Surfing Vs Bodyboarders

honestly, I would MUCH rather be in the water with a knowledgeable sponger than a longboarder or SUP'r.

 

I don't bodyboard anymore, but I will tell you all there are a couple spots within a short drive from my house that are killer bodyboarding waves. One is great depending on tide, wind and swell direction--when it's large, confused, windy and not worth paddling out anywhere else this spot produces screaming 100 yard barrels that are impossible to make on a surfboard. It's fickle and only breaks a hand full of times a year. As for the other one, it's surfable too but more of a slab. I'm not going to say anything more about it because it's a secret on a developed beach that does not see much surfing pressure and I want to keep it that way. I'm sure some folks who know the area really well know the first break I mentioned.

 

Amen tbrown. that's how I started.

 

if you guys want to really want to entertain yourself, do a forum search for this same thread topic that has been done many times over. I'm sure you will find hours of great entertainment

 

I've had some good days on the body board, mostly shorebreak or closeouts. Otherwise, I'm surfing.

I'll make a bold claim: I can grab a body board and hang with the best of 'em. Let's see a body boardersgrab a surfboard and do the same.

I rest my case.

 

swellinfo, where the hell are my puppies and kittens?

 

I have to agree with you Lee..Why not just do both?..Is the transition difficult?..Im not expecting it to be easy or anything.. wave placement and timing are already in the bag..

 

Bigger and deeper at Pipe, Chopes, Puerto...most all of the biggest deepest waves on the planet...done by BOTH bodyboarders and standup surfers, and i doubt its ever easy. So apparently if you are the guy out on the shoulder dropping in, thats mostly about YOU choosing the soft part of the wave.

 

Snaked

Ha Ha Ha!

 

Poverty beach

 

and Broadway

 

Crawling = boogieboarding, walking = longboarding, running = shortboarding, crutch/cane/walker = SUP

 

this forum is totally ridiculous. sounds like babies, "my thing is better than your thing blah blah blah...".
give it up already. to each their own.

 

Most bodyboarders aren't talking **** on surfers or stand ups and most rip on a surfboard. It's always the stand ups who are bashing the bodyboarders. Why? Well probably because guys like Etl1692 are shoulder hopping and can't get a wave.

To those who think one chooses to bodyboard because they can't stand up, time to think outside of the box. I stood up for 5 years before I went to bodyboarding. What do you know, I can do both equally well.

 

Agree with. most serious spongers are great to be in the line up with. they don't wavehog and know the rules of the game.

its only the summer-only guys with the cheap sponge from Chaunceys telling all their Hollister bedecked 'bros' how they 'surf' that are the issue for me.

 

I do both. There is a break very close to my house that breaks so close that you can really only bodyboard. But, the break is about 10x as gnarly as the local surfing breaks, so when it looks like I'll have more fun there, I go there. Or, if it is a really mushy day or something, instead of whipping out the longboard, I grab my fins and bodyboard. At the same time, when there is a good day, I surf it forever. I don't know why surfers get so butthurt about bodyboarders. Both are fun, different strokes for different folks.

 

at this point I'd ride anything. The next 7 days say things like 1ft@3seconds haha. I'd ride a raft made of foam top costco boards and inflatable bananas if given the chance. Time to do your rain dance.

 

Thank You!!!

 

boogie board body board

Dont care what u call it. I ignore people like u