To the guys that were towing in today in belmar 9/6/12

Down here at the Inlet they constantly have to get on the megaphone and tell boats AND jet ski's to move it at least 150 yards away from the surfzone. The lifeguards / police usually handle this pretty well.

 

I live in Jersey, about 5 miles north of Belmar, and this was really embarrassing to read. That is all.

 

Belmar is NJ. You can't tow in in Florida, the red algae gums up the jets.

 

Just watch any of those Wild Life videos...

 

Why are you addressing the tow guys on an internet site well after the fact ?
Why didn't you and the rest of the guys do something about it then and there ?

 

I was there.....here is a picture of a few of them getting out of their car.

 

watch surf nrg vol2(not sure) but cj,matt kechele,baron knowlton tow reef road and its the size of teaupoo,yes on the eastcoast.dont cry about ppl towin in,they do that so they can pick off the best waves.just watch the wild lyfe series

 

Yeah watched some of the wild side vids, and I have to say that it is pretty rude and pointless. Obviously those guys can paddle out but in that case it's just bad manners. That being said, If you can't paddle out you shouldn't be out there.

 

Surfline did an article on Irene last year that featured their crew towing around Fenwick Island. If you search through youtube, you'll find videos from guys towing into waves in OCMD.

 

i understood

bad use of quotes on my part.....i agree with you.

 

I don't know the wildlife crew but those guys are "working" trying to get video of barrels and they do a damn fine job. They sell photos, videos, and types of other sh*t. That's their little money maker. Like I said, I don't know the guys but they might have jobs outside of getting pitted all the time. If not, then they are doing it for a career. Then it's their livelyhood. Don't get me wrong though, I'm sure those kooks were effing shi* up worse than chuck norris in southeast asia and probably deserved to have had that ski flipped and sunk and have no insurance on it.

how could you not want to try towing in at least once? You'd be flying down the line at mach 30. Seems like fun to me.

 

Go away kook

 

i need to see a photo of this. it's like learning about atoms in 7th grade. you probably still dont get it but the little diagram with circles and dots helps.

 

Is that the best you can do

 

I was out there when they came by. At first I thought it was ridiculous, but then I realized that the two guys are locals to the spot/area. They surf really well and when they were towing they, well, kinda sucked. My guess...they were learning/practicing for bigger things. Definitely not right to do it where guys are sitting. I pretty much almost got run over.

 

Watch out, Zgayfer's droppin' quotes again...the only legit east coast tow-ins I've seen pics of are out at offshore ledges. What these guys were doing seems pretty lame.

 

Agree. I would have no interest in trying it. Noise, air and water pollution all in one package. Operated with bad manners. "Give respect to get respect."

 

This whole thread is full of the dumbest **** I've ever heard.

 

towing into head high waves in a semi crowded lineup is seeming less and less annoying with each page.