Thanks for that, any form of surfing is a feeling of being free....some people need to chill out a bit. And if other craft are annoying them that much maybe they should find another sport..
Thanks for that, any form of surfing is a feeling of being free....some people need to chill out a bit. And if other craft are annoying them that much maybe they should find another sport..
Spot on, if it's under 2ft what is anybody worrying about? It's not big enough for shortboard riding and only small penised mal riders are worried about wave counts. Once it gets bigger 3ft + then sheer momentum becomes an issue to be negotiated. When it's over 6ft, rules need to be explained and if constantly ignored then penalties enforced. It's about fun and enjoying and sharing the vast expanse known as the ocean. There seems to be far too many people that should be doing UFC instead of surfing.
After watching the Carnage and Witnessing Abuse at The Alley this weekend, thanks for the mornings entertainment. I could see this happening there.
Miami Beach officials are cracking down on a law that bans watersports on all but a small portion of the beach — to the chagrin of paddle boarders and
Surfers might want to research Miami Beach law before hitting the ocean again — hanging 10 in the wrong place can land you in the pokey for a month.
The city recently began enforcing an old, perhaps forgotten law that bans surfing and other beach sports on all public beaches save the southern tip north of Government Cut.
Breaking that law can bring a $500 fine or 30 days in jail.
“It's crazy. It doesn't make sense,” said Mike Gibaldi, a board member of the Surfrider Foundation Miami Chapter, which lobbies for surfers and the environment.
Some athletes plan to protest the law at Wednesday's commission meeting.
Assistant City Manager Hilda Fernandez said the city recently began receiving complaints about kite surfing and paddle boarding on the beach. After researching the city's ordinances, legal staff found laws that banned surfing, paddle boarding, skiing, windsurfing, and other water sports from all public beaches save two: “The Jetty Beach and The First Street Tower.”
Fernandez said she didn't know if the city was previously unaware of those laws, but administrators told Ocean Rescue, code enforcement and police to enforce the regulations starting last month. She also said the city has only asked those breaking the law to relocate south of Third Street and hasn't issued any fines or arrested anyone.
Gibaldi and others, however, say they have been surfing the entirety of Miami Beach's roughly seven-mile coastline for years, and crowding every surfer, paddle boarder, kite boarder and wind surfer into a three-block area is ridiculous.
“The watersports community, we are freaking out,” said Gibaldi. “To take all the surfers in Miami Beach and jam them down south of Second Street and also jam in paddleboards and kite surfers, that is a recipe for diaster, injuries, lawsuits, chaos.”
Surfers, beware: Miami Beach enforces no-surfing rules – Miami Beach – MiamiHerald.com.
I doubt it will happen there......it would open to many a can of worms for the authorities....they tried banning Kite surfing there and failed. It is a shipping channel first and formost. What is pretty funny is the fact that its a no swim beach as stated by the Lifegaurd signage yet is patroled with tower, lifegaurds and skis..........??????
