
Wow, there's swell and there's gonna be waves at 48th street....seriously? Naming IRI, NJ, Midtown, The Teague ect. isn't gonna change anything. If you go the the 10 or so "spots", there's gonna be tons of people ....... and these forums arn't gonna change that.
Did I say "secret spot"? No. I don't think its necessary to have a discussion/forum. If you are a serious surfer you should be able to read and interpret the maps and other tools this site offers. NOT sit behind your computer all day in your little cubical discussing when you are going to surf 48th St this weekend with your 7'0 NSP fish.
El Porto
May 5, 2009, 09:47 PM
Is this the same Surfjdog that posted this "What is the best South NJ spot thread?"
http://www.swellinfo.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3547
Seems a bit hypocritical.
Quinn
May 5, 2009, 10:10 PM
I think it's fine how it is.
Swellinfo
May 5, 2009, 10:57 PM
the forum is not set up to specifically talk about spots... its to talk about whatever we want to. We do have moderators, but fortunately, we really haven't had to use them recently.
retrosurfvb
May 5, 2009, 11:21 PM
Is this the same Surfjdog that posted this "What is the best South NJ spot thread?"
http://www.swellinfo.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3547
Seems a bit hypocritical.
hahahahah Surfjdog its time for you to stop talking
Shakagrom
May 5, 2009, 11:54 PM
hahahahah Surfjdog its time for you to stop talking
"Who's the B*tch now"
wbsurfer
May 5, 2009, 11:58 PM
the forum is not set up to specifically talk about spots... its to talk about whatever we want to. We do have moderators, but fortunately, we really haven't had to use them recently.
i wanna be a moderator.
xgen70
May 6, 2009, 12:48 AM
The poop on your shoe smells like you.
locosteez
May 6, 2009, 01:53 AM
hahahahah Surfjdog its time for you to stop talking
ha ha ha that was a pretty bad burn
Aguaholic
May 6, 2009, 02:46 AM
Is this the same Surfjdog that posted this "What is the best South NJ spot thread?"
:eek: BRAHAHAHAHAHA - Checkmate! :D
surfnj
May 6, 2009, 03:26 AM
hahahaahaha surfjdog your such a ***
wesman944
May 6, 2009, 03:50 AM
hahaha, damn thats funny. i dont know y, but i usually dont get so angry over things posted on a internet fourm, (hopfuly no one finds out about my secret spot 1*3rd street and if i see u there i will **** u up:mad:) haha
rgnsup
May 6, 2009, 03:56 AM
Funny how he/she hasn't said anything since everyone burned him/her!!!
BTW - You're an idiot for coming to a website and saying it should not have a forum/messageboard. How many websites have you been to recently? Just about all of them have some type of forum/messageboard.
RedStripe75
May 6, 2009, 05:02 AM
The only really issue I see with dropping info on the conditions at specific spots is that it makes it that much easier for the lazy masses to just show up and take up space, when they should be figuring it out for themselves like the rest of us. Otherwise, I think forums are great for discussing useful topics like equipment, photography, and even music. I don't really even think it's necessary to use specific street names when talking about spots - if you just say "uptown" or "midtown" or whatever, most of us pretty much have a general idea of what you're talking about.
jk06385
May 6, 2009, 05:41 AM
HAHHAHAHA faaagggggg
dave
May 6, 2009, 01:05 PM
I remember I started surfing in the mid-80s, and I would hear/read almost word-for-word *****ing and moaning that surfing was getting "too popular"
Surfjdog you are a ****ing **** go **** yourself?
jstank
May 6, 2009, 01:34 PM
....Aloe for that burn....
hahahahahaha...way to get busted..that is some classic Sh*%
aka pumpmaster
May 6, 2009, 02:08 PM
I remember I started surfing in the mid-80s, and I would hear/read almost word-for-word *****ing and moaning that surfing was getting "too popular"
I started in the early 80's too and it was much the same thing as far as numbers. I think a huge difference was that back then most of the newbies had enough respect to know the rules beforehand and if they didn't know the rules there were plenty of people who would be more than willing to explain it to them one way or another.
Now, i think that respect is lacking, especially in summer, for the majority of new surfers. a lot of newbies think they have some 'right' to surf the best waves and drop in as they see fit without first paying their dues.
Mooseknuckle
May 6, 2009, 02:16 PM
I really enjoy these forums and what everyone talks about. There was a thread just like this a few days ago and Ill I keep thinking is why are people so angry about other shreddders talkign about where and when to surf. Like Micah said that is what this site was designed for and if it didn't have these forums I would have never joined.
atmcracer
May 6, 2009, 02:56 PM
hey guys common what are yall doin here this forum is my secret spot, yall better not tell others about it...... really please dont
SkegLegs
May 6, 2009, 03:03 PM
What I find hilarious is the people complaining about crowds or spot dropping are USUALLY the same ones driving over from DC to surf northside on a waist high windswell, and think that some website is the reason they are surrounded by 600 of their closest friends.
The reality is these people won't even make it to the lineup on a decent swell, let alone drop in on something. When it's good around here it's almost hilarious how sparse the lineup gets. But the next day when the swell drops to the knee / chest range....get over it, every kook and their brother paddles out.
Go down the coast and name a spot, it has a natural selection method to clean the lineup. NJ...you have to fight the horrendous south current when it's working, your average surfer isn't gonna be able to deal with the constant paddling to stay on the point.....IRI and it's crumbly weakness is only worth it when it's too big everywhere else, you won't find many making the paddle.......Midtown is consistently good, consistently crowded, but has the best developed pecking order around, if you earn your spot you get waves.
If you want to surf less crowded spots and are still learning or earning your wings I feel for ya. But the difference between taking off on the main peak at one of the 'premier' spots and some random peak at tower road you can surf alone isn't gonna be a big difference. Practice, learn, respect, explore, and you'll get your waves....this scene is really mellow and a great place to learn.
RedStripe75
May 6, 2009, 08:01 PM
What I find hilarious is the people complaining about crowds or spot dropping are USUALLY the same ones driving over from DC to surf northside on a waist high windswell, and think that some website is the reason they are surrounded by 600 of their closest friends.
The reality is these people won't even make it to the lineup on a decent swell, let alone drop in on something. When it's good around here it's almost hilarious how sparse the lineup gets. But the next day when the swell drops to the knee / chest range....get over it, every kook and their brother paddles out.
Go down the coast and name a spot, it has a natural selection method to clean the lineup. NJ...you have to fight the horrendous south current when it's working, your average surfer isn't gonna be able to deal with the constant paddling to stay on the point.....IRI and it's crumbly weakness is only worth it when it's too big everywhere else, you won't find many making the paddle.......Midtown is consistently good, consistently crowded, but has the best developed pecking order around, if you earn your spot you get waves.
If you want to surf less crowded spots and are still learning or earning your wings I feel for ya. But the difference between taking off on the main peak at one of the 'premier' spots and some random peak at tower road you can surf alone isn't gonna be a big difference. Practice, learn, respect, explore, and you'll get your waves....this scene is really mellow and a great place to learn.
That's an excellent point - very well put.
Skooba
May 6, 2009, 08:32 PM
skeg,
Right on! The only thing I could add to it is to learn how to not drop in on people (accidents happen though) and not to snake people.
If anyone wants to surf with just a couple of friends, invest in a boat!
winterblows
May 6, 2009, 08:40 PM
Why do you read the forum if you hate what everyone writes about??? I hate guys who think they are better than everyone else, who call everyone kooks. Surfing is about having fun at any age or skill level. If someone wants to talk about surfing alone or whatever who cares. Overall this is a great site, I visited it everyday and enjoy reading the forum every now and again to hear what people are thinking about...
rodndtube
May 6, 2009, 08:56 PM
What I find hilarious is the people complaining about crowds or spot dropping are USUALLY the same ones driving over from DC to surf northside on a waist high windswell, and think that some website is the reason they are surrounded by 600 of their closest friends.
The reality is these people won't even make it to the lineup on a decent swell, let alone drop in on something. When it's good around here it's almost hilarious how sparse the lineup gets. But the next day when the swell drops to the knee / chest range....get over it, every kook and their brother paddles out.
Yep, it is those damn morons from DC that surf Northside!!!
Now, me, I live in B'more and recall that not many of us paddled and out and caught some good ones during TS Noel, on a Saturday afternoon, a couple years back> But Sunday was O SO Crowded.
dirtythirty34
May 6, 2009, 09:02 PM
surfjdude or whatever you name is, do not go on here to talk trash but have posts asking for advice. It just does not make any sense at all. As far as secret spots go i agree with all the above, there are none. so as far as the forum goes, keep it, its a great tool for surfers of all ages and abilities. And i agree fully with skeg, when its pumping the line ups are sparse, but when its waist high out everyone becomes a 'surfer' so surfjassdudekook whatever your name is, join us when it is big and heavy, and then you will see that it is not as crowded as it seems.
SkegLegs
May 6, 2009, 09:24 PM
That's why I capitalized USUALLY rod ;) There's plenty of respectful rippers from across the bridge, just as there's plenty of idiot flailers that live 5 minutes from the beach.
rgnsup
May 6, 2009, 10:38 PM
Where is this dude at?! He starts a thread and doesn't even chime in?!?!
KOOKADOODLE!
dave
May 6, 2009, 10:43 PM
I started in the early 80's too and it was much the same thing as far as numbers. I think a huge difference was that back then most of the newbies had enough respect to know the rules beforehand and if they didn't know the rules there were plenty of people who would be more than willing to explain it to them one way or another.
Now, i think that respect is lacking, especially in summer, for the majority of new surfers. a lot of newbies think they have some 'right' to surf the best waves and drop in as they see fit without first paying their dues.
I agree - on your first point, back then there was much more intimidation, both implied and direct. But think about it, most of the hard cores/locals who really held it down were able to be that way b/c basically dirtbags with nothing to loose, nowadays, the older regular crews are guys with office jobs and families. To your 2nd point, that can be traced to the equipment available to newbies - funshapes, user-friendly longboards etc.
wbsurfer
May 7, 2009, 12:00 AM
okay guys i have tried not to get involved but i have finally came up with what i wanna say. to me these forums trully dont bother me as people can finde the spots to surf out here for forecasts so give up if someones gonna ruin your spot. and beside the beach is public anyone can surf it or what ever on it. plus these forums actually help guys out like that one thread about ding repair and so on. also some guys like to hear what type of music other people are listening to and before a surf session.
frylock89
May 7, 2009, 12:40 AM
okay guys i have tried not to get involved but i have finally came up with what i wanna say. to me these forums trully dont bother me as people can finde the spots to surf out here for forecasts so give up if someones gonna ruin your spot. and beside the beach is public anyone can surf it or what ever on it. plus these forums actually help guys out like that one thread about ding repair and so on. also some guys like to hear what type of music other people are listening to and before a surf session.
I learn alot reading the forums...In my family growing up i was never alowed to surf, cause surfers were "trouble"..lol...true in some sense. I just started surfing 3 years ago after i randomly picked up my brothers friends(hes def a kook) board and fell i love. None of my friends surf from back home, so everything i learned was off the internet till i got to school and met some people. this entire web site is soo helpful, who cares who surfs, and where, i wish everyone could experience surfing, i feel like a little kid again running around in a candy store when i surf, its better than sex, (some times).
Thanks Micah
jettyhead
May 7, 2009, 01:40 AM
i have an idea... if you don't like the forums, don't post in them. just go away.
oh yeah, stay out of the water too
Zansurf
May 7, 2009, 01:47 AM
you've been thoroughly pooped on
randomherochris
May 7, 2009, 02:04 AM
you've been thoroughly pooped on
truly, he hath been covered in the internet's feces
Salty J
May 7, 2009, 03:15 AM
Digital Localism Rules! Now stay home kooks...
SouthJerseyShred
May 7, 2009, 04:13 AM
Where is this dude at?! He starts a thread and doesn't even chime in?!?!
KOOKADOODLE!
im guessing he committed suicide after reading the replies.
aczaplicki
May 7, 2009, 04:27 AM
It just makes me angry every time I read some stupid thread about where to surf and when, what the swell is supposed to do this weekend, or even what kind of music I should listen to before I paddle out.
I know surfing has become a very popular sport in the past decade, but its starting to become almost too popular if there is such a thing. I feel like the internet has exposed the sport wayyy to much and I hope most of you all would agree with me on this...
If you have a problem don't read it asshole.
aka pumpmaster
May 7, 2009, 04:20 PM
I agree - on your first point, back then there was much more intimidation, both implied and direct. But think about it, most of the hard cores/locals who really held it down were able to be that way b/c basically dirtbags with nothing to loose, nowadays, the older regular crews are guys with office jobs and families. To your 2nd point, that can be traced to the equipment available to newbies - funshapes, user-friendly longboards etc.
Dave
Your right but I'd argue that this is EXACTLY the type of thing we need now. Most of the guys who were actually willing to physically regulate are still there and some of them do have jobs and families and are STILL willing to do that. I've seen it personally at OC inlet. It works and is time proven. I'm not saying beat the sh*t out of anybody who drops in on you, but a good talking to does wonders. if the offender still doesn't get it, there are still equally effective but less violent ways to get the point across. my fave that I use is the shadow paddle. If a guy (or girl) keeps dropping in on me even after a polite talking to, i paddle right up to them and sit directly in front of them so they can't catch a thing. and I always maintain positioning on them so they never have wave priority. if they move, I move. After about 10 minutes of that, they usually give up and leave.
mitchell
May 7, 2009, 04:39 PM
my fave that I use is the shadow paddle. If a guy (or girl) keeps dropping in on me even after a polite talking to, i paddle right up to them and sit directly in front of them so they can't catch a thing. and I always maintain positioning on them so they never have wave priority. if they move, I move.
That might work if the clown gives a sh!t about your wave priority. The last run in I had was with a guy who could care less about who had priority. I called him out on it, got threatened in return, and the guy had at least 40 pounds on me.
aka pumpmaster
May 7, 2009, 04:59 PM
That's when it's nice to have a couple buddy's with you.
zach619
May 7, 2009, 05:07 PM
This topic pisses me off. I surf a super localized break right in front of my house. I am cool with all the locals since I have surfed with them every day for seven years.
But I hear them calling people out, newbies and such and even guys who can surf and just get too close to the lineup right next to the pier. I see them fight. All the 17 and 18 year olds are the one out pushing other guys in the water, talking sh**. It is the lamest sh** ever.
I mean ever. The sh** pisses me off. I surf there too, and when some lame soft boarder gets in the way of the end of my left, I almost NEVER, EVER EVER EVER, pop out and start running my mouth....
People are out there trying to have fun. If they get in your way 100 times or endanger you its one thing...
But all these older guys who think that "back in the day" we used to "regulate" and sh**. I mean, what is the patrick swayze in point break???
Unless you live at pipeline, there is no such thing anymore. Nor should there be.
I have the priviledge of meeting and spending time with some guys from San Diego who literraly WROTE THE BOOK in surfing in this town. Rob Luscombs and Mouse... These guys used to make their own balsa planks back in the 50s and paddle out all winter with no wetsuits, no leashes...
SH** THEY DIDN"T HAVE FINS!!!!!
The point breaks all along sunset cliffs are NAMED after these men...
Now those are LOCALS... Those are the only guys in ALL OF SAN DIEGO that I would listen to and respect as owning a break.
Everyone who started surfing in the AFTER the 1960s really should be talking sh**. THey are as much involved in the MAIN STREAMING of surfing, that yes, they once bought a wetsuit, bought a POLY shortboard or fish and paddled out into SOMEONE ELSES break to learn how to surf....
So, there is no such thing as being Mr. SUPERLOCAL break regulator... Those are the fu**ers who usually can't surf... It is the funniest thing!!!! Some old beer gutter fu** bag talking sh** to some kids about HIS LINE UP and how, I BEEN SURFING HERE MY WHOLE LIFE!!!! Blah Blah FU**IN BLAH!!!!!!
Lame as sh*....
You know what I do when people snake me... I surf better than them. I spray them in the face next time I make a top turn. I make sure I am going so fast on the next wave that I might end their life if we collide, that they learn very quickly to stay out of the way... AND GUESS WHAT, I NEVER HAVE TO SAY A WORD!!!!!
Fins and water getting whipped in your face will teach you a much quicker lesson than some fat loser threatening to "Take it to the beach Bra"
aka pumpmaster
May 7, 2009, 05:43 PM
I'll forgive your ignorance Zach because you probably never surfed a crowded surf beach in OC in the early 80's. Back then, there were no drop ins PERIOD. The reason was that everybody knew what would happen if you did so everybody toed the line. You rarely had newbs go out a the best spots either. I WAS newb then and one the first things I heard was 'don't go out at these spots' and as a result i and many others found out of the way spots to learn and when we thought we were ready, we would try the better spots. if we surfed good enough, we were accepted and that was that.
It wasn't point break where it was blind localism it was all about respect. If you gave it you had no issues. if you didn't you were run out. today, lots of people give respect and there are no issues but, there is (IMO) too much tolerance of those who don't give respect and it enables those people to keep doing it.
Its funny you bring up the early years. Localism was a direct result of guys who got the sh*ts of dealing with surfers who had no respect. I think you confuse hard core -*ss beating pipeline style localism with people regulating a line up and enforcing etiquette.
SkegLegs
May 7, 2009, 05:57 PM
Anyone want to start the "Rehoboth Enforcerz Analyzing Lineups, Get Away You Spongers" gang with me (abbreviated R.E.A.L.G.A.Y.S).
If we find anyone who is not walking down that line totally straight, we're gonna smash their asses.
Skooba
May 7, 2009, 06:34 PM
When I was growing up you had better not paddle out at a spot if you weren't as good as the worst surfer there. You had to earn a spot in the line up. Whether is was shooting the pier or paddling out naked (yes, that was done on numerous occasions), you EARNED your spot. We didn't have any of this "Come on, paddle out and make this wave even more crowded" attitude. I'm all about localism, but it has to be done in the right way.
SurfJdog
May 7, 2009, 07:36 PM
Uh OH I'm getting ganged up on swell info for making fun of your little "Forum" haha you people are nutty...
But I guess you got nothing better to do from your cubical but talk smack online and dream about an EPIC 2 foot Saturday swell at 48th..
Respect to the real surfers out there :cool:
zach619
May 7, 2009, 07:40 PM
I mean, in the 80s in OC MD, there were barely any lineups that I remember.
Yeah, if you guys would all crowd the same peak back in the day and there is rarely swell, I understand you "running people off of your waves". But that is my point exactly. There is no place for that in the water.
Yeah, I surfed 48th st a couple of years ago with all the locs over there. I showed respect and I got waves. I had to take off when I had priority and a few guys dropped in at first but once they saw that I was taking off deep on the sets and making it, I had a spot in the lineup all day. That is how things work. I sat on the shoulder for a while and showed my respect. But no deuche bag is going to "run me out of his spot" if I am showing respect. If I keep dropping in on you or being a ****, then fine, but that will rarely happen where I live now. Surfing takes care of itself usually. It only takes one time ****ing someones elses wave up before people usually keep out of the way. And most days around here, the waves clean up all the garbage in the water. Most newbies get washed to shore with the first sets.
I am just saying. I have plenty of friends out here who agree with you. They start sh** with people all the time. I get it. A lot of people out there dont know what they are doing.
I am just saying, It has to be a pretty huge wave or a pretty strange circumstance for me to endanger myself and some beginner who is in my way. I mean, Yeah, all summer long I have to pull out of barrell sections or take a close out, or not be able to top turn because a foam board is going over the falls, but if you are someone who is out in the water all the time, you can avoid these things and protect yourself and other...
So until its DOH at the OC Inlet in september with offshore winds, and the water is DANGEROUS and crowded, there should be no tough guy sh** on 48th street in July because there are 300 people floating around next to each other waiting on the next ripple.
Salty J
May 7, 2009, 07:54 PM
Respect to the real surfers out there :cool:
Thank you.
Now get back to cutting grass kook!
aka pumpmaster
May 7, 2009, 08:06 PM
Zach, I think we are on the same page in that if you are respectful you really have no issue and if you are and someone still hassles you then that person is the a$$hole.
We'll have to disagree that agression has no place in the water since I believe that is has been an important part of surfing since the 60's.
As far as the 80s go if you surfed 118th, 80th or 8th in the 80s there were plenty of people. i think the biggest difference was that everybody was on shortboards so it didn't seem as crowded. same with surf beaches. On good days tho we had guys like Rusty and Tilly to maintain things.
ECSURFR
May 7, 2009, 08:16 PM
Ugh...you guys are arguing about OCMD...come on...but i totally agree with some of you guys. There are a few assholes down there. It just sucks that some people think their **** dont stink. I live in Bmore and i make it down for every swell...every one...dead of winter...summer...every swell i make the drive down. I do have a cubicle job and I use all of my days off for surf trips or for day swells in OC. And it sucks that just because i dont know a few people who live there that they think that they can talk **** when I go out on 48 or at the inlet. Fact is, i worked beach patrol for over 5 years down there, i know all my sandbars, i have saved countless lives and have even pulled a dead guy out and given him CPR up north during a hurricane swell. And it pisses me off and its so frustrating that most of the guys heckling out there are good at surfing and thats it!! What else do you do? I dunno...its a very frustrating topic and a hard one to debate.
Shakagrom
May 7, 2009, 10:50 PM
Uh OH I'm getting ganged up on swell info for making fun of your little "Forum" haha you people are nutty...
But I guess you got nothing better to do from your cubical but talk smack online and dream about an EPIC 2 foot Saturday swell at 48th..
Respect to the real surfers out there :cool:
I concur, you're not getting ganged up on... everyone is just laughing at you. :cool:
retrosurfvb
May 7, 2009, 11:28 PM
Zach, I'm completely with you on this. San Diego is crowded as **** with a bunch of talented surfers so I take what you say over most people on this site. Two of my friends got jumped the other day at the North End of Virginia Beach because it was a "locals only" spot. Which, if you know anything about VB, is complete bull****. Six guys came up on my friend, punched him up, and snapped his board in half. My friend wasnt even talking or dropping in on anybody...not to mention he could have ripppeddd on those kids on any wave any day.
**** "surf gangs"
wbsurfer
May 8, 2009, 12:14 AM
Uh OH I'm getting ganged up on swell info for making fun of your little "Forum" haha you people are nutty...
But I guess you got nothing better to do from your cubical but talk smack online and dream about an EPIC 2 foot Saturday swell at 48th..
Respect to the real surfers out there :cool:
how do you know all of us are in cubicles talking smack. just so you know probably half of the population on here are school kids either middle school, high school or even college kids. also you came on this site talking smack about the forums. and how long have you been a member? junior member which means you have seen how the site works. finally there all alot of people that know alot about your so called "secret spot" as everyone can google map it and look at it that way or, look at the forecast pages for where they live or in anyother state.
xgen70
May 8, 2009, 02:35 AM
Some shoes are harder then others to get the poop off. A simple rinse with a hose may not be enough.
zach619
May 8, 2009, 03:34 AM
im with u guys. when I lived in maryland I was pretty agro. very confrontational. maybe socal made me soft, but my experience after years and years of surfing every day is this:
anger and the ocean never mix. ihave never persally witnessed anything good come from violent localism. that's just me tho.
onother thing. us as surfers need to remember that on land, nobody cares that we surf. a few years ago, I treated some of the local pros like they were gods. then I realizedthat a lot of them were assholes, and while they are the most arrogant fools I've ver met, they don't make theseperation between surfing and life.how well u land a 360 air means nothing to most people.
my girfriend always reminds me that I am not better than anyone else cause I can out surf them. athough she appreciates how I land airs, my boss sure doesn't. my friends dont care either.
surfers only understand each other.
so most guys that think they r hot ****in the water end up being ****s about a lot of things. I have had days where I surfed sick as hell and felt like the king of the world.
but we r all the same out of the water. just remember that.
I yelled at some kid afew summers ago for getting in my way through a turn. then I saw him get out of the water and go home ith his head down. I felt like the biggest deusche in th world. I ruined some kids stoke. for what? a ****ty 3 foot lip that I couldve slashed. it was a reality check for me. I ruined someone elses day cause I thought I was better than them
Kneeboarder4Life
May 8, 2009, 04:07 AM
Ugh...you guys are arguing about OCMD...come on...but i totally agree with some of you guys. There are a few assholes down there. It just sucks that some people think their **** dont stink. I live in Bmore and i make it down for every swell...every one...dead of winter...summer...every swell i make the drive down. I do have a cubicle job and I use all of my days off for surf trips or for day swells in OC. And it sucks that just because i dont know a few people who live there that they think that they can talk **** when I go out on 48 or at the inlet. Fact is, i worked beach patrol for over 5 years down there, i know all my sandbars, i have saved countless lives and have even pulled a dead guy out and given him CPR up north during a hurricane swell. And it pisses me off and its so frustrating that most of the guys heckling out there are good at surfing and thats it!! What else do you do? I dunno...its a very frustrating topic and a hard one to debate.
Anyone want to start the "Rehoboth Enforcerz Analyzing Lineups, Get Away You Spongers" gang with me (abbreviated R.E.A.L.G.A.Y.S).
If we find anyone who is not walking down that line totally straight, we're gonna smash their asses.
Found a lifeguard to join your gang skeglegs. BTW, you guys think this 48th st. spot you keep talking about will be da kine in the am? Thinking about having my mom drive me and my kneeboard down for a sesh. Nobody cut me off or I'll headbutt your ano.
Peace in the middle-east (delmarva)
KB4L
rodndtube
May 8, 2009, 04:23 AM
Anyone want to start the "Rehoboth Enforcerz Analyzing Lineups, Get Away You Spongers" gang with me (abbreviated R.E.A.L.G.A.Y.S).
If we find anyone who is not walking down that line totally straight, we're gonna smash their asses.
Sign me up. We need a more recreational attitude in surfing!
I remember in the "old" days we didn't drop-in on others because of respect for one another, not fear. Because of safety issues on coral/rock reef breaks... "the do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Because we didn't have leashes and you might need that person to give you a helping hand snatching your board out of the current headed south. And, we all understood the rules about priority being the one closest to the peak and critical section, not "the first one standing or on the wave" (which sorta hit the sheet stack for the longboarders with SUPs in the line-up!).
RedStripe75
May 8, 2009, 04:27 AM
Some shoes are harder then others to get the poop off. A simple rinse with a hose may not be enough.
I'm thinking a combination of bleach and a firehose in this case.
rodndtube
May 8, 2009, 04:32 AM
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but we r all the same out of the water. just remember that.
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Not true. You are NOT my equal! Simply remember that.
BTW, some of the enforcements along Sunset Cliffs has been effective. But usually just to the deserving.
nappydreads
May 8, 2009, 06:05 PM
This is the dumbest thread ever....Everyone's on here worried about he said she said **** needs to grow up and grow a set of balls and go surf when it gets good... watch a new or old surf flik and just be stoked for the pure fact of surfing..Media has made surfing suck over the years and is just going to get worse. Face it people our waves are never going to be consistant and crowds are always going to be around. If your a local to an area you know where to go and score some waves without kooks in the water:eek::eek:peace mind surfing computer nerds
wbsurfer
May 8, 2009, 08:29 PM
technically everyone were all equal as we hate the economy. also we all surf and love the ocean. so stop the arguing and go surf even if its shin high just enjoy what god gives us.
Shakagrom
May 8, 2009, 10:14 PM
technically everyone were all equal as we hate the economy. also we all surf and love the ocean. so stop the arguing and go surf even if its shin high just enjoy what god gives us.
well nobody hates the economy, they are just devastated by the state it is in.
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mOtion732
Aug 3, 2009, 01:23 PM
when there is legit swell coming (hurricane, winter S swells, big noreasters) it's a lot easier to predict and get ready for than the smaller wind swells of the summer. it's kind of fun to shoot the sh*t and compare info to make a better prediction, and it gets you more amped to surf. it's nice to know what you're surfing and where it's coming from. some people don't care much, but others do and sometimes you can find them on a place exactly like this...
jimmycraxcorn
Aug 3, 2009, 02:58 PM
there are no SECRET spots left on the Atlantic coast.... these posers need to stop perpetrating a fraud.
aka pumpmaster
Aug 3, 2009, 03:06 PM
you just don't know when to quit do you???
jimmycraxcorn
Aug 3, 2009, 03:07 PM
you just don't know when to quit do you???
Eat a dik phag
aka pumpmaster
Aug 3, 2009, 03:16 PM
sweet comeback douchebag.
BTW--You do know that sandbars shift all the time right? So that creates 'secret' spots that haven't been breaking previously but do now (until the bars change again).
jimmycraxcorn
Aug 3, 2009, 03:20 PM
sweet comeback douchebag.
BTW--You do know that sandbars shift all the time right? So that creates 'secret' spots that haven't been breaking previously but do now (until the bars change again).
Who doesn't know that? But I'm pretty sure you don't have the expertise to know day to day where the sandbars shifted. Which means you still go to same lousy break you always go to. Stop trying to act like you are a professional. Keep living your dream dude. We all know you're really just the master of pumping your boyfriend's rectum
aka pumpmaster
Aug 3, 2009, 03:26 PM
what is it with you and the *** comebacks. did you bf in OCMD dump you? Is that why you're so bitter?
JonAngot12
Aug 3, 2009, 03:45 PM
Raaaaaaaandy!
MadMikey
Aug 3, 2009, 04:49 PM
LOLz at the "sand in the vajayjay" on display here.
Stop complaining and remember why you surf in the first place.
jimmycraxcorn
Aug 3, 2009, 06:27 PM
what is it with you and the *** comebacks. did you bf in OCMD dump you? Is that why you're so bitter?
Read carefully punkmaster... Like I said before - I don't go to OC - that's where trailer parkers go ...it's not exactly a vacation resort. Those of us with real jobs can afford to travel and surf in REAL vacation spots. Have fun amongst the meth heads and local prostitutes (I don't mean to insult your moms)
aka pumpmaster
Aug 3, 2009, 06:43 PM
i would think you are a regular at rehobeth though.
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