On Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:32:55 -0400 "Scott Ives" <ssives_at_mindspring.com> writes: >Chris wrote a good article on the power of the surf. >Finally, if you are sucked out to sea, just try to relax! I know this >sounds funny, but the rip tides will wear off as you get further out, >and >then you can swim back to shore - but only after swimming parallel to >get outside the zone of the rip tide. PaddleWisers ... I still vividly remember my first unexpected encounter with a serious rip and that's been over 30 years ago. I was a bayou-boy in USMC and loving the sunny, south CA coast. I was strong-as-an-ox and about twice as ignorant in regard to oceans and tides. Several of us were using fins and mask and were body-surfing some pretty good swells at La Jolla. It was a wonderful time right up to the point that my previously mentioned ignorance entered the picture. I suppose I should have been scared as I began to "FLOW" outward at an alarming rate. The rips I was familiar with in the Gulf of Mexico were certainly not like this ! Never a sense of panic, but of wonderment at the FORCE which was at work here ...Duh !! All's well that ends well ...some strong controlled swimming and a long hike later got me back to the campsite with a story to tell. After that I think I at least started paying attention to IF and WHERE the lifeguard stands were. Back in the bayous now with only gators and cottonmouths to watch out for !! ...adieu ...Peyton (Louisiana) ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Aug 11 1999 - 09:49:00 PDT
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