Proud.
I am often made proud by our wonderful grumpy locals, our gorgeous salt-crusted grouches. Out there, barking, frowning, paddling over VALs, paddling through VALs, trying to drive over SUPs left in parking lots, not allowing large SUP groups to come to surf camps.
Speaking of, Thunderbomb Surf Camp in southern Nicaragua which asks, “Why not get uncrowded waves with great accommodations? With our surf vehicles and local boat captains you will have the freedom to surf more than just the beach out front. Here you can surf world-class waves, get barreled at The Boom, carve epic points, or even learn to surf without the crowds that plague the beaches of Costa Rica and southern Nicaragua,” just received a sure-to-be-financially-rich offer from a SUP group and publicly said, “Fuck no.”
The reveal was met with much praise. Proud. Proud that grouch is praised more highly than the mighty Córdoba. Proud that 8 mistaken men, some with wives, are going to have to think about life choices and reflect.
Proud.
So very, very proud.
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Surfers have no problem schooling problem surfers when they don’t behave. So what’s the problem, afraid of SUPs for some reason?
Then, like I said before, blame the people not the sport.
Unfortunately, the people, represent the sport.
I see. Well, I’ve encountered people from all walks of life and all ages surfing so it’s pretty hard to say any one group actually represents the sport. Same is true of stand ups. I don’t judge surfing by the inconsiderate hogs out there because 99% are not like that. Judging stand up paddling that way makes no sense.
Read the link lady, if you can.
Nothing like putting the kayak on the vehicle after a long surf session. I would say shhhh! other people will do this but know that either most surfing idiots wanna surf with other surfing idiots and/or are to big of pussies to go surf alone
You ain’t been to my local! Just yesterday I saw a wonderfully grumpy old local cunt smack a young beginner straight across his dumbstruck chops coz young grasshopper had no idea what the fuck he was doing and threw his board in front of grumpy old cunt and nearly decapitated him. Lovely spectacle seeing and hearing the fireworks fly. Young bloke won’t be paddling back out there again soon, I shouldn’t imagine. Both Japanese, by the way.
Need more than a seawall lol
Where do you surf.
It doesn’t sound like much fun.
I think I’d find a less quality break to paddle out at.
The 100% perfect example of how fucked Rip Curl the Search is , shove that up your arses lynch Curren and Brutus.
You don’t have to be a ‘grouch’ to say no Sup-heads.
I think ‘enlightened one’, would be more appropriate though, to anyone saying no to Sups
In my mind, I’m picturing a photoshopped image of Steve Buscemi on a paddleboard plowing through a pack of patiently waiting surfers, saying; “What is SUP my fellow surfers?”
If anyone feels up to it I claim 20% of all your meme royalties. (50% if you make it available on OnlyFans).
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True, although they weren’t nearly as good as Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers, or Sham 69.
What’s more VAL than a Nicaraguan Surf camp?
Nothing.
a bunch of wanker tourists that need their hands held is all you’ll find there.
The last thing any local anywhere wants to see
So true Jack, I think they even ‘tuck them in’ at night.
I know the masochist wouldn’t be caught dead in one, I wouldn’t either.
Very funny Chas. V funny! An appropriately named surf camp run by a guy from Boston and another guy from Holland carrying out #thelordswork by smiting + or – intermediate VALS on the socials! Yes 🙌 !
Southern/northern, kinda same/same. My day can only go downhill from here!
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It’s the mark of the beast doin a handstand
Camp surfers are gay!!! . (happy)
‘Sup brotendo
So I guess when Laird Hamilton or Garrrett MacNamara stand up paddle you’d give them both this crap? What’s wrong with stand up paddling, it’s all about enjoying the waves isn’t it?
Stand up Paddling is a cancer, a blight upon the earth!
Why, because they can beat you to a wave?
Obviously
Does this really need to be explained to you? If so you will find the inertia website more to your liking!
So, that is an answer? Yea, explain it if you can.
Long-boarders are at least paddling prone and can look you in the eye on a level basis.
I think most long-borders know they have a slight advantage of catching waves and purposely don’t try and hog waves.
A lot of them were short-boarders at one time too, and know the ‘ins and outs’ of the lineup, and don’t want to get the crew mad at them.
While Sup Pilots seem like they could care less.
No.
Because not only can they paddle for waves further outside than surfers, they are almost always wave hogs. A paddlefag catches a wave and then paddles way out past everyone else and catches the next wave they can get into, as if nobody else is there waiting his/her turn for a wave.
Also: not a single fuck is given about LH or GM. If either of them showed up at my local and did the usual SUPer routine, I’d definitely “give them crap”.
Ah, yea, the way the longboarders do the same thing to the shortboarders? That what you mean?
Long-boarders are at least paddling prone and can look you in the eye on a level basis.
I think most long-borders know they have a slight advantage of catching waves and purposely don’t try and hog waves.
A lot of them were short-boarders at one time too, and know the ‘ins and outs’ of the lineup, and don’t want to get the crew mad at them.
While Sup Pilots seem like they could care less.
If a stand up paddler ignores the basic rules in the surf, then that paddler deserves the shit. What I don’t get is writing off the whole stand up sport because of a few ignorant ones. I’ve encountered my share of regular surfers who behave no better, sure you have too, but you’re not writing off regular surfing.
bro, it’s getting late, I’ve had a long day, I think I got to crash.
Maybe I’ll try and ponder it more, (I’ve already had time though), but something about them gives me ‘bad vibrations’.
That ‘club’, the stand up ‘rowing’, and all that ‘hacking’ at the wave with the oar while riding, man, whenever I see that, it just turns me off, can barely watch it for a minute or two.
I don’t think you’ll find a convert here.
But, you never answered the question, have you tried it? It is harder than it looks, I bet you’d fall off a lot. Find a secluded break where none of you anti-SUP buddies can see you and give it a shot. I’m not trying to convert anyone, that would clearly be a waste of time wit hall these closed minds.
I wouldn’t even touch the oar (the club). Bad Juju.
No thank you.
P.S.
Did you ever here the outcome of the Sup-er that got arrested awhile back for attacking a guy with his oar.
So you are judging a sport you won’t try because you are afraid you will look lame. That is the definition of lame bud.
Dude, what universe are you from, I never said anything like that.
Are you Ben Marcus?
Let me restate my position again, that ‘club’, the stand up ‘rowing’, and all that ‘hacking’ at the wave with the ‘oar’ while riding, never saw one that really looked like he was flowing with the wave, just kept ‘hacking’ at it.
Add up all of the above, no thank you, again.
There is a line that is crossed when a SUP pilot has missed the wave.. either he has fallen off the back (fat section),or didn’t really catch it in the first place. Ride over right. The surfers inside scramble and pick up the wave where the sweeper got off. Fine not a problem. What actually does happens is the fucking SUP cunt knows he is about to lose the wave and digs through the fat section like it’s a class 5 rapid. Spoils the wave and puts us all in danger, cuz fuck yeah we want to burn him as soon as we see the paddle guy stank face. It’s a gamble at that point tho. The board and the paddle gives SUP driver the advantage for catching waves. Ok i can deal with that. It’s when SUP’s use the upright position and mostly the paddle, to stay on the wave continuing through the section they have no business being on. With out that paddle the wave shits out on the fat section, SuP driver goes back over the wave, waaay outside, and the wave picks back up where better surfers pick it up through the more critical parts of the wave. Aka SURFING
All that ‘hacking’ at the wave with that paddle (club)– disgusting.
To be fair I’ve seen some SUP pilots throw buckets with those paddle hacks. Made my head turn a few times. The best is when ya hear a big splash in the lineup and your heart races a bit. Ya turn to look, only to see froggy clamoring back onto his battleship after crumpling under his savagely out of tune equilibrium… I’d fucking fall too, but I have goddamn sense to be sitting down.
A sup is already ignoring the basic rules of the lineup by having a “powered” vessel in the lineup. I am a self loathing supper for medical reasons at the moment and therefore am for as many suppers in the lineup as possible so I can be elsewhere by myself. Keep fighting the sup fight jethro
Is this a serious comment. a “powered” vessel? So, how do you catch a wave, just lie there with your arms at your sides and hope the wave will catch you? Geez.
Lovely, equivalent nonequivalent logic. Seen this somewhere else very recently. But seriously, all suppers should assert their rights to be accepted in the popular crowded lineups around town. All you anxious sheep can be together
No, because they are lame.
The fact that Elo Sups is further proof.
More hate on the water always good, no?
No, that’s actually not “what it’s all about”.
i’m not often confident, but in regards to whether the Beachgrit high-performance comment team would give LH or GM crap about stand up paddling, i am confident.
I kinda knew that.
A righteous surfer from the future will go back in time terminator style; and make sure Laird is snuffed before he unleashes his abomination.
Um, they will have to go much farther back to when the Hawaiians first did it.
Yes, you may have read about it once, or seen maybe one picture of it.
Ever guess why there aren’t any more pictures of it or recorded facts.
They probably got stoned and any proof if it burned in a fire.
Or maybe because the missionaries put the kibosh on surfing in the early 1800s before photography was invented? I’m sure there are some recorded facts, as you put it, which is called history. So how do you know there aren’t any recorded facts?
What makes you think the Hawaiin’s were Sup Pilots.
I think all the pictures I’ve seen or drawings of early Hawaiian surfing–nobody had a club.
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Well, it seems like you can get almost anything in Wikipedia.
Never saw a picture of the Duke Sup-ing.
I think I would have ragged on the Duke too, if he was hogging waves.
Seems like it never caught on back then, for good reason.
All I can tell you bro, it looks lame..
That’s it? It looks lame? Have you ever even tried it?
You’re a sea janitor aren’t you
I’m guessing that is supposed to be some kind of insult? Should I be offended?
Just face the facts. Sup is for kooks. End of story. All defense just makes you a bigger kook.
We can only hope.
You picked the wrong spot to get on your soapbox(SUP)
Wouldn’t it be a “sup group,” “surf sup group” sounds redundant and I don’t think you surf a sup, you sup and suck.
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E-foil please.
With you being attacked by a bald eagle.
Sorry bout the shit tip
Haha. No worries. Completely forgot about it. Didn;t throw much coin on. Tomorrow however…