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Possible move to Florida from CA
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If you would have spent mid-Nov to Dec in Florida, you would have thought you were in Central America surf-wise
It's been a rare fall, but this is what Satellite Beach, FL looked like yesterday:
https://www.gulfster.com/Daily/2022PictureGallery/satellite-beach-surf-121222/index.html
Sadly, I was not there
It's been a rare fall, but this is what Satellite Beach, FL looked like yesterday:
https://www.gulfster.com/Daily/2022PictureGallery/satellite-beach-surf-121222/index.html
Sadly, I was not there
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Retirement is like pulling out of some young, tight, sexy 'poontang'; you can enjoy what you were once lucky enough to 'have had', but you know it will never quite be the same.
Yeah, you may 'pull' something fresh again in the future, but it will never compare to that 'first time'.
Moved to south Florida (Hobe Sound) from Jersey in July. Weather is great, I live close to the beach and with the sea breeze I felt way cooler than Jersey in the summer. The surf is surprisingly pretty consistent here since sept, summer I didn’t see a wave- then again I didn’t head north to Ft. Pierce, Satellite or New Symnra. The quality of waves Jersey def has more power and barrels but there are so many spots and waves to explore. Sharks are there, I see them almost every time so there’s that.
My kids love it…. one of the main reason is they are big in baseball. When they don’t have baseball surf fish and chill. The people are super nice- but pizza is trash but it’s also bad in LA. There’s def an easy place for strike missions to the Caribbean and Central America.
My kids love it…. one of the main reason is they are big in baseball. When they don’t have baseball surf fish and chill. The people are super nice- but pizza is trash but it’s also bad in LA. There’s def an easy place for strike missions to the Caribbean and Central America.
IND - sounds like the erBB has pretty much decided in favor of the move. Now if you actually take the advice of all these knuckle heads - you are well and truly screwed.
Sounds like u r set but why r u challenging duuu’s to fights at the back of carls junior in San Clemente?
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This is about making $400k in Florida, which is worth about $1.2mm in CA
He’d be an absolute idiot to stay in California
remember what occy said. if your a surfer live in a place that has waves. i dont remember what vhs movie the quote came from? at least its only a short plane ride to central america,
You have to be ok with the idea that surfing will just become a fun, occasional activity and almost all the spots are C-grade beachbreak. My surf buddy calls it "going for a swim with my surfboard." But strike missions to Centro and the islands are easy.
There are many other factors to consider - More than "You're going to be doing strike missions to Central America and the Carribean all the time" (prob not the reality when all's said and done) and "There's waves on the Space Coast, sometimes."
Because it's so immersive, it's a pretty polarizing place to live...
people tend to love it
or hate it
And those who hate it AND don't speak Spanish hate it with a passion
It is a place where people move to go insane, or move there and then struggle to maintain their sanity.
People say LA is superficial and it makes me chuckle. Miami is that x100.
There's definitely no other city like it.
The choice here is do you want to keep surfing or are you pretty much over it?
And most importantly, what sort of environment - physically and mentally - do you want to exist in?
Because it's so immersive, it's a pretty polarizing place to live...
people tend to love it
or hate it
And those who hate it AND don't speak Spanish hate it with a passion
It is a place where people move to go insane, or move there and then struggle to maintain their sanity.
People say LA is superficial and it makes me chuckle. Miami is that x100.
There's definitely no other city like it.
The choice here is do you want to keep surfing or are you pretty much over it?
And most importantly, what sort of environment - physically and mentally - do you want to exist in?
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A friend of mine is an active surfer (former competitive surfer, spomsored as a kid, blah blah, rips more than most) and is in the USCG. Surfing was the one and only thing from 12-21 and lingered into his current age (39). He started in Key West at the beginning of his career. He's worked in SF Bay, then Southern Oregon, then back to SF Bay (living in Santa Rosa the whole time). He surfs Sonoma Coast actively. He's loved it. If you're there, you've seen/met him.
He's got 4 kids now and he's heading to central Florida for a new assignment. He's psyched. He's happy that he's still be able to surf and that the temps will be much more likely to get his kids into surfing. Mostly, he's excited that his buying power is going to double/triple.
I'd imagine that if surfing is at the forefront of your lifestyle, it's not a good place to live.
At your age, and where you live, I'd imagine you're not chasing perfect, or even pretty good waves, on the daily. With your means, if you were a full surf mongrel, you would have relocated already rather than living in a van in LA. The guys I know like that have bought a home in Bali, Central America, etc. by now and their lifestyle was shaped around it. There's nothing wrong with either version, I just think that one's perception of their connection to surfing is wide and varied but we tend to lean on it more more heavily in our mind than in reality.
As for me? I'm finally starting to consider that surfing only occupies a very small percentage of my active life anymore. It still occupies much of my mental energy and identity, but I don't actually surf all that much, despite living closer to the beach than I ever have. Will I get back to a point where I surf multiple times a week and shape my real life around ocean conditions? Maybe, but by then, I'm pretty sure my ability will be less than it was/is now.
Sounds like you want to build something now that you're not beholden to spending time in Colorado and doing dad stuff. Spend some time in the 305 and see what you like. You sound like you have means and may be open to new experiences, so I'd imagine you can find ways to occupy your time. Don't worry too much about surfing. It won't be on your daily radar.
*all thoughts, opinions, and projections are those of Bob Dobbalina. The accuracy of these statements is thin at best. Apologies in advance if I've mischaracterized you.
He's got 4 kids now and he's heading to central Florida for a new assignment. He's psyched. He's happy that he's still be able to surf and that the temps will be much more likely to get his kids into surfing. Mostly, he's excited that his buying power is going to double/triple.
I'd imagine that if surfing is at the forefront of your lifestyle, it's not a good place to live.
At your age, and where you live, I'd imagine you're not chasing perfect, or even pretty good waves, on the daily. With your means, if you were a full surf mongrel, you would have relocated already rather than living in a van in LA. The guys I know like that have bought a home in Bali, Central America, etc. by now and their lifestyle was shaped around it. There's nothing wrong with either version, I just think that one's perception of their connection to surfing is wide and varied but we tend to lean on it more more heavily in our mind than in reality.
As for me? I'm finally starting to consider that surfing only occupies a very small percentage of my active life anymore. It still occupies much of my mental energy and identity, but I don't actually surf all that much, despite living closer to the beach than I ever have. Will I get back to a point where I surf multiple times a week and shape my real life around ocean conditions? Maybe, but by then, I'm pretty sure my ability will be less than it was/is now.
Sounds like you want to build something now that you're not beholden to spending time in Colorado and doing dad stuff. Spend some time in the 305 and see what you like. You sound like you have means and may be open to new experiences, so I'd imagine you can find ways to occupy your time. Don't worry too much about surfing. It won't be on your daily radar.
*all thoughts, opinions, and projections are those of Bob Dobbalina. The accuracy of these statements is thin at best. Apologies in advance if I've mischaracterized you.
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It looks like in a couple of years or less you'll have a PerfectSwell wave pool 3-4 hours drive north of Miami https://perfectswellsurf.com/perfectswell-florida-project-update
As for me? I'm finally starting to consider that surfing only occupies a very small percentage of my active life anymore. It still occupies much of my mental energy and identity, but I don't actually surf all that much, despite living closer to the beach than I ever have. Will I get back to a point where I surf multiple times a week and shape my real life around ocean conditions? Maybe, but by then, I'm pretty sure my ability will be less than it was/is now.
Yeah. Same.
Yeah. Same.
I felt like a full time surfer on Friday when i surfed for 90 minutes during the work day
Then yesterday, got home from the city by 2 PM, knew there were good waves and wind, but could not motivate for the freezing air temps, and had a distinct lack of energy that almost had me wondering covid? and also left me feeling like a part time, aging surfer. I was less than impressed with myself.
Granted, i had a work crisis kind of flare up while on the train home, so that had to be dealt with when I got home, which further killed what spark of motivation may have been there a few hours prior
Then yesterday, got home from the city by 2 PM, knew there were good waves and wind, but could not motivate for the freezing air temps, and had a distinct lack of energy that almost had me wondering covid? and also left me feeling like a part time, aging surfer. I was less than impressed with myself.
Granted, i had a work crisis kind of flare up while on the train home, so that had to be dealt with when I got home, which further killed what spark of motivation may have been there a few hours prior
im 4 months into retirement... once i let go of work structuring my time... im kinda diggin nothing to do
Did I mention Florida is amazing for surf foil yet? I know that middle aged shortboarders who identify as core surfers can't understand it. But foiling will make your life better. Especially if you like snowboarding.
www.instagram.com
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Maybe you need a more high performance turn in your surfing to keep the juices flowing.
www.instagram.com
Oh, it's endless groomer runs you prefer?
www.instagram.com
Erik Antonson on Instagram: "Fiji comes to Florida!!! Literally the first wave on a new proto. What a week!!!!"
370 likes, 27 comments - the.progression.project on December 9, 2022: "Fiji comes to Florida!!! Literally the first wave on a new proto. What a week!!!!".
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Erik Antonson on Instagram: "With the 140 and 170 done, work has started on the bigger sizes. This is a 210 proto. It’s a downwind monster but with the short fuse it surfs ok. This thing is huge. Was so small I had to ride the 75 mast which made me hold back in turns as I was breaching inches of tips. But started to get a handle on the roll. Needed to be a bit farther forward in the box. But epic feels for a first proto."
353 likes, 25 comments - the.progression.project on October 7, 2022: "With the 140 and 170 done, work has started on the bigger sizes. This is a 210 proto. It’s a downwind monster but with the short fuse i...".
www.instagram.com
Maybe you need a more high performance turn in your surfing to keep the juices flowing.
Mike Pedigo on Instagram: "Couple more from the first session on the @cloud9surffoils 850"
174 likes, 12 comments - flyline_productions on December 5, 2022: "Couple more from the first session on the @cloud9surffoils 850".
www.instagram.com
Oh, it's endless groomer runs you prefer?
Mike Pedigo on Instagram: "I love carving around on the unbroken waves that the rest of the surf community doesn’t care about. First session on the @cloud9surffoils FS850."
255 likes, 10 comments - flyline_productions on December 4, 2022: "I love carving around on the unbroken waves that the rest of the surf community doesn’t care about. First session on the @cloud9surffoi...".
www.instagram.com
Did I mention Florida is amazing for surf foil yet? I know that middle aged shortboarders who identify as core surfers can't understand it. But foiling will make your life better. Especially if you like snowboarding.
Erik Antonson on Instagram: "Fiji comes to Florida!!! Literally the first wave on a new proto. What a week!!!!"
370 likes, 27 comments - the.progression.project on December 9, 2022: "Fiji comes to Florida!!! Literally the first wave on a new proto. What a week!!!!".
Erik Antonson on Instagram: "With the 140 and 170 done, work has started on the bigger sizes. This is a 210 proto. It’s a downwind monster but with the short fuse it surfs ok. This thing is huge. Was so small I had to ride the 75 mast which made me hold back in turns as I was breaching inches of tips. But started to get a handle on the roll. Needed to be a bit farther forward in the box. But epic feels for a first proto."
353 likes, 25 comments - the.progression.project on October 7, 2022: "With the 140 and 170 done, work has started on the bigger sizes. This is a 210 proto. It’s a downwind monster but with the short fuse i...".
Maybe you need a more high performance turn in your surfing to keep the juices flowing.
Mike Pedigo on Instagram: "Couple more from the first session on the @cloud9surffoils 850"
174 likes, 12 comments - flyline_productions on December 5, 2022: "Couple more from the first session on the @cloud9surffoils 850".
Oh, it's endless groomer runs you prefer?
Mike Pedigo on Instagram: "I love carving around on the unbroken waves that the rest of the surf community doesn’t care about. First session on the @cloud9surffoils FS850."
255 likes, 10 comments - flyline_productions on December 4, 2022: "I love carving around on the unbroken waves that the rest of the surf community doesn’t care about. First session on the @cloud9surffoi...".
I believe you.
I'm not a "gear" guy. I barely buy surfboards and even with those, I try to keep them pretty simple and don't geek out on new models. I typically talk to shapers I trust, tell them what I want to do/feel and where I'll be, then let them do the work. Otherwise, I pick up something that looks like it might work and blame most issues on operator error.
That being said, I'm sure I would enjoy foiling if I dedicated the time and means to it
Being on the east coast does this automatically for you - I fish more than I surf by far...So if you fish, Florida is the place to be. Sounds like you could at least afford a small 18-21 foot Whaler with a 150 on the back
