agree with SantosHelper exactly, don't complain.... I've been in recently, even if there is a 1-2 foot wave, and loved it..just being in the clear cold water, its a gift!.... and yes everyone, don't forget there is a meeting at the Long Beach Library January 12th in the evening with the head of our Surfrider Foundation chapter there, to speak about the debacle of sewage dumping in Reynolds Channel... the more that come the better, spread the word!
meeting re: Reynolds Channel by the way, forgot to mention, its from 7 pm to 9 pm.. the more the better for our clean waters! here it the article relating to this mess http://www.longislandpress.com/2010/12/16/bay-park-sewage-plant-dumping-waste-in-fishing-waters/
Meetings Hey BeachKat, how often do they have meetings? Wednesday is no good? I can't pm you and cant get the website working.
ROFL!!!!! hahaha. that's why Balaram spendz 90% of his time out of the state!? cuz hee LUVZ wrong island????!!!!! haha i've spoken 2 him @ laurelton Blvd and hee said this place iz good when wee actually GIT surf and windz cooperate... which iz whut percentage of the time? ummm, 10%? ne1 claimin "take what u can git, even if it's knee high" iz uh FUCCCKIN KOOK! how many timez have u surfed wrong island december? how many timez wuz it good? ok, add that huge number up, now compare it with san diego december log...lets face it, wee don't surf here. it's good 4 whorin $$ and freezin ur ass off. i'm werkin fervently 2 make $$ so i can afford tuh moove soon. meanwhile i WON'T b surfin knee high garbage here.... http://www.surfinside.com/Reports/Reports.htm 01-06-11 pics CH+ Fun chest to head high surf today with clean conditions. 01-05-11 pics HH+ Sunny with head high (plus) surf this morning and lots of tide. 01-04-11 pics CH+ A bit inconsistent with chest (plus) surf and SUN. 01-03-11 pics CH Off and on showers today with chest high surf and Southerlies. 01-02-11 pics KH Weak and clean this morning, but surf is on the rise. 01-01-11 pics KH+ Clean and small with knee to thigh highs. Happy New year! 12-31-10 pics CH+ Cleaner today with fading wind swell in the chest to head high range. 12-30-10 pics HH On shores have calmed, but we still have Victory at sea conditions. 12-29-10 pics WH+ Southerlies with rain this AM and basically junked surf. 12-28-10 pics CH+ Cleaner and sunny this AM with chest (plus) surf. 12-27-10 pics CH+ Fun, cleaner chest high (plus) surf this morning. 12-26-10 pics CH+ Fun chest to head high combo surf with mixed conditions. 12-25-10 pics WH+ Merry Christmas! 12-24-10 pics WH+ Fading NW with waist to chest high waves. 12-23-10 pics SH Shoulder high, consistent, and fun. 12-22-10 pics CH Stormy waist to chest high waves. 12-21-10 pics CH Hit the replay button. 12-20-10 pics SH Southerlies and rain with select spots working. 12-19-10 pics WH Variable winds with storms passing through and waist to chest high waves. 12-18-10 pics WH South wind with inconsistent waist high waves. 12-17-10 pics WH Really clean with inconsistent waist high waves. 12-16-10 pics CH- Southerlies and drizzle making for mixed waist to chest highs today. 12-15-10 pics WH Weak out there today with clean, mostly knee to waist highs. 12-14-10 pics WH Mostly waist high surf this morning with NWWS in the water. 12-13-10 pics WH- Small surf this morning with clean knee to waist highs. 12-12-10 pics WH The sun is back, mostly waist highs with clean conditions. 12-11-10 pics CH Smaller waist to chest highs today with similar conditions and foggy. 12-10-10 pics HH+ Socked in again with head high (plus) surf and some wobble still. 12-09-10 pics OH Wobble on our new NW swell with mixed overhead sets. 12-08-10 pics WH Small today with clean mostly thigh to waist highs. 12-07-10 pics CH Real foggy this morning with mostly short period chest high surf. 12-06-10 pics KH+ Tons of tide this AM with weak knee plus surf. 12-05-10 pics WH+ Lots of tide again this morning with waist (plus) surf. 12-04-10 pics WH There is a waist (plus) wave, but with 7 feet of tide its tough. 12-03-10 pics CH Better surf today with some fairly consistent chest high sets. 12-02-10 pics KH+ Meager city this morning with clean mostly knee to thigh highs. 12-01-10 pics KH- Meager and clean with mostly ankle to knee high surf.
He spends his time out of state now b/c he's got a major sponsor, but he got good enough to achieve that success by surfing NY whenever there was a smackable lip, no matter how small or mushy. For those of us who aren't sponsored we take what we can get. I surfed about 15 days in December, including 10 straight days from the sunday before christmas until the tuesday after. Every day was rippable except for that Thursday, and I ride a 5-10 thruster, not some 10 foot log. I have a buddy who moved out to Santa Cruz a year and a half ago for school and says he longs for empty east coast a-frames. And as for complaining about the cold, grow some f%cking balls. The wetsuits are so good these days it's summer all the time. And explain the logic behind surfing knee high waves being for kooks. So the less you surf, the better you get? Yeah, that makes sense. Go make your money, move to cali. Enjoy surfing chest high mush burgers with 200 of your closest friends. Oh, but make sure it hasn't rained in the past week, or you'll get a pretty nasty sinus infection. And make sure you don't paddle out at the wrong spot, or you'll get back to your car with slashed tires. And have fun trying to find a job with 20% unemployment. Good luck getting a cup of coffee without 10 hippie heroin addict losers asking you for change. Yeah, Cali Rocks!!!! The grass is always greener. I'll be happy to have one less surfer on the right coast. Good riddance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/sports/26surfing.html?_r=1&ref=sports Sure sounds like he didn't get good here: "This year, Stack opted for an independent study course load so that he could travel the world and surf. He spent a month on the North Shore of Oahu, surfing the Banzai Pipeline. He tagged along to Tahiti with Clay Marzo, considered the sport’s most creative aerialist. In February, Quiksilver sent him to Australia to train with the surf coach Mick Cain, who used video analysis and mental techniques to improve Stack’s contest readiness. Stack returned from Australia transformed. In April, at the national scholastic East Coast regional championships in Florida, Stack qualified for the finals in four divisions, winning the Air Show and Explorer Juniors divisions. With a repertory of aerials and an ability to ride in the barrel of waves, Stack earned three perfect 10 scores during the tournament, an unprecedented performance for a surfer from the Northeast." Point is you get good surfing OTHER places that have QUALITY waves, not by how many times you go out.....
"Point is you get good surfing OTHER places that have QUALITY waves, not by how many times you go out....." That is a defeatist attitude. If you are blaming your surroundings for your shortcomings you are doomed to fail. Whiney little b%tches like you will always be losers. Wahhh, the waves aren't good. Wahhhhh the water's too cold. Wahhhhh, it's too windy. Wahhhh, my daddy touched me. Grow some f%cking balls. Stop b%tching and surf. Stop making excuses. You don't get better by going somewhere else. You don't get better by spending more money. You don't get better by changing your gear. That stuff won't do sh%t for you if you don't have the fire. There is no substitute for hard work. If you can't paddle out in knee high slop when it's 20 degrees then you just don't have the fire. What will help your surfing more? Surfing ****ty waves or sitting on your lazy a$$ playing video games and jerking off? You lack the hunger. You lose before you even start playing the game and no surf trip or change in locale will help you. But I guess this is America, the land of the handout and the free lunch. Why would this forum be any different. Bunch of whiney f%cking b%tch a$$ p%ssies. Go clean the sand out of your vagina's, and while you're busy with that, I'll be all over the first ripple I see at Hammels.
Surf To Live, Live to Surf. think about when you were a kid and you were psyching to ride the white water for your first time, think about the first time you pulled into a close out barrel. or even the first time you cracked the lip. Santos is right, you could be surfing on a plank of wood. its the surfer and their experience of the water. surfing is not a sport but a soul search. yeah i work my ass off to get to surf San Diego twice a year. but its not handed to me and yeah california gets skunked too!!!! this summer was the worst summer for waves on the west coast. my buddy from OB was so butt hurt when i told him all the swells we got this summer and the Cane swells that had that "Cali Juice" too this day the best day i ever got to surf was pre igor at my favorite Point break in NY. no waves will ever compare to that day because of the feeling of home and pride, as well as the STOKE! go eat your heart out battling all those crowds at your precious WORLD CLASS SURF home is where the heart is ...you will always be a NEW YORK EAST COAST SURFER so like santos said give it up
