Few will survive...
Have I told you about my one and only Seal Beach experience? Of course I have!
But here’s a free recap:
– Catch two waves
– Both bad
– Set comes through
– Probably a closeout
– I go
– Definitely a closeout
– Also backwash
– Pin drop
– Penetrate
– Not enough
– Sucked over
– Land on feet
– Dry sand
– Back compressed
– Accordion
– Ow
– “Karma”
Two plus months out of the water, all of it during California’s unprecedented ’15/’16 El Niño. I was miserable.
I’m technically back to 100% but feel as though I’ve aged fifteen years. After a full day of surfing, I’m sore. Old man sore. Small-guy-in-prison sore.
Seal Beach did a number on me, but something about that place makes me want more. I was sour to discover that yesterday was blitzkrieg in North OC while I was gliding into lumpy burgers at Swamis. The video below details my regret.
Part of me is glad that I missed it, as no three-foot tube is worth two months out of commission, or worse. Still another part of me has unyielding FOMO.
I’d be remiss not to congratulate Parker Cohn for nabbing the heaviest beachbreak wave I’ve seen. That thing is fucked up.
Now dig in and go sideways… quick!
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one of those days where the sand is littered with snapped boards as you walk out to the water XD
I want to see the video of the guy in the nauseating pic at the top
Average clip with wry average story. Will be lost in the ether by tomorrow.
clip? ‘story’?
Despite how sick the footage coming out of Seal Beach is, there are those that would prefer that spot stay as low key as possible. For fucks sake man you don’t need to be the daily commenter on every single clip that drops and write down YOUR experience with a spot, person, etc. Write something of substance.
Looks terrible. I dont think anyone would be frothing enough to put it on a must surf list
To each their own mate.
Bit of fun if you’re from around there but a board and body breaker often not worth the drive
Yep looks like a board breaker
I am forever thankful that heaving beach breaks are unappealing to most surfers.
dude blame the filmer not the commentator.
Filmers/photogs have the ability to shoot spots without giving them away entirely. Creates the illusion and mystery that excites viewers if done so correctly.
sure, but in this case the guy captioned it “seal beach 1/24”, so why call out the guy who comments on it?
The idea is to maintain the cultural norm of respect towards surf spots that aren’t totally blown – everyone that spreads information about lesser known spots is a contributor. Most serious surfers know of a few “under the radar spots” and they’d like to keep it that way. No one wants their wonderful summertime roadside BBQ joint to turn into Disneyland; a hike in the woods is much nicer when there aren’t 100 tourists on the trail; etc. That being said, that seal beach is a shitty beach break that you couldn’t pay me to surf.
yeah, i’m sure the guy is taking heat in the youtube comments, if they aren’t disabled.
yeah, i liked the days when it was just “north orange county” since that was so tough to put together. i hear ya though, douche move by the filmer/editor though.
Now I get where your screen name comes from. There is nothing low key anymore, get over it.
Of course there are low keys spots, all over the world, and we (surfers, i.e., people who live to surf) would like to keep it that way.
How quickly I forget how self absorbed we surfers truly are. There will always be folks exposing them so I got over it long ago.
Good points; however, I still believe that special places should be protected from overcrowding – and for those reasons, I am against any immigration to coastal areas; specifically my coastal areas, so, yes, you’re right, I’m definitely self-absorbed and I wouldn’t be a surfer if I wasn’t – I’d be a priest or maybe the ultimate antithesis – a surf school instructor.