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Just thought i post a really gnarly surf video from Hawaii I came across. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s7eZ4yVmXE

I got into surfing when I lived in Hawaii, certainly not on the level of the North Shore, but I started getting really good. I really miss it, I'm hoping to do some surfing this summer.

Its amazing the balls these big wave surfer guys have.

Any surfers on rooshv?

I'm living in NY now, i heard Rockaways get good in September, any NY guys surf Rockaway or LI?

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Long time surfer here. Never been to Rockaways... Have you tried Cape Hatteras?

Post: #3

I surf all day every day...the internet :/

I caught a wave in the Philippines it was great but I was so hung over after that one wave I went an layed on the beach. Just moved to to a beach in NC hoping to get into it... waves arent very big but its better then nothing.

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Long time surfer here aswell. Done abit of surf travel indox3/mexico/aussie. Best way to travel anywhere. Few buddies, booze, exercise no museums or any of that shiet.

Starting to get pretty cold where i am, kid myself im going to surf through winter every year. Doesnt happen.

Post: #5

started surfing about a year back. it's harder to learn for me because I'm afraid of reef-breaks and stay with beach breaks only... which only offers a very short ride.

Post: #6

The Jersey shore gets a bad rap, but it has some solid spots within a reasonable distance from NY. Look into Deal, The Pit in Long Branch, Belmar, Manasquan, etc.

Here's proof Jersey goes off: local swell

Post: #7

There are quit a few surfers on the forum. G Manifesto and Kona are some that come to mind. I enjoy surfing. I'm not great, only been maybe ten times, but I enjoy all board sports. I'm a snowboarder myself, but if I lived by a beach that had waves, I'd be going all the time.

Post: #8

Been surfing for a couple of years. Not great surf in my new local but I still get out a few times a week.

There are a lot of lessons to be learned about Game in surfing. There will always be another wave but if you don't go for it you wont catch it.

Post: #9

(04-23-2013 05:00 PM)americanbk Wrote:  The Jersey shore gets a bad rap, but it has some solid spots within a reasonable distance from NY. Look into Deal, The Pit in Long Branch, Belmar, Manasquan, etc.

Here's proof Jersey goes off: local swell

Many people consider Manasquan to have the best waves in the state and Brigantine to have the worst.

Post: #10

Quick shot of the local about a month ago.

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Been surfing for about 10 years. Decent, but never done anything competitively.
Favorite wave is hollister ranch, ca.

Post: #12

I am in Waikiki right now, taking surfing lessons. Not much progress right now,but I feel like I have full body work out every day. Oh and those asses on surfer chicks are the best!

Post: #13

(04-23-2013 04:50 PM)Pacific Wrote:  started surfing about a year back. it's harder to learn for me because I'm afraid of reef-breaks and stay with beach breaks only... which only offers a very short ride.

Get over that fear.

Reefbreaks come in many flavors. Some are shallow and sharp. Others are deep and slow. Most are safer than beachbreaks at equivalent size, for a couple reasons:

1. With the exception of slabs, beachbreak sandbars tend to suck out and dump harder than reefs, in shallower water. People die or get seriously injured at a handful of places surfing: Pipe, Teahupo'o, those retard Aussie slabs, or beachbreaks. Your local reef hasn't killed or crippled anybody in decades. Unless it's one of the above.

2. Reefs break more consistently in the same spot, because the reef doesn't move. Beachbreaks catch you inside.

3. Reefs often have channels. Beachbreaks don't. Channels are safe.

4. Beachbreaks often have more vicious currents, including rips, due to the lack of a defined water path through shallows and channels.

5. Reefbreaks can handle a lot more energy safely. Long-period swell will turn a beach dangerous. Reefs will peel.

You should be more afraid of the people surfing the reefbreak than the bottom itself.

The deeper water you're in the safer you are.

You're not going to hit bottom. Until you do. Then it hurts a lot less than you think. And it happens WAY more frequently at beaches.

Post: #14

Were around here. G Man has started several threads.

Seems like the only decent mix of waves and pussy in the States is SoCal, but this always leads people to either look for more consistent waves or more consistent girls.

Sounds like youre stuck on the east coast probably Mid-Atlantic region. Check out swellinfo.com and poke around. Hurricane season is starting up in less than a month and some good stuff rolls through now and then.

Wasn't half bad out in MD this weekend. Chest high on Sat. Shitty compared to when I lived in SoCal but you gotta do what you gotta do on the East Coast.

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