The Gulf awakens

Discussion in 'West Florida' started by StuckontheGulf, Apr 10, 2014.

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  1. Apr 10, 2014 #1
    StuckontheGulf

    StuckontheGulf Well-Known Member

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  3. Apr 10, 2014 #2
    waterbaby

    waterbaby Well-Known Member

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    those are some real nice little waves. How often does that happen there?
     
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  5. Apr 10, 2014 #3
    ihatelongboarders

    ihatelongboarders Well-Known Member

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    man after living in SWFL for a few years it always makes me giggle what you guys consider "firing"
     
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  6. Apr 10, 2014 #4
    StuckontheGulf

    StuckontheGulf Well-Known Member

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    Yeah yeah I know, firing is a bit strong I guess but when its flat most of the time, its firing to us! It breaks like that most every cold front. Nice little chest high clean up today. I'm bringing the grom out after school for some chest to head high (on him) haha. We take what we can get. Thank your lucky stars you dont live here. If I didnt have a great job and family business here I would have left long ago. We mostly go east for our fix but when your home break serves up some goods it can't be beat.
     
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  7. Apr 10, 2014 #5
    live4truth

    live4truth Well-Known Member

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    Looks fun...wish I was surfing in a 2/2! Winds look pretty strong...how hard was it blowing offshore?
     
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  8. Apr 10, 2014 #6
    StuckontheGulf

    StuckontheGulf Well-Known Member

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    2/2? I skinned it. The water is 74 degrees! I dont know why there are even wearing suits. It was and still is blowing about 10 knots offshore. The gulf always has that emerald green water down in AMI. I'm just as excited about the fishing ready to go off. The snook are biting, the grouper and snapper are hitting great offshore. The Kingfish run has begun and the tarpon are around the corner. Spring rules here!
     
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  9. Apr 10, 2014 #7
    ihatelongboarders

    ihatelongboarders Well-Known Member

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    i did my time down there and got out literally as fast as i could. i was in charlotte county.
     
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  10. Apr 10, 2014 #8
    capecodcdog

    capecodcdog Well-Known Member

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    I was about to say those guys in rubber must have been roasting. Nice pix. Thanks for sharing.
     
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  11. Apr 10, 2014 #9
    Gilman Photography

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    heres a shot from sarasota this morning, really fun barrels Harry Barrel.jpg
     
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  12. Apr 10, 2014 #10
    StuckontheGulf

    StuckontheGulf Well-Known Member

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    i did my time down there and got out literally as fast as i could. i was in charlotte county.

    Did your time huh? I guess it is sort of like a prison sentence. I always say to my brother in law, "we might as well be mountain climbers because there aren't any mountains here either." Thats why we get big offshore boats and fish our azzes off. That and a few trips to PR every year along with some east coast jaunts gets us by. Like I said, you think your break sucks? We hardly break.
     
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  13. Apr 10, 2014 #11
    ihatelongboarders

    ihatelongboarders Well-Known Member

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    no no i worked for a company down there. had a contracted amount of time i was to be working the project. once the project finished i bailed.

    i would go to stump pass and surf there. surfed venice jetties a few times too. maybe 10 rideable days in 2 years and it was usually blowing like the ****ens out of the north or south when there were waves.
     
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  14. Apr 10, 2014 #12
    seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

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    I'm always pumped for you Gulf guys when you score.
     
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  15. Apr 10, 2014 #13
    Hayduke Lives

    Hayduke Lives Well-Known Member

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    every person I have ever known from the gulf coast digs it there. A majority of them are also decent surfers. Last time I surfed the gulf coast I I was lucky enough to get it about chest high off the jetty in Venice. That was years ago, still fun to think about to this day. Great skateparks over there as well.

    Glad ya got some waves
     
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  16. Apr 10, 2014 #14
    ihatelongboarders

    ihatelongboarders Well-Known Member

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    the local grey suits are a bit much to deal with too.
     
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  17. Apr 10, 2014 #15
    metard

    metard Well-Known Member

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    nice.......
     
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  18. Apr 10, 2014 #16
    Kahuna Kai

    Kahuna Kai Well-Known Member

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    Me too, as a former gulf coast inmate, I'm happy to be free but still have mad love for the gulfsters. It gets really good sometimes, but it is a true exercise of patients. DPSUP knows what's up man.
     
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  19. Apr 10, 2014 #17
    DawnPatrol321

    DawnPatrol321 Well-Known Member

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    Dang that looks a lot better then where I got it, we had more size at the spot I hit but was not nearly as clean, I had to take what I could get after work
     
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  20. Apr 10, 2014 #18
    StuckontheGulf

    StuckontheGulf Well-Known Member

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    Thats classic. From now on I will call myself a voluntary inmate!
     
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  21. Apr 10, 2014 #19
    babybabygrand

    babybabygrand Well-Known Member

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    Congrats Gulfsters!
     
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  22. Apr 11, 2014 #20
    waterbaby

    waterbaby Well-Known Member

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    it's not always about water temp...sometimes wind chill combined with your core acclimation is a factor. A few times, I've had to surf in both costa rica and hawaii with a vest due to wind chill.

    anyway, cool thing about surfing the gulf is, if you really have a lot of experience, you can out paddle/surf circles around most of the noob barneys that try to paddle out...as long as they don't snake you
     
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