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I can just see a section of beach with the best break closed off for a practice or competition with a group of rowdy diehard locals told they can't surf there...
Can you legally temporarily commandeer a section of town, county or state beach?
I can just see a section of beach with the best break closed off for a practice or competition with a group of rowdy diehard locals told they can't surf there...
Can you legally temporarily commandeer a section of town, county or state beach?
surf competitions have been held all over the world for decades. I think they managed to figure it out somehow.
Ahh that makes more sense in most of the FL coastal districts it’s a varsity sport like any other.
I did see in the article that they entered a competition with multiple schools:
"Though surfing is not considered a varsity sport, the team does compete. On Halloween, Long Beach placed fifth out of 15 schools at the National Scholastic Surfing Association Interscholastic Northeast Regional Championships in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The championships featured 13 high schools from New Jersey and one from Brooklyn (Yeshivah of Flatbush)."
So, it looks like they compete, but not in the same way as other high school sports.
I did see in the article that they entered a competition with multiple schools:
"Though surfing is not considered a varsity sport, the team does compete. On Halloween, Long Beach placed fifth out of 15 schools at the National Scholastic Surfing Association Interscholastic Northeast Regional Championships in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The championships featured 13 high schools from New Jersey and one from Brooklyn (Yeshivah of Flatbush)."
So, it looks like they compete, but not in the same way as other high school sports.
Indoor and outdoor wave pools are growing in popularity worldwide, they stand in contrast to natural surf. Surfing debuted for the first time in the Tokyo Summer Olympics, and an American woman (Carissa Moore) won the gold. The competitions were held with decent waves, but somewhat sloppy/choppy/windblown conditions.
Wave pools such as the one Kelly Slater built in California can create custom made to order perfect waves every time (no dangerous marine life or shallow coral reefs either), which would give competitors even conditions for each, but not the trials and tribulations of natural beach surf. I think a couple of investors were planning on building an indoor pool out in Calverton somewhere.
Schools obviously cannot afford to build wave pools, but may one day hold meets renting time in a local facility. Indoor you can surf year round. The downside is some kid from Arizona can dominate the Hawaiian's and Australians with enough inland wave pool training/practice time...
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Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133
So what is right spot and time? I assume you must know them, if you are certain I am not looking at the correct time and spot.
If you walk (or drive with a 4wd and permit) from Bob Moses Field 2 down to Democrat point there's more likely than not going to be at least one to a few people out. But yes, the stretches of beach you listed are vast, less chance overall of spotting surfers compared to Long Beach/Rockaway's
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Originally Posted by sabbathunter
Jones Beach and Robert Moses only allow "boogie boards" no full on surfing.
Surfing is now allowed at Bob (don't know about J.B.) along with paddle boards, surf skis, wave skis, surf kayaks, an old wooden door or shutters you picked up at a yard sale, etc. All within sight of the lifeguards no less. Just have to stay to the sides of the flags...
I did see in the article that they entered a competition with multiple schools:
"Though surfing is not considered a varsity sport, the team does compete. On Halloween, Long Beach placed fifth out of 15 schools at the National Scholastic Surfing Association Interscholastic Northeast Regional Championships in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The championships featured 13 high schools from New Jersey and one from Brooklyn (Yeshivah of Flatbush)."
So, it looks like they compete, but not in the same way as other high school sports.
It's worth noting how the term 'Locals Only' relates to 'Surf Culture':
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