The start of meteorological summer

Discussion in 'Northeast' started by shark-hunter, Jun 21, 2013.

  1. shark-hunter

    shark-hunter Well-Known Member

    Apr 29, 2012
    And with that comes the brutal flatness. Like clockwork. :( Warm weather and no waves. The same cruel joke played every year on east coast wave riders.
    (I consider anything less than waist high on sets to be flat)
    It will probably be the last week of August before we see a chest high wave again, unless we get really lucky.
     
  2. seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

    Aug 21, 2012
    And so begins the annual test of patience...my mom always told me patience is a virtue.
     

  3. 252surfer

    252surfer Well-Known Member

    Dec 1, 2010
    get a longboard man. been borrowing my friends 10' board and have been surfing close to everyday. you wont believe how much fun you can have on a knee-thigh high wave
     
  4. bigmofo

    bigmofo Member

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    Sep 27, 2012
    Time to take that trip to Central America...
     
  5. scotty

    scotty Well-Known Member

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    Aug 26, 2008
    Quote: (I consider anything less than waist high on sets to be flat)

    Why on earth would you consider anything less than waist high to be flat? This aint Hawaii. Like the guy said, knee-thigh can be fun on a longboard, and plenty of other small wave boards. Flat is when you cant surf because there arent any waves. Thigh high is when u grab the log, fish, mini-simmons or other plank and go surf!
     
  6. shark-hunter

    shark-hunter Well-Known Member

    Apr 29, 2012
    hmmmm....maybe because I bodyboard. lol
    It doesn't have to be consistently waist high, but I want a waist high wave every now and then to really make it fun for me. Knee high weak windswell is a waste of time. It will barely even push a bodyboard and sometime not at all depending on the break Thigh high with occasional waist can be good.
    Ok so let me change it to upper thigh and I won't call that flat.
    Oh and I'm not someone who underestimates wave height. If the waves are waist high when a surfer is at the bottom of his turn, then I call it waist high. Surfers tend to undercall wave height.
     
  7. gnargnarshredda

    gnargnarshredda Well-Known Member

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    Jul 17, 2009
    i'm pretty sure flat is less than a B cup
     
  8. EmassSpicoli

    EmassSpicoli Well-Known Member

    Apr 16, 2013
    +1

    Epilogue: B34-36 could possibly be the best rack specs in existence. I've got years of study to back this, but arrived at this quite early in my research.
     
  9. gnargnarshredda

    gnargnarshredda Well-Known Member

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    Jul 17, 2009
    Nah man
    While a 34B is very nice and well rounded
    The 34C has plenty of surface area for maximum motorboat-azation. Still big enough to get your attention and bury your face in but small enough to know they aren't gonna sag too bad before the chic hits 60
     
  10. EmassSpicoli

    EmassSpicoli Well-Known Member

    Apr 16, 2013
    Well said. While the C-group was my snack tray set of choice during my high school years, my illustrious collegiate career brought me the epiphany of the B-group as paramount to mammarial enjoyment and function. In my studies, a female subject not experiencing the "sag effect" by the time it reaches drinking age is a fortuitous exception for the males in its environment. After the point of descension, the appearance of buoyancy can only be seen when the subject is in the supine position on its back. You, my friend, are apparently in the company of supra-physiological super cougars if they remain shelf-like in the standing position even decades before reaching what has been popularized as "the change".

    Alas, the data collection of this natural phenomenon will forever be a favorite pastime of the feral male scientist.
     
  11. Paddington Jetty Bear

    Paddington Jetty Bear Well-Known Member

    Apr 23, 2013
    It's not always aboot size, it's how it's shape and power. You get a good punchy, zippy two footer and you can do all of your favorite moves. And Shark hunter sponges can get all sorts of bubbed on a two footer that's throwin-out.

    Anyways, do any of you guys do any ritualistic stuff during any of the solstices? Any weird pagans out there? And I don't mean the motorcycle gang....or ummm should I say, "motorcycle club." Yeah, club.
     
  12. Koki Barrels

    Koki Barrels Well-Known Member

    Aug 14, 2008
    My girl got implants under the muscle, would have to disagree...those big C's don't sag, at least not the ones I'm playing with!
     
  13. EmassSpicoli

    EmassSpicoli Well-Known Member

    Apr 16, 2013
    That is excellent. So much less detectable than over the muscle. Feels and looks way more natural.

    The sag effect we were talking about was regarding taters that are pure products of nature - aka gravitationally declined.
     
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  14. seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

    Aug 21, 2012
    Not a pagan per se but I try to get down with some ritual on solstices and other significant events.
     
  15. Blackfish

    Blackfish Well-Known Member

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    Jan 20, 2013
    I would like to thank you for taking this thread to awesome. Fair play sir.
     
  16. ocsurf32

    ocsurf32 Well-Known Member

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    Jul 22, 2012
    Double overhead and double D's. . .only way for me bro's, whaah pap!
     
  17. waterbaby

    waterbaby Well-Known Member

    Oct 1, 2012
    paddled out a couple days ago here in central CA and the water was 52 deg :eek:...fortunately there was a head high, thumping windswell to go along with that, but having to wear a 4/3, booties and a hood felt weird mid june (hands were frozen the first day)
     
  18. JerseyRider

    JerseyRider Member

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    Nov 20, 2012
    last summer July 12th it was 3-4 + with super clean conditions in the early am. i clearly remember cause it was my birthday. just saying
     
  19. bassplayer

    bassplayer Well-Known Member

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    Oct 2, 2012
    I had fun on my 9'2" early this morning. Thigh high peelers and not a soul in sight. By 8:30am it was so hot out I had to change out of my 3/2 and into trunks for the first time since october. Felt great! Summer can still be fun.
     
  20. Erock

    Erock Well-Known Member

    Aug 6, 2011
    I don't like to frustrate myself with small waves (less than solid waist-high). When it gets small it's time for fishing and spearing. Problem with this summer so far is all the rain we've had--it's made the water really cloudy.

    I took a long lunch today, grabbed my spearing gear and headed to WB South End. The water looked pretty clear from the beach but it turned out really silty no matter how far out I went, less than 4' of vis. At least I got to go swimming, I guess.