Was down your favourite bouldering spot a month or two ago (it was actually working this time!) and met one of the friendliest locals I've ever come across. More or less bullied us into the water with his enthusiasm and was whoopin at all and sundry. A bit of an uplift after some of the neoprene clad stoneface warriors at Croyde.
Quote from: granticus on July 08, 2009, 04:51:21 pmYeah! Who'd have thought it surf in Sssssssss .......... Scarborough.. and Whitby Bay Thanks a bunch FD... If I needed that kind of knowledge I'd have looked at Magicseaweed or my Surf UK guide...which I just did.. These aren't secrets they're normal slack beachies, exactly NOT what I'm looking for Suppose you think you're funny:lol:well done Falling Down, there's too many tourists popping up to the North east to surf those places he seeks. what happened to initative, grab some fuel and a map and find your waves. the north east isn't like the the west coast of OZ...........
Yeah! Who'd have thought it surf in Sssssssss .......... Scarborough.. and Whitby Bay Thanks a bunch FD... If I needed that kind of knowledge I'd have looked at Magicseaweed or my Surf UK guide...which I just did.. These aren't secrets they're normal slack beachies, exactly NOT what I'm looking for Suppose you think you're funny:lol:
Philo, i don't care whether you're a 'surfer as well', good for you.what i find annoying is that you are telling people to look at areas where perhaps they wouldn't.why is it that people need to be told where to surf nowdays????if people like you want to tell people where the waves are, before you know it, all surf spots will be like the frantic self centred breaks in the south west and south wales.give people who have the iniatitive & patience in learning to read charts, the reward of enjoying their efforts.
As a relative newcomer to surfing I have to admit that I really don't get localism. The only sensible reason I can think of for it is that spots only work at certain times and under certain conditions and that good waves at these places are therefore limited. Kinda like people crowding to try Brad Pitt on a freezing day in the winter. To claim you have some greater right to surf a beach than anyone else, to me, seems ludicrous.
well done Falling Down, there's too many tourists popping up to the North east to surf those places he seeks.
I reckon that if you're are maintaining the attitude that folks shouldn't travel and surf 'your' favourite spots that you should immediately give up the idea of surfing anywhere else. A bit like the idea that ...if you join the BNP, you should immediately destroy your passport.
I don't think I puntered anyone did I?
Surfwise doc repeated tonight on More4 at 10pm. Well worth a watch/record if you haven't seen it.
http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/surf-from-above_29065/1/WOW
Adam...£50?