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Topic Title: New Smyrna Beach - One of National Geographic's Top 20 Surf Towns
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Created On: 07/18/2012 08:49 AM
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07/18/2012 08:49 AM
SunriseSurfer Posts: 6652 Joined: 07/22/2003	New Smyrna Beach was recently selected by National Geographic Adventure, in a piece on its website, as one of the top 20 surf towns in the world. In the National Geographic Adventure ranking, it was one of just seven U.S. towns to make the Internet list and the only one from Florida The piece touts New Smyrna Beach as being best for "anyone whose idea of a good vacation is never leaving the beach." LINK -------------------------
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07/18/2012 09:00 AM
bob3000 Posts: 12609 Joined: 07/13/2004	uh oh.... ------------------------- And Bob will ALWAYS be my numero uno. -Tiffanys
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07/18/2012 09:30 AM
RioSirju Posts: 327 Joined: 04/15/2011	Originally posted by: bob3000 uh oh.... LOL ------------------------- a-qua
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07/18/2012 11:30 AM
ww Posts: 9682 Joined: 08/17/2007	Also Montauk, Wrightsville Beach. National Geographic Adventure. The US left coast north of Santa Cruz isn't on their map.
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07/18/2012 12:38 PM
SPONGER2 Posts: 18 Joined: 02/24/2012	New Smyrna is where I always vacation, since I was born basically. ------------------------- When your a sponger 1ft is head high...
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07/18/2012 12:49 PM
d0sitmatr Posts: 1702 Joined: 12/22/2005	Originally posted by: bob3000 uh oh.... classic ------------------------- check it ! another ride ------------------------------- I think we have a new breed of "armchair" hero, kennesawcon is an "armchair patriot"
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07/18/2012 01:17 PM
Northjetty101 Posts: 549 Joined: 08/20/2010	Too bad the inlet keeps getting worse and worse every year. The sand bars of the past are a fading memory. I've watched the over wedged JAP (just a peak with no significant line) form get worse and worse. Or the JAP straight into a trough. But according to the article it sounds like New Smyrna is still riding the wave of popularity of what it once was, over a decade ago... ------------------------- It's spring time, for Hitler, and Germany...
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07/18/2012 06:44 PM
Pirate Surf Posts: 1021 Joined: 05/06/2005	not sure what northjetty is talking about? sand bars are very good right now at the inlet. waves this evening were almost perfect in the chest high + range. always gonna be a big crowd up here but what can you do. Edited: 07/21/2012 at 05:44 PM by Pirate Surf
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07/19/2012 11:57 AM
peterg Posts: 460 Joined: 10/12/2006	i have seen and surfed with and around more sharks in new smyrna in 1 day than i have seen and surfed with and around in brevard county since 1971. ask freesurfs about the spinner shark during our contest heat. gaaaahhhh!
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07/19/2012 12:20 PM
bob3000 Posts: 12609 Joined: 07/13/2004	Originally posted by: Pirate Surf not sure what northjetty is talking about? ! me either.... butt she sounds more and more like mike of -a thousand- user names with every post! ------------------------- And Bob will ALWAYS be my numero uno. -Tiffanys
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07/19/2012 12:59 PM
Northjetty101 Posts: 549 Joined: 08/20/2010	Originally posted by: Pirate Surf not sure what northjetty is talking about? sand bars are very good right now at the inlet. waves this evening were almost perfect in the chest high + range. always gonna be a big crowd up here but living here is like living the dream! I explained exactly what I'm talking about - all of the JAP's at the inlet and it's gradually become worse since around the mid 2000's hurricane seasons. Whatever you thought was good last night is actually BS compared to what it would have been before. This is no different than Sebastian or Reef Road. We have several obviously deterioriated peaks around the state. The Reef Road you find now isn't remotely close to what it ought to be, regardless of whether or not you have a fun session in the present. The first or second peak at Sebastian isn't remotely close to what it used to be, regardless of whether or not you have a fun session, in the present, on it's plethora of complete close outs. There are specific reasons for the fact that these breaks have all declined. And New Smyrna Inlet is precisely the same - a deteriorated version of what it once was regardless of whether or not you had fun on those JAP's... Let's face it, the Inlet's been 'road' hard and hung up wet. ------------------------- It's spring time, for Hitler, and Germany... Edited: 07/19/2012 at 01:09 PM by Northjetty101
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07/19/2012 02:39 PM
flsurfneil1 Posts: 115 Joined: 07/27/2003	Originally posted by: Northjetty101 There are specific reasons for the fact that these breaks have all declined. Go on...
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07/19/2012 06:51 PM
Pirate Surf Posts: 1021 Joined: 05/06/2005	he's right. I've only been surfing here for 25+ years and i don't know what I'm talking about. Getting senile in my middle age and am starting to think the waves are better than they are. I wish I was a Florida wave knowledge expert too! trust me, I wish the waves were not as good as they are so it wouldn't be so crowded all the time. actually ponce is better, it a point like break similar to malibu, go there instead! Edited: 07/19/2012 at 07:04 PM by Pirate Surf
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07/19/2012 07:15 PM
LBLarry Posts: 2463 Joined: 05/25/2004	NSI is not as good as it use to be ... and even more confined peak area ... just wait until the jetty extension is done, which will happen as soon as the funding can be secured. It is still one of the very most consistent spots on the entire east coast. As for the remainder of the NSB beach break(s) (including Bethune) .... it has been badly screwed up since those back to back tropical storms hit about 5 - 6 years ago. Swells have a real bad habit of forming waves / peaks on the outside ... and just not quite breaking or just barely and then mushing out. Then they reform closer to shore ... and do the same crap ... and then they form 10 block long closeouts and dump on the shorepound. I have baggies that are 25 years old. ;-) ------------------------- "Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do." - Bertrand Russell "Morality is doing what is right, regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right. "I will always remember to forget about you" - Tom Waits If I do not answer you .... nothing personal, I just have you on ignore.
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07/19/2012 07:24 PM
Pirate Surf Posts: 1021 Joined: 05/06/2005	Originally posted by: LBLarry It is still one of the very most consistent spots on the entire east coast. no it's not. It's a JAP! I'm a cool surf lingo abbreviator expert also and have baggies that are 25 years old too. I'm done one this one.
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07/20/2012 07:01 AM
90lbwaterturkey Posts: 251 Joined: 04/24/2011	New Smyrna is a kookfest. I have no idea why anyone would want to live or surf there. ------------------------- I'm dealing with fools and trolls
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07/20/2012 10:55 AM
jwieland Posts: 338 Joined: 05/21/2009	It's like that down here now too. sandbars are on the way outside. it used to be only the biggest of swells would break on the outside...now it seems every swell breaks out there. The 'Road still is good, but like others have said, no where near what it used to be. There is a big shoal that formed just outside south of the inlet. It bombs out there into a big mushburger, then rolls to the inside where you get the classic tubefest. But imagine if that outside sandbar wasn't there?? Big swells making it all the way to the beach then jacking up and barreling down the shore....that's the way it used to be..... ------------------------- WPTV NewsChannel5/Fox 29 Meteorologist/Surf Forecaster http://wptv.com/surfing
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07/20/2012 07:36 PM
Northjetty101 Posts: 549 Joined: 08/20/2010	Originally posted by: Pirate Surf he's right. I've only been surfing here for 25+ years and i don't know what I'm talking about. Getting senile in my middle age and am starting to think the waves are better than they are. I wish I was a Florida wave knowledge expert too! trust me, I wish the waves were not as good as they are so it wouldn't be so crowded all the time. actually ponce is better, it a point like break similar to malibu, go there instead! That's exactly what it's come to nowadays as a matter of fact. If Ponce isn't breaking I don't bother to venture out in Volusia at all any more. The longer Jetty assures a consistent sand bar system, unlike what's become of the sand shifting south side... I tried grasping at straws for several years because it was hard to come to terms with just how shitty the inlet was becoming. I was in denial for a while, just like you are now. But at one point I just had to face the facts and accept the reality of the situation. ------------------------- It's spring time, for Hitler, and Germany...
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07/20/2012 07:38 PM
Northjetty101 Posts: 549 Joined: 08/20/2010	Originally posted by: LBLarry NSI is not as good as it use to be ... and even more confined peak area ... just wait until the jetty extension is done, which will happen as soon as the funding can be secured. It is still one of the very most consistent spots on the entire east coast. As for the remainder of the NSB beach break(s) (including Bethune) .... it has been badly screwed up since those back to back tropical storms hit about 5 - 6 years ago. Swells have a real bad habit of forming waves / peaks on the outside ... and just not quite breaking or just barely and then mushing out. Then they reform closer to shore ... and do the same crap ... and then they form 10 block long closeouts and dump on the shorepound. I have baggies that are 25 years old. ;-) Bingo!!! I was wondering how long it would take for another honest soul to appear in the discussion. Come on guys and gals, I've merely stated the bloody obvious... ------------------------- It's spring time, for Hitler, and Germany...
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07/20/2012 07:48 PM
Northjetty101 Posts: 549 Joined: 08/20/2010	Originally posted by: jwieland It's like that down here now too. sandbars are on the way outside. it used to be only the biggest of swells would break on the outside...now it seems every swell breaks out there. The 'Road still is good, but like others have said, no where near what it used to be. There is a big shoal that formed just outside south of the inlet. It bombs out there into a big mushburger, then rolls to the inside where you get the classic tubefest. But imagine if that outside sandbar wasn't there?? Big swells making it all the way to the beach then jacking up and barreling down the shore....that's the way it used to be..... Thanks for the confirmation. Once again, for any one in the know I was merely stating the obvious. ------------------------- It's spring time, for Hitler, and Germany...
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