So get this. Spent the entire weekend painting in no air conditioning 100 degree heat and by 5 pm tonight (Sunday) I needed a swim in the ocean soo insanely bad. Round up my 2 kids and get to Long Branch and we're in the water when guards pull up about 6 pm and order everyone out of the water. No swimming after hours in response to recent drownings. I asked the guard, "So the ocean's closed?" "Yeah, pretty much," he said. You can now only swim between 10 am and 5 pm. I was so friggin' livid on so many levels I can't even go into it. But I wonder what the legality of this is? Are other towns doing this now? There are drownings ever year. They never did this. There are fatal accidents on the highways every day. They don't close them. Seriously, I can't take it any more.
I thought the high tide line marked unregulated territory for that sort of issue...I woulda been pissed
seriously. we need to go slash some tires or something. this is getting ridiculous. every year it gets worse. Soon enough they're gonna make swimmies mandatory before entering the water. The people that drown shouldn't have been out there. Period. The only changes that should have been made is maybe a "Swim at your own Risk" sign on every beach.. Jersey's over populated anyway.. Like said before. "That's just Darwin cleaning out the gene pool..."
There was a fatal car accident here in Wilmington.... All roads are closed until further notice..... I cut myself filleting a flounder I gigged last night... All fishing is closed until further notice.... Every 4th of July Masonboro Island and Shinn Creek (that's the sound behind Mase for those who don't know) is inundated with idiots, morons, knuckle draggers, underage drinkers, tourons and the worst--UNCW "locals" and all their friends from Raleigh and Charlotte--to trash the island, to throw beer bottles, cans and other trash into the water, to fall between rafted boats narrowly skirting death, to get into massive brawls and then to leave for us REAL LOCALS to pick up their trash later.... This, for some reason, is still allowed to continue....
All you Long Branch types have to bite the bullet and just go in the water. Cop the tickets(fines) and fight it. Gain some media attention, and ban together to fight this crap. This kind of stuff has happened in Jersey before. Contact your area SurfRider Foundation chapter thingamajig. If you guys fight it, you can win. If you do nothing, well then going in the water will stay illegal. Man, everything's illegal in New Jersey. And, to top it off, they make you pay to get on the beach. Well, I've never bought a beach badge, and never will. I just act mentally challenged when faced by beach badge checkers. That seems to work. You guys better nip this in the bud. I hope there's more people of substance up in North Jersey than is represented on this site. If any of the rest of youse guys(non N. Jersey types) care, and really I don't blame you for not caring about North Jersey, but you guys could write letters to various public officials that matter. Hey, now's the time to write that letter to Governor Christie that you've always wanted to write. But write the mayor of Long Branch and any board members........and the reps and senators............and the president.......hell ask Canada for help, Steven Harper cares about Americans
Erock, you have no idea about New Jersey.......it's a police state. Everything is illegal. They make you pay for beach badges to be on the beach from Memorial Day to Labor Day. You can't drink a beer with your dog on the beach. Some beach towns have outlawed footballs, frisbees and chicken wings(Yeah SURF CITY !!!). I'm serious. Everytime a white girl is killed, NJ makes whatever circumstances that led to her death illegal. The cops go nutso and make the Outer Banks cops seem mellow. Yeah yeah I know we have alot of people here in New Jersey, and we got alot of trouble makers. You know, we get the Newark drug gangs and the South Philly villians and all but, everything is illegal. And our fines are crazy, but our court costs are low - $33.00 Erock, now that's a bargain. Man some one should just blow summer up. Summer is a horrible, horrible time of year.
SouthJettyBill!!! ... i mean uhhh NorthSeawallWill.... great to have you back!!! when is your next trip to Camden to catch that point break?
Yeah that would have been, like, totally cool, huh, huh, huh......Ohhh, you are a moron. I really incite morons. 15 year old morons.......Good luck on your SJB survey. Really you Junior members should shut up until you've been around a little while, ya know. YO, JESUS (WALKINGonh2o): man those Camden spots need big swells to work and we haven't had any. I almost got shot at 3rd & Royden though a couple of weeks ago......so that was adrenaline pumping. Dude, there is always some type of wave in Camden. I'll hook you up if you are interested. Wow, I can't believe I'm still on here.......but Mr. Swellinfo is occupied across the pond, probably drunk....Dude I have spies everywhere.
you should have waited for him to leave and then went out. The lifeguards in Atlantic City try hard to keep the peace, but when its 100+ degrees and every urban corner of the city empties out onto the beach, its funny to watch them whistle and scream at people who could literally care less about their position as beach guardians and fun killers.
LOL OMGEEEZZZZZ LMAO DUDE TOTES. You are an old crusty delusional man who prides himself by taking a big old dump on a public forum. Hey, captain, getting kicked of then starting a new account makes you a junior member too, d*ck. You should hang up your wetsuit, you old ripper you... I'd be shocked if you even surf at all. You are probably a terminally ill butt aids patient waiting out your time in a gays only hospice. Why don't you join a twilight forum or something? What did surfers ever do to you?
I was pretty prepared to just stay in the water and disregard what I believed was a bogus order. But I kept wondering what my 4 and 6 year old would do while I was being arrested and taken in for processing, etc. Or maybe they would have arrested them, too. I'm making some phone calls today..
10 year old drowned in VB Sunday (yesterday). Inlander whose parents weren't paying attention from what I heard on the news report. I suppose VB will be like New Jersey before long. Check out the new project at Laskin and radical surf regs! Stay out of the water and always use a leash (on land and sea, on kids and boards)!
NSW....I thought purpleheadedyogertslinger's comment was funny.... You be nice and maybe, just maybe, you won't get the boot.
"What did surfers ever do to you?" What are you talking about? Better question: What did I ever do to you? You say I spend too much time here and all of that. DUDE YOU ARE OBSESSED WITH ME. Everywhere I go, there you are too. You start polls about me.....Are you well, dude? Dude, I will surf with you anytime. If I could drive, I'd come down there to you. You just joined this site in June and you act like you know all about me. You are obsessed with me. So I think the problem lies with you... But dude, if you want to see me in the water or anything else.....I beg of you to come on up. Come on up or shut up.....Hey hit the IGNORE button me.....But you couldn't ignore me if you tried could you sweetheart. Come see me in person buttercup. DIRTY MOTHER: You thought that comment of his was funny? Oh boy.......... And *****(Purple Head - isn't that what your name refers to....nice one dude...) if it wasn't for me you wouldn't get any attention.....So you keep taking jabs at me to get some attention. Name one thing I am dellusional about? You guys keep throwing out general non-specifics......Give me something concrete, guys.... Oh *****, I look much younger than I actually am.......no crust at all. Ahhh gotta love these summer surfing high school kids. Good luck playing lacrosse at UNC .....try not to rape anybody> BTW lacrosse players are the biggest white-bread, rich boy entitled douche bags ever.