Alright I know everyone hates SUPs, and rightfully so. Everyone except Laird, but he's so cool he could make riding a garage door trendy. I want to be like him. Bottom line is I live right on the LIS and get zero swell thanks to Long Island. Since trips to Rawkaway and Lawng Beach are a few times/month at best, I want to get some paddling in in my backyard. My powerboat just doesn't give me the same workout, either.. Weird, right? A mate of mine is looking to unload an old windsurf board that's about 12 feet or so. My thought was converting it to a tanker of a paddleboard to use when it's flat out on the Sound and Sound only. My one concern is it's a little narrow for a pboard, but for basically free it can't hurt to give it a shot, right? Curious to see what other Swellies think. Know anyone who has done this before? Yes pboarding is ghey but getting fat and out of shape is even ghey-er...
You in CT brah? You see this 'downwind SUP' video with Kai Lenny? Might be the only way we can ride the sound, short of an artificial reef running N to S right smack in the middle of it.
headhigh you make a very convincing argument... the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that SUPs are cool
The amount of potentially perfect pointbreaks that would exist in this state, if Long Island didn't exist, is the bane of my existence.
Dude, I feel your pain. My entire wave-aware existence, idk since 12 or so, I've stared at that island and cursed it for blocking us. I've had dreams of the points firing at size, and contemplated paddling out when it's blowing 30-40 outta the South. Peajay, LI crew, nothing against you guys I didn't know you back then.
Solution? Go start your car, if you have more than one for your household start the both or all Let them run Maybe eventually you can melt enough 'bergs to cover the whole island and make a sweet sandbar 50 miles off shore
When this happens we have a wave better than Jaws on our doorsteps. I'm starting my engine now. Although that would bring all the haoles who no respect da culture brah. Only this culture has gabagool rather than poke.
Windsurfing and kiteboarding seem like too much work. Ever see how long it takes them to pack all that sh!t up once done?
Rigging and taking down a windsurfer isn't too bad. Certainly less time than rigging/unrigging a Laser. I had my own WS rig in the 1980s and 90s when it was popular. But kite surfing seems to me an altogether another thing. Used to watch those cats set up at Surfers Point in Ventura. Lots of shrouds to deal with. Saw a few get dragged across the rocks near the Ventura Fairgrounds. Na-ah, not for me...
