"People were just screaming, ''You hit somebody! Somebody's under your truck! Stop''!'"
The New Jersey police are having one heck of a time as summer turns to autumn and Starbucks aficionados smack their gums in anticipation of pumpkin spice flavored fatty beverages. First, a surfer was violently thrown to the sand and arrested for failing to immediately produce his pedigree. Then, a second surfer peacefully protesting on the high tide line was also arrested for being a hippie. The twin actions so odious that surf great Kelly Slater and former The Inertia darling Tulsi Gabbard swung into the fray.
The 11x world champion asking, “What do you guys think about having to pay to go on the beach NJ? This should be criminal. I expected this to have been struck down years ago I saw a guy getting arrested on Instagram the other day for not having his pass.” Freshly-minted Trump surrogate Gabbard adding, “The thing about New Jersey that I couldn’t swallow is, I think it’s principally wrong to charge people to go to the beach. The ocean belongs to everyone. I couldn’t stomach paying money to go and jump in the ocean.”
Well, things just got a lot worse for New Jersey law enforcement overnight after an officer ran over a woman sunbathing on the sand, maybe even daring watch some surfers catch a little dribble.
A witness at Wildwood Beach told local news that a police Ford F-150 was cruising past when “People were just screaming, ”You hit somebody! Somebody’s under your truck! Stop”!'”
Thankfully, the officer did stop and bystanders jumped into action, lifting the front of the truck off the woman who was then rushed to the hospital where she was diagnosed with broken ribs and vertebrae plus lung issues but is expected to survive.
I was at the beach the other day and saw a lifeguard almost get her truck stuck in a sand hole dug by sneering four year olds. Not exactly the same but what I got.
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wildwood huh? Welp shes probably from Delco soooooo…..go birds!
To paraphrase the Carpenters it’s only just begun. It’s Mr Policeman leaving the message not Mr Postman.
Unless there’s an emergency, there’s no reason for cops to be driving trucks on the public beach. Get an atv, ya knuckleheads.
What in the Jackbooted Nazi Jersey is going on over there. Meanwhile Hawaii has “Public Access” laws. You cannot prohibit public access to the ocean. Obviously we live in different countries…. more as the story is oppressed…
How could they know they were a woman??
I guess they asked her.
https://news.sky.com/video/ice-cream-van-washed-out-to-sea-on-cornwall-beach-13174968
With the articles of late, the long range forecast on BG is looking dismal.
Cheer up there’s eventually Swell net
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Saw him supporting the Beasties in Glasgow in ’99.
Epic.
It don’t have that same buzz I get from a shark, or celebrity story. Too much po-po tone.
HARD PASS!
Oh shit, Gorilla on fire. Big it ups, Selector!
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Deep Scratch cuts?! Count me in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ1U-lOHxMA
Regurgitating this from another thread:
BG, both above and below the line = the human centipede of the surf world, endlessly recycling the same shit and puke using 0s and 1s.
Only four more months of this uninspired garbage and then we can start talking about Toledo’s cowardice again!
I’m taking exception to this Wall of Negative Noise. Besides, Felipe’s cowardice was eluded to in the previous article about the wsl finals. Also Ethan Ewing’s overwhelming ass.!
If Chas & DR can recycle old articles ad nauseum, why shouldn’t we recycle old comments?
Thus, today’s BG forecast: 0-1ft and not worth paddling out.
Despite growing calls for “grindy” conditions, the world class chatletes of Beachgrit will always dazzle and entertain.
Thumbs up for “Chatletes”…is it an original?
As original as a Werther’s.
…don’t stop now, you’re on a roll.
Sounds more like Retreading.
Getting a bit TIREd of these stories?
Keep on Truckin’
Was it an electric F-150 that she couldn’t hear coming?
I’m generally an e vehicle fan but agree this is a massive issue. Ain’t nothing like the rasp and rattle of a diesel engine to let you know who’s coming
I used to be an E fan ,and sometimes a fan was handy.
Did drive some wonderful green Mitsubishis
Got many scares cycling on city roads because of electric vehicles, they just creep up on you
those things must have a stevie wonder level blind spot out front too.
few years ago worked in an east coast city where they rolled out new electric buses downtown, immediately became known as the silent killers – literally walking down the street and suddenly a massive machine would be on top of you with no warning.
NJ is quite the police state …. Beaches running wild. Need Chris Christie to solve this dilemma again.
Chris is currently busy in an Atlantic City casino trying to solve the dilemma of what end of the buffet line he wants to start.