Did you think the line-ups were crowded last summer?

by **Wilbur Kookmeyer** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:44 pm

You hold your own with that 90% bro.

Respect.

by **wetchicken** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:09 pm

jerichv wrote:if you can surf, you will have as much waves as you damn well please, that is my experience anyways.

i agree. in cali i almost always assume they are going to make the wave, in oregon i'm watching people, sizing them up a bit closer so i know who is and is not likely to actually make it, let alone even go for it. when they've been sitting for an hour not catching anything theres no way i'm going to let a good wave goto waste because they happen to be in slightly better position if i'm 90% sure they wont even try or likely make it

by the same token i get to know who is making waves, what their board looks like, etc...so i don't prime myself for their waves as much.

you can only sit for so long watching people in the front of line pass on rides before its time to start repositioning....

by **intrepid** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:12 am

It will be interesting to see if gas prices has an effect on the crowds this summer.

Me? I'm going to set up a permanent homeless camp that I'll call: Xanadu. ...or PCx2

by **Doc** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:39 am

I never have many problems getting waves...

And I can choose to surf all by myself or with a crowd...

I like the flexibility.

Doc

by **Neck Deep** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:43 pm

Doc wrote:I never have many problems getting waves...

And I can choose to surf all by myself or with a crowd...

b/c my board is 10'6"

Doc

Corrected.

by **Doc** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:37 pm

I stand...

Corrected.

Doc

by **Wilbur Kookmeyer** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:42 pm

intrepid wrote:It will be interesting to see if gas prices has an effect on the crowds this summer.

Gas prices won't keep me at bay this summer, however when J and i were in the airport we openned the books and looked at all of the upcoming events and got our schedules straight....we had 2 free weekends between now and Mexico.

Two.

Had two.

then work gobbled half of one in an instant.

3 days.

3 days.

by **Ceedog** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:46 pm

A small keg of micro says you don't make those 3 days Wilb...

One thing WC failed to mention is that he can catch every wave that comes his way with that 9' Walden. That guy, he mentions, sitting around for an hour..., thats me.

by **wetchicken** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:02 am

SHHHH

this thread is starting to reveal the sacred secret among lb'ers that we catch more waves on logs

what if the sb'ers find out?

by **wetchicken** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:11 am

intrepid wrote:It will be interesting to see if gas prices has an effect on the crowds this summer.

i'd say it already happening

cheapest gas station i know of is at the coast though: 3.74
florence ALWAYS has cheapest gas
eugene is anywhere from 4.15 down to 3.80 ish

by **47 Degrees** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:21 pm

like beginners do anything but play in the whitewater
same grip, different day

by **riverjetty** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:58 pm

47 Degrees wrote::roll: like beginners do anything but play in the whitewater
same grip, different day

No doubt. It's the "intermediate surfer", or athletic "beginner" who scare me into surfing alone. You know they're not going to go right or left by choice, and in all likelhood will be going straight down while the board pirouettes above their heads.

by **Dub Star** » Wed May 28, 2008 7:34 pm

4 bucks a gallon for summer slop is rough.

But gas is still cheap in Mexico and the waves are better. 2 weeks down there might = more waves than you'd get all summer and prob more dough in your pocket in the end?

Did you think the line-ups were crowded last summer?

How do you feel about the crowds in the summer time?

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