Surfing Alone or with people?

Both......

 

I enjoy both. I agree, I find it more relaxing just being out there by yourself, just no worries... No one to impress, just you and the ocean. But sharing waves with friends is the best part of surfing in my opinion.

 

i always freak myself out thinking about sharks when I'm alone and if I get bitten, who's there to save my chum ass?

 

well for some reason I always surf the best by myself. Plus you get all of the waves to yourself.

 

ya, i'm more focused when I surf by myself and surf better. No distractions.

 

I like both. Surfing alone is fun cause theres nothing to do. Wave choice is yours (you still look at the one that rolls in after saying "damn why didn't I take that one") But I also like surfing with just a few buddies. like 3-4 of us out, and no one else. You know they won't steal your waves and its all chill even if they do.

 

haha i think about that too when i'm by myself... i also get the best rides when i'm by myself since i'm not worrying about anyone else hitting me or me hitting anyone else.... also alone i get all the nice ones since there is nobody else waitin for one

 

i surf alone alot! I'll often drive hours before dawn to catch a big swell at sunrise. Being alone gives you a different feeling for sure! After a super nice ride i always look around to see if anybody saw my ride....but nobody is there and its usually winter and not a soul on the beach either. Then you realize that there are no surfers to spray, no buddies to hi five after an epic barrel and no cute chics on the beach to say....damn look at that bad mama jama! In this moment you can actually progress in style and technique because there are no disctractions! I used to think about sharks all the time!! especialy when im all alone. I have learned to block it out recently. I started spear fishing a couple of years ago and learned that you cant panic while your 40ft down on a single breathe and being 20 miles off the coast of VA or OBX you are quite aware of what swims these waters. After swimming and hunting along side preditors larger than the average man in the open atlantic you kinda lose that childish fear of JAWS taking you for lunch right off the beach. Now its not the safest thing in the world and no one believes how epic it was with out them, but surfing alone does benefit the mind body and soul 10 times more then surfing with your loud mouth buddies......

 

I love to surf alone. I can concentrate so much better and in the short time that I have been surfing (less then 2 years) I've had my best rides when no one else was around.
The downside is that I got hurt surfing alone. I got pummeled and my board hit me and I really thought that I was going to die. I still go out there when there is no one else out but I try to read the conditions better if I know that no one else is out there.

 

Agreed. In the dead of winter when there is nobody on the beach and your the only one in the water...In my opinion, bigger surf makes it worse. I like bodyboarding a spot with friends.

 

lol agreed!!!

 

to stop me from thinking about sharks i just sing to myself. and then i convince myself that i most likely (knock on wood) will never have a serious encounter after reading one of the surfrider foundation publications on the ratio of deaths related to faulty toasters to shark-related deaths, and not surprisingly, the faulty toasters won out!!

dawn patrol is real nice when you're out alone, but i like balance. i surf alone a lot and all statements in previous posts about better surfing alone are true, but i also like to surf with friends. its a nice community feeling on a glassy head high evening at 7 when a bunch of your closest show up and everyone gets barreled under the sunset. Surfing in general is such an enjoyable sport/lifestyle.

 

ha, thats the same exact thing that i do, and a couple of days out in LBI by myself, not even anyone on the beach yet, and that fin does pop out of that water(and it has twice) i rele regret being out there alone, but i rele like going out with a bunch of friends and screwing around alot more than being alone

 

the thing is the more you put urself at risk [ in the ocean] the more chance there is just sayin

 

WHAT!!! you guys are all kooks. NEVER surf alone, have you read the warnings on the lifeguard signs? What happens if your drowning, who'll save you???? I cant believe all the supposedly experienced watermen on this site are so ignant! you all must be losers and have nobdy to surf with

 

alone... other ppl suck.. i also prefer to do everything alone... guess im just a loner... and if i die cuz its dangerous surfin alone then i died doin somethin i love... by good song... i listen to that song all the time when im goin or comin home from surfin cuz its so chill

 

Alone. Look at my shots. Empty waves.

I do have a few people that I love to get a session in with, and really if I'm out there with people who are good/ I'm comfortable with, I tend to vibe off of that and get better. Go deeper just to give them something to hoot about. There is nothing like having a good session with some friends, but in my opinion, it doesn't compare to a big cold nor easter session in the dead of winter all alone. That is a whole different thing...

 

man alone must be nice, in Va beach your never alone , i was on break from work today tornado watch , rain ,windy super dark clouds still 10 heads out at first street , i mean i paddle out alone all the time but there are always other surfers in eyesight

 

i like both. i like to surf alone because there is no one to impress except yourself like you were saying. but then theresalways the fear of getting hurt or bitten by something and not being able to paddle in. thats a reason why i like surfing with people too. and if u do do something good then they will see it.