Standup Zone Forum
The Foil Zone => Foil SUP => Topic started by: Evan Lloyd on June 15, 2022, 03:21:47 PM
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The sea grass is crazy out there. I was struggling with the grass grabbing my foil on anything less than a 4 foot tide. Yikes!!!
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Haha. The LA and OC guys have been bitching about it for sure.
Sharpen that leading edge!!
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Welcome to warm water. The one thing that's kind of okay about the weather this year in Hood River is that river grass doesn't like cold water. I don't either, but it's sort of a plus. But it's negated by the crap floating in the water along the eddy lines. I got taken off my board six times yesterday driving through the current break line and whacking into stuff.
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Bummer to hear this. Sounds like a left coast wide phenomenon. We had crazy kelp growth this winter and now the sea grass is the thickest I have seen.
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It is possible to get a permit to cut kelp and other species of marine growth in California. I don't know what the permit costs, but here are the regulations (http://"https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I22B9C7F2F9E942A58A930301341B70B3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)"). It does require the permit holder to remove all cut materials rather than let them float off, and you have to record the weight of harvested materials. I think with such a permit, a person could go out with some fins and a knife and clear the seagrass that effects foiling at any given break in a morning. I've been threatening to get the permit and clean up my local favorites, but haven't gotten around to it.
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oops, my bad
(4) No eel grass (Zostera) or surf grass (Phyllospadix) may be cut or disturbed.
only works for kelp