Paddlewisers, I was a board surfer in Southern Calilifornia during the 1980's. Because there are a limited number of locations for good waves and many board surfers, basically all surfers hate all other surfers. But they just choose who to gang up on. The short boarders hate the long boarders, they all hate body boarders, and kayakers are so unusual in the surf, all three of those groups gang up on kayakers. I became so sick of the crowding, yelling and near fist fights as a board surfer, I quit the sport. Then when I discovered sea kayaking, it felt great to have the rest of the ocean to myself. The surfers just use that little sliver of ocean along the shore. I do kayak surf in Southern California, but I usually choose my spots away from surfers. I call it surfing the scraps, which is where the surfers don't care to go, usually at dumpy or rocky beaches, or beaches where access is difficult. I do surf the kayak zone at San Onofre, but I try to choose weekdays when not many people are there. If I'm in my sea kayak at San O' and it's busy, I'll surf the scraps, catching waves the waveskiers and surf kayakers skip, because even though they are holding a paddle, they hate sea kayakers in the surf. Even the waveskiers and surf kayakers hate each other. So much for laid back surfer dudes. Duane www.rollordrown.com *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 09 2007 - 19:23:12 PDT
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