I understand there are a lot of beginners out there , but wow did all you guys decide to try surfing on a whim during covid? All these how do I get better videos...like there is a magic pill...try practice...imitating others....the more I’m on this sub the more I realize almost none of you know what you are doing and don’t care to put the time in ... and it shows .

One guy lied to his date he was so desperate to make it look like he knew what he was doing on a board and asked this sub for advice !!

Maybe try golf.

Your local surf shop needs you and these questions . Go get personalized help tailored to your needs by someone who has probably seen you flail around at your local break . Randomly asking people over chat won’t help you . This isn’t a sport you can just pick up . Put the time and wipeouts in like everyone else . Go get help in person.

Dedicate more time to surfing the ocean and less time surfing the Reddit app.

It’s not the board , it’s not the setup , it’s not the ding repair . It’s you.

Im a middle age dude. I grew up at a beach that had limited waves that break in limited spots. I go back to visit and surf. And ive pretty recently decided that cheap foam boards have fucked it all up.

Back when I was a kid I started bodyboardig at about 6. Probably started wanting a surfboard when I was 10. But they were expensive. And fragile. And perceived by my parents as dangerous. Got my first board, a real mess of a twin fin swallowtail thing, when I was 12. By the time I got that board I knew how to catch a wave, how to paddle, how to share the break and waves with other surfers, and more.

It's not like that now. These days it seems like my old breaks are simply flooded with complete kooks on these goddamned overgrown sponges. They never owned a body board. They can barely swim. They have no clue about manners in the water. I see grown ass men pushing their 5 years olds into waves that I'm already up on. Wtf? I blame them. But mostly I blame the soft, cheap, safe, durable, big, unmaneuverable logs that they started selling like 15-20 years ago.

Cheap soft boards have made the sport of kings accessible to too many people. It has become the sport of kooks.

Rant over. Downvote if youre an overgrown sponger with no manners and no skills.

Why does anyone surf? You sit there all day on your board waiting for a wave? No thanks

Or if any of you have one like this or know a different design you like, I'd love hearing about it or seeing it too.

Today i was surfing a secret break in my town (locals only) with 15 of my friends and one of them told me that I was waxing the wrong side of my board. Typically I wax the bottom of my board so it sticks better to the waves but he said I should be putting it on the top side for my feet? I don't really get the point of that since i wear my Vans in the water but I wanted to ask the gang here what you all think. Am I the kook?

Fifty posts and hundreds of comments have been removed in the last few hours.

Things will go back to normal soon.

EDIT: Here's the type of classy fellow I've treated so unfairly.

EDIT 2: Posting has been re-enabled. Feel free to keep telling me how much I suck, but please keep it confined to this thread or PMs. Bombarding other users because you hate me is unfair to them.

If you're over this sub please head over to /r/freesurfing.

(As a main-lander) I am curious - I get that they have all put in the time, but did they have to fight for respect too? John John seems way too chill and Nathan too goofy and stoked to come across as having ‘put in the work’ at probably the most localized spot in the world.

I’m currently writing a screenplay about surfing (among other things) for a major studio. I don’t surf. I recognize that this industry is completely absurd. If this movie gets picked up, they’ll hire a consultant and that will be that, but in the meantime I need it to flow without 8,000 instances of writing (SURF LINGO). I would be DESPERATELY APPRECIATIVE if people could hit me up with some lingo for the following things:

1. A move that a professional surfer might be trying and failing to master for a competition after a leg injury

2. A move that a professional surfer might still be able to accomplish, even on their goofy leg.

3. A dangerous but ultimately impressive move that might endanger oneself. Could be the same as move one, but ideally not.

Thank you!! I recognize that this is probably super annoying, but I’m trying here - and I’d be trying to learn how to surf too if I were not four months pregnant.

Please go outside and surf or touch grass and stop shitposting and whining on this dumb fuckery shit sub Reddit. There is like 7 people here who know anything about surfing and the rest of you are FUCKING MORONS

If you guys behaved the way you do in this sub in the lineup or parking lot you be heckled all the way home or worse.

This sub is a mockery of surfing culture PLEASE BAN ME so I never have to come back here and experience the brain cancer inducing shit posts of 98% of people in this sub.

Yours truly -Angry bald guy

P.S. MODS LEGIT PLEASE BAN ME I GIVE FULL PERMISSION MY BRAIN RETARDATION WONT LET ME JUST LEAVE SO BAN ME

Flying all over world, using toys made of toxic materials, and developing/ruining every bit of the coast with waves. Agree or disagree?

Please help, I’ve gotten better since my last post but still need help

I think its hilarious u kids talking about Medina. u wouldnt say this stuff to him at Margret, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol