spongers to the rescue!!!!!!

stinkbug · May 20, 2014

cepriano said: ↑

[video=vimeo;95652180]https://vimeo.com/95652180[/video]

I would love to hear the spongers take on this.was dude a kook,do u rip so much harder than him,and how would u have rescued him.

all I can say if this was jersey,the guy would be dead.first off,our waves are waaaaay heavier than Africa for starters,and second,not a damn person in nj except me would've came to the rescue.I learned a long time ago the hard way,paddling out to a well known spot I wont name,with atleast 30 other guys in the water,wont get into detail because I already have on many other forums,but it was the closest I came to drowning,the only time I ever yelled for help,and nobody helped and eventually I made it in on my own.that is why I hate crowds,good for nothing wave hogs and il take my chances surfing alone,because a crowd doesn't help,atleast in nj.

anyway kudos to the other spongers who saved this guy,the shorebreak was super gnarly,and the dude did have a concussion,so he probably didn't know which way to go
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Jersey waves are heavier than Africa? Dude what planet are you from? Have you seen what goes on in Africa as far as surf goes?
I'm from Jersey. Our waves are weaker (a few epic days a year aside) than just about anywhere I've traveled, except Florida.

seldom seen · May 20, 2014

Belmar > Jeffreys Bay.

Sorry Live4Truth, the opportunity presented itself.

HARDCORESHARTHUFFER-RI · May 20, 2014

well done seldom
guys you missed cep's sarcasm, he knows the difference between jerz and africa. did yall miss your coffee?

SI_Admin · May 20, 2014

baddy trailerpark said: ↑

surfers save lives frequently. i have done this and i know most of the older guys as well have.
you never hear about golfers or basketball players saving people.
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haha. I don't know, once a fellow golfer offered me his hat. He could have saved me from Melanoma that day.

xJohnnyUtahX · May 20, 2014

cepriano said: ↑

[video=vimeo;95652180]https://vimeo.com/95652180[/video]

I would love to hear the spongers take on this.was dude a kook,do u rip so much harder than him,and how would u have rescued him.

all I can say if this was jersey,the guy would be dead.first off,our waves are waaaaay heavier than Africa for starters,and second,not a damn person in nj except me would've came to the rescue.I learned a long time ago the hard way,paddling out to a well known spot I wont name,with atleast 30 other guys in the water,wont get into detail because I already have on many other forums,but it was the closest I came to drowning,the only time I ever yelled for help,and nobody helped and eventually I made it in on my own.that is why I hate crowds,good for nothing wave hogs and il take my chances surfing alone,because a crowd doesn't help,atleast in nj.

anyway kudos to the other spongers who saved this guy,the shorebreak was super gnarly,and the dude did have a concussion,so he probably didn't know which way to go
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Im not even gong to watch the video but I had to address you immediately. I surf NJ and have personally pulled 3 people out of the water and threw countless others their board after snapping a leash. Been saved myself when I was young, twice. The last guy was apart of the older crew in deal and he and his buddies were thankful. His one friend looked like he was about to lose a child he was running down the beach so fast.

He was straight up drowning and I put him on my board and brought him in. This is right after I took a beating on the inside and was worried about my next move. Not everybody in nj ignores people in need, you most likely weren't seen. On big days most people are thinking about the next set and keeping their eyes on the ocean. If they purposely ignored you, time to find somewhere else to surf.

When its real big or real sketchy, I go out with at least one or two people I trust. Keep my head on a swivel when they catch a wave and they do the same for me.

Find someone who cares, quit bad mouthing your own state sucka!

And stop watching boogie videos..

njsurfer42 · May 20, 2014

stinkbug said: ↑

Jersey waves are heavier than Africa? Dude what planet are you from? Have you seen what goes on in Africa as far as surf goes?
I'm from Jersey. Our waves are weaker (a few epic days a year aside) than just about anywhere I've traveled, except Florida.
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clearly you missed the sarcasm train...

njsurfer42 · May 20, 2014

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yea no offense taken,i wasn't drowing at the time lol,but was coming close.it was the middle of the winter on a rising groundswell and my leash hogtied me and I was in the impact zone taking 8footers on the head after the initial wipeout,the sets on the head were worse than the actual wipeout and I was there for a good 2 minutes,which doesn't sound like much but when all u can do is bob up and down and ur getting pulled one way and getting hit after hit.the people were so close I could spit on them,i just couldn't move.it was scary.nobody wanted to help or didn't want to put themselves in the impact zone idk,I made it out,praise jesus lol and the mighty spongebob.once I got out I just laid there for a half hour then watched all the other surfers have fun.it sucked because the waves for legitmitaly epic.lesson learned
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well that legitimately heavy in it's own right. sucks that people were douchey & didn't bother to help a brother out.

Wahoowa · May 20, 2014

Same thing happened to me years ago at KOA in Rodanthe. Just the two of us decided to paddle out around 6pm for one more sesh, no one else around. Triple wrapped leash with 8 footers consistently on the head. Deep water trench right off the beach with heavy sideshore current preventing my feet from getting any hold. I literally saw stars and thought I was gonna pass out. I remember all I could think of at the time was how pissed I was at my friend who made it out with dry hair. I know this sounds way melo-dramatic, but I actually got calm and started to accept it. Right then I felt my feet touch enough to get a hold and managed to plant in neck deep water and make it to the beach. I vomited and cried. Then sat on the beach waiting for my friend to come in. He was clueless to what had happened. So much for head on a swivel. All he said when he came in was WTF pzzy, why did you paddle in? I completely snapped on him then apologized later, lol.

livesurfish · May 20, 2014

I'm so sick of going to the beach and getting crapped on for being a sponger. A topical stereotype, we need more respect

cepriano · May 20, 2014

I guess the people from outside jers misunderstood my sarcasm,this is the internet people lol.yea Africa is heavier than jers,shouldn't have to think twice.yes there are some good surfers out there that would help.i remember like maybe 9 years ago,i was in Belmar,waves weren't that big or anything but a groundswell was moving close so a lot of rips started forming and everyone was getting pulled out.there was a little girl,maybe 7 or 8 being pulled out,the kids parents were screaming,and there were surfers paddling out at the same time that did nothing.so I grabbed my leashless board,paddled out to the little one and put her on the board and pushed her in with the wave.the girl made it in,the parents were hugging me,and don't forget about the lifeguards that did nothing,but there were rescues every 5 minutes so the guards couldn't keep up.

I rescued quite a few people,mostly little kids.it feels great when u save someone and those with the knowledge of the ocean(surfers) should be there to respond,not watch.i been surfing for a decent amount of time,over 10 yrs which isn't much compared to all the older folks I know that been surfing since the 70s and know how to handle myself in many situations.when I had that close call that was maybe 2 yrs into surfing,and not surfing every swell,just a few trips to the beach a year,thats when I didn't live near the water.anything could happen,u can break ur neck on a 2ft day,take a big set on the head and lose ur equilibrium,get hogtied,take a nose to the neck,many many things can happen.if u think being hogtied by ur leash in the impact zone on big day is easy go for it and let me know how it works out.the worst is getting tied up in someone elses leash for droppin in on u.all u can do is sit there and take it,try to stay calm,and wait for a wave to push u in which might take a while.the worst part of my wipeout was I panicked in the wrong place at the wrong time.i was still a kook at that time.when ur tied up and far out enough to where u don't have to move and the barrel will roll right over u,but when the lips landing a foot infront of u,and u cant dive lol,well that's what happened

nynj · May 20, 2014

Jersey is heavier, sharkier and has way more AIDS then Africa. Fact.

worsey · May 21, 2014

xJohnnyUtahx;236766 Not everybody in nj ignores people in need said:

i'm a lifelong nj surfer and longtime lifeguard but my most dramatic rescue was in ocmd (48thst). out
they went (2 10 yr old girls) and i looked left then right and……sigh…….it was all up to me. had them hold
onto the board and kept myself leashed and slowly swam in between sets.
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xJohnnyUtahX · May 21, 2014

That's awesome. I taught my daughters and nieces to swim super early in the pool, 15-24 months depending on their bday and when summer hit. They all swim super strong now but I still won't let them near the ocean when there's action unless they got a board strapped to them...unless it's strapped to their wrist...then they can go ahead and get swept away for being lame!

Going back under my bridge now

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