You’ve got to love Cap’n Keno’s. That place will always be there for you. Also, word to picking up and moving. Definitely a big move.

I’m stoked you’re getting waves out there and I loved the comparisions but I couldn’t disagree more…EAST COAST RULES! Sure we have to work a little harder and wait a bit longer for good waves but we have plenty of decent swell that would make even the most hard-core west coaster froth…come back East to charge some hurricane swell this summer and see if you feel the same way when you’re done….good luck HW

Funny article with some good comparisons (who DOESN’T pump Biggie by the way??) but there’s no way I believe that the West Coast is outright better than the East Coast. Sure, you do get a few more waves than us that don’t ‘close out’ but if you really want to see real East Coast surfing check out Nova Scotia in the winter time. There are hundreds of point breaks, all going unridden, which capture so many S/SE swells that on any given day you can be riding. The only problem is that the water gets down to a ball dropping 1 degree C (though I don’t think [or at least hope] that this will be a problem for you), which is enough to keep most of the kooks away. Best of all, there’s hardly ANY localism here and the surfers are friendly and accommodating. Tom Curren recently stopped by and did a little run through as well, and word on the street is Kelly might be on his way soon (with two bad showings on the tour this year it might be sooner than later). A quick look at this weeks forecast:

Seas:
Seas: SSE 3.9 to 5 meters at 9 sec.

I think that speaks for itself.

But regardless of what coast you surf on, what board you ride, or how many stickers you have on your gear, surfing is, and always has been, about having fun.

Cheers all

Dude, I grew up surfing Florida and finally went to San Diego. Needless to say, F*$* Florida! I’ve been to Costa Rica and Puerto Rico a half dozen times and I’ve caught waves in California in the summer that rivaled either place. I have another year of school and then I’m West Coast bound. So, yes, another person in the lineup!

West Coast surfing totally rocks! So glad to hear you moved down here, SD-way. When your school has a surf team, you know you are in the right place!

Problem: The majority of your east-coast statements refer to the New York area, Which is only a small portion of the East Coast. Don’t forget about the good ‘ol south!

surfers vs surfers

We’re all here because we have this thing we do, we surf…it shouldn’t matter whether you are from the east coast or the west coast. It’s not about what kind of waves you got, but what you make of those waves.

Hahaha. Props to Biggie!!! we love you hot wahine.

“Problem: The majority of your east-coast statements refer to the New York area, Which is only a small portion of the East Coast. Don’t forget about the good ‘ol south!”

Alright Grom, I’ll take the bait. What’s so special about the south?

Surfing: who’s to say how and where to do it. I mean people surf the freakin’ Great Lakes! Surfers surf for that feeling of interacting with some of the more beautiful aspects of our planet. I personally am from the west coast and would never leave it for anything but the universal vibes that we surfers share are so strong that they connect us from all over the world (this site is a testament to that). However and wherever you may be accessing your ocean existence, please do so with the knowledge that you are so extraordinarily lucky.
P.S. For best results, consume 1 Jazzle of blueberry trainwreck after every sesh haha.

Its all a matter of preference. I grew up on the east coast. Long Island to be exact and have surfed L.I. and Florida a bunch. Moved to SoCal about 3 years ago and I’m never going back. I visit in florida from time to time and get some waves but souther california by far is superior, HB is surfcity USA damnit! I do love surfing in Brazil though, although I suppose that is “east coast”

New Park Pizza in Howard Beach Queens versus Do they have real pizza in Cali?

nah thats not east coast at all. thats a northern city surfers point of view. im in nc and its nothin like that. yea we gotta wait for waves. but its well worth the wait when we do get surf. new york gets some sick surf too but its 2 totally differant lifestyles. We got pretty Carolina girls, big ass trucks, no lattes, and sex wax sucks. west coast does get better waves but you gotta give the east coast more credit.

But we have the best pizza and bagels.

Bagels and Lox over Acai ANY DAY

Thassrite. East Coast sucks, especially NY. Don’t come here.