just curious,i sometimes go surfing in the cornish sea when i am lucky enough to holiday there,anyone else use their well earnt swimming skills for surfing or indeed any other water sport....fighting waves is hard work!!!!!
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Okay, I have to jump in on this and side with the swampthing. I've never lived in NC, but I could look out my bedroom window, and most other windows in my house, and see the beach and Atlantic Ocean. I have visited many of the beaches in the Carolinas and found them very similar to the one I grew up on. Depending on the season and weather conditions the waves are usually 3, 4 and maybe 5 feet. Surfable, yes, good surfing, no!
The largest wave(s) I ever remember seeing was in 1964 as Hurricane Dora approached the north Florida, south Georgia area. Several hours before the storm made landfall I went down on the beach with several friends-- there was already debrit on the beach the waves had washed in and one wave had something that looked like a telephone poll turning it end over end. Here is a link to the storm surge created by Dora on Amelia Island, FL. At first glance you don't really realize what you are looking at, it looks like there are large waves right behind the houses, but look further in the background at the wave and then at the size of the houses. How far away was the photographer for the houses to look that small? I've often wondered if this pic is real or if it has been doctored. If it is real, it scares me to death to think that my family and I didn't evacuate but rode out Hurricane Dora. Just thought you all might like to see this pic.
www.amelia-island.net/.../dora.jpg
That's actually a scene from the movie Sudden Impact--you know, when the asteroid lands in the Atlantic Ocean.
Many great pro surfers emerged from the Southeastern US in the aftermath of Dora.
Aquageek,
I am not trying to be a jerk, but you really don't know what you are talking about. There are plenty of pro surfers, from NC, that have made a very good living by surfing. The comment about boogie boards and rubber raft's also shows that you don't know what you are talking about. You can ride a much small wave with a longboard than a boogie board or raft.
Also, the college in Wrightsville was listed as on eo fthe top surfing colleges in the nation by Surfer Magazine. Do you think those guys might know something about surfing?
Maybe you should actually have some experience in the subject area before spouting off. NC isn't Hawaii or California, but it does get decent waves on a fairly consent basis, excluding the summer of course.
Hook'em
Blue
That must be the University of Wrightsville--I think it's next to the bait shop (correct me if I'm wrong, Swampthing). Good surfing colleges are few and far between, and it's a darn shame. Unfortunately my alma mater didn't make the list.
