Tears in Hawaii today.
Slip out the back, J-Bay. Make a new plan, Snapper. Hop on the bus, Belharra, we don’t need to discuss much, other than none of you is the best place to surf in the world. Neither is Pipeline, Cloudbreak, Micronesia, Lower Trestles, Abu Dhabi, Salina Cruz, the Algarve, Margaret River, Skeleton Bay, Cloud 9, Canggu, Steamer Lane or Puerto Escondido.
In a shock twist that has staggered surfers, worldwide, that honor has been awarded to Florida’s New Smyrna Beach by the powers vested in Southern Living magazine.
New Smyrna, located northeast of Orlando, south of Jacksonville, is praised for its user friendly waves, relaxing laidback vibe and glittering surf stars, including Kelly Slater, Evan Geiselman and Lisa Andersen.
Left out was Eric Geiselman.
Southern Living swoons, “New Smyrna is beloved among East Coast surfers because it offers some of the most consistent swells in the region. Though most waves don’t get much bigger than a few feet high (unless it’s hurricane season), you’re pretty much guaranteed to wrangle a set to ride during any time of year. Completely flat days are few and far between.”
Also left out was Aaron “Gorkin” Cormican.
Let’s remember him, together, here.
Smyrna Beach as the number one surf spot? Sheer lunacy! Is that not also the shark capital of America?
There are at least 2-3 dozen places that are better than Smyrna Beach!!!
Best surfing spot in the world? What a joke!
Apparently some are ok with 36 trillion in US debt with continued spending on ridiculous crap. To each there own. Glad you were outvoted.
Welcome to hell, now to go paradise?
We know this is obviously a joke, but they’re not selling Southern Living magazine to Aussie’s!
very cool! my bff just purchased a condo a 1 1/2 miles from NSB! There are parts of the beach you can drive on & also, the beachtown has retained it’s small town feel. They don’t put with any nonsense either, so if want a safe place that welcomes ALL people as long as you don’t act like idiots come on & vacation at NSB:) ✌🏼❤️
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I live on the space coast, and the number of serious shark encounters, is in the least troubling, so much so, I stick to South Patrick, 2nd light, RC’s, even Spanish House, and there are plenty of flat days in New Smyrna as well as onshore winfs just making a washing machine in the shallows.
Are you Ron Jon?
Been waiting for decent surf for a couple weeks now and it’s suddenly offshore with a decent size and not closing out… and a bloody longboard comp has to happen, shutting all the locals out.
dammit.
Whatever…..Pipeline/North Shore during winter is the most inclusive. Also “Trestles”, very welcoming to beginners
Dolphin Tanks too.
I guess they asked Paddy O?
just checking that Florida is a red state, that an executive order was enacted on by naming New Smyrna best surf anywhere on the planet , just like the USA was not great but now is that we have a commander in Chef who can change anything and everything just by saying it…he is the new messiah…and New Smyrna is great again,LOL!!
how much do you charge for Trump to live in your head space?
haha, he does in a way, as the affects on all of our futures is now in play…we will see in the upcoming weeks how negative these are for the USA…and the affects on economies/lives etc plays outs…..The USA has never been so weak ,and getting weaker by the day!
That’s Real Talk.
What are your thoughts about China doing live fire drills off Australia’s coast?
Classic Sabre rattling, mate.
They’ve been pushing into all over the pacific for a while now.
Trump can’t bully PI nations coz they got nothing other than strategic location, global warming guilt and EEZs. US has totally dropped the ball in the pacific.
China want to fish the shit out of the EE zones and further to feed themselves before the Spanish rape the International waters dry.
first comes the gunboats then comes the fishing fleet with armed escort ….
I think it’s great as no-one is sure anymore about the USA and whether it’ needs any ally’s……so we are hoping China might save us from the Merryrusky alliance???
Unbunch your panties, champ.
Imagine listing off the best waves on earth and slipping Steamer Lane in there. What a thing.
10’ straight west low tide and mid winter sand bar at the Indicator. Close to world class.
And normal northwest winds are offshore all day.
TeamSlut approved!
They had it on lock with “New” in their name. Who knew.
I’m more of an Old Smyrna kinda guy
we didn’t start the fire!
Too bad the drive to NSB is plagued by lifted 4×4’s with Trump flags a flyin, biker gangs that take great pleasure in blocking traffic, idiot tourists swerving every which way, peletons that also block traffic and locals that don’t want you there so you are sufficiently road-raging by the time you arrive at the beach only to suffer another 20 minutes driving 8mph to get to the inlet for shitty onshore slop, and lots o sharks, ENJOY!
Hahahahahahahar.
in response to the LA fires, MayorseaBass, from Ghana, texted: Evacuees should avoid Hwy 1 and take the 405 to the 110 to the 5 to the Topanga Canyon/Mulhooland Drive exit to Sunset Blvd to Thousand Oaks, etc.
Keep calm. I’ll be back soon!
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so which one are you?
obviously if you don’t live there you must be one of the above.
I had a house in Sanford, about an hour inland.
no wonder you would go through all that, for onshore slop
off topic, but dang, so funny https://x.com/JoshuaSteinman/status/1893094178290311513
so do ya think that Russia really is 1# ally of the USA,,,as you both seem to have the same moral compass???
No. We recognize that Ukraine is embroiled in a conflict they cannot win, and by that I mean they cannot win without US troops on the ground fighting along side them. That option is a non starter. While other options might have been available in 2014, those options, whatever they might be, are no longer pieces on the board that can be played. As such, as someone once said, there are no solutions, there are only tradeoffs. Well before Putin invaded Crimea and the Donbas region, Europe considered Ukraine THE most corrupt country outside Russia. That stench lingers to this day, and for good reason. No solutions. Only tradeoffs.
Morals left the building, along with Elvis. Now, only tradeoffs can be the route to peace. Morals have never shaped geopolitics, and I know you’re smart enough to know that too Maurice.Strength and weakness, and loss and gain do.
Trump warned Germany not to be so reliant on Russia NG. They fucking laughed in his face. They’re not laughing now.
Thr tradeoff is Crimea and the Donbas remain under Russia as it has been since 2014. NATO with more European $ means those lines don’t change. People stop dying. Russia is no longer driven into the embrace of China and Iran and North Korea.
We have given Zelensky $350B. He himself says half missing. Let’s see what DOGE finds with their audit.
No one wants to see nuclear war. Except Iran. They need to be dealt with. And the US and Israel are going to annihilate Iran, because they refuse to stop their ambition for a nuke, which they most assuredly will fire at Israel
Hi Otto, thanx for answering as I do respect what you say and I take it onboard….except when I see misleading facts and lies being propagated based non factual information……..
So yeah Ukraine has/had a reputation for corruption with Russia as it’s mentor….really really corrupt and, just corrupt.
We will see with the DOGE audit , as the claim by Elon that he found $50m condoms for Hamas/Gaza and the don doubled down to $100m…actually about $45K was sent to Jordan for Gaza from the USA……DOGE is gutting your infrastructure ….including CIA/FBI/CDC/NOAA/Military etc……sounds like a great time to have a war with the USA whether it be economic/military….as the USA is currently in the process of neutering it’s policing/intelligence gathering and has canceled it’s O/S goodwill with USAID……which inn the long run is affecting US farmers>
The saddest thing you said which seems now to be true of our supposed democratic system is…there are no morals anymore, just money and power
Gaza has between $400-500 B of gas offshore….so at least reconstruction can be paid for by it’s resources……so who will get rich??
So we are entering into a new world order based on more money and power for those who already have it…and we are just pawns in a game of moans and groans of who can be greatest…will it be Elon or donny??
DOGE is just sorting the wheat from the chaff. And there’s a lot of chaff.
The EPA has proven itself to be the greatest threat to US farmers. Just look at the WOTUS Act that Biden put in place. As far as Green New Deal funding for farmers that has been frozen, the vast majority of that grant money goes to small farmers that provide little more than what can be sold at local farmers markets. Any food aid programs can still be handled.We are nearing planting season.
DOGE is not gutting anything. Purely advisory. No one seemed to yell at the heavens when Obama purged 197 CO’s from the military, replacing them with ideologues like who we are getting rid of now. That’s all.
I think Trump’s statements concerning Gaza were to nudge Egypt, Jordan etc. into paying for reconstruction. After seeing the parades of dead bodies in front of thousands of Gazans this past week, it has become clear that the entire population of Gaza are barbaric. They don’t deserve that land, and deserve 40+ years of wandering through the wilderness, alone and without a place to call home. That was some serious sick shit being broadcasted.
watching closely as DOGE seems to be getting rid of the Chaff and the wheat……currently30K Tonnes of food stuck inSudan/Yemen enough food to feed 36m people all spoiling….$500m worth of food provided by USA farmers…..now there is no need to supply food what happens to the farmers futures as the rest of the world do not need food from the USA , in fact there’s not much of a market for US products O/Seas at all?
All federal employess got a letter from Musky offering immediate retirement or get sacked thats gutting the admins infrastructure , including the FBI stc…….so lot of angst…purging the Military/bureaucracy/ USAID, and then siding with Russia/Putin as your new ally?
I hope you are aware that trumpys executive order to SwitchOn the water for LA….was done…flooded farmers before planting , and used their summer water to make a political statement…not one drop got to LA!
The letter from DOGE asked Fed employees to bullet point five things they did last week for work. Incredibly low bar. These remote working fed employees likely work so little they don’t even check their emails daily. Most private sector employees answer to their boss and if their boss demands detailed accounting of time spent working and what was done, they will comply or they’ll be looking for another job. Why are fed employees so special?
If U SAID is routing food through Yemen they that’s even more reason to find alternatives.
We got lots of hungry people here in the US. If we’re going to give it away while giving money to corrupt NGOs overseas, well, then if rather that food be used to feed starving Americans first.
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yep DOGE sent emails to all Fed Employees asking about the 5 things they did last week…..do you think there are enough people in DOGE to read each and every email??
In practice a hellava lot of skilled workers being fired….and now the DoD has told it’s employees , disregard DOGE!
Fed employees are different to a normal commercial business , as they usually provide services from the Govt to the people….service to US citizens will now be….minimal………then there’s the economic cost!
USAID projected US Morals /ideology , by helping marginal country’s/economies/people…feeding and providing medical and at the same time expanding democracy……I do get that now the USA prefers to be a business and money talks , bullshit walks……just be prepared for those country’s who still have a vestige of moral integrity, might decide…who needs the USA and it’s products??
We’ll still help the marginal, just not through USAID. Their connections with corrupt NGOs and willingness to work with terrorists are no longer tolerable.
DOGE just wants to see who responds. They use AI to sift through the massive amount of data.
Democrats thought that the US Presidency was just a figurehead position, and that permanent DC bureaucrats would always retain their grip on power. They are freaking out bc now they know they are losing power, and there’s nothing they can do to stop it. Don’t buy into all the hysterics.
so USAID has been stopped….to still help the marginalized , but how? One of the affects is that there are marginalized people who are now suffering thru no fault of their own, but the corrupt infrastructure is a USA problem, why make the innocent die and suffer?……there is no plan to help them?
that’s the problem with DOGE and elons idea to tear it down and rebuild…..the problem being there’s no real plan to rebuild?
Yeah Bureaucrats globally have sooo much power………not just the USA………but there seems to be no plan except to replace services that have been put on hold.
as for the comment corrupt NGO’s etc…….damn what’s up with doony and putin…or the USA’s newest ally Putin/Russia at the expense of Europe?
There are 3 MILLION federal employees. You’re complaining about such a small percentage of the total federal workforce.
A church in New Jersey received $18 million in funds from USAID to help illegals find jobs and stuff. $18 fucking million dollars over 3 years. Yes, corrupt NGOs and a corrupt agency.
This sort of shit ends now.
Did you listen to what the former Kenyan President said I. That article I attached to an earlier comment?
I think all federal employees got a email from DOGE…no-one was spared….but I did notice the pentagon and the FBI said don’t take any notice of DOGE………..I know people are upset at corruption…..but a lot of times statements are made that are not true to support a DOGE justification…..like the $50m of condoms that went to hamas, or $100m quoted by donny…..not even a 1/2 truth…total fabrication like the stuff on Zelenski/Ukraine…..I don’t think anybody get the whole USA/Russia alliance against ….well all the rest of us!
Yeah I read what the Kenyan president said , and I think there is merit to stop just accepting charity and work harder in their home country , but , especially in Africa…the Chinese and the Russians will try and fill the gap left by the USA…as there are resources to be mined!
The new Chancellor of Germany has said something similar …….Merz said: “My absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we can really achieve independence from the USA.
“I never thought I would have to say something like this on a television programme. But after Donald Trump’s statements last week at the latest, it is clear that the Americans, at least this part of the Americans, this administration, are largely indifferent to the fate of Europe.”
I think this could be good for Europe , so France/UK become part of a new NATO…and no USA…….UK goes back into European Union…..so the USA can get out of Europe, but of course the USA will lose it’s commercial markets for it’s products as they will in Canada/Mexico etc….
I think it will be good for all. The negotiating tactic is unorthodox, and politicians are decidedly not used to hearing cold, hard truths.
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Don’t go introducing logic into the conversation.
I’ve said it a trillion times I’ll say it again~ “If you try to reason with unreasonable people you will lose your mind.”
I rarely bother talking to liberals anymore. (I used to be one! And even I left half a century ago!
Can you imagine who’s left!?
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Only psychos are left in the Democrat party~ of one sort or another! CRAZY PEOPLE.
I have been there numerous times & have never witnessed this. I’ve just seen people having a good time walking around, on the beach, shopping, etc. I know they won’t put up with anyone making anyone feel unsafe; that is the local police. Let’s just all get along. ✌🏼
Oh damn you caught me! Every observation was completely fabricated out of thin air and had no basis whatsoever in reality and you would know from your “numerous” visits. I also have been to NSB “numerous” times in the 20 years i lived nearby, easily over a THOUSAND times so I’m just making shit up?
surf at sunrise then gtfo of the area
The shark who ghost wrote that article be like…
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duh. sharks can’t type. flipper? maybe…
Skippy, mate!
peanut butter and astro-glide are for external use only~
smooth o’r w/ nuts? mo’ butta~
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