That's just sad......

I am not from there but have lived there off and on before I moved down here. I have bounced around a lot with jobs and school. Hopefully va beach will be my final resting place. I liked oc a lot, but it is dead in the winter time. there is a lot more to do here year round

 

Well, still looking for a comment from one of the drop-in yahoos. Must be someone who wants to rationalize it???

 

In Buddhism, they call them "seekers"... samsara... They're caught up in the hustle... the frantic, peaceless struggle for something that they will never attain by virtue of the struggle itself. Like a dog that chases a rabbit every time it sees one. Because the dog simply can't ever catch the rabbit, it will be tortured it's whole life.

Burning someone never gave anyone their perfect wave.

 

ok...if you say so. i grew up here & have lived the majority of my adult life here. i clearly have no clue wtf i'm talking about...

no, it wasn't me. 6 years ago i was living in costa rica. i can only rarely be found on the boardwalk for any reason other than to cross it. i also neither know nor care what gessler's or the kelly bro's pizza preference is. i never claimed to be a "connoisseur" & in fact almost never even eat pizza. like super fish said, i'd rather eat at rojo's. but if i am going to have pizza, it's going to be either all natural pizza (on asbury ave), mario's (on bay), or piccini (on west). just b/c it's on the boardwalk doesn't mean it's any good. boardwalk=tourist trap 9x out of 10.

true, but very few hobbies or past times are as unabashedly selfish & self-serving as surfing is. i'd wager that every serious surfer on this or any other site has either blown off or shown up beyond fashionably late to "important" functions like work or events w/ family or a significant other in order to surf. when was the last time you heard of a bowler doing something like that?

thanks. it's all about the local knowledge...

 

You are being unrealistic....and an a**hole local so chill out nobody likes bad energy in the water for any reason...some people just drop in because they don't know any better so calm down.

 

bill's not a local...please don't associate him w/ the rest of us who live & surf in oc year-round.

 

When I was in Barbados, I blantantly dropped in on a boogieboarder. In my head, I partly justified it because he was another tourist, like me. The wave was really lining up nice for me, so I just said "F it, I'm taking this". I certainly wouldn't call it a perfect wave, but I ended up having an epiphany about backside surfing on the wave. I actually think the fact that I was dropping in helped -- it forced me to hold a higher line, otherwise I would've came down right on top of the guy. I did apologize afterwards.

 

I have a question, why manco & manco now, why not just manco? Just sounds stupid now. It's like Johnson's (which is crap btw) tourist money grab. Anyway 3 bro's is the large pizza place, and sjb are you starting an armchair surfer movement? Sitting at home watching on a cam and *****ing about etiquette, get wet or shut it!

 

The way someone acts in the water gives you a pretty good indication of what kind of person they are in general. from my experience. sad there are alot of aholes . but more cool. Id rather surf a lesser wave to myself than have to hassle for a crowded spot.

 

try coming to VB. 30 guys on the peak at first street on friday. it was maybe knee to thigh high at the most

 

Crowds are something that everyone needs to learn to deal with. Its not like is ****ing a surf resort you have to pay money to like enjoy. Gauge the people you are surfing with and write them off accordingly. I don't mean drop in, though I personally have been guilty if the waves are good and this guy can't even get a friggin wave. I read the first page of this and just wanted to say that it was thigh high at wb with summer summer summertime crowds ok. I couldn't believe it.

 

Wait until that new 9th st bridge is fully open...it will make it even easier for people to go to OC. But then word on the street is that theres the mother of all beach replenishments coming 2012/2013. Might send everybody somewhere else.

 

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

Burning someone never gave anyone their perfect wave.
** is probably not true. im thinking hawaii. but, we all surf beach breaks here pal-
2. mack & manco's pizza sucks. & it's over priced. i don't know a single *real* local who likes it.
u lkike everything when ur drunk. foodwise i guess
3. oc is more than the 1-1.5 mile stretch from waverly to 7th street. seek. explore. there's more out there.
where is this place is sounds amazing

 

Well, not many drop in punks have chimed in. One confession from someone that I'm pretty sure said they weren't good enough to surf steep waves in some other thread. I think.

u dont sound very sure to me.

*****ing about crowds is like *****ing about your girlfriend. at least ur getting ****ed.

 

ok...whatever. i'm just trying to be helpful. if i come across as a know it all jerk, that's the reader's problem, not mine.