How many more wannabes. . .?

Good vibes & good friends. The East Coast will take advantage of anything that comes our way. Definitely looking forward to the winter swells.

 

"what’s an East Coast spot that can stand up in comparison to any of the stand out spots, big wave or small, on the West Coast on a consistent basis?"

I can think of 3 under the right conditions.

 

You have a point with the consistency factor. The problem is the crowds. I surfed the West Coast twice in big swells with a 100's of people in the lineup. Even the so called last crowded breaks have too many people. For that reason, I stopped going West 12 years ago. PR is a way better option for east coasters. Quick flight, better waves than Cali and empty lineups (even though this is changing now).

 

since it's coming out in fall/winter, maybe the usual "wannabes" will forget about it by summer. either way, you're an asshat.

 

I love Fall/Winter/Spring. After September the tourists/vacationers are gone and you can pretty much have the place to yourself.

 

The movie is a beautiful tribute to an amazing guy! If you are more concerned with "how it will affect the crowds in my lineup", that is just being selfish.

Regardless, watching a super-hardcore guy go over the falls on a Mav's monster is going attract VERY few of us to paddle out on the huge days. To those it does inspire, I would wish them the best of luck. It takes some serious balls to charge giant surf, and NO ONE is truly prepared for the consequences. That's why many pro surfers have died out there. It's 100% commitment with the acknowledgement that you might not get to go home afterward. The ones who paddle giant waves have made that decision one way or another, either through courage, drugs, or stupidity. People who have not ever surfed are not going to go to Half Moon Bay after this movie, and they probably are not going to the 1st St Jetty because of it either. People who already surf already understand how difficult it is to ride the big stuff, and 99% of us will still sit on the shore when it gets really big. I really do not understand the fundamental argument here, and the rest of it is just a p!ssing contest.

 

I used to live on the Central Coast in California and knew some big waves surfers. One of my friends was an alternate for the Mavericks competition and was always "on call" in case surf was up and they called the competition. It was never my impression that people would just "descend" on Mavericks. The people who live out there are very respectful of the place and I don't think some yahoo could really get away with just paddling out and endangering his life and the lives of people who would have to rescue him. As for California surfing vs. east coast surfing - obviously the California waves are better but the line ups are crowded. As far as the localism - I've never had any attitude come my why on either coast but I'm much more cautious about where I surf in California. The worst localism I've experienced is in Hawaii - who would've thought............

 

Nobody who is completely inexperienced will be paddling out to Mavericks. (So don't worry about kooks on foamtops....lmfao)

lol @ wannabe. Butler trained his ass off to surf that, and nearly died.

Kudos to him for actually learning and doing it, rather than getting a stunt double, or getting a "real" surfer to play the main character instead. (crappy acting) LOL

 

Shane Dorian's link to wave of the year entry is sick! Then his Jaws paddle in biggest wave ever paddled into talk about big balls!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE6syYxY1go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qonapNvJV7M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk56VxaeqEQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uSLW3tvsyI&feature=fvsr

 

Just wait a few years until they make "SUP - the Laird Hamilton Story"

 

I don't have much respect for the guys who get towed into the waves (like in Blue Crush - what a piece of crap of a movie by the way). I'm for the guys who can actually paddle out - it's more authentic, takes guts and is truer to the sport. Do you think Laird Hamilton is pumped up on steroids like Lance Armstrong?

 

How the f do you know what Laird Hamilton may or may not be putting into his body???? Im not yelling, Im just saying...

 

You think Laird can't paddle for waves???
Good luck paddling into 80+ FT waves................just won't happen.
As for the steroids...highly unlikely...but who cares anyway???
THE GUY IS AMAZING, AND HAS HUGE BALLS. END OF STORY.

 

Wow, this thread took forever to read. Lots of good points on all fronts, but if you guys think that a movie about mavericks will spark crowded lineups there I think you are missing the point. Sure, paddle out when there are no waves. Float around, but if you think mediocre surfers are going to try and charge that wave when's its a solid 6-8 foot, I seriously doubt it. And like nature itself, when mavericks gets 12-15 foot, no one is going out there that doesn't surf big waves professionally. Sharks and cold water aside, the second an under skilled surfer gets 300 yards from the lineup, nature would take its course and they would be shore bound indeed. And not on a wave. It's nature. It's the most inaccessible, ridiculous freaks of nature there is. Pro big wavers from fu to the kid from OC two years ago die easily. No lineups will suffer in any real conditions. You may bump into guys on 10 foot guns on a knee high day at your local beach break, but that is just pure entertainment. I just picture Ben stiller and Andy irons talking in a parking lot when I think of this topic. People talk. Most people wont do and rightly so. I wouldn't worry about it. And for surfing "huge" west coast swells, I can say if you we're out with 100 people, it wasn't huge at all. Some
Of the best breaks out there are empty when it's truly pumping. Blacks will be packed. So will Swamis, but those are weak sauce in the grand scheme of things with regards
To big waves spots. swamis is a beginner wave at 15 feet and gets missed by any real NW swell that produces seriously large waves, it faces wsw and never passes 20 ft faces by CA standards. anything north of la jolla and south of the ranch wont be Huge unless its man made, and we all know that reference... cough orange county... cough. Gotta know where to look for huge waves, and there will never be more than a handful of guys on it. Huge is a word reserved for large women, not crowded west coast surf. Just sayin

 

Sorry for the typos. I'm on the iphone

 

wait. zagaffer and zach619 aren't the same dude? i think they just showed up in the same thread for the first time. trippy. sorry for the mind flock. i'm on the texada.

 

Hola cresto, long time no see. Been busy drinking last night so I had to ad my three sense

 

sheeeee-t' 3 yrs + of wannabe....... But I surf, I paddle out, I have water draining from my nose at dinner on to my plate, Im going out in 15 minutes on the gulf of mexico to surf some slop 4-6 ft....

HMMMMMMM some dude on here told me "the best surfer is the one having the most fun"

Kiddos quit trying to be cool, Its all about fun and if ya get to the big island or any of those awesome spots good for ya.....

Have Fun thats why surfing was invented, out of a need to have fun

 

Pass one of those coldies over here dude