40 minutes but at least it's a pretty drive.
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How far do you live from "your local" surf spot?
- Thread starter waxfoot
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9.5 miles away and takes about 10 minutes to get there, but they recently approved a bunch of new development to transform my neighborhood so that fast track might soon change.
I'm 4 miles from the nearest beach but a lot of the "locals" are from places like NJ so I try to avoid it unless it's actually good. There's a moustached guy there right now who always wears soccer jerseys now riding a keel fish who was always kind of a hog. He now has posted himself at the top of the pecking order for 2nd shift. He paddles back to the top every time and takes every wave. Always thought he grew up there - then I overhear him talking the other day - he's an adult learner who didn't grow up there.
I'm 4 miles from the nearest beach but a lot of the "locals" are from places like NJ so I try to avoid it unless it's actually good. There's a moustached guy there right now who always wears soccer jerseys now riding a keel fish who was always kind of a hog. He now has posted himself at the top of the pecking order for 2nd shift. He paddles back to the top every time and takes every wave. Always thought he grew up there - then I overhear him talking the other day - he's an adult learner who didn't grow up there.
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5 minute walk to beach break or 7 minute bike ride to trestles
You've seen through my dastardly plan ... it's all a ruse to find out where the board stash is kept.
used to be less than a few hundred yards, about a 5min walk. now, about a 10min drive.
now that I drive I actually surf a larger variety of spots. doubt I’ll ever have the same local status as I once had/have at the old local.
I do miss taking my wetsuit off in the shower, however.
now that I drive I actually surf a larger variety of spots. doubt I’ll ever have the same local status as I once had/have at the old local.
I do miss taking my wetsuit off in the shower, however.
300 yards to the end of the street. Been a shitload more broken glass than usual this Summer. The Pier's not quite a mile but it's so crowded I surf it a handful of times each year now. Mayport's a minor 10 minutes first thing in the morning if I avoid the Navy traffic jam that can gridlock the last few hundred yards. The rest of the time it's a meme of Walmart mobility scooter-tier stupidity for a shade under 20 minutes.
6 blocks, I used to rent at the beach access but drove like a fiend to beach breaks from boco rios to dmj's . now i'm old and the local slow spots are fun as hell. warm right now too.
i'm glad you have to drive... sh!t can you forward me the login for al soldano again?
Yup. And if you are on the mauka side of I-5, you're a val!
Other places, the wrong surfboard or wetsuit will show you are "not local."
One time I was at Windansea when some young punks started yelling, "Go back to Clairemont." (Val) After I confronted them, they backed off. They saw my board, a borrowed Windansea Surf Club board from Tom Tweed. Then one of them said, "Dude, that board gives you executive privilege, man." I had to laugh.
About equidistant from 92122 to shores but I never surf there... pretty much avoid it like the plague.
7 miles, 15 minutes to my local but within 30 minutes I can be anywhere from the border to oside. best of both worlds when considering work and... I can't afford beach living.
oh and I disagree about living close to localized spots. at least a couple I am thinking of, many of the top tier don't live very close to the break at all.
7 miles, 15 minutes to my local but within 30 minutes I can be anywhere from the border to oside. best of both worlds when considering work and... I can't afford beach living.
oh and I disagree about living close to localized spots. at least a couple I am thinking of, many of the top tier don't live very close to the break at all.
<5 minute drive to either of the spots closest to my house; put in more time at spots ~15 mins away
too recent of a transplant to have a "local" maybe in 10 years
too recent of a transplant to have a "local" maybe in 10 years
For about 25 years I lived on a barrier island of NC and was always less then 5 minutes from the surf. Come time to buy a house couldnt afford to buy on the island so I'm now about 15 minutes from the surf. I always imagined myself living at the beach all my life but now have a couple acres of mostly wooded land at the end of a quiet cul-da-sac and absolutely love it although there are days I miss living so close to the ocean and would get more sessions in if I was still just a bike ride away.
Takes me about 5 minutes to get the bike out of the shed and be looking at the nearest break. Lately I've been doing most of my surfing at a jetty about a mile from my house but there are six other peaks closer to home. I'm 2.6 miles from elSlammo according to Google Maps. Its always Nuking there I'm told.