Skunked...FLAT AGAIN :(

Discussion in 'Northeast' started by shark-hunter, Aug 27, 2013.

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  1. Aug 27, 2013 #1
    shark-hunter

    shark-hunter Well-Known Member

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    So much for that waist high swell today. Flat in most of RI today. This is now going to be a 3 week flat spell. Wow. This just reminds you how brutally bad the east coast is during the summer. I can honestly say I never remember a 3 week flat spell.
     
    shark-hunter, Aug 27, 2013
    shark-hunter, Aug 27, 2013
  3. Aug 27, 2013 #2
    surfsolo

    surfsolo Well-Known Member

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    Can't remember a 3 week flat spell? You sure you living on the east coast right?
     
    surfsolo, Aug 27, 2013
    surfsolo, Aug 27, 2013

  5. Aug 27, 2013 #3
    shark-hunter

    shark-hunter Well-Known Member

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    Not during summer. Never 3 weeks. 2 weeks yes, but not 3 and last summer didn't even have a 2 week flat spell. At least up here in RI. Always get a knee to waist southwest wind swell to break it.
     
    shark-hunter, Aug 27, 2013
    shark-hunter, Aug 27, 2013
  6. Aug 27, 2013 #4
    MFitz73

    MFitz73 Well-Known Member

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    Let me say it before Paddington jumps all over you....
    Dude, Paddington has been scoring sick knee high waves all summer. what are you talking about? stop complaining and just go surf already. Knee high is sic sic sic!
     
    MFitz73, Aug 27, 2013
    MFitz73, Aug 27, 2013
  7. Aug 27, 2013 #5
    Sniffer

    Sniffer Well-Known Member

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    Another flat spell thread, geesh. Do us a favor and start traveling or get a new hobby. U too Fitz.
     
    Sniffer, Aug 27, 2013
    Sniffer, Aug 27, 2013
  8. Aug 27, 2013 #6
    aka pumpmaster

    aka pumpmaster Well-Known Member

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    Surfing is not a hobby it's a way of life. Is a way of looking at the wave and saying 'hey bud, let's party'.
     
    aka pumpmaster, Aug 27, 2013
    aka pumpmaster, Aug 27, 2013
  9. Aug 27, 2013 #7
    epictetus

    epictetus Well-Known Member

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    I say we sacrifice a virgin
     
    epictetus, Aug 27, 2013
    epictetus, Aug 27, 2013
  10. Aug 27, 2013 #8
    Mad Atom

    Mad Atom Well-Known Member

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    I prefer to think of waves as beautiful women to avoid having to say "hey bud, let's party".
     
    Mad Atom, Aug 27, 2013
    Mad Atom, Aug 27, 2013
  11. Aug 27, 2013 #9
    Riley Martin's Disgruntled Neighbor

    Riley Martin's Disgruntled Neighbor Well-Known Member

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    FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.

    These are dire times, gentlemen. I took my bike out for a ride last night about 11 after watching the Mets lose and I looked out at a flat ocean and said to her - "I can't wait for football and waves."
     
    Riley Martin's Disgruntled Neighbor, Aug 27, 2013
    Riley Martin's Disgruntled Neighbor, Aug 27, 2013
  12. Aug 27, 2013 #10
    aka pumpmaster

    aka pumpmaster Well-Known Member

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    its the oceans way of telling us she has had enough of the the f'ing lifeguards. you wait, she will turn on as soon as they go home.
     
    aka pumpmaster, Aug 27, 2013
    aka pumpmaster, Aug 27, 2013
  13. Aug 27, 2013 #11
    shark-hunter

    shark-hunter Well-Known Member

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    I wished the lifeguards actually stuck around like in Cali. When the swells finally arrive, they leave! Ridiculous You never know when you might need one. Experienced surfers have been saved by them. The ocean is no joke especially when it's overhead at a beach break and the beach is empty. If anything goes wrong, you're **** out of luck.
     
    shark-hunter, Aug 27, 2013
    shark-hunter, Aug 27, 2013
  14. Aug 27, 2013 #12
    aka pumpmaster

    aka pumpmaster Well-Known Member

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    I wouldn't trust 95% of lifeguards I know to save a turd in a toilet.
     
    aka pumpmaster, Aug 27, 2013
    aka pumpmaster, Aug 27, 2013
  15. Aug 27, 2013 #13
    DawnPatrol321

    DawnPatrol321 Well-Known Member

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    Surfers look out for one another in conditions that are dangerous, I've seen it first hand, if you are surfing in a spot with nobody out then be blessed it's empty but if you are afraid to surf alone then find a small crowd or bring a buddy and keep an eye on each other. I saw a guy drown at New Smyrna Beach WHILE the lifeguards were present, it didn't matter, nothing they could have done. So don't let them give you a false sense of safety.
     
    DawnPatrol321, Aug 27, 2013
    DawnPatrol321, Aug 27, 2013
  16. Aug 27, 2013 #14
    shark-hunter

    shark-hunter Well-Known Member

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    It's not a false sense of safety. I wouldn't go out in conditions I felt were above my ability regardless of whether there are lifeguards or not. It's just common sense that having lifeguards is safer and are nice to have in the rare case that something happens.
     
    shark-hunter, Aug 27, 2013
    shark-hunter, Aug 27, 2013
  17. Aug 27, 2013 #15
    Sniffer

    Sniffer Well-Known Member

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    I have never seen an experienced surfer be saved by a stinkin lifeguard on the EC.
     
    Sniffer, Aug 27, 2013
    Sniffer, Aug 27, 2013
  18. Aug 27, 2013 #16
    shark-hunter

    shark-hunter Well-Known Member

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    hmmm. lol Yeah I think you should visit the north shore patrol or some newport calif lifeguards sometime. They pull people out of conditions at the wedge that 99% of the people on this forum never even experienced before. These guys are no joke. Their professionals and they save countless swimmers, surfers, boogie boarders ect.
     
    shark-hunter, Aug 27, 2013
    shark-hunter, Aug 27, 2013
  19. Aug 27, 2013 #17
    aka pumpmaster

    aka pumpmaster Well-Known Member

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    except MOST guards would not come in after you in heavy conditions. they would stand on the beach and blow the whistle at you as you drowned.
     
    aka pumpmaster, Aug 27, 2013
    aka pumpmaster, Aug 27, 2013
  20. Aug 27, 2013 #18
    aka pumpmaster

    aka pumpmaster Well-Known Member

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    we are talking EC here are we not????
     
    aka pumpmaster, Aug 27, 2013
    aka pumpmaster, Aug 27, 2013
  21. Aug 27, 2013 #19
    shark-hunter

    shark-hunter Well-Known Member

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    I've never been pulled out of the water myself by a lifeguard. Don't underestimate the ocean. I think people on the ec. don't like lifeguards because they put all kinds of restrictions in a lot of places once there's a swell. This doesn't happen on other coasts.
     
    shark-hunter, Aug 27, 2013
    shark-hunter, Aug 27, 2013
  22. Aug 27, 2013 #20
    seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

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    +1 The couple chest to head high days we had in July got real rippy at my spot, which is normal there, but every time they had to do a swin rescue the surfers and spongers in the water already had their eyes on the people in trouble and were there waaay before the lifeguards. There's one cool lifeguard at this spot who bodysurfs and sponges on his breaks, the others just sit there and tan and shave their legs.

    I'm sure the guys in Hawaii are real watermen, and probly in Cali too...my statement applies to the EC.
     
    seldom seen, Aug 27, 2013
    seldom seen, Aug 27, 2013
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