“After watching Trump campaign run on an explicitly anti-trans agenda… the mood in Carlsbad was anxious.”
Spare a thought, as they say, for those queer surfers in the USA as billionaire businessman Donald Trump readies his troops to herd every LGBTQ surfer into vast concentration camps when he ascends to high office in January.
The associate editor of news outlet KQED, Nastia Voynovskaya, wrote about the fear felt in the bones of all queer surfers earlier today in her story, Queer Surfers Saved Me From a Stingray and Reminded Me of Hope.
Voynovskaya was a guest of Queer Surf, “a scrappy San Francisco-based org that gets queer and trans people riding waves” and describes the fear of huddling “together around the campfire in our puffer jackets and beanies, clutching mugs of tea. At neighboring campsites, Trump flags gleefully flew from RVs and pick-up trucks.”
In their little slice of Carlsbad clifftop, and wearing glitter boots, overalls, Tevas and muscle tanks, the dozen surfers “created a buoy of hope through a thousand simple acts of kindness.”
These included yoga classes, Chinese team ceremonies, tying each others’ hair into French braids and sharing poetry prompts.
On her third day, Voynovskaya stepped on a stingray although her new besties were quick to offer hot water and moral support.
“After that shocking encounter with nature, I felt grateful to be the recipient of such love and support. From my bestie, yes, and also from so many new friends. As queer people, many of us have a strong belief in collective care, in chosen families. In the way they showed up for me, that sense of solidarity wasn’t just a nice concept — I felt it deeply,” she writes.
More importantly,
My time at Queer Surf Camp showed me that no matter what happens in 2025, personally or politically, we have each other, and we can create that sense of belonging and hope through a thousand simple acts of kindness.
How does a queer surf camp differ from your experience at, say, Lakey Peak, G-Land or Mex?
Do you experience a similar level of connection or are you surrounded by, mostly, cunts?
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At a normal surf camp you want there to be only one or two other guys there. They can be the guinea pigs first up when you can’t really see how big and/or sketchy it is.
Never went to a queer surf camp but in Costa Rica there were ample VAL surf camps that probably cater to the queer crowd. I suspect the clientele aren’t really there to surf, so much as validate each other. Maybe it’s a pickup scene at the same time.
One thing I did notice with all the Costa Rica vals is they don’t agonize about tide, swell direction, wind, anything like that. It was just wake up, do some yoga, coffee and banana smoothie, 0700-0800 surfing session (regardless of what the surf was like, or even if they could catch any waves), back to the camp for tofu burger or banana pancakes, then massage and siesta through the middle of the day. The afternoon basically the same schedule in reverse.
I dunno who’s got it better. Them, or real surfers who spend the day gnashing teeth about conditions or cursing the boat load of Israelis who just showed up and ruined the vibe and potentially started fighting people.
I always wondered why mens toilet walls usually go all the way to the floor but women’s toliet walls leave a gap at the bottom. Is it to pass lipstick to each other? I got nothin.
I surf alone as much as is possible , the thought of a surf camp or surf charter makes me want to vomit
Your doors are no match for the man poo stink
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All surf camps are queer, so its a little redundant.
How does a queer surf camp differ from your experience at, say, Lakey Peak, G-Land or Mex?
Well, if you visited the Huu in the mid 90’s and stayed at the Lestari, its all one in the same. The cook was floating on air and Alex was questionable with his love of chocolate susu.
Wait a second, you’re scared of a fucking triggerfish? What the fucking hell is wrong with you?
That’s actually worse than me and my friends having to walk through a pasture to surf and being scared of cows that would chase us.
At least a cow can step on you. We got cut off on the beach at Nihiwatu (way before the current shitshow of Nihi Sumba) once by about 30 water buffalo. That shit was terrifying. Big ass horns and pissed off when we startled them. But a little triggerfish? Come on.
Haha ahhhhhh Dez. My work here is complete.
Almost.
Seal the deal.
Cunts fingering their bumhole.
Xox
Nice comment. Good to see someone with compassion on bg sharing their feelings. Joy
“I almost had a psychic girlfriend, but she left me before we met” Tyler Wright
Dont forget that Trump beat the best political strategist of all time!!
And the smelliest
But, Bannon is a Trump ally.
Arnt we all
yes fear/fealty/revenge…..admiable qualities to follow and create a new world order,LOL!
Q. “How does a queer surf camp differ from your experience at, say, Lakey Peak, G-Land or Mex?
A. Being woken up in the wee hours at gunpoint by corrupt policia/federales demanding money.
note: queer surf campers may be woken up to a different kind of gunpoint in the wee hours.
Ha! Gotta admit, that one almost made me spit out my coffee LGR.
I do it for the people.
usually Newman gets me with the coffee spitters.
Bu… bu.. but BG sharticle says Trump gonna come and round up LGBTQ folk and put em in concentration camps! 😔
Hurr durr!
with the illegal immigrants and their American kids…LGBTQ folk will have their own part of the concentration camp…..they could all be happy campers!
Yeah because heterosexual people wouldn’t be woken up to that kind of gun, right?
Can’t even get your homophobic comments to make sense.
In his defense, I don’t really think a hetero man would be woken by the gunpoint he is talking about.
That ain’t what he said
It’s a joke…..just like you.
lighten up.
Geez, you liberal twats never have a good laugh unless a conservative is getting shot at.
Merry CHRISTMAS!
You mag cunts never have a good laugh unless you’re being fascist pricks. Just like you fuktard.
Merry Festivus
Hitler was gay
You’re still very upset that Trump won.
Relax……Breathe
Chrissy is a great tradition its when they nail the King of the Jews to a cross
Careful, Derek’s gonna write another Israel article if you keep that up.
are they also happy surf campers??
Toilet scene _take 1
This one’s broken !
Get me another ! Allan Jones
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privileged people do a lot of weird shit out of fear, and almost out of necessity need to create things to fear. it’s all a part of the wonderful psychosis of American life & thought. and it stems from NEVER reconcilling its historical reality with its mythology. these people are fucking sick here, man. full-on mental health crisis, en masse.
Where in that sharticle does it say anything about priviledged people? Might I suggest finding a different cuntry to live if you hate the US so much?
💯
Well, Trump was voted in, so yes, privileged MAGATs with a full on mental health crisis, en masse.
You can hate the man, hate the situation, but if you hate the cuntry then split.
Yeah I ain’t taking my travel advice from you mate.
Telling someone to leave the country is a product of deep a narcissistic delusion.
it’s all just an identity crisis and the need / perception to have a strong leader , from an insecure cultural basis….it’s sad to see people clamoring for something that politicians can’t deliver…..that’s truth!
Tevas 🤣