18 hours ago
Sunday, January 27, 2008
W WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. NW SWELL 11 FT AT 13 SECONDS.
Typically surfers hate (to varying degrees) other surfcraft...
Longboarders look askance at hopping, waggling shortboarders...
Shortboarders scowl at LB'ers sitting outside picking off set waves...
Long and Short boarders alike grimace as a kayaker approaches...
Boogie boards, SUP'ers, Tow-in surfers all get their share of vibe...
I've only personally witnessed a couple occassions of canoes in the surf...
Generally it didn't work out too well, with the boat quickly swamped...
But old footage of canoe surfers at place like Killer Dana...
Showed a lost skillset that likely won't be renewed anytime soon...
Despite all the hating, and vibing and assorted doled out ridicule...
I have seen surprising developments over the last 15 years on the N. coast...
Body boarders sliding one of the more localized peaks in Oregon...
Perhaps it's a sign of the passing or mellowing of past enforcers...
Or maybe the wave has finally been overrun with outsiders...
And the locals have to pick and choose their turf/surf battles...
Either way, it was a surprising sight given the history of the place...
Are the days of severed elk heads no more?
Say it isn't so!
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At least one of those bodyboarders is local or grew up close by and has earned rights by charging the slaber hollwer outside peak.
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