Fog is freaky. In general grey cloudy skies are creepy too, especially when you have a hood on---its like sensory reduction. I get wicked freaked out. In general I talk and sing in the water. I insert my dog's name (Maple) into pop songs and sing them out loud. I will rock out and bang my head, and try to make eye contact with other people as I sing it to weird them out. I give names to paddle boarders and strange folks in the water too. Super Pre-Death 5000 is this old cat in NH that drops in on everybody. Sternum of Justice is this barrel chested SUP douche with the body of a reverse turtle. The only time I don't try alienating people into leaving the general vicinity is in the fog or feeding time (late/early).
I remember a day about 5 years ago when I paddled out on the Cape by myself... there was no wind, but the waves were dredging low tide at what felt like 4seconds... heavy fog, I paddled out thinking what I saw from the beach looked rideable, was wrong and found the outside alot bigger, so i kept paddling. The sun started to burn through the morning fog, and it felt like a dream land. Big waves, not alot of wind, I turned around to get positioning with what felt like a drift, and couldnt see the beach. I said to myself, "well this is gayer than 4 dudes blowing 5934 dudes" and the conversation just started flowing. I had all sorts of convos about jaws, me spraying dudes in the face (totalhomo), punching babes, whatever... then a seal popped up four feet from the nose of my board, i almost **** myself took a wave in. Then that MFer swam north and followed me to each spot the whole day. Tubular .
Am I an idiot for not fearing seals in the northeast. Those little guys poke their heads up from time to time and Im all like: "Hey there buddy. Hey there little champion. Come to hang out?" Should I not do that? Is that thing going to bite my face or feet? Maybe he thinks I am Mrs. Seal and I am going to get seal-raped.
Wombat, don't ever be afraid in Ocean City. It's America's Number One Family Sea Shore Resort. Nothing bad ever happens in Ocean City, and Pat Allen is still in prison so you're safe. Josh R and Khristian M don't live in OC anymore so you're safe there also. Sharks know not to go to Ocean City. BUT, ain't this the time when those Cape Cod sharks start cruising down south to their winter hang outs....? Yeah they usually cruise down the gulf stream but who knows..... They could get enticed by the Manco & Mancos sign illuminating in the night, and decide that OC is b!tchen. Take some advice from someone who surfs by himself 90% of the time: If you're a little nervous paddling out alone take a few shots of Kasser's Premium Vodka or go to your doctor and get some Xanax, get a low dose if you ain't a drug addict cause them things tend to knock you out at higher doses. Let me throw this one at youse: Some people get scared surfing alone, thinking of sharks...... But most shark attacks happen to people who are amongst others. Strange aboot people, huh? You can feel creepy out on a foggy six foot NE day by yourself, but if some douche bag shows up, it calms a cracker. Humans are strange. Shark don't care aboot that the other dude..... What? You tink da shark be all, " Oh, hell no, I ain't going after him because of that other dude." Nah, shark don't care. But anyway, nothing bad ever happens in OC so you're safe, especially down south. Yo, look-up NJSURFER42 he'll paddle out with you. Maybe he'll show you some mid-island bombies if he likes you.
Nah dude, they dont scare me unless they sneak up on me. This dude was big amd had some growl thing going on. I rescued an injured pup once which tried to bite my dog when she walked up and sniffed him. The mystic rescue squad told me to keep distance cause they can be aggressive
