Anyone on here Surf?

[unjung]

Originally Posted by Parker

I wondered if there were any other surfers here. Usually neckties and surfers don't jive.

I go out about once a week here in NoCal. Here's my local break on a small, glassy day:

Is that Taco Bell Beach?

I try to get to the ocean once or twice a year but near home, this is the next best thing:

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[Parker]

Originally Posted by unjung

Is that Taco Bell Beach?

Bingo.

 

[Treen]

I go as often as I can, which generally translates as 4-5 weekends and a couple a weeks during the summer. Regular spots are Cornwall and Northern Scotland, but I try to go somewhere more "exotic" once or twice a year, my favourites being places around Sothern Brittany in France and Northern Spain.

I love the surfing, but there's also nothing better than sitting on a beach with a fire, some beers and good mates after a hard day in freezing Atlantic waters!

 

[dsbkoko]

sandbars in SD need to shape up. This swell has been mediocre at best. Sigh.

 

[unjung]

Originally Posted by Parker

Bingo.
Nice. I was there for a day earlier this summer. Found it really busy and the fishermen were a pain. Ended up riding Montara several days after that, which I thought was better, although inconsistent. Really friendly folks at that little shop down the street from the north end of TB beach, though. Some Hawaiian guy owned it I think.

 

[randomkoreandude]

i grew up near va beach and was an avid surfer ... then i went to college in cleveland and now in law school.

moved on to snowboarding ---> miss the water though. falling on ice sucks vs falling and tumbling under a wave (although having your body thrown against the ocean floor or hitting your fins is arguably worse)

 

[unjung]

Originally Posted by randomkoreandude

i grew up near va beach and was an avid surfer ... then i went to college in cleveland and now in law school.

moved on to snowboarding ---> miss the water though. falling on ice sucks vs falling and tumbling under a wave (although having your body thrown against the ocean floor or hitting your fins is arguably worse)

Living in DC must suck for you. I am at least within a few hours of several world-class ski hills.

 

[Parker]

Originally Posted by Treen

Regular spots are Cornwall and Northern Scotland, but I try to go somewhere more "exotic" once or twice a year, my favourites being places around Sothern Brittany in France and Northern Spain.

I've always wanted to surf in England. What's up with Northern Scotland?? Do they get swell up there? That must be ice-cream headache cold.

Have you been to San Sebastian/Mundaka?

Originally Posted by unjung

Nice. I was there for a day earlier this summer. Found it really busy and the fishermen were a pain. Ended up riding Montara several days after that, which I thought was better, although inconsistent.

Yeah, it's always fairly crowded and lots of beginners, but I usually go mid-week when it's mellower. Montara is nice, but I always get the feeling that The Landlord is lurking.

 

[unjung]

Originally Posted by Parker

Yeah, it's always fairly crowded and lots of beginners, but I usually go mid-week when it's mellower. Montara is nice, but I always get the feeling that The Landlord is lurking.
I just don't think about it.

 

[Parker]

Headsup, there are Matuse wetsuits on Gilt today. About half off retail. Good Japanese rubber.

 

[unjung]

Surfing Vancouver Island in two and a half weeks. F- yeah.