Comments on: IF YOU DON’T SURF, START. No, wait, I mean…

By: Jobs in Encinitas CA

Jobs in Encinitas CA — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:24:50 +0000

Oh Encinitas- what a perfect place. Thank you for the post you put up.. where particularly within Encinitas are you located? I am just down El Camino and Encinitas Blvd.

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:29:56 +0000

Santa Cruz has always been a crowded surf city of the north. In 1973 I would surf Pleasure point every morning with lots of “Vals” showing up. I would stay all summer at my aunts house on Floral Drive. I came from the south; Santa Ana rivermouth/Huntington/Surfside. I got some great Fullers and Ano; uncrowded too. I would latter surf other gems like Point Magu, Channel Islands, Ranch, and Point Loma. They are still there and yes there can be a crowd, but many times you can get great surf by yourself or with a few friends; especially on large swells. I used to be less crowded, before all the state of the art surf forcasting. It was better learning the swell and direction and predicting the spot to go to. I’m a bit old. I surfed with young ripping Kevin Reed at 8-10 Pleasure, Allen Sarlow at cojo and blades, as well as Kim Mearig and Al Merrick, even Tom Curren was envious of a friend and I at the El Capitan store during a large southwest. The point is; it used to be less crowded but you can still get uncrowded perfection if you know how to find it.

By: Finnzy

Finnzy — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:23:10 +0000

yeah,
there’s only one thing left to say:

“Fuck all the Locals”

that’s what I’ve been doing all da time…

and get over it and fuck them again…

hang loose

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:09:01 +0000

Thanks for the eventual explanation, Mike.

You are wrong to assume me in the retro group, though.

By: Bil-O Bil-O

Bil-O Bil-O — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:48:35 +0000

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, SOMETIMES I KINDA MISS THE ICE HEAD MOKES TOO…
I WAS REMINDED OF THE THEIR INHERENT SKETCHINESS AND SKEWED VIEW OF THE WORLD WHEN, OUT SURFING LAST WEEK, I OVERHEARD A THUG KID WITH A WARRANT OUT FOR BREAKING PROBATION SAY; ‘THE WAVES SUCK IN JAIL.’

By: Blasphemy Rottmouth

Blasphemy Rottmouth — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:40:13 +0000

Additionally, Rodrigo Dornelles surfs like he replaced his arms with two lengths of garden hose filled with melted lead.

By: Blasphemy Rottmouth

Blasphemy Rottmouth — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:36:18 +0000

Dear ‘Reminiscent’ Generation,

I hope this letter finds you all doing well. I know you didn’t ask for it, but I feel the need to give you some advice.

Now, I have no idea how old you are, but I’ll go ahead and assume you are just sprouting your first pubes and coping with the hope that, at any moment, your testicles will find their way into that shriveled sack beneath your phallus. I remember being thirteen and thinking how stupid older people were. And then you hear us ‘old fogies’ go ahead and rip you a new asshole regarding your pimping and poaching of the discarded failures of ‘the old ones’. You deserve to be pissed off. You really do.

But know this: We’re right. You’ll look back on these days, years from now and think “What in the fuck was I doing?” You’ll be embarrassed, and feel remorse for the decisions you are currently making.

If you were smart, you’d change for the better. But you’re not. You’ve been gilled by the packaged surf culture and think no one rocks harder than you on a retro bonzer.

So best of luck son. Remember to wear a condom and never drive drunk. I wish you the best, but keep in mind that if you don’t change your attitude some, the chances are pretty good that you’ll be taking my order at In n’ Out Burger 8 years from now.

Godspeed young ones,

Blasphemy Rottmouth

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:16:35 +0000

Erik, the “reminiscent generation” is the current cultureless generation and their addiction to fashion. Retro boards suck, that’s why we moved on and to see kids today proud of candy boards that work poorly, intentionally riding equipment that hinders their surfing is Unbelievable. Next, the 80’s will be revisted by posers who can’t imagine what their generations signature should be. What will follow, another visit by Seattle Grunge?

Function has been replaced by fashion for a generation asleep at the wheel and who can only focus on the rear view mirror.

By: oli

oli — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:07:41 +0000

You know as crowded as the lineups get these days if you really are a “local” then you know that wave better than all the randoms do, and so it should be easy for you to catch more waves. If you are close nit with the people that are “locals” then you work together to keep randoms off the peak, a good example of this is a good day at deadmans with 50 guys out, I saw the same fifteen guys catch most of the waves. I think its when we dont work together that shit falls apart. Generally if someone cant catch any waves they are probably gonna surf somewhere else or just bob around the inside for scraps. Im not saying dont share or let people with etiquete work there way to getting waves just dont make it easy. At the same time some not as good spots have been givin up on and thats where you find the sup, begginers and retro weekend warriors surfing and that seems fine by me. I moved around allot growing up so i know all too well about being new in a lineup and it seems like the only way to make it is to show respect and eventually it will come back to you, well that or if you can kick everyones ass but I havnt seen anyone pull that off yet. I do miss the unstable ice head mokes and grumpy guys that used to surf my hometown as nervewracking as they can be they kept the spots devoid of crowds and now they are all in one way or another gone.

By: Bil-O Bil-O

Bil-O Bil-O — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:59:02 +0000

DRILL BABY, DRILL!