
They guards seemed extra aggressive in enforcing rules this year, worse than others. So, a couple weeks ago during a little drifty swell, I asked the chick at the surfing beach why she was getting so serious with her whistle (a few of us were sitting a few yards south of the last guard stand and catching long rights into the surfing beach- she was going ape ****) ? She told me that the bosses were trying to really step-up their regulating. Is this true RUSTYSRFR? Why the hell all of the sudden? Especially when there are more surfers then ever out there! Is this coming from guard officials or town officials or townspeople complaining?
Last edited by wang; Aug 16, 2009 at 02:26 PM. Reason: Forgot something
its so cute seeing lifeguards stand up for themselves.
If there was a strong current and you were sitting just south of the chair taking rights, there shouldn't have been a problem. That's what I train them to let them do when the current is bad. The issue is when you go way past the FLAG. Surf beach ends at the chair, not the flag. And all those beach patrons sitting on the beach who are pissed they can't swim watch everything we do. The minute we give surfers more room, they get on their cells and call and complain. Then we get written up. So, yeah, in that respect we have to be careful. As much as surfers hate the surf beach boundaries, there are tons more people sitting on the beach waiting to whine when they see a surfer go into "their" area.
By the way, what street was this?
30something a few weeks back around 11am. Waves were good all morning and I saw the surf beach was a few blocks down.... so I paddled over @ 10am. I understand the people call and complain and that tourists spend money and stimulate the economy. But, jiminey cricket, surfing is a lot more popular than it was back in the 90's when I started and there just is not enough room in the water (esp. on better days). My question is, why can't the captians give the guards some slack and be more understanding (seems like they used to modify it a lot more often then presently)? What would happen if they ignored the majority of the beachers complaints? Probably nothing. The tourists would deal with it the rest of the day, forget the next, and return the following year to spend more money and burn their fat *sses.
Why the hell even start a lame thread like this? Ain't no waves to surf anyway dummy tyrone
Hey DWEEB.... Been surfing LONGER THAN YOU'VE BEEN ALIVE... 4 yr. ex-OCBP guard here ('85-'88), AND 25 year ++ surfer... PLEASE don't try to lecture me about guards not being surfers, you scrawny little puke... how long has your scrawny ass been 'surfing' (or boogie boarding)??? 2 years?? Living in mommy and daddy's ocean-front condo DURING THE SUMMER??? NEVER IN WINTER - GUARANTEED. There are SO MANY ex-OCBP's in Hawaii/California/Carribean that absolutely LAUGH at complete KOOKS like you when we're paddling right past your sorry ass... You little TWAT