Indian River South side question

Locals only...

 

haha, no. It is a great place to go but it has really gotten beat up in the past couple of years so the beach is really steep. A lot of the time, the surfability heavily depends on the tide there. I'm pretty sure south side is almost always sketchy for surfing in bigger swells. North Side isn't so dumpy. The last really decent swell I surfed there was Ernesto.

 

you can surf the south side ?!#?

 

If you surf SS (should you actually find it to work and GET TO KNOW ITS FICKLE ASS) this ...
WILL HAPPEN!


LMAO

The only Person I've seen surf SS WELL is Colin H.
He's had a few guys "in tow' a few times that surfed it "o.k."
but I could sence they where 'timid' and really choosy about waves selected...
were as Colin will take str8t up deamon Boogr waves and just SLAY THEM<Granted he grew up at the spot on a boogie
But it will be what it's always has been
a fickle ,picky , touchy spot...to the point of


WAIT FOR IT!



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NON~EXISTANT!!!!

 

Used to surf SS all the time in the mid-1990s was a fun left off the jetty until they started dredging the sand out and pumping it over to the NS...

 

Nothing positive can come out of this thread...

 

WOW. Right with ya Tice!

The legend of south side is over. The beach is not the same. When south side was good most of us were about 5-10 years old. Now, dumps shows life once in a very full moon. Dumps is just the crappy reminance of once what exsisted. With that being said, Collin surfs dumps because its his home break. He loves it. But the truth is, it breaks perfect about once a year, and maybee rideable 4 or 5 times. HERE IS THE REAL DEAL STRAIGHT FORWARD. IT'S ALWAYS BETTER SOMEWHERE ELSE. I PROMISE. THAT PLACE IS MORE OF A SHRINE FOR THE FEW WHO LOVE IT. So don't go, Its a waste of a time, and when it does get good you won't like it!

 

The last time. . .

. . . I saw south side with a decent sized swell that was ridable was on a super 8 movie that Jack Crosby had shot back in the mid seventies. Jack used to own B.B. Bombers on 8th street in OCM. If you can catch up to him, ask him if he's still got that movie. They weren't neck breaking suck up shorebreaks either. But then I guess that was before your time now wasn't it?

 

he's just upset that he could break a hip on those "heavy scary waves"

 

I hear you on that, definatley the straight facts!! especially the last statement...

 

Hey if it's ridable its better then working..Right now Im on the Gulf side of FL and i was able to ride a wind break yesterday at holmes beach. I mean when you dont get to ride you appreciate the smallest ones. I mean im always glad to see nice clean breaking waves but if u dont want to ride the garabage you have no respect for the days where is big and clean.

 

you knew it was coming just from the Title.

To recap the main points of the thread before it is dead,....we hope.

"Nothing positive can come out of this thread..."

"<<<<<<and Tommy already quoted>>>>>>" ......."OBlove"<<<<what he said.

4 to 5 times a year is as close as it gets to working as you would want it to.

when it does work for those few times and few hours it sure is a sight to see, very real deal in many respects, for around these parts.

But over all very few takers.

without pissing off those few that have made it look good and there home over the years, it is over... ...rated. Try to undetsand what I mean by that and do not take it the wrong way. The RESPECT IS THERE FOR THOSE WHO DARE.

Of course those few who do,.. do not have anything to prove to anyone, they do not talk the talk, they walk the walk. That is why they get the exposure and respect that the place earns those few times.

S.S. is only in your imagination. It is not real, so.. as has already been said, it is best to just go elsewhere. Instead of wasting your time.

 

Actually, I don't have to. . . you do that so very well for yourself. I intended no disrespect whatsoever. I was only offering a source of footage of what most would consider classic SS, before Jetty extension and before beach pumping. Less is always more.
Suffice to say, and the reference will surely escape you. . ."Ya realllllllly missed it Mate! Ya shoulda been [there] yesterdai." Or more likely, a generation ago. You are surely welcome to enjoy South Side Indian River all to yourself. You deserve it and all the bodily trauma that it may impart because it can be a very dangerous break, but rarely as dangerous as Gas Chambers in PR.

 

ss is a wave you have to respect when its firing , like everyone said it happens very seldom. and if you dont respect it, it will make you pay dearly. i have dislocated a jaw, shoulder and sprained my ankle a few times, not to mention all the kooky tourons that leave on a back-board. so in conclusion unless you can really surf good. dont surf ss
its more of a sponge wave anyways

 

You talking to me? if so you have me confused with someone else, I haven't worked in a restaurant for about 3 years...