Surf City, USA!
Surfing in or around Trestles, including but not limited to, Lowers, Middles and Uppers was officially made illegal today, mirroring draconian “state of emergency” laws in San Diego, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.
Though uncorroborated, it can be assumed that many tears are rolling down many pale cheeks in the Andino, Davis and Colapinto living rooms.
And while surfing, now recognized as a leading transmitter of the deadly Coronavirus, has been put on par with rape and murder there is still one, last place where us wave dancers, us angry hueys, can slide free.
Surf City, USA.
Huntington Beach, California.
But what a powerful statement, what a beacon of hope shining in this current darkness. Huntington Beach, previously most famous for hosting an underaged bacchanal known as The U.S. Open of Surfing, is the home of many C- waves including Bolsa Chica, Seventeenth Street, the north side of the pier and the south side of the pier.
When reached for comment World Surf League CEO Erik Logan said:
“Surfing is a very close, tight-knit community. The relationships that over the years we’ve developed with all of our athletes have been phenomenal. My view is that our athletes are a big part of our business. I view them as shareholders, as the beneficiaries, and the better we become as an organization, the better we become as a business. If the platform grows, that affords more opportunities for our professional athletes.”
It was also revealed today that the WSL’s podcast, The Lineup has averaged 15,000 downloads per week and is the #1 surfing podcast since launching in late 2019. Popular episodes range from four-time WSL champion Carissa Moore breaking the news that she was taking the 2020 season off to Sage Erickson speaking about the role of female athletes and dealing with body shaming issues from past sponsors.
But back to Huntington Beach. Will you quietly pack your boards and sneak toward its open shores or wait for your own city council to become embarrassed?
More as the story develops.
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I have been there twice in the last week, last Friday and again this Tuesday.
Great conditions and EVERYONE was practicing SOCIAL DISTANCING!
So awesome as the OCEAN is so healing to many of us!
Wish Redondo Beach would do the same! Plenty of room!
HB just wants everyone to know what a wonderful beach it is to all the international tourists and losers who won’t stay home! Stop coming here already kooks!! Stay the fuck home!
Chas! Jen! Somebody! Anybody! Go talk to those guys. Badly executed heroics are the best heroics.
Nick, I understand the need for discretion over on Coastalwatch, but maybe you could tell us here who the “well known” surfer calling for violence was?
I can tell you what he wrote: “it’s a shame we’re not living in the good old days were you could cop a good bashing.”
I have been parking at a secret rest area off of a busy highway and sneaking onto a certain military installation under the cover of darkness to surf a certain location know as Fhat Khaucks Poynt.
Can you please cut to ELO saying something nonsensical and unrelated in every article? His vacuous, inane corpospeak is the perfect antidote to the daily heapings of horror in da news currently.
Surfers are really proving themselves to be in the highest order of douche bag during these times. Also all of Dana Point is still open.
Right call but a month too late… and Huntington’s mayor has to get a grip. Shut all west coast beaches down. Error on the side of caution. This is real and sheltering in place is the only defense (at the moment) that we have against the coronavirus. If you have to make a food run, wear a mask and keep your distances.
And while surfing, now recognized as a leading transmitter of the deadly Coronavirus, has been put on par with rape and murder ?
Where are you getting that info from…
uhhh someone fucked up…
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The Mayor of Huntington, sporting a blonde crew cut was quoted in a thick Russian accent, “if they die, they die.”
If Kelly is really surfing’s ambassador like he believes he is, he’ll open his wave pond to surf-starved SoCal surfers. We could bring canned goods for him to donate to his favorite charity, buy a pair of Outerknown socks (shouldn’t be more than $50-100 a pair, right?), or write kind words about him on Insta. Kelly, show us that you are truly the GOAT.
Their boat got caught & is washing ashore right now.
Nice bit of social distancing by the cops
2 guys have been at Lowers for awhile. A state park cop was on the beach. I wonder if people can surf if they hop off a boat.
Their boat got caught & washed ashore at about 11:50. Check cam rewind.
Surfing Huntington is too far of a drive for me. I hate driving. I’ve tried listening to Prodan’s podcast before, the guests are pretty blah, but its not the worst thing out there. That honor would go to STAB’s CUSP, which is terrible. Sorry, Mikey, but you’re boring. Back to Prodie, brah, he should do a podcast with me. It will suck, but being unlame does not appear to be a prerequisite for being on the show, so I’m good…
Prodie: So, when did you start commenting about surfing?
KVF: Ace inspired me to make my first ever comment on a surf website, which I made after he placed well at Snapper (2008?) employing the same one turn done four times on each and every wave. Made on Stab in the pre-Disqus-Era, under the name Bruce (there were no commenter profiles, you just typed whatever name you wanted above the comment box), I remember writing something like “Ace winning heats with surfing circa ’98” (I know I used the word “circa” and ’98 as the year, though the rest of the comment is fuzzy). To think, he’s still on Tour with the same rear looking, and now superannuated, surfing…
Prodie: *cough* err, let’s try not to talk too much shit…
KVF: Oh, then why am I on here?… um, OK, answer this for me: what does ELo’s office smell like? I’m thinking some pineapple coconut stuff… oh, and why haven’t you guys called me yet about my scripted series ideas? They’re genius. I thought you guys were “content creators” or whatever…
Uncle Tito wants everyone to know that the beach he doesn’t live on is open. Go there. Go to Newport. It’s right next to HB. Newport Beach.
Guys such a tool
how does this guy have any friends?
Time to start hunting for those river waves.
How’s that for a one-two punch, Biolos?