finally it happened words with a proner

[SlatchJim]

wife nursing shoulder strain, I'm out, good luck!

[supdiscobay]

Anything interesting happen today at the trails?

[The Kernel]

So this morning StandinDan, three other buddies and I SUP surfed the Trail 1 area for over an hour.  Six of us were in the water at one point. 

The lifeguard truck came and went; no issues.

Towards the end there were five of us clustered 150 meters in front of the lifeguard tower; nothing said to us.

When I got out, I walked right in front of the tower with my SUP but didn't make any attempt to engage the guard in conversation.  He seemed focused on the water anyhow; glad he was earning his check.

Overall:  No problemas with guards, rangers, or prone surfers.  We had our little demonstration of presence and all was cool.  JimK:  Hopefully that takes a bit of the sting out of your bad experience out here. 

(Supsurf-TW:  You said you were going today; was that you about 250 meters south of us?)

[supsurf-tw]

(Supsurf-TW:  You said you were going today; was that you about 250 meters south of us?)

Client meeting went waaaayyyyy overtime so I missed it. I'm glad there were no incidents, Maybe they finally have things sorted out.

[freetobeme]

hmm, I hadn't realized proners were yet capable of speech     

[JimK]

Glad to hear all went well At this point I'm chalking my experience up to Early Summer enthusism on the guards part

I won't be back until Christmas I'm sure no one will care then...I hope!

JimK
www.extremewindsurfing.com

[Califoilia]

Heck, I came out of the water right in front of the LG, laid my board down 20 feet from him, and then went over and yakked about the conditions and just things in general.

Kid was cool, said nothing about us being there, and in fact, was more interested in talking about the PITA summer crowds there, who don't realize all the submerged rocks that are out there when they dive in head first all over the place.

Decent day, but in all honesty, breakfast at Pipes with everyone, was much better than the surfing.

[OUTSIDEWAVE]

So today i was surfing the point at terra mar   got to the reef this morning it was  junk paddled down to the pint  got some awesome little waves  and  had had about 10 or 12.  I  take off again  going down the line  this kid a youngster maybe 15  with braces is stuck  on the shoulder so thinking back I  straighten out try to   work the wash around him but I fall .  he looses his board and the next thing I know it bops me  on the head I  pop up and  say hold your board but another wave comes and  h e looses it again.  and a third time  so I paddle out to the channel and wave him over I can  see he is a little scared thinking I am going to yell at him but I didn't I said   let me give you some advice.  by now  his dad is coming over  ironically on a stand up board ( but he too was  pretty inexperienced)  so  I told him what to do where to paddle and never  ever try to out run a   guy on a wave.    hi dad is telling turn turtle yada yada yada  any way   i didn't loose my cool and it earned my some serious points  with the proners out. all in all  it was a  pretty nice day. had dolphins less than 10 feet away  some young guy told me I rode that wave like i was 25 ( i am 60)
 so how did the san O invasion go.     who surfs san o regularly  I have to come  join you  guys some time  slatch  bulky Jm K standin dan  any one?

[SlatchJim]

Wife and I went to Doheny today, with the increase in swell and the decrease in line to get in.  I'm really glad the Trail 1 invasion went as it did because it provides evidence that the whole previous lifeguard incident was born from mis, or disinformation.

Back to the original topic, I spent the afternoon having a great time with a (i'm guessing here) 14 or 15 year old proner on a soft top, trading waves, talking story, having a great session just the three of us (wife felt like going).  Great kid, wish him all the best.

Makes me believe that giving our fellow watermen a 'benefit of the doubt' card seems to make the most sense.  I really do enjoy good company, and I'd hate for aggro to take the chance enjoyment of a stranger away.  I'll always try to be kind to my fellow surfer, it may be him pulling me to shore if things go astray.

[Piros]

Mmmmm, feel the stink eye that's when you paddle off ...regardless whether you have done nothing wrong , time to drift away. That's the advantage of a Sup. We can surf what they can't and who want's to surf the poison gravy of discontent , leave that to the proners to drop in on and snake each other..