Breaking the law, breaking the law.
The story, currently developing, features what appears to be two brave scofflaws attempting to enjoy a socially distanced surf at Lower Trestles which has just been put under lock and key by draconian, panicked overlords.
You know well, by now.
No surfing in the time of Coronavirus.
No surfing at all.
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Forget that the outdoor activity naturally promotes social distancing. Forget that surfers generally dislike other surfers. Forget common sense and un-common sense for we are living in a modern dystopia where mob psychology reigns and whacking the lip spreads a Chinese pathogen wide and far.
Well, two bold outlaws took a Zodiac around the bend, anchored it and attempted to score rare empty Lowers when a rouge set caught their boat and hurled it toward the cobbled stone.
Footage of the mayhem is making the rounds on social media and here we have.
But can we take a few minutes out of our busy quarantines to applaud these adventurous malefactors? In some circles there will certainly be tsk-tsking and much furious shaking of heads for “tying up resources” and “potentially getting hurt” and “not heeding the rules” but not here.
We, after all, are surfers too.
More as the story develops.
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Sucked in u dipshits. If only there was some Great Whites in the area.
Good on ’em, I say. Back to the anarchist roots. Fuck the man, etc.
Raise your hand if you can still surf where you live.
The advice from the state of New Hampshire (which has cagily closed state-run sand beaches but left other details pleasantly ambiguous), “Be safe, be well, be local.”
I’d say the last hidden spots should be pretty crowded, but my point would be moot as summer is on the way. This should be over by hurricane season hopefully.
A for effort.
With everyone’s surf trips getting cancelled this summer a 1k fine for a couple hours out at empty Trestles is starting to sound Good.
Not 100% sure if it was the same guys but likely was: Two guys paddled in from off camera at 10:30ish (may be off by half hour or so bc not looking at clock). Immediately lifeguards and state park police were on the beach in vehicles. They got a few good waves and did not come in. Quit watching and checked cam again at 11:45ish and guys still out. Set of the day caught them inside for several waves and then boat washed in. They seem to have surfed a long time, but it was expensive.
They should have to pay per gallon of fuel or motor oil spilled if any and shame on them for not anchoring further away, common sense should put that boat out in front in the bay not on the point
I get it, we messed up, I was super low on fuel, less then 7 gallons when I left the harbor
Different guys, I watched those 2 on the Cam, that was kinda the motivation to boat over, We failed 🙂
At least you have a good attitude about it.
It is a weird time. Do we shame them for not “staying home to save lives” or do we applaud them for not letting the man hold them down. I personally don’t know how to react. Sometimes I feel like wearing a mask and surgical gloves at all times makes sense, other times I feel like writing comments on BG all day while chewing Adderrals like they are TicTacs. Fuck me right?
That must leave a bitter taste in your mouth.
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Good for them. Hope they got a couple before calamity (looks like they didn’t).
This whole lockdown is complete joke if you didn’t know that already. Most likely reason CA is been lightly affected by this is that this virus has already been going round since last fall; many of us have already had it.
Stanford researchers are doing a study to prove it:
“The team tested 3,200 people at three Bay Area locations on Saturday using an antibody test for COVID-19 and expect to release results in the coming weeks. The data could help to prove COVID-19 arrived undetected in California much earlier than previously thought.”
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Good find vive! Based on my own experience, it totally makes sense
I caught 1 good wave then got stuck inside while a set rolled in, I was going no where for a bit and saw a swing wide take the boat out. No good
Few fun ones out there?
A boatload!
They each caught a few. Got to give them an E for effort…….