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SP said.. Surf69 said... Understandably far from a positive response in feedback from the surfing community.
It's farkin ****ty...
Am I that old??
I remeber the days when being a surfer meant knowing where to be and when to be there.. And finding that out meant lots of miles and time but the rewards were worth it..
Surfcam and wanna surf dicks like that guide have meant that is long gone..
Wouldn't even know what a synoptic chart is..
You are so on the money SP.
There's a whole movement nowadays that just want to fast track everything from learning to surf to getting to the surf. Noone reads weather charts, looks to the sky and cloud formations,notices currents, water temperature, sand movements etc to decide where they're going to surf anymore, they don't have to and these are skills that helped make a surfer a good surfer in my opinion, knowing where to be when. And like you say it came at the cost of miles and time and that was some of the best times, the journey. Now this person is happy to gather what she can package it all up to make it even easier than it already is to get to some of these spots, some of which still enjoy a crowdless mid week session every now and then. Some of them can be a bit tricky at times too and the type of audience she has I'm guessing people will know just enough to be dangerous, meaning being competent enough to get out to the line up but not to manage it if that makes sense? Bloody sad.

Should be the death penalty.......shouldn't it??? Or is that a little harsh?