Well that just sucks. Saw this on Craigslist Newport beach the other day. Land lover indeed. It’s a sign of the end of summer. Poor ex-surfer gets frustrated at a sport that requires a serious commitment to fail, failure, fail again, can’t paddle fast enough, pearling and other general kookiness. But man when you get over the hump, it’s fantastic. Surfing is orgasmic! Here, our California frustrated surfer dude owns a G&S longboard that he’s hoping to dump for the not-quite-a-bargain price of $750. (Names etc. are hidden to protect the innocent.) Aside from the benefit of non-crowded line ups, we at DailyStoke.com suggest that nobody buy this board, and force the guy to give it a try again. Next summer. And further down the line from us, hehehe. Don’t sell your board, try, try and try again. GET STOKED!
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“Surfing is orgasmic!”
If you only knew…
I try to be tolerant of everyone in the water, but let’s not get carried away. Its pretty damn crowded already.
San Diego county has a population of just over 3 million people. If just another 1% were to start surfing regularly, that would be and additional 10,000 people in the water. Can you honestly say that you want that? So…
The waves are powerful.
Learning to surf is really hard.
There are sharks, rocks, sting rays…
Surfers are jerks.
The water is cold.
Surfing sucks, don’t try it.
It’s one thing to just give up at something because you haven’t really tried hard enough, or given it enough time, it’s quite something else when you’re hit with a disability that hurts so much even when you try to continue surfing. But a love and passion for surfing won’t keep my away from the ocean, and still trying to stand up whenever I can feel the wave under me. And I surf in the “Red Triangle” of Nor Cal. SHARKS anybody?
I started, yes, started at 49 (don’t ask). So far, I make all the usual kook screwups, but I LOVE it.
At my age the main thing is to work harder at getting and staying in good shape. That’s more than half the battle.
But then again, I’m on the east coast, and the waves are so mellow (when there are any);-)
This is an awesome post. I couldn’t agree with you more. I couldn’t even stand in whitewater the first 10 times I went out. But man, all it took was one wave. It’s 6:30 am and right after my coffee I’m headed out for the dawn patrol. Surfing has completely transformed my life.
We would probably give up on that guy too, kooks are kooks whatever the sport. Look out on the bikepath or trail!!!!!!!
http://www.morewaves.com
I would wait a couple weeks and offer him 100 bucks cash for his stick. I will even drive to his house anytime he wants, has worked so many times already…