Loc:
Manhattan Beach
Time: 0700-0900
Crew: Bri,
Klaude
Conditions:
2-4FT, offshore, consistent, low tide, crowded.
Imagine . . . Imagine that the surf is
good. Good as in good shape. There aren’t consistent A-frames, but say that the
rights are lining up nice and shouldery all the way to shore, at least two
turns before a closeout maneuver, if you’re good enough (which I’m not). And
imagine that you paddle out, get a good wave, and you want another one, but now
more and more people are paddling out.
Imagine a pack of Stand Up Paddleboarders
holding down a whole break. One of them sits on the outside, catching one all
the way in. His friend takes the next wave, does the same. And then the first SUP
guy that had caught the first wave all the way in, paddles all the way back
outside and catches another one. Imagine being so frustrated and seeing that
even if you paddle away from the SUP guys that you’ll still be in the midst of
another crowd, but you do anyway.
In the midst of the new crowd, the waves
are still good, but you have to jockey for position, back off for guys already
on it, or pretend that you don’t see the wave approaching to give it away, but
little do you know that every other surfer is doing the same thing. Imagine
that you’re so desperate to catch that wave that you try and sneak-paddle
towards it, but it starts a chain reaction and now everyone is paddling for it.
Imagine that you look back at that session,
trying to remember it, but you can’t. You know you had caught some waves, but
all you remember is the crowd.
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