Well, my opinion of bird rock is this: I dont surf it. Its actually a really good laydown boogie spot. Joel Tudor and a few others go there on long boards and stuff, but that is generally a break that everyone avoids, with good reason. Its not even the locals, its just a dangerous wave. Its not ideal for shortboarding while 10 spots on each side of it are, so your right about bird rock...
But as far as surf gangs and stuff, those are little LS high school kids running around waxing peoples windsheilds...
The only real thing that happened around here was last year when that pro surfer from La Jolla got jumped. But that was after an altercation in a bar, and the guy didnt mean to kill him. He hit him too hard and killed him with a punch. But my point is, the fact that he got killed had nothing to do with him being a surfer...
Dont get me wrong, like I said, I surf with di**s every day out here. But its mostly a lot of angry barking. I surf with this guy that literally yells at everyone that doesnt live in ob. EVERY DAY. If he drops in on you, he yells at them. If he is paddling out in the impact zone while you are on the wave, he *****es at you for coming at him... Hes a total kook, and brings bad vibes, but thats mostly what it is... Just angry old dudes yelling at outta towners and little kids telling the boogie boarders to stay in there zone...
Im just saying. Ive seen full on collisions, broken boards, terrible crashes... But none of them resulted in a beat down on the beach. Its always just 30 minutes of splashing and sh** talking betweens sets.
I know everywhere can have di*ks, you are right about that. My experience in OC though is just that its a much more volotile environment in the summer. Its a mix of all kinds of people in the water... People out for their first time... Its just dangerous sometimes... And sometimes the people who dont know how to surf can be the most dangerous ones. They will be out there fighting, because they have no respect for the ocean or the city they are visiting... Its like all the fu**in Zonis (tourists from arizona) that come out here and throw cigarette buts on our sidewalks, and attempt to paddle out on foam boards and get in the way... We have it here too... But most of the crazies that visit san diego stay on the beach drunk. Not too many people venture out in the water here that dont know how to surf at all... They gotta go up to tourmoline or somewhere they can paddle out in.





Yes, it breaks on a ledge and sucks out nicely. Lot's of shortboarders, fishies, kneeboarders and bodyboarders ride it. Kinda nice when Windansea is packed.
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