Guys, please . . .

Sloop,
your location leaves you with options to surf where there is less people. i'm sure you know a few.
Surfing lincoln on a sunday in the summer can drive you nuts and can ruin your surf. It's a magnet for the inexperienced and people spoiling for a confrontation. the place is crowded even before the lifeguards go on duty and shut down the other beaches to surfing, while nearby beaches go unridden. granted it can break better than some of the other beaches but not that much better.

what would you rather do surf a very congested good spot or a uncrowded spot almost as good?

 

I'm so glad CB is not as over-crowded as other spots on the East Coast. Line-ups? Please - I cut off all the Wilmington "day surfers." If you pay beach tax, you have the right of way.

 

summer crowds don't owe you anything. lol.

 

THAT WAS YOU!? I have never had someone backdoor my wave from the wave behind it before. I guess that's one of the benefits of riding a 15' Wavejet. How'd you get a hot pink one anyway?

 

First off, the ocean is totally different from our roads. In no way would I ever want to see another surfer / person (tourist included) get hurt by a surfboard or by a surfer. Let me get that out of the way.

All beaches are set up differently. My spot is in a more residential area with minimal parking for non-locals. I see the same people almost every day. My spot is in front of my house and I have surfed the same spot for over 13 years. The moment we have better than average waves, everyone and their grandmother paddle out. I hate paddling out and surfing with some Raleigh dude who rides for "Team Salt Life."

I have my opinion and you do too. Respect mine and I will respect yours. Don't surf my spot.

***I added the following, hence the EDIT***
Going back to the first comment of the thread - In addition to not wanting to see anyone injure themselves, or others while surfing; I do not endorse fighting in the ocean at all. I can hate on out-of-towners and others all day, but I would never intentionally hurt another or start a fight. It's the ocean, not a boxing ring.

NC does not have the federal/state funding like our northern states. The town of CB is extremely small and every tax dollar counts. Come September CB turns into a ghost town; yet, it is up to the locals to preserve our town for the summer crowd. Locals support smaller economies, so families have a nice place to visit year after year. Who is going to pay for the costly hurricane damages? Not Raleigh Who is going to keep local restaurants running during the slow season? Not tourist.

As for my last post: I don't drop in on anyone - it was a joke.

 

That was me. I'm glad you liked my pink Wavejet. Of course pink is not available to the public - Team Salt Life riders only.

 

lol I was just thinking this morning (while having to jocky around some of the local summer pros in their new sleeveless wetsuits- just to get a 3ft wave... thinking they where in a surf contest or something) about starting a post about how much i Love all the summer surfers!!!
.... now if only i could get one of those hot pink wave jets....

 

lol - seems like some of this can be attributed to pimple faced kids with undescended testicles who think they are be tough guys because their daddy owns a beach house

 

I HAVE A QUESTION:
Are "summer pros" guys that surf year round and are actually good surfers?

I feel like it's a bunch of kookmeyers calling out "summer pros" as guys that surf, surf winter, surf barreling spitters alone in freezing water and are now stuck to surf tiny waves with a bunch of summer kooks, and YES do get a bit aggro (i'm guilty). Is that a "summer pro"?

or are "summer pros", the kooks with all the flashy gear that can't really surf and get in the way and follow you to every shifting peak?

Please advise.....thanks.

 

settle down

Food or thought: the national trend for surf related violence including intimidation has been probation including a ban from your break. So threaten some tourist in July and kiss the fall swells goodbye. Or just settle down.

 

Sure is cold in the winter...even down here in NC.

I'm bumping this post for the dude who talked about "summer pros."

 

yes

bro... im there with you- I put my time in with the empty cold peaks....i rather it be that way...

summer pros are the ones who only surf in the summer and think that they are the best surfers around.... and 3ft waves calls for a surf contest at the local spot. thats what I was defining anyways...

 

I hope you go back and read my actual response to your original quote; however, what I was trying to get at was the "summer pros" that has been redefined in the last few post. These people flock to the beach come summer and our rare summer bumps. They get in the way of the people who put in the time....and pay taxes.

 

No worries, Sloop. I completely understand your situation with college. No one said that going to school makes you "any less respectable as a surfer." I recently graduated from a landlocked, private, liberal arts college and I mostly surfed during breaks. Now, I have to balance surfing with 50 hour work weeks. I manage to surf almost every day, year around. I may dislike fresh faces, but I don't snake people that surf my break. If I go somewhere else, I give the locals the same respect that I would expect from new faces. I learned the hard way in Santa Monica a few years ago. Fresh faces get scrap waves.

 

I just poop in my wetsuit when guys get angry at one another..

 

haha, I've never really had an altercation that led to anything with anyone in the water...but I am excited and waiting till some sap tries to throw down 'cause they will have f'd with the wrong motherf*cker....maybe that's why I haven't had a problem.

...or it could be because I give respect where it's due and follow ettiquette (def misspelled and I don't give a sh*t) and am generally always nice to people...my guess, it's reason #2.

 

cb gets plenty of federal funding http://islandgazette.net/news-serve...a-beach-talks-beach-nourishment-inlet-funding