Stay Out of the Water Its Dangerous

I'm not too familiar with the summer situation in VA Beach... Is there nowhere to surf without lifeguards?

Would you not do what you were told to do at work so that someone else could have fun? I know it sucks, but use your head... Or move if it's that big a deal to you

 

There was one lifeguard I saw a couple of summers ago that struggled to make it past the breakers with his paddleboard thing on a waist high semi-clean day

 

I respect the lifeguards they are there for the right reason. To watch out for the inlanders who bring their wallets to our shores during the summer months. I do not understand some of the logic for the way surfers are treated during this time. Herding everyone into a crowded lineup by the jetty is a good way for someone to get injured. I try to avoid first street during the summer. If it's after surfing hours a pair of fins and a bodyboard open up the lifeguard sections without much issue. I usually check in with the guard and let them know I benched 900 while shotting the pier during an epic Mary Lee tow at. After that they give me the whistle. Out of respect.

 

To the OP.... Lifeguards are not the problem. The higher ups that make the rules are. You don't see this type of crap of kicking people out when there's a waist to chest high swell on the west coast/hawaii and lifeguards are there year round. Giving the lifeguard crap isn't going to accomplish anything. Write and complain to the people in charge.(the higher ups).

 

ha i havent had to go in yet. it got moved to july 8th. we will find out then

 

there are designated surf zones between 9-5. 1st-5th and croatan by pendalton and the croatan side of the jetty. that's really it for the ocean front. sandbridge thy can care less but i cant drive out there all the time. i have no gas money or a functioning car at the moment. thank god i can bike to work

 

can surf anywhere in the north end too right?

 

And please don't stop until you're in Georgia...

 

What happens if you ignore the guard I wonder? Do they swim out and ticket you? Wait for the end of your sesh and arrest you? Are there close by unguarded beaches you can paddle to?

Our local guards turn a blind eye to surfers when we get big hurricane swells. They close the beach but pretend they don't see surfers.

Channel your anger. Get a dozen surfers together and show up at city meeting or whatever and request a change. Point out revenue losses for the town incurred by being surfer hostile.

 

Most places will let out bodyboarders with fins and surfers when swimming is restricted. Only the super anal places won't allow that.

 

Sounds like how WB was 20+ years ago. Over time we helped influence a lot of changes and it's now pretty much a peaceful coexistence thankfully.

 

Yeah I've never had an issue with any of the lifeguards. Don't know what happened either as my dad was a guard during the 70's at WB and it was WAY more chill than it is today, which is saying something.

 

I went south. Got some good ones.

OP I think it's awesome that you tried to surf in the swim zone. You are a true patriot. Leading le revolution against the boys in red.

 

I give parking tickets at wb beach. come at me bro.

 

Everyone come together as one and surf at every protected beach you can! don't let the lifeguards stop you from shredding the gnar. When the cops come storm the beach and beat their ass then go back to surfing. Us surfers can make a change. You just have to be proactive . . .

 

I think the 80's happened and effed everything up for over a decade.

 

if you got hate in your heart let it out

 

WB has surf zones, right? How do you feel about it?

I'm sure most lifeguards hate kicking people out of the water just as much as you do. Getting pissed off at them and shouting obscenities at them will not solve anything. Take it up with your town management. When things get heated on the island, I take it up with town council.

My side of 458 is picking up right now. We have about an hour left of daylight. Keep your feet up!

 

Yeah, the rules suck ... the answer is pretty simple though ... either dawn patrol, Sandbridge, or OBX. That being said, when the waves get big enough (3ft+), it's typically a red-flag day, and then you can surf all day. So it's only the days when it's knee-to-waist high that they're kicking surfers out during the designated swimmer-only hours. Conditions that are pretty good for surfing typically mean all-day surfing, and no worries about swimmers.

 

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