Sadness

Surfing is a business. All surfers benefit from the industry in some regard. All surfers need gear. Surfers get forecasts, go on forums, watch videos, work in surf shops, shape boards, do/ need ding repair, etc... The people who provide these products and services don't do it for free. The big surf companies pour money into all of these ventures be it through straight sponsorship or advertising. If their wasn't a large market for these products and services, no one would offer them. It would make our lives much more difficult which means less time to surf. Come Labor Day, the rules change. But for these few months of gutless surf where tourists bring their dollars and keep these local communities alive for the rest of the year, it's best to Stay Above the Weather!!

 

Is a live person typing this, or some kind of Global Surf Industries Bot?

 

Its funny how skeptical people get when you present a positive message that isn't complaining about something or hating on certain people or things. Just spreading the word, don't let the weather get you down. Stay Above it!!

 

I'm just messing w/you...bored on my lunch break.

 

Instigator!

 

the weather has been sublime here this summer.it's the waves,you d-bag.

 

Good shtick, man.

 

There's a tick on this forum that's giving me a rash and has me feeling decidedly under the weather.

 

I'm just curious. Where, in regards to the weather, am I supposed to stay?

 

at a diagonal to it, i believe.

 

Ah......thank you.

 

anyone can get free marine forecast info outside of any vehicle supported by the surf industry, the best surf videos are the amateur stuff, most surf shops sell watches, shades, caps, jewelry and clothes with boards andgear being an afterthought, factory shaped boards are almost always inferior and yet more costly than locally shaped ones, the most hardcore skilled surfers I know don't dress in clothes you can get at a surf shop, anyone can (and should) learn how to do their own ding repair and even wetsuits/rubber is market-driven by the far far larger diving, sailing, wakeboarding, jet ski segments, etc...if the entire surfing industry disappeared overnight I mean I wouldn't be happy or anything but wouldn't personally impact me either.

 

Well-spoken sir.

"Easy access to surf forecasting doth not a complete waterman make." -Shakespeare(?)

Just looking at a wave height graph on this table, while convenient, does not teach anything about surfing. Every committed surfer I know has spent years looking at wind, swell, and tide models on the NOAA sites, spot-checking, and even the occasional Oceanography textbook. The entire experience is far more gratifying if you understand WHY surf happens. I would encourage anyone to do this because it "ties the whole thing together". Sure, you can not do this and catch plenty of good days, but why not take the opportunity to actually learn something and understand the world around you? We have developed this culture of ignorance in the US, where it's considered a waste of time to educate oneself.