Guess I'm an old dude now so get off my lawn, but when I was a grom back in the early/mid-70's we learned (were taught) manners - there were consequences for snaking waves like that. It's like Lord of the Flies out there.
Plus it's historically been a body surfing and bodyboard break. Now it's an exercise in mayhem and everyone for themselves, hard boards flying in the air. Keep your dentist's number handy in your wallet.
@spamwagon I started surfing about 20 years ago-ok I confess I'm a sponger- and even though it didn't feel good to get called out for fucking up, I learned to appreciate you guys who were still running the lineups back then because the embarrassment was HOW I LEARNED. When you're low-key, respectful of the locals, willing to wait your turn (GO when it is), and willing to take a few sets on the head to avoid fucking up someone's wave, you will earn respect. Which few care to do anymore.
Snaking is not the same as dropping in. It’s padding behind someone to put yourself closer to the curl even though it’s their wave. It’s much more obvious on a point or reef break than a beach break.
@pronounsushistore but he's correct. Somewhere along the line most of the internet seems to have decided a drop in is a snake but it's not. Just more covid surfers not learning correct terms or etiquette
There were about 100 guys out at The Point. Another 56 guys off the jetty at 56th St., and another 200 guys out at River Jetties. Mostly closeouts with a few gems...if you could find em!
I saw Huge set waves in Huntington from the Pier to Seapoint along a bike ride in the rain like a lunatic because gyms closed down. I'm was happy to see Surfers out there getting good waves and not barricading inside with sand bags
Unbelievably crowded. I assume this was Sunday? I waited until the sun came out on Monday and had an entire North LA point break to just me and a fellow wave rider. Smaller, but much much funner and safer.
This looks like all pre-13:00 before the drizzle & NE started standing the peaks up, allowing for made super late air drops. After 14:00 on the tide dredge The Point really went off 2Xing this. But for the excessive snakes, so many straight stand up disappearing acts! Please chyron rider names, as possible. Can’t wait 2c the PM rides, so I can slo-no some!
The group at the apex of the wave should have paddle down to the panties hanging onto the edge of the wave where they were consistently dropping in on everyone. Have a little old-school powwow about the dangers and complete bulshit of dropping in on everybody. RLTW 3/75
doesn’t look like a tropical storm to me. Cyclones we get in Aus are normally short periods and lumpy, not lined up like this. You don’t get sets either just constant unrelenting waves.
You have people making serious life choice errors at the Wedge. Clearly, it was not the right wave. Time slowed, then slowed, once more. You could mark the passing of our days before you hit the bottom and got worked. You could think about your life, and your choices, and the mistakes that you made. The fall would slow down time, slow down your thoughts, slow down everything in this crazy, mixed-up world of ours. Your broken board smashing into your head felt like but a love tap. You could reach your senses in the middle of the wipeout. You could find answers. Isn’t that why we surf? Because we want the world to make sense?
My dad 151/2 in 1979 surfing class day number 5 with buddy's. Early-morning Zuma first for him never surf Zuma so foggy socked in bad that day They hear the waves but couldn't see them through the fog standing on the beach that's how bad it was . Always checked wave conditions but not that morning got there and surfing they go. Paddling out dad's last of three now this is Zuma and he's a rookie . You're waves were the same size that morning at Zuma so he hit the eject button you know how big waves look when you're laying on your bored looking up 20 ft no way he can handle 18 to 22 ft faces on only five days surf class The size and year is accurate . Zuma never that big since
I haven't paddled out in a long time but I don't miss those socal crowds. It's like going to a skatepark these days and having to watch out for scooter kids everywhere.
First time surfing a hurricane swell at the point after watching in awe as a kid during Marie… Less people longer rides at north side pier made an epic double session for me
