Man, F this all..........................

Aside from sharing similar philosophical perspectives, it's the $hit like this that almost causes me to pi$$ myself. Word life, PJB.

 

This summer and fall has been ****ing horrible compared to anything in the past 10 years, you are a kook who spends way too much time posting bull**** on the forums, the overload of OCD posters and ****ty waves have made the forum unbearable for the last 3 months, and yes, you will fade away like the rest do every year in another month or two.

But by all means, continue to fluff your own genitials by posting such informative insight and self realization on the forum, it's more entertaining than the what size wetsuit will I need for next weekend threads.

 

Surfingwasteland... if more people in this world were like you they wouldn't need antidepressants! Props on living your life like it should be!

Paddington.... don't know if you're serious or just shootin the $hit... but if its something that you have wurling around in your head then do it! You have nothing to lose! I know one thing and that is if you don't do it, it will be a regret for the rest of your life up until the day you are lying on your death bed.

I'm pushing the age now where I'm questioning and concerned about things I haven't done yet. Though I have done a lot in my life, more than most, I have this burning feeling inside me telling me I haven't done it all and I need to hurry up! Almost a panic....no it is a panic! My biggest fear is that I will some how or way get disabled or too old and not be able to surf or walk that wandering trail.

Life is short....waaaaayyy too short! It may appear as if you have a long time but you don't. Take a good look at how fast the last ten years have gone by. The next ten are going to go by even faster!

I know this guy who is supremely optimistic and more full of life than anyone I know. He and his daughter did a little experiment in which they estimated how long they would live if they led a healthy lifestyle. They correlated the number of days they had left in life and represented them with marbles. They then filled a giant glass jar with the marbles. Every weekend they go out to the lake by their house and take the marbles representing the days past and throw them into the lake. What's left in the jar represents how much longer they have on earth. He said it was a very scary feeling to see how quickly the level of marbles is dropping!

Paddington.... you're losing your marbles! Better get on it!

 

I don't plan on having kids. However, marriage can be pretty cool if you meet the right girl. Mine drinks brews with me, surfs with me, and lets me do my own thing when I want.

 

Kids are mandatory to vicariously live through once your knees start giving out. This is the key to happiness.

 

I also plan on gracefully bowing out of human procreation.

 

Paddington.... you brought a tear to my eye!

Very well said my brotha, specially this last line....

"Nothing matters except waves, weed and dogs.......and hopefully your family."

Brewengineer, I have had the girlfriends that surfs too. Though its a great novelty at first I think I much prefer the non-surfing girlfriend. It seemed as if I could never go surfing by myself or with my friends without my girl wanting to tag along too. Like I said, its great at first but becomes a curse. Especially when you want to go on a surf trip with the guys. Good luck with that!

Course then there's the opposite side of the spectrum... your girl falls in love with you because you are a surfer and love the beach and live the lifestyle. Then 2-3 years down the road you are nothing but a loser and all you want to do is surf and all the money you earn or save goes toward your surf trip and not her. Stop wearing those ridiculous flip-flops, dress like an adult, blah, blah, blah, ha, ha, ha!!!!~~~~~~~

Was so hilarious.... I just got into that same conversation with a buddy the other day! Willing to bet this happens to just about every guy that surfs and has a girlfriend!

I'm in the perfect situation... not married, no girlfriend (u can get em cheap while on your surf trips), my son is now 18, loves his dad, can't stand his mom, all he wants to do is go surfing with dad! Took him on his first surf trip last year and we had the time of our lives!

 

The kids didn't know why because: A) they are programmed to assume that's what a successful life entails and B) Not many people their age think things through. I never planned what happened in my life, it kinda just happened. I didn't plan to enjoy surfing as much as I do. I didn't plan on going to prison, I didn't plan on not wearing a condom and producing 3 mini-Chavez clones. As I stated before, don't think, just do.
PJB, if your break is messed up, mine is doing pretty good at mid-tide with these east/northeast swells. It's better at low tide in the Summer. It was closed out at low tide every day through this last round of waves we got. You know where it is. Cruise on down. You'll have a peak all to yourself. No one is there during the week.

 

Hey you guys up north (Jersey, NY etc...) do you all surf all through the winter or is too unbearable. Is this the season to try to squeeze in as many sessions as possible before hanging up until spring? I know you guys up there get snow on the beach (I've seen picts). Now that's pretty hardcore!!!

Come January, February I find it gets pretty unbearable here in Florida! Temps reach about 58 degrees and for me that's ice cream headaches and numb feat! I've tried the whole "booties" thing but find its just as bad as numb feet when it comes to feeling your board under you. Also my performance really lacks in those temps. I feel like an ol' kook out there. Guess I'm a Florida *****, but I just can't seem to adjust to those frigid temps. Even when I go to Cali I find it tough to bear.

You guys are definitely hardcore it you are pushin through the winter!

 

It's no too unbearable at all, there's actually alot of benefits to water temps in the 30's.

 

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I thought dude was talking about this kinda bear.

From urban dictionary

1. bear
A term used by gay men to describe a husky, large man with a lot of body hair.
George's sexual tastes run toward bears.

dunno what your into Paddington, but you would likely want to avoid these kinds of bears, sure they like honey too cause they are fat, but you might be getting a lil more than you bargained for

 

I respect where your coming from PJB. How old are you, just wondering where you're at in life. I can honestly say I sowed my oats up until I was 36, got married to a psycho then got divorced after 5 years. Well I just had a birthday yesterday, 49 man, wow. Thanks SI for sending me a birthday note! I now have a wonderful PR girl that I have been with for 11 years now and she gave me an awesome surfer son who just turned 8. I wouldn't trade that sh t for anything in the world man. Like you boys say, to each his own.
This thread got me thinking about a few of my trips to PR where I went alone. I was down there for the Haiti earthquake by myself and the near miss with being away from my family hit me. After the 11th straight day of wake up, eat, surf, eat, surf, eat, surf again then sleep, it really got like the movie groundhogs day. I actually called my bro and said I think I'm tired of surfing. Of course that only lasted till the morning. But it makes you think about some of the best times that you had in the past surfing. It's not just the act of riding the wave itself but the entire experience of paddling out, seeing your boy pull into the tube, sometimes making it sometimes doing cartwheels in the barrel. We laugh, we joke, we nearly drown and push ourselves to the limit. Personally I think its more fun with the boys. Those trips are always better and create the best memories. It's kind of like offshore fishing alone. I love to do it but its so much better when your with some good friends. Some people are loners and some aren't.
I guess the question is, are you satisfried? I am for sure, although I don't surf nearly as much as I would like to but my life with my girl and my son make me happier than any wave can.

 

Make sure its Mrs Palmers, she has the right touch up against my junk. On Sunday I might be doing an early sunrise bass patrol somewheres on the northern part of the island. I will look for your droppings PJB....

 

I started dating my wife long before I started surfing. I still surf alone all the time. She like the cleaner and more manageable waves. I surf in any condition.