Sadness

Discussion in 'Mid Atlantic' started by Haig Bakhtiarian, Jul 18, 2011.

  1. Haig Bakhtiarian

    Haig Bakhtiarian Well-Known Member

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    Jul 8, 2011
    So i was coming back from Canada today and decided to check the waves. And to my delight i saw head high clean this friday due to the tropical storm but then i checked an hour later and it ent flat :( does anyone know if it will go back up?
     
  2. beachbreak

    beachbreak Well-Known Member

    Apr 7, 2008
    Only God knows.God only knows,but,no need for sadness,waves will come again
     

  3. Haig Bakhtiarian

    Haig Bakhtiarian Well-Known Member

    58
    Jul 8, 2011
    ok Thanks a lot! it actually got me a lil bit optimistic hahah
     
  4. 34thStreetSurfing

    34thStreetSurfing Well-Known Member

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    Aug 13, 2009
  5. njsurfer42

    njsurfer42 Well-Known Member

    Nov 9, 2009
    as has been said many times before, more than 3 or 4 days out = pure fantasy, esp. w/ a tropical system.
     
  6. Recycled Surfer

    Recycled Surfer Well-Known Member

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    Jan 1, 2010
    I've had some really fun sessions on days where if you looked at the report you would not give it a second thought. If you can - check it out.....
     
  7. beachbreak

    beachbreak Well-Known Member

    Apr 7, 2008
    that's because you are a longboarder.read the book 'search for captain zero' and find out why shortboards can be limiting.i know;i am a shortboarder
     
  8. Johnny Utah

    Johnny Utah Well-Known Member

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    Sep 5, 2010
    Sucks that so many people rely on this site now...I remember the good old days when you did your own forecasting!
     
  9. windswellsucks

    windswellsucks Well-Known Member

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    Oct 20, 2007
    sweet, lets all login to the internet so we can talk about the good old days before the internet
     
  10. Zippy

    Zippy Well-Known Member

    Nov 16, 2007
    I agree it was so much fun to make a guess, find you were right and score with only a few around. Surfing is becoming something people do like occasionally playing golf or going bowling. They wake up and say "knee to waist high, great! Today I am a surfer". Little to no dedication, no sacrifice and no appreciation for it. It's there to take and it's as much mine as anyone, so here I come with my bic in a boardbag and my signature safari hat. The internet is a great thing but **** make people work for it, even a little.
     
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  11. Kenny Powers

    Kenny Powers Well-Known Member

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    Aug 30, 2010
    Gas costs a ****load nowadays not everyone can just drive to check the waves whenever they want..
     
  12. Ray F.

    Ray F. Well-Known Member

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    Sep 13, 2009
    I have feelings, ya know.
     
  13. schweez

    schweez Well-Known Member

    119
    Sep 17, 2008
    just to play devils advocate, i bowl a lot and have been in leagues. i know im better than 99% of people out there when its open bowling to the public. it doesnt really every bother me that they are coming in and doing the same sport im doing, whatever their true motivation. yes, it is harder bowling with large crowds around distracting you, but u just gotta take the good with the bad. (larger crowds directly affect surfers more, i know)
     
  14. GnarActually

    GnarActually Well-Known Member

    931
    Sep 30, 2007
    that was kinda a terrible analogue. - you'd know if you surfed quite often
     
  15. super fish

    super fish Well-Known Member

    Sep 2, 2008
    Yeah I was planning on heading down this weekend and a few days ago it looked good and now it's knee to thigh high. Even though the forecast is small, I have been checking the web cams every day (when the forecast is calling for small surf) and it has actually been bigger and cleaner than forecasted.
     
  16. beachbreak

    beachbreak Well-Known Member

    Apr 7, 2008
    i had fun on a longboard tonight;there was little waves
     
  17. njsurfer42

    njsurfer42 Well-Known Member

    Nov 9, 2009
    that is, bar none, the worst analogy you could have come up w/ for this situation. bowling & surfing are nothing at all alike. you should prob. sell your board now, b/c you clearly don't get it.
     
  18. aka pumpmaster

    aka pumpmaster Well-Known Member

    Apr 30, 2008
    Love this post!!
     
  19. Stayabovetheweather

    Stayabovetheweather Well-Known Member

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    Jul 20, 2011
     
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  20. Mitchell

    Mitchell Well-Known Member

    Jan 5, 2009
    I disagree with the argument that we all need the summer hobbists to stoke the markets and keep us in good cheap gear. The only surfing gear that costs real $ is boards and winter rubber. Die hard surfers either already shape their own boards or will find a way to get inexpensive boards (used, locally shaped customs, bro deals etc) if cost is that much of an issue. 30 years ago there were a tiny fraction of the summer hobbyists around and the cost of a board in real dollar terms was about the same as it is now, so i dont see much effect. Summer hobbyists by definition dont need serious rubber so thats not relevant either. I also dont see the "surfing ecosystem" revolving around the all mighty dollar, you'd have to explain that one to me...
     
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