Uniformed cops may soon evict surfers during PR's dazzling hurricane swells!
You may have heard about Puerto Rico’s fight for, and loss of, the once natural reserve known as Playuela. This swath of land was a haven of ferna, fauna, and a several fun waves. According to local sources, development of this land has already commenced in order to build the Christopher Columbus Landing Resort.
This tourist center will take up 121 acres of the virgin soil, and the hotel plans to erect break-walls to create a sustained beach for its visitors. This practice has infamously ruined many surf breaks across the world, and locals fear it will do the same for Playuela.
But as of today, that’s the least of their worries.
Carlos Mendez, a Puerto Rican politician, has recently presented a law that would stop surfers from entering the water in cases of dangerous weather or waves, as dictated by the National Meteorological Service. The legislative measure would empower uniformed agents to evict surfers from the beaches when they think the weather conditions warrant it.
“When there’s a declaration of emergency due to atmospheric conditions, a lot of people jump into the ocean, putting at risk all the rescue teams, which are precisely for rescue purposes,” said Mendez. “There are people who are skilled at surfing, but they do not realize that they often endanger the people who have to watch over their security.”
Carlos Mendez, a Puerto Rican politician, has recently presented a law that would stop surfers from entering the water in cases of dangerous weather or waves, as dictated by the National Meteorological Service. The legislative measure would empower uniformed agents to evict surfers from the beaches when they think the weather conditions warrant it.
Local surfers were appalled by this proposed measure, citing the lawmakers’ ignorance of the ocean and those who frequent it.
“I understand that this is reasonable for tourists who are bathing on the beach, but for professionals like us, the most important moments of our career depend on these natural phenomena,” said surfer Gaby Escudero. “We always take care of each other in the water. The surfers who are chasing waves those big days are people who know what they are doing. They are not bathers who drown because they suddenly did not touch the bottom or because a current came. We do take risks, but they are calculated.”
Another Puerto Rican professional, Alejandro Moreda, shared Escudero’s sentiment.
“Apparently people who are running and making decisions in Puerto Rico are crazy. They are not taking into consideration that twenty-five percent of tourism in Puerto Rico is made by surfers. If they come now to arrest these people, all it will do is subtract tourism from Puerto Rico,” Moreda explained. “I will not miss the opportunity of getting incredible waves during those storms. We surfers live for that intensity and to catch those waves that our Island produces. And storms and hurricanes produce the best waves.”
Mendez insists that government resources take precedent over surfer’s rights and the Puerto Rican tourism industry. “If there is a statement from the National Meteorological System that a major meteorological system is approaching the country, we must reason with people that by going surfing or looking for waves, they are putting government resources at risk.”
In case you’re wondering what hurricane swells AKA major meteorological systems look like in PR, watch this.
This is what you ignorant motherfuckers get for fighting for shit without substance. You guys now ruined everything for people like me who ride 3 or 4 meters alone in that island. Social media is ousting special interest propaganda and law solidly slammed the door at my face thanks to your decision. Maybe if you noticed that the people you got rich from surfing or bodyboarding in the island ain’t worth SHIT other than a few bags of weed crack cocaine pills or heroin you give them in dollars as a junkie wouldn’t be helping them do or achieve anything. The entire system is corrupt from big to small where those same surfers with the idea of franchising come to you take whats yours and theirs for a few shirts and shorts where nothing in that island is worth 2 damn cents anymore. If you think its smart to pay for their worldwide trips to not win a single masters or world championship you are dumb as hell. Puerto Ricans in surfing or body boarding win once and never win again. Performance enhancing drugs or straight narcotics from communities that till this day sell drugs to their children. Everyone is dirty I wouldn’t blame them from saying or from assuming that 40 drowning means that 40 ignorant motherfuckers on drugs drowned because of free will. Y’all gonna have to go away from cars where easy access with point breaks like la pared are right on the road way where cops will take ur information simply because you are so fucking dumb. Im locals only me sharks and massive 3 meter faces at 15.4 @ 19 seconds alone. Fuck friends puerto ricans and this particular culture is to be enjoyed alone. Locals only and if not drop ur ass in. Their fight for playuela is petty compared for the real problems THEY have intellectually as a whole its people who are way too ignorant to realize simple or social flaws, I ride during hurricanes, the people that think they are surf culture clearly don’t. I am out there by myself.
Fuck playuela those that know the break know that the reef is cement and that wilderness and faro won’t die because of some stupid building. If you were smart you would just purchase an apartment and surf there every fucking morning. This is just moronic special interest to sell their stuff, a reason to sell whatever they are good at like cultural bead making, shirts/pride pushing neo/independent agenda or their own agenda because they are broke socially economically personally in deep depression as pride and because the core independent party is 100 percent dead in ideology where you shouldn’t trust the people there anymore, the independent party is dead the new PR ideals probably fit communism/anarchism stemming from USA republican pride which is felt as racism, and partiality between dems/reps. This new policy are ideas from rep/liberals/independents who now suffer from this neo-agressive action-reaction anti surf stance. In cleaner words all of you are fucking uneducated art education/communication liberals, where if you know the actions behind your rioting you wouldn’t support the surf culture of puerto rico over 10 bags of weed, 1 of cocaine, negative toxic culture where the elitist pipeline doesn’t have people selling weed on the sand during contests, neither can you smell it. Its pure hypocrisy from the community. They kill themselves, been at their very necks from the earliest beginnings I know, I don’t like them anymore, I left that island with one wave at 9 feet hand on the face bottom turn to barrel ride and never came back, not even reminiscing of coming back. Extortionist toxic savages which probably bend their backs backwards for foreign nationals because they don’t know that their passport has a big fat United States on it. By majority their ankles are deep in shit, and its nearly impossible to hose this culture to get that crud off them because they wish to be deep inside that bucket of shit.
People in defense of that area are dead, lost control lost the asset, people who were good at defending eco rights are long dead and these idiots are talking too much and receiving too much and are practically a waste of excrement that surfers lost their rights to surf in extreme surf. All to glorify the elitist few, I don’t mind if they are cute and have light eyes and are known internationally by the surf community but they never came up to me and asked me if I wanted to buy weed. By majority the millennial generation that is silent but still sneaks a few videos and represents with #respect from the island never ever came across me and told me if I wanted anything or violated by stealing or bad karma altogether. Good people from elitist families. Don’t let me catch them using drugs or PED’s to compete where everyone has a downward spiral but as you grow older enough is enough, toxicity spreads across people where you influence your community through you.
Very sad; pretty soon everywhere is going to be like India – crowded as fuck.
Quit while you are ahead???? Stick to feud stories with a bit of fact, gotta be some gold out there somewhere with tour about to start for 2017 Mike!!!
What the ?? No bueno.
Well im currently here, its a pile of shit law for sure, written by San Juan which sure as shit aint Arecibo-Rincon culturally. They’ll be hard pressed to enforce this law as most of the law enforcement here doesnt really want to do shit anyway. I guess the key really is to see what conditions bring the call for a shut down. If its just hurricanes then its not unfeasible to get waves and be out before the law shows up in a lot of spots. Its still pretty damn lawless in most areas, i just watched a guy get his nose busted in a few days ago, in broad daylight, no one said shit cops never came.
Playuela is still super fucked. They are building the access road now, protestors are laying in the street in front of dump trucks everyday. From what i know they company building the development just has permits for the access road as of now. They are totally in the pocket of local Govt though, no one wants that place built up save for a few locals in the playuela that think it will bring them money (even though they will just get locked out anyway)
Damn you scored!…hopefully.
Dear San Juan,
US Marines at Camp Pendleton gave up the fight. The US Marines DON’T give up fights.
They just didn’t want to be this guy.
San Juan, don’t be this guy https://uploads.disquscdn.c…