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Dora Hates You

cool vid esp the background music/conversation

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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who do not have it." - George Bernard Shaw

I do like that everyone rides whatever in the hell they feel like riding these days.

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I was right.

Does anyone else remember when we used to get wave like that on a regular basis?

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I was right.

There's a floater in there that's all time.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

Yes, happened often and I had a Surfboards Hawaii Twinzer--Very fast board!

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Romans 8;18-32 John 3;16-18

Musta been before my time came along in the early 80s. Sure it was better before beach renourishment and jetty reconfigurations, and before I got old and rickety. But I honestly don't recall it being like that on a regular basis. Occasionally maybe, but not significantly more often than now. For that matter, last couple months have been pretty good, although it looks like the next week will suck.

Besides, with global warming shouldn't the more frequent and stronger storms be kicking up more surf? Or maybe rising sea levels are creating a "super trough" instead? Just poking at tangible factors that might affect surf quality over the years beyond my own perceptions.


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"If I say it's safe to surf this beach, captain, then it's safe to surf this beach!"

And sweet video by the way

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"If I say it's safe to surf this beach, captain, then it's safe to surf this beach!"

There was a time in Cocoa Beach when you could take off left, do a few turns, then head right for a hit or two and then streak back left for the fun section at the end. I also remember taking off at the flag pole at the Light and kicking out at the rocks where the stop light is now.

And why do north swells closeout now? That didn't used to be a thing?

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No We can dream. South facing Hatty beaches in summer when trade swell makes itself known? But I've only been in Brevard since 2013 so my mileage varies. I was in Volusia from 2004 to 2013 and never set foot in Brevard east of US-1 until the Mrs. Moved us down here. Before all that I was a VA person that treated OBX like home turf so Brevard kind of falls short of my memory on the regular.

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Edited: 12/27/2021 at 11:40 AM by scombrid

It sure does seem like it used to be better but, again, I subscribe some (much?) of that to operator error. And I concur that it seems to close out more, although my "pop-ups" are more like "scramble ups" now as well.

You usually come across as surf-stoked in your posts, so hopefully you are still agile and can make a reasonable assessment against the "good ol' days"...although I seem to recall you mentioning being the father of a teenager so maybe you're of my vintage.



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"If I say it's safe to surf this beach, captain, then it's safe to surf this beach!"

Or at BW on a north swell taking off in front of the park and ending south side of the condo.

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Romans 8;18-32 John 3;16-18

I'm old and repaired, but have managed to stay relatively fit (still ride a 6'0" shortboard), so surfing itself isn't an issue... I just hate waves that don't make it all the way through and it seems every spot but the most crowded are suffering the same affliction. Also, I don't mind crowds unless I am wave starved, but when the only place with decent waves is packed, it all becomes a self fulfilling prophesy.



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