TS or Hurricane Cristobal?

pkovo · Aug 29, 2014

OK, the story was nice, it really was, but this line from the post above had me in stitches. It just sounds so bizarre. Especially to someone that reads it, before reading Seldom's story

:....and Seldom so happy to hear you got to splash and old woman in the face, that must have felt nice...."

seldom seen · Aug 29, 2014

If only I had my GoPro.

sisurfdogg · Aug 29, 2014

Too bad Wayne wasn't there to lend a helping hand.

Mattyb · Aug 29, 2014

baddy trailerpark said: ↑

dood - south jersey just plain righteous....come visit next time offshore has a northerly component.
AC was FIRING yesterday; no secret though....caught empty 6 footers with just my son in ventnor....
that was my second sesh. OCNJ in the pm was small; didn't go cause....way tired.
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oh I went south. Scored in spring lake and deal. Took a few beatings too that seemed to fix the herniated discs in my neck and spine. I was just understanding ceps pain.

EmassSpicoli · Aug 30, 2014

zach619 said: ↑

Remember SI rule #1) There is no such thing as a close out, you are just not surfing fast enough.
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Thank you Zippy. Even in 16s in south swell to east facing jersey beach breaks, there's no such thing as a closeout. Add it to the glossary. Closeout: no such thing.

nynj · Aug 30, 2014

"Spray it on my face young lad"

seldom seen said: ↑

Alright fellers, here it is. I swear to God stuff like this always happens to me, idk if it's the Universe testing me or what...

So I'm sitting on the beach taking a break, watching dudes get shacked whilst drinking my gatorade, when I'm approached by this random elderly woman. She says excuse me and proceeds to ask me a question. She asked me to walk her down to the water's edge so she could get her feet wet and cool off. I comply, and tell her we have to be very careful and not end up in the initial trough b/t sandbars.

So hand in hand I go with this woman in front of the whole beach, which is starting to get packed at this point. Once we get close, I'm holding both her hands and we're walking sideways. We get to about ankle deep water, and she's stoked. She also realized how powerful the whitewash was at this point, as the remnants of a wave came in and now we're knee deep. She doesn't want to go any further, but asks me to begin splashing her.

Once again, I comply, and begin to reach down and start splashing my new friend. As I'm splashing, she asks me to splash her face. I ask her to repeat the request just to make sure I heard her correctly, which I did. So now I'm really splashing, reaching down and sending a good amount of water up, and her face is officially splashed.

Out of the corner of my eye I see a set coming in, so I tell her we better wrap this up and start our exit. So we go back in to hand holding mode, and walk out of the water slowly and sideways. By this point my homie on the beach watching it all is laughing hysterically. The woman thanked me, refreshed, and she went on with her day.

So I go back to sitting with my boy, and we're discussing what just happened. He brought up a very good point(imo) when he said that what just happened looked like some ritualistic saltwater baptism, especially with the whole face splashing part. And as funny as it may have looked, I helped that woman experience the ocean that day. And I'm glad I did.

Also saw a hummingbird cruise through the lineup, first time for everything I suppose.
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seldom seen · Aug 30, 2014

HAHAHAHA that's how I felt!

windswellsucks · Aug 30, 2014

Photo from thurs afternoon #Belmar

nynj · Aug 30, 2014

Is that Magda up front in the pink one piece?

windswellsucks said: ↑

Photo from thurs afternoon #Belmar
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Gnarbutter · Aug 30, 2014

ZombieSurfer said: ↑

My whole body is rubber right now, was out from 8 in the morning til 8 at night with my boy. Found a little spot away from the crowd and was like a miniature skeleton bay. Was awesome to end the day with a sunset view through the barrel (didn't make it out but whatever, still shot the stoke level through the roof). Was def a day for the memory books. Glad everyone else got some too, and Seldom so happy to hear you got to splash and old woman in the face, that must have felt nice.
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hahahaha yes

endlessummer89 · Aug 31, 2014

Did anybody see the surfline album? The picture from Nantucket is huge !!

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/c...-frontal-system-to-romance-east-coast_117219/

worsey · Sep 1, 2014

i have seems lots in the line-up but never a hummingbird.

seldom seen · Sep 1, 2014

baddy trailerpark said: ↑

i have seems lots in the line-up but never a hummingbird.
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baddy I felt blessed. Maybe it was an Aztec warrior spirit.

EmassSpicoli · Sep 1, 2014

I had an exotic looking butterfly go by me when I was waiting for a set in ES last summer but I ain't splashed no lady prior.

worsey · Sep 2, 2014

seldom seen said: ↑

baddy I felt blessed. Maybe it was an Aztec warrior spirit.
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its possible. keep an open mind.

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