Is SURFING perfect Rincon worth this CRAZINESS ??
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- čas přidán 3. 02. 2022
- It's no secret that Rincon is one of the best waves in California but is it worth battling a Disneyland like crowd in the hopes that you'll get one?
I chased a recent swell to the Queen of the Coast and while the waves were absolutely firing, the crowd was chaotic.
Would you battle an insane crowd for waves like this?
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Caught my longest ride at Rincon in the late 60’s. Rode from the outside point and connected to the inside point What an amazing ride and I didn’t have to dodge hundred of other surfers. It took me 45 minutes to paddle back to the outside point for my next wave. It’s a special place.
The secret to getting Rincon good (aside from staying out past dark) is getting it with real size. At 3×Overhead it tends to thin the herd a bit. And it expands the footprint of the playing field considerably. Drop-ins are usually a bigger factor, then than the guys paddling in the wrong spots, who are rarely in the way of the rider. Then, the only question, is can you connect all of the tube sections between Indicator and the freeway.
I happened to be there on the day that Gerry died. In fact, the accident happened only a few feet from me. I was too busy turtling a 10'6" to be able to tell you what actually happened... But he came to the surface face down and motionless, with a contusion on his forehead. I helped orchestrate a water rescue and extraction, followed by CPR and BLS on the beach. At one point I thought that we might have saved him, but he drifted back out, and the Fire Department kept working on him, but he never fully regained consciousness. It was very sad. And because I was a little out-of-shape, and trying to get through that set - I can't even say with any certainty, what went wrong or whose fault it was. The lesson I take from it, is that we all need to look out for each other, show respect, due regard and caution. This is a dangerous past time, and anyone could go out at any point. We can minimize accidents and injuries by showing exceptional etiquette and judgement - whether paddling (back) out, or looking to the surfer in position, and respecting priority.
That must have been tough to witness first hand. Very sad.
@@BradJacobson Yes indeed.
I wasn't super optimistic for Gerry's chances, when they decided not to land the Helicopter on the beach for him.
But I felt like we did all that we could, and had upped his chances significantly. Aside from getting him to the beach a little faster...and maybe putting his feet uphill - I don't know what more we could have done.
I heard that he'd passed on a few days later. I'm almost the same age. And it does bring home your mortality, when something like that happens.
Best time I got it was during a storm years ago closed the freeway North and south. My buddy and I walked and got Rincon couple feet over head with 9 guys out the whole day. Living in Carpinteria Helped
LOL luv the crowded videos. It’s like that now everywhere - New Smyrna, Bali, Huntington, Superbank, Hawaii, Trestles
that swell was insane. ventura point was firing as well. some of the best waves i've caught in the last few years were with that swell.
The Ventura point cam looked insane. I almost went there instead.
Preferred that for years in the 70's and 80's to Rincon wave jumpers. Less glamorous but more room and waves.
@@jamespardue3055 definitely a lot
more room. when it connects too it can be as long or longer than rincon. i had a few that my legs were burning so bad i had to jump off. took a couple from the almost to c street 😂
Nice Brad, thx for the share ;) And yeah… do the round to paddle back out, don't drope in XD))
Finally a post from the 805 💪🏼
I'm trying to get up there more.
That traffic is every weekday now with construction going on.
I moved to Ventura three years ago and never imagined that the crowds would grow at the rate they have. I wish beginners would know their place in the line up instead of putting people at danger. A little bit of education on surf etiquette would have avoided the death incident.
Hola Brad,you're vids are awesome,and tac sharp. A lot of the spots you show I used to surf as a boy including the Con.It was every bit as crowded back in the seventies. Keep up the good work,Pura Vida desde Costa Rica ...
Thanks! Yeah, it's been crowded as long as I can remember.
it was a bit more managable before cords, loose your board and it was the rock dance to get it and the rock dance to go back out, unless you surfed rivermouth. this was back in the late 60's and very early 70's. I learned to ride backside there many moons ago
yo wats good!!! Love the vids Brad!
All is good (except the waves have died). Thanks!
I miss surfing great ocean waves, but I don't miss the hassle, kooks dropping in on me, "locals only" bs, near fist fights in the water, car vandalism, etc... now, I surf behind a boat on a lake, and have infinitely long waves all to myself 🙂
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My days of surfing are few and far between . My son wants to get back into surfing again and I would like to follow but seeing the crowds that have more than doubled in my hay day . Living now a couple hours from the beach doesn't make for an easy dawn patrol . I have replaced surfing with mountain biking . My area is rural so not allot of competition on the trail . If you see another biker many will stop and have a jab . Now when I do get in more crowded areas you have to let the person know your coming up to pass and you say rider up . I think surfers need a similar response . Surfer up and you got to speak firmly and loud . Now in mountain biking not everyone will get out of your way but most do .
That is some serious madness!!
Crazy!
5:25 Now _that's_ a worthy ride
I'll settle for beachbreak closeouts ALONE- some of the good pipeline days this winter there were 100 guys out too- no thanks-
Pipe has been insanely crowded, even worse than Rincon.
I surfed that swell at Ventura Point. I have surfed crowded Rincon many many times and I am a decent surfer not great. I always get waves out there. It’s not that bad. Be patient, concentrate on positioning and make good choices and you will get waves.
The 1st time I surfed this spot (in '64) it was the same. I lived 2 miles south for years. If a swell ran for several days, sometimes it would thin out. Basically, unless you're an operator, it sucks
I was out that day, waves were fun, guess I need to surf better next time
Imho, to get good, "uncrowded" Rincon one has to go at the tail-end of a 4-5 day swell, when everyone is physically tired from surfing so much awesomeness in a short period of time.
Great video and editing. If one were to show up before dawn would they get a wave? Or would it still be crowded?
Thanks! Yeah, pre-dawn is better but not empty.
I used to live in a little beach house right on Rincon point. I’d catch a swell just as it was filling in and have Rincon 3-4’ basically solo for an hour or two… just myself and a couple of buddies! When it would start getting crowded we’d just walk around the point and surf the left with only a handful of surfers. As the swell would fill in we’d surf at night with no more than 10-15 people out! Good times 🤙
Sounds amazing.
At least there were plenty of people to throw spray at
That's a good way to look at it!
When I check the surf, I always consider about how many ridable waves are breaking in a certain length of time and how many guys are waiting for that.
Because in many occasions, that calculation is more important than the quality of the waves because, if you can't catch your share of the waves while watching other guys riding some beauties, it's always better to be riding some decent waves in an uncrowded place.
Good idea!
@@BradJacobson It's not even math out there, it basic arithmetic!
The equation is really quite simple: 150 surfers x 1 wave = O chance for an enjoyable surf session.
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That’s a typical day any place in southern California during the summer
Yes ,everyone go there.
Haha that is crazy , there you have a good mix of abilities which makes it a real mess !
People dropping in , some not even knowing that's not the thing to do
This wave is the Snapper version of the US 😬Sooo hectic !!!
Great comparison ! Snapper gets insane too.
Give me average conditions with a few buddy’s over this everyday
I love surfing with hundreds of people.
Making new friends :)
Locs doing turns into the faces of the Jerrys is on purpose u know
Yes. My spot is just as bad with hordes of surfers but the wave quality is not even close
Work your way around a snake (@3:26), only to have him grab your leash.
That was crazy!
This is happening all over the world. One thing I know we need to do as more experienced surfers, is keep our patience and teach the newcomers to the sport how do act in the water. Since surfing is a massified activity that brings all kinds of people on boarxd, they keep seeing bad examples in the water and treat them as normal... It's our job to bring back the more old school surf culture where there is a hierarchy, even between locals. Good luck everyone. We are all doomed 😅
Idk about the hierarchy thing. I'd only really agree if it was based on the skill you display. If I had to give up good waves to a kook that just happens to have surfed i'd be sad
I'd be more in tune with promoting not being a dickhead out in the water. Letting people catch waves, enjoying your time, etc.
I used to surf Rincon every day in the 80's growing up in Carpinteria. Last time I surfed Rincon was probably 15 years ago. Not worth it.
Think that's nuts? Check out Pleasure Point on a decent southy. More surfers per sq. meter, 16 year olds on long boards, crushies sporting their sponge logs.........and the Mad Dog local guys shading everyone.
Beautiful waves for sure. Way too crowded though. If it's less crowded during the morning, I might have to check it out.
Man kinda seems more like your playing traffic cop than surfing. Anytime I'm even remotely going to be in someone's way I duck dive as deep as i can. Some of these people were just cruising along like they wanted to get hit
It must suck to live in SoCal because up here in PNW point reyes is twice the size and twice the power and with no crowds
That’s the charm of Con, like surfin in a warm bathtub with enough juice to keep it flowin most days. It was great up until the 90’s. 2022 RIP it’s done
C street is my local spot and it's not even worth going out most of the time now cause of the crowds and snakes being so aggressive or ignorant of etiquette. Rincon sure is a world class wave though when it's firing.
C street gets fun too, but yeah... it's crowded as well.
Rincon is a totally fun wave but, yea, it sucks when it gets crowded. I'll find somewhere else to surf.
Surfed Rincon alot in the 70s and 80s, it was crowded back then on good days but most surfed better than they do now and had respect. People rarely dropped in on you. These clowns these days don't realize one of the great things about point breaks is you can paddle out in the deeper water and not be in the impact zone...
I guess you never surfed snapper rock..there's days firing with very few locals out, the two days before we're double overhead at Rincon and a quarter of the crowd out ..FYI
It’s not the crowd it’s the fact they make no attempt to get the hell out of the way. Surprised locals don’t just go straight at people to teach them a lesson.
slashing someone's back with your fin's to teach them a lesson very nice Craig very nice! Talking to them works too which is just crazy am I right
Risk badly injuring someone and potentially sending them to the hospital because they were in your way on a wave? I've been surfing my whole life and surfers that say and do shit like this are the reason I sometimes hate surfers and how some of them seem determined to take a fun sport and make everyone in the water feel as depressed and pissed off as they are. I was a beginner once who got in people's way a couple times and the people who helped me not do it again were the people who took the time to tell me what I had done wrong and how to not do it again. Some of them were rightfully pissed off at me and spoke pretty angrily to me to put me in my place but at least they told me exactly how I was being an asshole and how I could be less of an asshole without doing anything to cause me physical harm. If some kook is paddling right in front of my line and won't move, I'd rather straighten out than run over them because at the end of the day it's just a wave and that's a human being in front of you who deserves basic respect. I might still have a word with them when I'm paddling back out but using violence helps no one and is just a way for you to use the other person as a punching bag for your frustrations. If your immediate reaction to seeing someone get in your way on a wave is to run them over or punch them, can you just go and see a therapist so that the rest of us don't have to worry about being sent to the hospital by some sociopath every time we surf a crowded wave?
@@lucascardoso2050 You said hit them I didn’t.
@@JonathanGreen1337 I didn’t say hit anybody. And I’m not that grumpy old local. But etiquette seems to have gone out the window at spots like Rincon. Everyone’s desperately clinging to their little patch of ocean hoping someone will fall. Consequently they never paddle out of the way , ruining a lot of waves. There are so many people in the water since the pandemic started who have no idea what they should or shouldn’t do in the water. If someone’s coming down the line you should get out of their way. Or make every effort to do so. When you watch some of these videos people are blatantly sitting in the path of people and making no effort to get out of the way. That’s BS.
50+ people in the water, only 5 waves-set now and then. Easy enough to understand that not everyone's gonna get a wave.
Rincon is nuts. I like the outer point and river mouth more overall, just because it's pretty dang tough to get quality waves to yourself in the cove. Sometimes the outer point is fun but the cove is more or less flat. This wave was probably as good or better than any of these, I just didn't get any floaters though: POV - czcams.com/video/y0NufF1y_Js/video.html (Apples n' oranges) 🏁🏁💯💯
PRAY FOR SHARKS.
Yades!
Great human. He's back in the water now.
@@BradJacobson appreciate your reporting!
The only way to surf Rincon is first crack of light and double overhead +!
The bigger days help to thin the crowd.
BUT!
:)
I was cut off one time at rincon. unfortunately the surfer who did this is no longer with us.
2:00
Craziness. Cali crowds. Takes all of the fun out of it? WTF.
Yeah, it's nuts.
@@BradJacobson no wonder why there is so much territorialism! Locals have to be upset.
almost any good point break has brutal reef or rocks.......g-land indo was a 1 hr paddle/reef walk to just get to lineup on good size day......nah i didnt take boat ride. lol
Id rather jump head first into a wood chipper.
“But”. get it?
Stoked you caught that. :)
That's just not fun. There is nothing worse than surfing in crowds like that. I avoid that shit like the plauge
Looks super frustrating.
completely agree, literally isnt fun...
There’s been a time or two at Rincon where I didn’t catch ANY waves. Same at Malibu. Some people are more aggressive and greedy than others
Brutal. The crowds are growing daily.
Surfing Rincon in the 21st century.
That’s such an asshole kook move that those selfish bastards are in the way. If I could get in a time machine and go back 100 years Rincon would be one of my choices.
Imagine scoring it all to yourself.
@@BradJacobson Ahh, Rincon to myself would be incredible because we get to take our modern equipment and wetsuits with us in the time machine!
we’re people paddling back to the point or recycling up
Both. Most just paddled
Short answer. No
*yes
I rarely paddle out, too crowded
Hard PASS
Never
Sure that's 14 surfers?
Probably closer to 25. Crazy out there.
Yeah you guys can keep that nonsense takes the fun right out of it
No. No its not.
We need prison politics in the line up…
maybe some high parking fees and a surfer tax and license for a surfboard HEY BIDEN you listening, hahahaha
But,
I may need to incorporate that into more episodes. :)
So many trash surfers, seriously, if you're good you can rip any wave apart, of course a point break is sick, but it makes these guys weak
Driving motortrike= loss of credibility
what a joke, not worth it....waist to shoulder high even......save up and take trips to other countries and then youll be spoiled........dble overhead, offshore every day and warm water......look at this in disgust when you get home, lol
There are several cases of attempted assault in the video. The prima donnas who think that their surfing prowess will exculpate them in the case where they severely injure or kill someone are simply uneducated, or just too full of themselves to care. This is very selfish and negligent behavior. If you film such an assault with injury (felony), I hope you make the injured party aware that you have documentation and advise him/her to file charges supported by your footage. Maybe the perp will figure it out after a few years in prison ...hopefully at Pelican Bay.
Aside from that, great work as always.
I'd rather play petanque than go to that crowded weak shite... Better options around without having to deal with 20.000 posers showing up... It is just a very average right to be honest