been lurking here for awhile and i have to say this forum is alright! as an introduction; i grew up around the ocean, but moved in the great midwest years and years ago. one thing that saved my sanity is a Flowrider. dunno if any of you are familiar with it, but it's one of those man-made waves you see in some waterparks. anyways, i do get to go home once in a great while, so that helps out a bit as well. last year, me and a friend of mine decided to take a road trip to OBX. i was stoked! can't believe i can hit the water once again. my question to you guys that's familiar with surf spot in that area: are there any place that's good for bodyboarding? i'm talking shorebreaks and hollow waves. when i was there last year, we were pretty much around nags head, and at one point, s-turn. we planned on going further south but didn't quite make it. we are planning on going again next month. any suggestions???
I've seen that florider thing. I thought the only place that had was san diego(what a STRANGE/unnecessary place to have a florider) Shore break sucks for bodyboarding, unless you like dislocated shoulders and broken necks. Worst is when it breaks right on the sand. Only thing it's good for is skimboarding. I like my waves breaking in at least waist deep water. Anything shallower than that and it's a no go for me.
Check the winds...further south will bring something in NE S-turns can be really good, but there's other areas north and south...just got to check.
Yeah, but the flowrider in San Diego is legit. They have a beginner one that you have to spend a few hours on before they even allow you into the real deal. They set the one in mission beach to 10-15 foot at all times and its quite a show. guys are doing huge airs and tricks. I would imagine on in the midwest is not set to neck breaks speeds and heights. I used to go there and have some cocktails after surfing the mission jetty and the wavehouse wave is kind of insane.
you're right, zach. the flowrider we have is nothing compared to the one in San Diego, nevertheless, it's the closest thing they have here in surfing. shark-hunter, funny you mentioned shorebreak breaking right on the sand. one of my favorite digs growing up was this spot caled Keikis, not far from Waimea. now that spot literally breaks on dry sand. that's only during the winter though... any other time, i would be at Sandys on the south-east side. i guess what i'm looking for when i was at OBX last year was something similar, as in hollow shorebreaks type of wave. really missing that elevator drop feeling followed by getting shacked, then compressed. koki, thanks for the advice! this time i'll make sure to make it all the way to the tip. i understand giving out secret spots. i was looking more for the more well-known areas to the locals that is not so secret but more of a bodyboarding type of wave.
I was just at the Wavehouse in Mission Beach a few weeks ago! Really sick! One old dude really rocked it!
you cant go wrong with a surf trip to obx.plenty of great untouched waves all around.id wait til September when we get a few good groundswells.rght now im sure its as flat as nj.i seen videos of the flowrider,it looks fun for skimming,dont know about sponging tho.if u want hollow shorebreak come to nj.he have plenty of it and no takers,as I imagine most people don't want broken necks.i wouldn't mind movin out to the Midwest,just would suck without the ocean.i have a buddy out in Wisconsin who said he could hook me up with a union job anytime I want to move out there,but im goin to stick it out in the derty herzey
yes, we will be there in september; for a whole week at that! hopefully we get lucky. knock on wood... for sponging flowrider, check out a dude name chris childers on youtube. you wanna see someone string an ARS, reverse roll and gorf in one ride, this guy pulls it off...
Welcome aboard Spunjer, hope you guys score in Sept. +1 on Chris Childers, that dude does destroy the flowrider.
If you want a good shorebreak wave you should check jenks in point pleasant NJ that's actually a stop on the iba World tour look it up on youtube.. prob one of the best shorebreaks on the east coat.. And the night life is good there too if you want to get drunk and party
Dude, while there are "constant" spots, you never know on the Outer Banks. That place is just one big sandbar that people built houses on....sandbars come and go. So just check spots, dawg. It's easy down there too, because much of the beach road is basically right next to the gosh darn beach. Maybe, one of the OBXers on here, like Dune, will point you to a current shorebreak-style sandbar. Maybe Bathhouse in Kitty Hawk is dishing it up? I don't know. Hey, stay away from Dune's sister, though. Dune surfs the best pier on the banks. God, I loved that place. At least I loved the old pier. That place used to produce THE BEST sandbars. Hollow, ripable, powerful nugs of bub. Dude, I hope you score surf, but make sure to lose yourself into the whole Outer Banks experience. It's the last bastion of the free spirit on the east coast, and a spiritual, "ocean" place. That's why everbody is on mind altering substances down there. Watch out for the police down there. They're a bit on the excitable side. Ok, they are overzealous clowns........man, go police a real area like Baltimore.
Spunjer, I'm original from Oahu and now live in Richmond, VA. I grew up with Kainoa McGee, Jackie Buder, Burkhart and those boys from BITD, so I have bodyboarding in my blood as well. Totally miss shorebreaks like Sandys, Pounders, Keiki, Waimea....I even have hit the Wedge on big days. LOVE IT. Where are you located now? -Greg
To each their own. I'm not into getting smashed into the sand, but hey everyone has their vice. If I knew the area I'd let you know the spots for getting pulverized into the sand on a nasty unmakeable closeout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R2y4rxAypQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiqv5UFIogY And that's not even breaking right on the sand. Man those guys are crazy...lol
My point was that of all the places to have a wave machine....san diego?? I'd much rather ride a real wave that that. That being said; We need that a florider on the east coast to deal with flat spells. San diego has enough waves already! Send that **** over here!
Man...no Sh!t! My wife and I stayed in Keiki Beach about 10 years ago February during a huge NW swell. Wiamea was breaking a couple days, Pipe was on fire, but that shorepound right out back of our cottage in Keiki was the scariest looking wave I've ever seen. Super long period THICK 15 foot waves just drawing water off the beach for like 10 seconds and then heaving up and slamming top to bottom about 10 feet of the beach in an ugly explosion. I sat on that beach for hours just staring into the belly of those beasts. Nobody around in Keiki while a mile up the beach at Pipe there were 40 people crawling on top of each other for every set wave.
Yeah here's keiki breaking right ON the sand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIQHpY7c7IM Some nut actually trying to surf it. He left after one wave absolutely annihilated him right at the beginning. Really lucky he didn't get seriously injured. Thankfully he was ok. I don't know how he thought that was even remotely a makeable drop. I think it's a competition to see who can break their neck first.
haha! thanks for the vids, shark-hunter! brought back so much good memories. for the record; no, i never went out on those crazy-ass days. definitely know my limit. but yeah, Keikis could get pretty nuts. taking off on those waves (well, the smaller ones anyway) is similar to standing still and all of a sudden grabbing hold on a moving vehicle. it just pulls the crap out of ya... howzit Greg! i stay ohio right now. das right, the buckeye state, lol. been living here for a lot of years. those boys you mentioned: brah, i went to the same school they went (except for Burks). yeah brah, Kaimuki Bulldogs, haha!!! only thing i graduated a couple years before them.. forgot about Pounders. the sidewave on that place is pretty unreal, yeah? here's a nic pic from the recent almost-tropical storm:
thanks for the tip, Paddington! crossing my fingers hoping to catch a nice swell when we get there... last year we caught one good day out at OBX. just blew my mind when i saw the waves A-framing and actually spitting. too bad it was gone a couple hours later. definitely need to keep an eye on tides and wind direction, lol. after being away from the ocean for awhile, them small details are easy to forget...
