Too Hot for Booties - Too Rocky for no Booties?

Discussion in 'Northeast' started by HighOnLife, Jun 25, 2014.

  1. HighOnLife

    HighOnLife Well-Known Member

    Jun 3, 2014
    The water is 67. I definetly don't want to wear booties cuz my feet would be on fire, and I don't have reef walkers.
     
  2. zach619

    zach619 Well-Known Member

    Jan 21, 2009
    Ya don't need em.
     

  3. Zippy

    Zippy Well-Known Member

    Nov 16, 2007
    Saw 2 people out last weekend, knee high mush, 75 degree water, full suits with hoods and booties.
     
  4. rcarter

    rcarter Well-Known Member

    Jul 26, 2009
    Was it Shart Hunter and Shaka Doo Doo?
     
  5. HighOnLife

    HighOnLife Well-Known Member

    Jun 3, 2014
    Oh, oops, forgot to mention that it is cobblestone bottom where I'm planning on surfing.
     
  6. seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

    Aug 21, 2012
    Toughen up dems feet holmes.
     
  7. zach619

    zach619 Well-Known Member

    Jan 21, 2009
    Unless you are in indo, or on razor sharp reefs in the Caribbean, you don't need em. And even if you did, you would be wearing reef booties, which are completely different than your standard boots.

    Just Cobblestone, you definitely don't need em.

    Anything over 60 degrees, them boots gotta go. It's good for your feet too. Walking across cobblestone is an art form. You will mess your ankle up rolling it before you will ever cut your feet.

    I assumed you were surfing on a reef or cobblestone, I am just saying there aren't any on this coastline that require boots. Boots are for cold water. Period.

    Walking on reefs is a right of passage. Barefoot, you always squish around on things and wonder, WTF what that I just stepped on. In booties, you just stomp right through it. Its like shedding rubber, you are much more in tune with the water without it.
     
  8. HighOnLife

    HighOnLife Well-Known Member

    Jun 3, 2014
    Huh, never thought of it like that. Ok then.
     
  9. epictetus

    epictetus Well-Known Member

    206
    Jun 27, 2013
    Go naked except for the booties and you'll be fine
     
  10. Zippy

    Zippy Well-Known Member

    Nov 16, 2007
    Ha, maybe, I stayed far away and enjoyed the show
     
  11. reefscar

    reefscar Well-Known Member

    75
    Jul 12, 2012
    Oh, cobblestone - that changes everything. I suggest booties for your feet, gloves just in case you scrape the bottom, a helmet for your head, and a life vest if it gets too deep. Hard to get sympathy from Reefscar. No boots.
     
  12. Jonathan Ferreira

    Jonathan Ferreira Member

    5
    Apr 13, 2014
    Sounds like ur doing more standing in the water than surfing are you there to stand or surf
     
  13. Jonathan Ferreira

    Jonathan Ferreira Member

    5
    Apr 13, 2014
    If ur there there to surf you shouldn't be standingn on the bottom
    So you don't need nothing