We got 'em here year round. The guys I've met are good people who also surf on regular (i.e., "non-SUP") boards. But when summer comes, so does the circus. A sign of spring here is when the City of VB resumes charging for parking at beach parking lots. That's 1 April.
The Canadians are going home and the locals resume packing the beaches on weekends. Spanish is once again more often overheard than French.
- Female clothing becoming scant - Females being especially friendly (April/October Effect) - Swell every day - More idiots on Mass roads - Boston back in the playoffs
Yeah, we have to pay for parking again ... Now if only the water temps would get back to a 3/2 with no booties/gloves ...
ditto. there are a few guys who ride 'em year-round here now. they're different than the seasonal/fair weather crowd of SUPtards, though. most of the year-rounders are highly competent & know how to behave in a line-up. the SUPtards are everything we love to hate about SUPs in the line-up & more.
Double Ditto. We also have a core of highly skilled watermen who ride SUPs year round, many who also ride other craft depending on conditions. Most have over 30 years surfing experience, and I have personally learned much about lineup etiquette and surfing in general from them. Some of the "arguably" best surfers in this area have SUPs in their quiver. That being said, SUPs can present unique problems (which have been discussed ad nauseum in other threads) if they are not handled with appropriate knowledge and skill. The angst against the "unskilled" SUPers could be applied to screwballs that ride any craft and have no sense of lineup decorum. No matter what one rides, until you understand lineup dynamics and etiquette, and can handle the craft of choosing in a crowded lineup, one is better off paddling down the beach to an uncrowded area and developing their skills. This is nothing new, but was helpful to me when I was going through my early growing pains. I was able to score more waves and not worry about contending or "dropping in", and also learned to turn, trim, and carve without having to deal with collisions. Spring is definitely here, as the tell tale signs in nature are emerging. But this is of little consequence if you have adequate neoprene and surf year round... although like everyone else, I prefer to trunk it.
+1 to the females wearing less I have a goofy tan line that starts halfway up my neck and at my elbow from my spring suit I see guys in the line up I haven't seen since the last time it was warm The Lemon Bar is open for business and bustling! Yay spring!
About Apr. 1st all the Asian foreign exchange students show up riding bikes on the wrong side of the road and eventually get lost in the hood areas. A side benefit is the service at McDonalds near my house takes a 180deg. turn for the better once they get their summer jobs.
Spring is trying to fit in as many surfs as I can around all the planting, mulching, power washing, and I got one mini-Chavez left doing the little league thing. Oh yeah, I'm moving to PA soon. A SHOOBIE I will be. I guess I have to learn how to leave trash on the beach, drive like a moron through town, drop in on everyone, throw up at 1:00 AM in front of Angelo's Pizza, and swim out without a board into the middle of a pack of surfers at a surfers only beach.
95 south gets even worse on Fridays, if that's even conceivable. Peepers appear all over DC. Allergies go off the charts. The True Believers pull into town in their huge buses from all over America just in time to miss the annual cherry blossoms. The wind switches directions almost hourly. I check the FUcasts even more, if that's even conceivable. wayne666 swaps out of the van for the ragtop.
It's great to see their populations thriving, after coming back from basically nothing up here. First one I saw this year was on 3/22, right on cue.
