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Moving San Diego
- Thread starter vanrysss
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It's just a different beast. In Hawaii it can be hard to get waves because the crowd often becomes a pack of people better than you sitting deeper, but when you get one you can ride it without interruption. In San Diego you generally have a lot more opportunity to take off on waves, but not a lot of room to ride them between the kooks dropping in, ineffectually scrambling to the shoulder in front of you, or just obliviously sitting in your line.
That is true, I still got like five or six waves in an hour. Given the caliber of talent out there can't complain about the wave count.
The few surfers I know who moved here from the Hawaiian Islands rarely surf here. 90% of the time the surf sucks and the water is cold for the crappy surf. Lots of good food and biking trails. We do have world class bjj gyms in san Diego. Where is your work located?
good luck with the move @vanrysss
some thoughts:
-Location: IMO Encinitas can be a pretty fun area for the committed relationship + no kids stage of life. If you choose coastal north county, just be ready to be in a north county bubble, most people I know up there rarely venture south
-Boards: honestly you *could* be covered for 99% of the year with a quad fish and the 1% when it's good with a step-up/HPSB. What you're bringing sounds like a good start
-Shapers: tons, like others have said, SD is a board building hub. Pyzel factory in Oside, Sharpeye factory in south SD, Rusty, Mitsven, Christenson, Bing, Sakal, lots of local shapers. Just depends what kind of boards you want.
-Seasons: waves year-round, winter better for north swell, summer better for south swell. if you have a 4/3, 3/2, and a wetsuit jacket, you should be covered
-Mexican food: as in shapers, you will not be lacking in options. Rudy's, Ortiz's, some off the top of my head. if you're missing Foodland poke, hit Hawaiian Fresh Seafood in Miramar.
So true. In SD it’s fairly easy to find yourself being the arguably “best” surfer in the lineup.
It’s really weird that it’s like that, now that I think about it.
Gf grew up surfing, but stopped when she went off to college and hasn't gotten back in the water since. Hoping to re-ignite the stoke and scam her into a late summer Indo trip.
1. Sunset Cliffs to La Jolla where you're guaranteed to share the lineup with illegal migrants being smuggled in from TJ. They could also recommend the best Mexican food before they get apprehended by ICE/BP.
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Put your momma on the phone - yeah, I ain't coming home no moreBest line in a movie ever, Redd Foxx in Harlem Nights, "it takes some strong puzzy to make a man change religion!".
Surely hope the puzzy is strong enough to make the move worth it @vanrysss !!!
Mex Food in SD...nothing above an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 (that's being nice). Pancho Villa Farmers Market is a solid establishment.
Surf Zones...with all due respect, better to figure out on your own...not difficult.
Wetsuits...4/3 and 3/2, maybe a top and/or shorty, it's trunkable at times but it doesn't last long, and the sun when it's trunkable is nice to have on you...so called trunkable with overcast is usually not that fun.
Plenty of waves year round and an easy drive to better spots depending on the angle.
Ideal quiver, groveler, experimental shape, high performance, occasional round pin + to be minimal about it
As some have mentioned, plenty of board builders here, go to the factories in person, strike a bargain/deal with cash and pay about 25% plus off every time...happens daily
Good luck
Surf Zones...with all due respect, better to figure out on your own...not difficult.
Wetsuits...4/3 and 3/2, maybe a top and/or shorty, it's trunkable at times but it doesn't last long, and the sun when it's trunkable is nice to have on you...so called trunkable with overcast is usually not that fun.
Plenty of waves year round and an easy drive to better spots depending on the angle.
Ideal quiver, groveler, experimental shape, high performance, occasional round pin + to be minimal about it
As some have mentioned, plenty of board builders here, go to the factories in person, strike a bargain/deal with cash and pay about 25% plus off every time...happens daily
Good luck
No. Rent it Brah. I asked you before if you've ever spent any time there. Six months minimum.
Beaches at high tide, reefs at low, the rest you will figure out.
San Diego has excellent surf once you get it dialed. Nothing really "world class", but extremely fun.
Also, apply now for your Sentri Pass. It will give you full access to day trips to Northern Baja without having to wait in the border traffic. You will thank me.
San Diego has excellent surf once you get it dialed. Nothing really "world class", but extremely fun.
Also, apply now for your Sentri Pass. It will give you full access to day trips to Northern Baja without having to wait in the border traffic. You will thank me.