Just a comment on the use of "dumpers." Seems like most posters here have been using "dumpers" to describe waves that break directly on a steep beach. That's well and good, although the surfing community (I think) has called those things "shorebreak" for years. Perforce, if a wave breaks directly on a bare beach, it has to be a "dumper." [Side comment: for me, it is not just the dumping that is a problem; there is the suck of collapsed wave that takes you out into the middle of another shorebreak. Repeated maytagging. When I bodysurfed, we would do a forward roll as these things hit the sand, come up "standing" (crouching, anyway), and run like hell up the beach. Fun if it works.] Dumping surf occurs at the main break line, also, anyplace where the bottom shoals rapidly. Down here in Oregon, we often see dumping surf in the over head to well over head size (8 feet and better). Hell of a thing to see, and something no one would want to get caught in the impact zone. Plenty of energy to thoroughly trash most fiberglass layups ... even Doug Lloyd's Nordkapp tank .... er, I mean kayak. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon May 13 2002 - 20:08:13 PDT
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