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o-man
Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Jan 16, 2010 - 02:37pm PT
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I had bitchin wave sailing sesh yesterday evening with 15' faces at my LOCAL spot and when I came in there was only one other dude still out and there was soo much aloha on the beach.
It sounds like some posters here are posers!
Live the life!
Shut Up and SURF!
Almost everyday I see so many great waves around here go unridden.
Bring an attitude to my beach and the locals won't kick your ass the ocean will!
Aloha, Olaf
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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Jan 16, 2010 - 02:56pm PT
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Surfing is what you make of it.
If I surf a crowded spot I'll just put on my cloaking device and/or my warrior face paint.
After living right by a famous point for years, I came to enjoy the fickle and uncrowded(and powerful) nature of my local beachie.
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o-man
Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Jan 16, 2010 - 05:47pm PT
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drljefe, It's good to have both cloak and paint in ones quiver you never know what to wear till you get in the line up.
It's embarrassing when all you have is your clown suit.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Jan 16, 2010 - 06:28pm PT
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leb in a surfing thread.
surreal.
oh wait..this is a climbing forum...
never mind.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jan 16, 2010 - 06:33pm PT
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I see a lot of folks at Joshua Tree from the Beach Cities.
Imagine, for example, Todd Gordon running around Joshua Tree starting fights with strangers and vandalizing cars he doesn't recognize as belonging to Desert Locals? Or Werner doing the same thing in The Valley.
Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it.
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Rob_James
Mountain climber
Aoraki/Mt. Cook Village, New Zealand
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Jan 16, 2010 - 06:41pm PT
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I spent many years in Sydney, Australia. We've a surf gang - The Bra Boys - who 'guard' Maroubra Beach.
Their territorial pizzings are marked by tatoos on their chest of the Maroubra Beach postcode/zip code. They wear cheap t-shirts that say "My brothers keeper". Actor Russell Crowe made a doco about them a few years back.
Like many 'locals' on Syndey beaches, they don't like weekend/'out of suburb' visitors. Kept in their isolated thinking, some start to believe too much of their own bulls$%t over time.
Truth is that our boys are much like the ones in the Hawaiian video. They look intimidating. Look tough with their creatine and protein shaked arms. But they can't fight for sh*t. I've seen aboriginal kids 20 kgs lighter at Maroubra Beach give 'locals' a hiding in comeuppance.
Surfing has itself an average culture of testosterone fuelled dudes who make themselves out to be the next big "I am" - I've bumped into the hubris that is Kelly Slater at Bells Beach, he's no different.
Though surfing locals are not unique. The locals of my own village oft disregard visitors too. And I've seen a tonne of whinging and abuse at Camp 4 when 'non-climbers' have 'taken' the last camp spots.
I'd back a North Wall handshake against a North Shore rider anyday.
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martygarrison
Trad climber
The Great North these days......
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Jan 16, 2010 - 07:25pm PT
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I was in El Salvador a couple of years ago hanging for a couple of weeks with one, if not the top surfer in the country. He told me about his trip to the north shore and what jerks the locals were. Cutting you off and then coming up on you on the beach afterwards. I had no idea. Alas they will all just grow old and fat.
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TripL7
Trad climber
san diego
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Jan 16, 2010 - 07:46pm PT
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Chaz- "Or Werner doing the same thing in The Valley."
As you know, in the Valley it's all about respect Brah!
Da'Bear Pak don't F*# wit da'Braun...da'Braun don't F*# wit da'Bear Pak...
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