Do you surf with a PFD?

[dogbert]

Maybe post a sign on your boat? Local (to my boat) riders only, all others will be killed (specifically PWC drivers that get too close)?

[Domsz06]

ha ha ha, that's so freaking crazy! I had no idea!! I haven't gone that far south, so guess I'll watch myself.

[dogbert]

Rage happens when you pack too many people into too small of an area, no matter what you're doing.

[Domsz06]

very true dogbert very true.

[da.bell]

Yes, there is limited space on the coastal waterways that are surfable. I have seen surfers ride over the top of people that are not locals to slash them or cut them with the fins. It's like a male dog thing of pissing in your yard to make sure everyone knows that this is your property.

[Domsz06]

that's just stupid! oh well. c-ya later everyone.

[wakeboarder247]

BTT: I live in CA so I always wear one when I surf but even if it weren't the law I would for the reasons that Surfdad pointed out. Just b/c YOU don't think YOU are going to be hurt doesn't mean that someone else (PWC) aren't going to hurt you!

[chpthril]

NOBODY is a good swimmer when you're knocked out.

Everyone wears one when you are behind my boat.

[ragboy]

Really! It's freakishly bizarre. You'll find yourself rolling on the floor when you read this article:

http://www.drdriving.org/rages/surf.htm

Check the picture and then just reflect on the guy getting three years probabtion for assaulting someone for giving them the stinkeye At what point do you cross over the line that in your mind it's ok to beat someone with a board because they give you a dirty look? Only in California!

It was like that when I grew up in socal surfing. Grew up in ventura. Prob worse now. There were places in oxnard that you just stayed away from.

I remember surfing in hawaii. Got a brand new local motion board. I was out with my brother, I was 17, we went out on Ala Moana on oahu. Its not a tourist spot, just locals. I am hispanic, and 17 in the summer, very dark. So I think the locals didn't bother us. Plus, on a local motion board, which you could only get in hawaii at the time. But then, couple of white kids came out. The locals went right to them, and one grabbed the kids board and put it in the owners teeth. After that, my brother and I just quietly paddled in. Didn't want to push it.

[Original Wing Nut]

NOBODY is a good swimmer when you're knocked out.

Everyone wears one when you are behind my boat.

Agreed, my feelings exactly

[dogbert]

It was like that when I grew up in socal surfing. Grew up in ventura. Prob worse now. There were places in oxnard that you just stayed away from.

I remember surfing in hawaii. Got a brand new local motion board. I was out with my brother, I was 17, we went out on Ala Moana on oahu. Its not a tourist spot, just locals. I am hispanic, and 17 in the summer, very dark. So I think the locals didn't bother us. Plus, on a local motion board, which you could only get in hawaii at the time. But then, couple of white kids came out. The locals went right to them, and one grabbed the kids board and put it in the owners teeth. After that, my brother and I just quietly paddled in. Didn't want to push it.

Sounds like the gangs have infiltrated surfing...what's next?

[LovinPowell]

The only time that I don't wear one is during the winter months when I am wearing my dry suit. The dry suit has so much air stored in it that it practically serves as its' own personal floatation device. I guess that it is possible that it could lose the air, so I probably should wear the life jacket underneath the dry suit.

[CP3]

Only time I have ever not worn one is when there was absolutley nobody in sight

[Razzman]

I picked up a couple of the Rip Curl non-USCG vests off of Whiskey Militia for $35 each for surfing and such. Found out the USCG vests are just to cumbersome and don't allow decent arm movement.

[Ruune]

I normally wear one, but I keep it unzipped/buckled.