Dudes on sup's are the worst

You are correct -- you didn't.

As oipaul mentioned earlier in this thread, in Hawaii he nearly got clobbered twice is small wave conditions (<6'), coming close to causing injury or harm (to the board and/or him). It has happened in PR as well. And the greedy drop-ins on people lined-up on the take off spot, and boards flying elsewhere. And paddling past empty peaks to the peak some others are on. And many have opted out of shortboarding or longboarding simply to catch more waves at the expense of others. No patience for those types. Or other such kukes for that matter.

 

I think that the SUP's are going to be a fond memory after you read this one....

I think that the SUP's are going to be a fond memory after you read this one....

Well....hellfire & damnation......saw my first moto board in VB this wknd.

As predicted: they're here.

I was trying to surf the weak stuff in the North End on Monday morning with a buddy. Every 15 minutes, maybe, something would come through to ride. We both look up & out about 200 yards to where some dude is paddling his board north. He was really flying across the water. My buddy laughs & says, damn, that dude is cookin'!

I'm staring out at the guy & yes, he really was moving - - he was zooming so fast that there was spray coming from the front of his board, like a small boat would make. The guy then took a quick break from moving his arms but the board kept cranking. I called out, that's one of those 5 thousand dollar motorized boards!

That's when the reality smacked us: they're here. They're finally here. And it's only a matter of time before you see them in your lineup, brutha.

Lee the Stud, are you listening ? VB will be changed forever.

 

It is time to arm and become dangerous... and I don't mean with paddles

 

I surfed today after work and someone in a SUP paddled out but stayed far away for me and the rest of the people catching waves off the rocks.

Who would have thought that would happen in a million years ........ Oh yeah I said that not all of them were as ignorant and oblivious to Surf Etiquette. After I got outa the water I seen him packing up his board and paddle and we briefly talked he said I got some nice rides and I replied to him thank and said to him that it looked like he was getting a few as well but why did you hang half way down the beach were it didn't break as well. He replied to me that He didn't wanna get in anyone's way .

Just goes to show that few rotten apples dont spoil the whole bunch

 

(to the motor boards)

Please dear god no

i thought they would be at least 2-3 years away, but i guess some guys are just so desperate to surf that theyare willing to shell out $5k for the experience. i hope that it was a demo to promote the thing and make people see them, since there is a target audience in VB, with it being filled with kooks and all

 

For some ya'll seem to think there is something wrong with having just a fishing village in Hatteras, or any other town. Actually there are quite a few of that would prefer it that way. No traffic, crime, or overweight loud mouths insisting that their way of living is better. last time I checked there were not a lot of folks moving from Carolina to the north, but there sure as hell a lot pasties moving here.

 

HAHAHA...I think it's hysterical that everyone here saw this coming. It's the all-too-typical American attitude of being as lazy as possible. Sorry to hear VB has to deal with it first. It's hard enough to find a good wave there sometimes without this type of kook-dom.

As for those who criticize my previous post: if I painted an inaccurate picture, then I would be HAPPY. It was not my opinion, but rather my assessment of underlying themes behind many of the postings before it. The idea that I "hate tourists" is somewhat ridiculous. I grew up surfing OC MD, though I haven't lived there in eleven years. During that time I lived in NorCal, San Diego, Oahu, afloat in the Western Pacific, South Carolina, New England, and Virginia. Plenty of less outspoken military folk frequent this board, and nearly all of them have experiences that echo mine. I've never been so fortunate as to be a "local" anywhere. I've met probably hundreds of people during that time, most of whom exemplify the aloha spirit and hospitality to visitors. I experienced my most memorable session ever at a secluded left point in Micronesia, after which the local people invited my buddy and I to eat moray eel and drink warm beer with them. I've also seen the ugly face of xenophobia. A guy in Monterey snaked me and ended up dinging his board and later got with his other overprivileged "bro's" and ripped off my car. It's almost laughable sometimes. Following my last winter on the North Shore I moved to Charleston, SC. My very first (!) session, some idiot dropped in on me and fell, then tried to pick a fight and told me I "didn't know how to surf". In truth, however, it's not laughable at all. Regardless of the circumstances, arrogance and selfishness hurt us all. It's difficult to fight the urge to hold a dismissive attitude toward those we don't know or understand. That being said, we cannot hope to quash those problems if we lack the humility to admit they exist.

 

Personally I have mixed feelings towards SUPs, I was learning to surf in the jungle at Ditch Plains in the summer. Talk about crowded breaks... There were three or four guys there who SUPed, they were all skilled, but also wave hogs, sitting right in the lineup, always scoring the set waves. I admired the way these guys could maneuver their boards, switch stance, and hang on riding over the back of the cleanup sets.

That said, I had an experiece that underscores how dangerous a 12\' twenty five lb board can be, even when being ridden by an accomplished rider. At any rate, the experience I wanted to relate is as follows. It was a pretty decent sized day at AI, chest to head, clean lines, and not too crowded. There\'s a SUP\'er in the lineup and he was a very good surfer, and respectful... He took a few of the bombs that came through but he also called out to let you know when a set wave was headed your way. He also moved up and down the beach, so he wasn\'t grabbing waves from the main pack all day.\r\n\r\nTowards the end of my session, I caught a long right and jumped out the back to avoid a closeout section. As I started to get back on my board to paddle, I saw this guy on a solid head plus left, going front side. He is charging it, screaming down the line, focused on trying to make the wave. I\'m looking at him, see that he\'s not going to make it, and that he doesn\'t see me. In that slow motion kind of way, I see that he\'s going to get worked and that I\'m in the spot where its going to go down. Sure enough, a section throws and this 12\' board is coming at me with a vengeance... like it\'s going to take my head off. I dive for the bottom and just avoid getting housed. I come up, fully expecting my board to be trashed. Our boards are tangled, and I am just waiting for the inevitable, thankful that my head is still attached. As soon as the dude realized how close he came to offing me, he became very apologetic. Amazingly, my board also was unharmed. I was really feeling fortunate to be alive and got out of the water. As I was changing out of my wetsuit, the SUP\'er came up and apologized again, and emphasized that he would have had my board fixed if there were any dings, making sure I was alright. \r\n\r\nI chalk it up to one of those things that can happen when there\'s a fair amount of energy in the water and somebody riding a good sized wave makes an instantaneous decision to go for it... I recall making the same decision once myself and broke one of my favorite boards ever in the resulting beat down. I still enjoy watching good surfers regardless of what they are riding and I get ticked when guys on SUPs get right in the mix and take every set wave that comes through... \r\n\r\nCan\'t wait to see one of those motorized boards...personally, I don\'t think they\'ll be ruling lineups, but it sure will be interesting to see how it goes.

 

Your fishing industry (very small fishing industry) would not even keep a small village sustained. There are plenty of small coastal areas to live, but you picked one of the busiest vacation areas.

 

I liked it better 30, 40 yrs ago. Much more dialed down on Hatteras Island, especially to the south. Now there is a speed zone throughout the northern villages. Everyone had to bring their own bottles since there were absolutely no package stores. But, those were the old days. Sorry to see a push for continued expansion. Not to mention that very few of the natives surfed back then, lol!!!

 

can't beat em? join em! too bad i have a coupe that barely fits a 6'4 shortboard....

 

I am with JohnnyUtah on this one, great story by the way and glad to hear you lived to tell about it. I was in Baja last summer and getting worked on a big day that was sketching me out because of some mean rocks and shallow water. Anyway this dude on a sit down paddle board was killing it and he saw me having a less then enjoyable session. Recognizing that I wasn\'t familiar with the spot he spent a few minutes with me talking about about the ins and outs and I spent the next 45 minutes having a blast working some inside waves with him and avoiding the bombs by paddling back out with him every 2 or 3 minutes waiting for the bombs to come thru, then back on the inside stuff.\r\n\r\nFor me, close to 40 now, life is to short to worry about what other people are doing and why. I surf a popular south jersey beach that suprisingly has very little surf community (at least they don\'t like dawn patrol). I probably give up some wave quality b/c I don\'t go to the \"stand out spots\". But surfing to me is just fun, whether its knee slappers or overhead. And I am the last person to want to judge someone else how is trying to get some. And for all the haters who don\'t like people in your lineup there are hundreds of miles of coastlines all over the world that are empty, stop the whining, hike up the skirt and move to panama. \r\n\r\nSUP\'s do your thing-But safety first!

 

Oh f*ck that, I leave for one week and this happens? LA REVOLUTION IS UPON US!!

Honestly, I don't really care what happens in the north end or first street, that's where kook-a-mania usually goes down anyhow. If you want to see a total SUP sh*t-show, go surf there on a thigh high saturday. You would think it is pipeline on the first winter swell the way folks fight and scramble for waves. Of course some millionaire dweeb bought one of those motorized surfboards.

The only time I surf that area is in the dead of winter when 95% of that crowd is watching their fantasy football team and the waves are ACTUALLY good. Nope, I surf alone, usually in north sandbridge, and you know what, it doesn;t matter who knows about it because you couldn't park there even if you wanted to.

Pura-Vida dudes

 

I don't think va beach has any convenient parking. I was just there for a police test and the north end has basically all private drive ways, the south end near 1st st jetty has is all crowded with tourists, and croatan has about 10 spots on two different roads...It took me about an hour one day to find a spot and basically got lucky because someone was leaving

 

I imagine this thread has pretty much run its course, but I just found this video and HAD to post. Go to 1:11 and laugh your a$$ off!

 

link would be helpful i suppose...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIUTI_P4Ryw&feature=autoplay&list=FLyieXTeIQDP4&index=2&playnext=1

 

awe sh*t, that is funny as all hell! I am literally lmfao! thanks for the laugh.

 

I hope "Daddy" doesn't mind, but I'll take this one. Parking is ample in VB. The north end- you can park on both sides of most streets between 42nd and 81st. That's all full? cross pacific ave and park in the neighborhood. Most of the SUP kooks live there anyways though. Croatan... you may have missed the GIANT PARKING LOT.... im not sure. Same with first street... metered parking galore, AND a city municipal lot. Pura Vida!

 

This might only be like my 2nd or 3rd post... that video brought me out of lurking with a serious LOL. I want just that 5 second clip in a continuous loop. Sucked to be the SUP dude.

 

Ha Ha that was great, only way to describe that SUP rider is oblivious. Not a SUP story but I was out yesterday on some small leftovers with my son and a few friends just over from us. A guy and his girl paddle out on a couple of Bics and sit right between me, my son and our friends, totally oblivious. They look over and give us the (everthings cool smile). I start steaming as the surf had a very defined peak and now these two jackasses are up peak from me with my friends on the other side. I see a set come in and the one guy I know (who is a great longboarder) starts paddling and the guy on the Bic starts paddling as well right on the shoulder of the same wave. My friend looks at him and says "no" in a firm but not overly nasty way and the dope pulls back. After that they kept their distance from everyone. Point is it didn't take a major confrontation to scare this dude off just a firm confident "no". Unfortunately I don't have that in me, I am either on or off, furious or calm, I need to learn to say "no" without all of the passive agressive **** that is so exhausting. Once my friend left the guy sat right on the shoulder of the peak I was on and started paddling for a wave that was clearly mine. He turned and said go ahead you can have it as if it was his to give, now I feel passive agressive again, lol.