Inappropriate Longboard Sizes . . .

dude you got to use the right board for the conditions. I bet if you ask the longboarder how his/her surf was today... it would be a good report. I pulled out a 9footer sunday afternoon and an 8footer today.

 

you should have snaked her then a few times. from what I understand Long Beach is not a pleasant place to surf during the summer. they really aught to open up at least 2 more beaches to thin the crowds a bit.

was this girl at least cute?

 

someone snaked me monday and i shot my board at his head. didn't do it again.. i have to say this is my biggest pet peeve in the water. drop in on me? fine. ditch your board in my path? it happens. but snake me and i see red. and it's almost always a longboarder taking off from the outside jumping their place in line.

anyway, life's too short to fight over surfing but that sh!t makes my blood boil.

/rantoff/

 

I'm just learning so I ride an 8ft but I'm like 6ft so it seems to make sense. I know what you're saying about people riding some massive boards, I saw a guy with the biggest board I've ever seen but then I realized it was a paddle board, not sure if that made it OK. He never did catch a wave if I recall.

I was out on Friday and the waves were small but fun and easy enough to catch. Early on it wasn't too crowded but it started to fill in later in the day. I accidently dropped in on a wave someone was already riding, it didn't really cramp his style though as he had a pretty long ride already just to get where I was (I like to call it poseur alley), we both rode a little too close for comfort for the rest of the wave. He looked pretty annoyed so I apologized for freshman error but he was kinda prima-donna about the whole thing.

But then I got crowded out of my far out of the line spot (poseur alley) by some surf school guys who saw I was getting rides. I'll chalk that up to karma.

LB on a holiday weekend sounds like something best avoided, although I'm sure Rockaway was like grand friggen central in comparison.

 

I totally agree with you. The SUPers do the same thing. Have a little respect and everyone enjoy a ride. Or at least go to the opposite side so others can use the wave too. Besides, if someone keeps snaking me I pull out the surftech and just drop in on them. Let the chips fall. LOL.

 

Everyone needs to chill out. They are just waves and you will be rewarded for being patient. If you are not patient I suggest moving to an isolated island reefpass...otherwise on LI, you MUST be patient for the waves, and in the summer, for the people. Many newer surfers don't know the code of conduct, and that being said neither did I when I first started surfing. After a couple of years I learned all the conduct ropes, but it is frustrating when people snake you. All I have to say is this guy snaked me a few weeks ago on a waist high day and after that wave I caught a few good ones while he was paddling back out. I was so stoked to get those waves I couldn't care less about the guy snaking, and if fact many time it works out to my favor anyway. Keep the stoke and good vibes in the water, keep the aggro out.

 

so those of us getting snaked should be more patient? sorry, i'm not buying the beginners argument. if you know enough to paddle out on the peak and how to paddle inside of someone you know 'the code'. 99 percent of the time the person who needs to be 'more patient' is the one doing the snaking as it is often the locals who are the main offenders.

 

+1
what he said

 

First thing I asked as a beginner was, "what is the ethics of surfing". I didn't want to look like an idiot and piss people off, so asked what was appropriate.

 

Really?

Lemme get this straight: Someone went out to a designated surf beach on July 4, the single most crowded day with down-for-the-day folks and their rental softtops, on a day when the surf was 1' or less and they're complaining that they got "snaked" by a logger? Really? How long have you been surfing Long Beach? That's just how it's been since...oh, I don't know, forever? I strongly suggest dp at a non-surf designated beach.

C'mon, it was an epic bikini watching day, not even a mediocre surf day! As I remember it, no one was catching waves that morning, except maybe one of the janitors. Besides, those epic, summer, 1', wind swell waves were breaking right on the beach that morning. The fog was insane (couldn't see the guy 20' away from me) the tide killed it by 7:30 AM and then the winds went west, killing whatever was left.

 

What are you talking about, Rockaway? If someone insists on surfing between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM, there are seven designated surf beaches: Two all year round/all day surf beaches, another two other beaches that are surf beaches in the mornings only, and then the regular weekly rotating surf beach and now the new weekly rotating surf beaches in the West End! Don't be lazy, walk or drive a little further to the next surf beach. Doesn't take much to go to the City of Long Beach website and click on the surf beach schedule.

 

I'm with Sloop John B. Snaking is snaking. You want to wait and let people snake you and be patient and wait for your one wave of the day then good for you. I'll let them do it once or twice then I'm dropping in on them. And when the snake gets an attitude I'll be more than sure to let them know the do's and don'ts. Unlike some people who want to be door mats, I'd rather set the record straight. That way on future days snaker will know the deal. Rather than me sitting there letting them have their way on the beach. I've learned with the snakes its best to ignore them and go for the waves you want. They'll get the picture your not going to put up with them. Works all the time. P.S. They know what they are doing.

 

tough guys talking

Do you all have any idea how stupid this kind of talk is??? Who's the guy who said he fires boards at the heads of the person who dropped in on him??? What a complete jackass... You're *****ing about a lady on a log catchig knee-high waves. KNEE HIGH WAVES!!! Get over yourselves and get a board that's appropriate for the conditions. Fifty bucks says that board firing guy buys equipment that he has no business riding, but he's out there trying to kill somebody.

Get some perspective and get a realistic board. Stop pretending that a photographer is shooting you from the jetty 'cause chances are you can't get out of your own way. To the rest of you - maybe a lady dominating you in knee-high slop is going to change the way you think, and where I come from if someone is out fighting over crap waves trying to put another guy in the hospital, you'll be the one getting F&#*@# up. Smarten up.

 

normally i never beef with anyone. just kinda snapped i guess. honestly would've been really bummed if the guy had gotten hit. though i suppose you should be careful about who you snake.

 

I think it comes down to basic courtesy and common sense. I was out today and some tool on a sit down board was hogging most of the waves. Same thing. He can paddle way out and catch almost anything. Don't go right through the line up and screw everyone else. I stopped letting him through and just caught waves weather he was there or not. I let him have a wave or two but when he kept doing it, it was too much. Same with the SUPers.