Head cold in big surf?

Neti pot. I swear by them now. 2x a day, more if stuffed up.

 

holy ****, PLUS 1 ON THAT! some of the best soup in the world when made correctly….and an epic cold winter soup broth if there ever was one. i prefer mine with eye of round, tendon, and omosa. add a bunch of
oriental basil, lime, and jellopayn-yo's to that and you are set. i mean, can you spare $4?

 

figure out a way to get some adrenaline pumping, if the swells that big the paddle out should do the trick

 

My .02: If it's the flu, not saying that it is, but it is going around, then it's nothing to mess with. Been laying up quite a few people I know. Often starts with sneezing, runny nose, then gets into the lungs If you start feeling chills and aching. I wouldn't go out. Once you come down with the flu, exercise isn't going to cure it; it will likely make it worse by getting yourself even more run down. But I'm older and have been down that road several times. And I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express.

 

you know what a neti pot is? it's salt water up your nose.. so yeah go surfing. nature's neti pot. You'll forget you were even sick after your first hold-down.

 

I get the steak and flank and a side order of summer rolls with scrimps! And yes, that bush they give you with your soup, all goes in! I also usually toss in a little sriracha to kick it up a little more. Good stuff!!!!

Sisurf, check in and let us know how the session went!

 

white people problems

 

well, since our nostrils are smaller, our heads drain slower.

 

I get what you're saying but not exactly. Sea water can have some nasty stuff in it depending on where you are surfing, esp after a hard rain. I flush my sinuses after a session with the neti pot.

I may be a bit more hardcore about it though, I had to have sinus surgery this year.

 

I'll tell you this - when I'm wearing thick rubber I look at the last little section of a wave that is worth a good slash and pull out and over just so I can paddle back out without a duckdive. On waist to chest high days I pride myself on the following formula: 1 hr surfing with < 5 Duck Dives = Happy and warm and no ice cream headaches. Getting caught inside with a few dives just to get back out is not worth trying to get the fins out on a turn. Its just not.

 

My girlfriend is part Thai, her mom, 100%. Let me tell ya, I am a lucky boy when it comes to Thai food! Best larb gai I've ever had!

 

Yeah, it's more of a temporary fix, the seawater head rinse. I've commonly develop sinus infections from surfing in jerzey.. but whenever I'm sick, if I go out and surf I feel better at least for that day..

 

Thought you were gonna say "don't care if they're right because women forecasters don't get paid" there for a second..


Sorry it didn't work out tho!

 

Agreed, I've definitely been out and got flushed and felt better afterwards.

 

Do y'all have ANY idea how much work it takes to be a good weather forecaster?

I mean, you don't get skills like those, I mean that, overnight...

 

This is kind of what I've always heard about doing physically demanding sports in general. If you just have a head cold then it's usually OK to exert yourself. If you have it in your chest already then you should probably lay low, because you will exacerbate the illness.

 

dios mio.