Skipper's Surf Review: Is it time to stop hating?

[teeroi]

I wonder where Yuri and other adult learners get their info about boars, surf culture, etiquette, etc. YouTube probably. Hopefully not here.

When I was a kid learning it was the mags and movies. Before VHS. And of course getting heckled and abused by the older groms and the unkos.

 

[EastCoastBrah]

I wonder where Yuri and other adult learners get their info about boars, surf culture, etiquette, etc. YouTube probably. Hopefully not here.

When I was a kid learning it was the mags and movies. Before VHS. And of course getting heckled and abused by the older groms and the unkos.

someone should do the world a solid and start a youtube or tiktok on surf etiquette instagram.

i see a lot of instagram clips of someone doing something wrong then the comments defending the wrong doer. and it's not corrected.

 

[sdsrfr]

I wonder where Yuri and other adult learners get their info about boars, surf culture, etiquette, etc. YouTube probably. Hopefully not here.

When I was a kid learning it was the mags and movies. Before VHS. And of course getting heckled and abused by the older groms and the unkos.

in SD there are safe spaces for learners to thrive and self congratulate. As they venture outward their hands are eventually slapped for taking what isn’t theirs.

every so often there is a newbie take over and you put your head down and start surfing elsewhere for year or so until they go away again.

It’s kind of cat and mouse but fortunately learners are afraid of empty lineups.

 

[rgruber]

Again, no it's not time to stop hating. Continue hating. The guy sucks on many levels.

 

[One-Off]

Me and Yuri



Where else to bend. It's the bendiest there

"Bend at zee kneez. 5 dollars pleez.

-Austrian ski instructor

 

[Aruka]

The surf rat is the best surf youtuber IMO. This video should be mandatory viewing for all adult learners.

I wonder where Yuri and other adult learners get their info about boars, surf culture, etiquette, etc. YouTube probably. Hopefully not here.

When I was a kid learning it was the mags and movies. Before VHS. And of course getting heckled and abused by the older groms and the unkos.

 

[teeroi]

I say those same things to adult learners or randoms at my regular. It doesn’t take 5 minutes and 22 seconds. And there’s a lot of curse words and insults thrown in but the message is there. I wonder why it doesn’t register. Maybe they don’t understand moke or it could be my rising Doppler style pitch as Im giving a lessons. Oh well.

 

[Buck_86]

I wonder where Yuri and other adult learners get their info about boars, surf culture, etiquette, etc. YouTube probably. Hopefully not here.

When I was a kid learning it was the mags and movies. Before VHS. And of course getting heckled and abused by the older groms and the unkos.

They all surf and learned to surf at the jetty’s in rockaways and someone can correct me if I’m wrong but, there wasn’t really many If any locals there prior to the Brooklyn adult learner explosion. From day one there was never any etiquete or order in the lineup. It’s one of the most chaotic and frustrating places I have ever surfed. Also wild to see people with $1800 boars and expensive Japanese neoprene who can’t surf at all. Seems like everything comes from instagram. Last time I surfed there I mentioned to someone in the lineup about the new 5x5 19.25 movie and they just looked at me clueless and asked “what’s that?”

 

[teeroi]

There’s a handful of guys that surf together at my summer regular. They frequent Kewalos too. They always come out in at least a pair. I don’t think they’re adult learners more like rethreads. Probably surfed as kids, stopped for school/work/kids , started up again. They are full on FW, new model, alternative construction groupies. In fact they’re on Hawaiian South Shore’s YT giving boar reviews.

They surf adequately, good enough to be irritating. I never talk to them, cause don’t want them to think they are part of the pecking order. But they always tell me good morning and know my name. They used to try to challenge me for waves but they just leave this dinosaur alone if it’s my turn now.

F*ckers took years and have learned all those things in the etiquette video but I still don’t want to talk to them. I’ll get a nugget in front of them and they’ll tell me nice one I’ll just reply thanks. But if a friend asks how’s that last one it’ll be a longer exaggerated claim involving WSL excellent scores and seconds of tube time. I’m such a dick. Haha.

 

[Sharkbiscuit]

They all surf and learned to surf at the jetty’s in rockaways and someone can correct me if I’m wrong but, there wasn’t really many If any locals there prior to the Brooklyn adult learner explosion. From day one there was never any etiquete or order in the lineup. It’s one of the most chaotic and frustrating places I have ever surfed. Also wild to see people with $1800 boars and expensive Japanese neoprene who can’t surf at all. Seems like everything comes from instagram. Last time I surfed there I mentioned to someone in the lineup about the new 5x5 19.25 movie and they just looked at me clueless and asked “what’s that?”

The webisodes that accompanied the RNF 96 marketing push, I don't think appeal to the NYC demographic. The 07/08 era Redux movie is ancient history - those people were all trying to pimp their band's MySpace Music page and get gigs in Bushwick back then.

 

[rgruber]

None of those people would have set foot in Bushwick back then. They were just discovering Williamsburg.

The webisodes that accompanied the RNF 96 marketing push, I don't think appeal to the NYC demographic. The 07/08 era Redux movie is ancient history - those people were all trying to pimp their band's MySpace Music page and get gigs in Bushwick back then.

 

[Sharkbiscuit]

None of those people would have set foot in Bushwick back then. They were just discovering Williamsburg.

Ahh, I'm acting like this was person with 2-3 gig jobs NYC and it's person with 1 "job" + parent-subsidized rent?

 

[casa_mugrienta]

I say those same things to adult learners or randoms at my regular. It doesn’t take 5 minutes and 22 seconds. And there’s a lot of curse words and insults thrown in but the message is there. I wonder why it doesn’t register.

Have you ever tried putting them on the spot?

"Is there a reason you keep jumping in front of me when I'm coming down the line?"

"Are you trying to hurt somebody today?"

At a left: "I notice every time you paddle back out you end up sitting on my/our left shoulder. Is there a reason you're cutting the rest of us in line?"

 

[Sharkbiscuit]

Have you ever tried putting them on the spot?

"Is there a reason you keep jumping in front of me when I'm coming down the line?"

"Are you trying to hurt somebody today?"

At a left: "I notice every time you paddle back out you end up sitting on my/our left shoulder. Is there a reason you're cutting the rest of us in line?"

Moogsies what did you hate more, the surf in South Florida, or the surfers in South Florida?

 

[sdsrfr]

I never talk to them, cause don’t want them to think they are part of the pecking order. But they always tell me good morning and know my name. They used to try to challenge me for waves but they just leave this dinosaur alone if it’s my turn now.

F*ckers took years and have learned all those things in the etiquette video but I still don’t want to talk to them. I’ll get a nugget in front of them and they’ll tell me nice one I’ll just reply thanks. But if a friend asks how’s that last one it’ll be a longer exaggerated claim involving WSL excellent scores and seconds of tube time. I’m such a dick. Haha.

You can’t be too nice. Guy at my hiding in plain sight local was chatty with anyone who showed up and they just kept showing up and started bringing friends.

Became a total newbie break of high fives. It’s funny bc it’s really just a high tide spot so it’s flat at most times but they keep showing up at all hours of the day.

 

[estreet]

And of course getting heckled and abused by the older groms and the unkos.

I remember that surf training technique.

 

[menobrah]

They all surf and learned to surf at the jetty’s in rockaways and someone can correct me if I’m wrong but, there wasn’t really many If any locals there prior to the Brooklyn adult learner explosion. From day one there was never any etiquete or order in the lineup. It’s one of the most chaotic and frustrating places I have ever surfed. Also wild to see people with $1800 boars and expensive Japanese neoprene who can’t surf at all. Seems like everything comes from instagram. Last time I surfed there I mentioned to someone in the lineup about the new 5x5 19.25 movie and they just looked at me clueless and asked “what’s that?”

Your absolutely fucking wrong. And the fact that you dont know who those locals are means you should really consider yourself as part of the problem...

 

[EastCoastBrah]

Last time I surfed there I mentioned to someone in the lineup about the new 5x5 19.25 movie and they just looked at me clueless and asked “what’s that?”

what's that?

 

[estreet]

The surf rat is the best surf youtuber IMO. This video should be mandatory viewing for all adult learners.

I’ve been working on #6 and trying to project more of a Stephanie Gilmore positive vibe in the water, but crap, that violates rule #7.

 

[casa_mugrienta]

Moogsies what did you hate more, the surf in South Florida, or the surfers in South Florida?

What surf?