^lol. I joined this here surf borting site to diss on a Jersey surfer like you described. Truth is no shortage of aholes north or south. Chucktown has few southerners left everybodys from NY, Jersey and Ohio. College of Chas. has surfing as a college class. WTF?
I've only surfed WB a couple times from access 4. It was pretty crowded, but it was spread out, never had a problem anyone. I have to admit, the army of SUPs had a couple guys killin it! It was actually pretty cool watching them. It was also pretty cool because they pretty much stayed in one area away from me. HA
I went to UNCW. Spent five years in Wilmington and surfed CB/FF more than anywhere else, especially when Trev and I were roomies. Chop hops for days. WB is kook central. Everyone has a ...lost or CI and has no idea how to do a proper bottom turn. Hence why I spent the majority of my water time in other areas. Boy, do I miss college.
No one should ever visit Topsail. If the hundreds of sharks don't get you the drunk Marines on the beach will. Way too dangerous, everyone take caution.
I'm there right now and haven't seen a shark or a drunk Marine yet. I only a mile away from New River inlet so I suppose I shoulda seen both by now. But you are correct, I have had run ins with both here in the past. Every year I stay at North Topsail and I have a solid mile of sand bars pretty much to myself. A couple trips to Surf City pier and it's all good.
Yeah. Too much wind on Saturday but Sunday was pretty good. Yesterday was small but fun. The wind today was brutal. Saw a guy on a mini log fight the good fight to get out and catch a couple but I started drinking at noon so I wasn't in form so to speak.
nice dude! the noon drink is where its at. I was waiting for a wind switch saturday. it was pretty small around here like 4 feet at 16 or something, so me and the bud got some bloodys at the bar overlooking the jetty (breakfast special a breakfast burrito and a big bloody for 7 bones from 11-1). before i knew it was glassy, i was drunk. surfed like 3 hours went home and grilled downed like 8 more beers and then i paddled out again when i was hammered in the then windy head high swell. Fun session but i wish i had more coordination for that second go around, thought i could shred while drunk. looks like that part of my youth is fading
Southern Hospitality only goes so far... I did not condemn folks from NE... its the northern Jersey and NY folks that seem to be the problem. And if you lived here and were constantly inundated with people who are loud, aggressive and have no respect for locals, then you would feel the same way. Time and time again I surf Mase with a bunch of transplants who paddle battle everyone, show no respect, but then want a ride back because they are too tired to paddle. I'm done "accepting" those people, who disproportionately are from the aforementioned places. If the frozen north is so f**king great... stay there!!! if you want to come here, fine, but be polite and act like you belong. The South is great because of people being nice, even if its not sincere. "Telling it like it is" and being aggressive ruins our peace and enjoyment. In some respects, we are victims of our own culture. People from other places come here and act a fool, but we are too nice and laid back to do anything about it. I am not going to fight someone over waves, but I am not going to encourage more people from NY and northern Jersey to come here... they are victims of their own culture.
No thanks.. I've been there and it sucks. And to be clear, Yankees are folks from the Philly-NY corridor, including northern Jersey. New Englanders are a totally different breed and more like southerners than yankees. And its not "profiling" if its accurate. If you lived and surfed SE NC all your life, starting in the early 80's, you would feel the same way. It really f'ing sucks. Monday morning, this week, there were easily 500 people at Mase... shoulder to shoulder. The vast majority not from here and with no etiquette.