San Clemente Pier

comment by Anonymous, 2008-08-31 02:25:17

pier
for the most part, the pier sucks. its usually small and mushy. that said, there are days when the pier can get really, really fun, but only like 7 days out of the year. if theres a solid sw swell (and you dont like trestles) then the pier may be the best option. and all the old time local guys are full of shit, trust me.

comment by Dennis Nease, 2008-08-02 21:28:58

The Pier and the 70s
All you people, you all talk about being pier locales. If you people only knew the truth. Back in the 70s, there was a pier crew, I could mention many names, the older crew, and the up and coming locales. The lefts off the pier used to work during the summer, and the rights at HQs used to work in the winter. T-street locales, and 204 locales didnt mess with us, we got along sometimes. All I have to do is mention 1 name, Midget Smith, and that should shut everyone up, who is talking about locales, and how long they have surfed the pier for. If you can remember Natural Design,youve been around a while,The S.C. Pier locales now, if there are any, have no idea, of how good everything used to be, Read the WATER MAG article on San Clemente published a couple years ago it should shed some light, if anyone cares. Midget, Greg, Marty, Gary Z, Neaser, drive on, live on. Take it easy people, just surf, and enjoy life. Peace Out

comment by Anonymous, 2008-02-24 15:25:59

Left's off the Pilings
What people dont know about The S.C. Pier and how it used to be, will not hurt them. Back in the day early 70s, S.C. pier used to have sandbars that created lefts off the pier that were unreal. Super steep takeoffs,with barreling sections, really good shaped lefts, and down by lifeguard headquarters, were the rights.I remember when it used to get real big, we back then the real locals, pier rats used to just jump off the pier to get to the lineup.The head locals like Midget Smith, Greg Rozunko, would give us little rats waves sometimes, but we had to pay our dues. But they took care of us. Back then the pier was totally different, dont know what happened to the sandbars, these days. Its just not the same. The south side used to get good also. Midget had it wired.And we did to,the pier locales rarely ventured to other local S.C. spots, we were not liked alot back then, like the t-street golden boyz, however some of us got along with the 204 guys. Ziggy and them.