BrianSB
01-17-2009, 04:31 PM
Surfed CP 9:30-4:00.
Ugh, checked the cam at around 7 and I see tents?
Was it the Rincon classic or CP classic...
anyways, looked small, so decided to wait a bit before I headed out.
Get there, yeah full parking lot, surf tourny going on? DP surf team? I don't know.
Get in the water, very low tide at that point, but whatever, still some fun ones.
My session was alright, minus the countless drop-ins from the competitors, quickly want to say thanks to one competitor in particular on a white swallow-tail (think it was a Dave Johnson board) who didn't drop-in. I've seen him out quite a few times before, wouldn't be suprised if this guy won the contest because he rips.
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READER DISCLAIMER: text beyond this line MAY include sarcasm, lite-bitching, and lite-aggression. And it's a lot.
EDIT: Also, watch out for the bitchassness.
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ANYWAYS. I think tourny's are awesome, competing is great, and this isn't me 'dissing' the competitors or admins. or whatever, but just my honest feedback on the competition, etc.
There was a guy with a loud speaker, and he KEPT saying, "all non-competitors leave the contest area, these are just kids, don't burn the kids". I'm only 19 btw, so they aren't that much younger than me...were all teens...ANYWAY
Dude on loud speaker memorable quotes:
"Couldn't you guys just surf Sands, it's better anyways"
"You guys need to LEAVE the competition area, they are better than you anyway"
and the droning repetition: "All non-competitors, please leave the competition area"
Okay my first...'complaint' the admins. had ZERO tact. First off, there were at least at any point in time throughout the day while I was there 5-10+ people not in the tourny just surfing. And a few of them were chargers (follow the experienced lead, altho I wouldn't have gotten out anyways).
Around 1PM or something, some girl paddles out, I assume she was admin-ing the contest: "Okay, you guys need to leave, there are TONS of other spots that are just FIIIIIIRING right now, you can find another spot, and these kids, you know these kids are trying to excel out here" (I swear to god, I couldn't make this shit up, she actually said, "these kids are trying to excel") then some guy says (I assume he was an admin / parent), "yeah, and they are local kids". Okay, me too, I've lived in SB since I was 5 years old. It's irrelevant. As far as the lady goes, maybe other spots were firing, but my thought process was: I rode my bike to campus point 30 minutes from my house with my board, I'm already suited up and in the water, I'm not going to go 'check out' sands. Maybe I should have asked her for a ride.
Also, I heard one of the competitors say to another surfer something like, "Well, if you go, I'm just going to have to get in your way".
+ one competitor gave me a 10 second stink-eye...just for being out...
Okay, guys, the entire time I'm thinking to myself, "the way they are acting is not making me want to leave, and I'm sure the other 10 'non-competitors' feel the same way also"
I never got mad at any drop-ins tho, infact a lot of the time I just let the competitors get waves, even if I was right of way. Well, okay, I did jokingly do a double middle-finger every time I get dropped in on, but I do that anyways.
The thing is, I'm not gonna go paddle out at some ASP event or the Rincon Classic. I knew about the Rincon Classic months before hand, it was all publicized, and it's a more serious competition. Oh, and Chris Keets basically taught me to surf when I was a little kid, so yeah, respect. Did I want to go to rincon this weekend to surf? yeah, but I went to CP instead, because I knew the contest was there at Rincon. Also, why did these guys have a contest the same day as the Rincon Classic. Why aren't these guys competiting at the classic either?
A competition like this basically gives a bunch of guys 'carte blanche' to drop in on others and go ballistic and shout when they get dropped in on. (I actually accidentally dropped in once on the sponger competitor - swear to god, he came out of no where, but he actually dropped in on a non-competitor surfer on that wave...so whatever).
I'm thinking I'm going to buy myself a loud speaker, a tent, and get my friend to have the loud speaker. I'll buy some competition rashie, while he yells at the beach competition nonsense and I drop in on everyone and tell them this is the competition area.
Who am I competing against?
Ugh, the ocean and myself, my buddy over there is scoring me.
Ugh, checked the cam at around 7 and I see tents?
Was it the Rincon classic or CP classic...
anyways, looked small, so decided to wait a bit before I headed out.
Get there, yeah full parking lot, surf tourny going on? DP surf team? I don't know.
Get in the water, very low tide at that point, but whatever, still some fun ones.
My session was alright, minus the countless drop-ins from the competitors, quickly want to say thanks to one competitor in particular on a white swallow-tail (think it was a Dave Johnson board) who didn't drop-in. I've seen him out quite a few times before, wouldn't be suprised if this guy won the contest because he rips.
========================
READER DISCLAIMER: text beyond this line MAY include sarcasm, lite-bitching, and lite-aggression. And it's a lot.
EDIT: Also, watch out for the bitchassness.
========================
ANYWAYS. I think tourny's are awesome, competing is great, and this isn't me 'dissing' the competitors or admins. or whatever, but just my honest feedback on the competition, etc.
There was a guy with a loud speaker, and he KEPT saying, "all non-competitors leave the contest area, these are just kids, don't burn the kids". I'm only 19 btw, so they aren't that much younger than me...were all teens...ANYWAY
Dude on loud speaker memorable quotes:
"Couldn't you guys just surf Sands, it's better anyways"
"You guys need to LEAVE the competition area, they are better than you anyway"
and the droning repetition: "All non-competitors, please leave the competition area"
Okay my first...'complaint' the admins. had ZERO tact. First off, there were at least at any point in time throughout the day while I was there 5-10+ people not in the tourny just surfing. And a few of them were chargers (follow the experienced lead, altho I wouldn't have gotten out anyways).
Around 1PM or something, some girl paddles out, I assume she was admin-ing the contest: "Okay, you guys need to leave, there are TONS of other spots that are just FIIIIIIRING right now, you can find another spot, and these kids, you know these kids are trying to excel out here" (I swear to god, I couldn't make this shit up, she actually said, "these kids are trying to excel") then some guy says (I assume he was an admin / parent), "yeah, and they are local kids". Okay, me too, I've lived in SB since I was 5 years old. It's irrelevant. As far as the lady goes, maybe other spots were firing, but my thought process was: I rode my bike to campus point 30 minutes from my house with my board, I'm already suited up and in the water, I'm not going to go 'check out' sands. Maybe I should have asked her for a ride.
Also, I heard one of the competitors say to another surfer something like, "Well, if you go, I'm just going to have to get in your way".
+ one competitor gave me a 10 second stink-eye...just for being out...
Okay, guys, the entire time I'm thinking to myself, "the way they are acting is not making me want to leave, and I'm sure the other 10 'non-competitors' feel the same way also"
I never got mad at any drop-ins tho, infact a lot of the time I just let the competitors get waves, even if I was right of way. Well, okay, I did jokingly do a double middle-finger every time I get dropped in on, but I do that anyways.
The thing is, I'm not gonna go paddle out at some ASP event or the Rincon Classic. I knew about the Rincon Classic months before hand, it was all publicized, and it's a more serious competition. Oh, and Chris Keets basically taught me to surf when I was a little kid, so yeah, respect. Did I want to go to rincon this weekend to surf? yeah, but I went to CP instead, because I knew the contest was there at Rincon. Also, why did these guys have a contest the same day as the Rincon Classic. Why aren't these guys competiting at the classic either?
A competition like this basically gives a bunch of guys 'carte blanche' to drop in on others and go ballistic and shout when they get dropped in on. (I actually accidentally dropped in once on the sponger competitor - swear to god, he came out of no where, but he actually dropped in on a non-competitor surfer on that wave...so whatever).
I'm thinking I'm going to buy myself a loud speaker, a tent, and get my friend to have the loud speaker. I'll buy some competition rashie, while he yells at the beach competition nonsense and I drop in on everyone and tell them this is the competition area.
Who am I competing against?
Ugh, the ocean and myself, my buddy over there is scoring me.