Comments on: Surfers vs. bodyboarders redux

By: kauaiboy

kauaiboy — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:19:25 +0000

i am a bodyboarder, i dont hate on surfers, i just think we should all just cruz! no need for aggy people, surfers can surf, bodyboarders can boogie, just be in peace. all in all we all just wanna ride waves! god made waves for us to enjoy, not for us to fight over them!

By: John Scriven

John Scriven — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:47:42 +0000

I just thought about your age and it came to me, the silly old stand-up farts who disliked bodyboarders in 30 years will be tooo old to surf. Then the ocean will be a peaceful place full of stand-up surfers and bodyboarders at equal!
At least you have realised bodyboarders are here to stay!

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:04:33 +0000

Miles your so right its only the sponges that complain look at the comments on this page mostly sponges. your right about the packs of them rocking up and taking over a break.
you just don't paddle out an right the some ones inside even if your local i have the local sponges do this to me all the time its a good way to get dropped in on every wave....you have to.

@ Beebop and Rocksteady ahh dude your on a blog Whining that author said boogers whine to much your proving his point for him right there mate clearly your a booger or you wouldn't be whining?

By: miles

miles — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:59:40 +0000

Benny i'll never get the time I spent reading your pointless response back either ;)

By: Benny

Benny — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:30:00 +0000

Get over it. This argument isn't goin anywhere. You'll never get all that time you spent writing that back y'know? That's it - gone, ka poof, adios. All to reiterate the same shit that's been said time and time before. Bodyboarders aren't going anywhere either. They've built their own industry form the inside out, and now they're the ones incharge of their own fate. No more waiting on table scaps from stand up surfing companies who were quite happy to take boogers money and rag on them at the same time.

I can't relate to the surf scene anymore. All this fucking image shit is beyond a joke. It's not fun like it was once upon a time.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:55:54 +0000

Tolerance.
I cannot fathom it. I don't understand why people, why every person is so bad to each other so often. It doesn't make sense to me. Judgment. Control. Tolerance.

By: miles

miles — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:45:50 +0000

interesting to hear everyone's comments, thanks for taking the time to read my blog. or as green day sang, 'why do you listen to me whine' ha ha. but i feel like have to reiterate a few things: one surfing is WAY more difficult than bodyboarding and the problem is that guys who have only been doing it for four months can make the back line, usually without learning the respect and ettiquette it takes surfers YEARS to absorb (well most surfers anyway), but at the same time yes the ocean is for everyone, yet on the flipside there are tons of goons - on all kinds of boards - that spoil it for everyone. it's an ongoing conundrum and one that I think will go one for as long as the ocean stays clean for us to play in...

By: alohaNOT

alohaNOT — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:14:49 +0000

Miles, you disappointment, you shoulda kept buring those esky lids!

Screw bodyboarders, and poeple who don't get wave etiquette in general. I've seen far too many get in the way at my local break and put others in danger.

If you dont know what to do, stay the hell out. You wouldn't go down a double diamond run if you didnt know how to ski, so why the hell would you take on a break that you arent skilled enough for?

Learn the rules first!

By: No Comment

No Comment — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:07:32 +0000

I was born across the road from a mellow family-oriented break, and spent my childhood bodysurfing and boogie boarding my little heart out - innocently unaware of what anyone thought of my presence. It's only when you get older and get to understand what those dark looks from the local crew actually mean (read: get the hell out of my way, newbie) that you start to feel like you don't have as much right to be there as they do.

There's so much attitude in this world already - so many in-crowds placing first dibs on every genre of music, every niche new scene - can't we find a little sanctuary some place where everyone can be.

I wish I was still that boogie boarding kid, who wasn't intimidated by small minds on big boards.

By: Sympthy says...

Sympthy says... — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:25:17 +0000

Someone should hurry up and invent 'surf blading' then this arguement would be pointless because everyone would be hating on them...

It would kinda be like jet skiing except you would have to swim out and quickly attach the small paddles to your feet as the wave approaches. Actually, that sounds bloody hard. Surfers would struggle to argue against that shit. Bring on SURF BLADES!