By Todd_young , 03-02-2011

The great recession hits the strand - Man, the construction market ain’t what it was 5 years ago. The black and rusty racks on my fading F250 super duty seem to have my surfboard strapped to them more often than two by fours these days. Kids growing up, house in foreclosure- barely got the time or means to meet up with juan to score (no more house calls). Buts its not all a sob story, the surf has been good and the kids are still giving the kooks from down south hell for invading our beach. The other day I saw a kid waxing the windshield of some guy from LA’s car who decided to suit up in front of the ‘comber. Not only did I give the kid a brew and some weed for his good deed, I also taught him the old ball bearing and wallet under the carseat trick. Not a bad way to get a six pack for you bros. Kind of like that old proverb about teaching someone to fish…. If I see any of the Malibu crew up here in north coast this winter, please make sure to park on Ocean and not in the lots- work is slow and my pipe is empty.

By Anonymous , 02-08-2010

D-ReaL - This is some of the most comical stuff i have ever read....

By Anonymous , 31-03-2010

- you're a very small person mate

By Anonymous , 18-06-2009

Summertime strand - Me and the bu-boyz planning on doing our thing north of the point this year. Schulie got a summer rental on camarillo, has it till december. After last summer in costa (rica for you kooks) at smithies place in 'rindo, the boys are on fire and in rare form. You can usually hear schulie carving turns on his twinnie from the beach. MDR, Todd and all the other "locals" are a joke, when the brigade shows up, we dominate the water. Period. Turning heads and throwing sick spray is what we do, FAIL is what you will do if you get in our way. If you are worried about crowds move to africa.

By MdR , 15-06-2009

The three-step plan! - Aloha Peter,

I’ve lived on the Big Island for 20 years now, in that time, sadly, the crowds have grown here too! My time at Strand was the decade of the 80’s. As you can see by some of the pics I have posted, in particular the one titled, “The crowds were just right / 1981”, I had the good fortune to surf Strand, every day by myself or with just a few of the crew; it’s a time I will always cherish! I understand and acknowledge your point, but to enforce; easier said than done. There are two inescapable realities, 1) violence begets violence (and the jail time that could follow), and 2) growing crowds and kooks are as inevitable as the corrupt politicians that have allowed the rich and greedy to destroy our economy! So, what to do? Short of the remedies that the cockroach who claims to be Todd Young (Who he is not!) suggests. I would suggest the way I used to handle it, at places other than the Strand, (I didn’t have a problem there). It’s a simple three-step plan. Step 1) when the opportunity presents itself, rip a cutback so close to the kook so as to make his eyes twice there normal size! If that doesn’t do it, Step 2) when a kook drops in, in front of you, pull up just below him on the face, grab a rail and turn him; I’ve laughed many times at the sound of a kook yelling at me while going over the falls somewhere behind me! :-) That usually gets the message across and rarely have I needed step three, however, Step #3) I am a diehard long boarder, there’s nothing like burying a fin to their stringer to make that final point and to decommission there board, thereby sending them to the beach, of course, I apologize before I laugh again, on my way back out! :-) Call it tough love if you will, but it should teach them the lesson they need to learn and I never had to touch them or their car! :-)

Pray for surf!

By Peter , 14-06-2009

This place used to b empty - I agree with what E.S. wrote recently about Strand, it's a zoo. I'm not from the area but have surfed off and on there for the past 11 years. I checked last winter when I was up in S.B. and much to my surprise there was no less than 60 guys scattered up and down the beach. Where are the locals at? I'm totally for localism, because I rarely have problems with locals. I do however, often have problems with kooks. Kooks are those guys who have been surfing 2 years, who can angle on there shortboard but can't do a turn to save there lives. Kooks are those guys who haven't earned the right to get sets because they blow them. Kooks are those guys who use that "the ocean doesn't belong to anyone" excuse to justify there lack of etiquette out in the water. I'm sick of kooks. I show respect whether at my homebreak or somebody else's, but it saddens me to say the number of people who don't is increasing annually. I love surfing. I love the rules. It's the laws here in the United States that make it such a great country, and it is the unspoken laws that help keep surfing pleasurable for those of us who have put the time and effort in. I say ENFORCE at the Strand. Enforce and regulate. Clear out the kooks. Also, groms wait your turn. You don't get a free pass cause your board's stickered up hehe

By MdR , 08-06-2009

Infestation! - No matter how thourough the exterminator might be, the cockroaches always come back!

By todd young , 06-06-2009

Beat It- I am back - Gents, time has come to put down the pipe and hit the surf again. I know its off season, but I need at least 6 months to hone my shit stare. Now that I am out from under the umbrella of my past demons I am ready to regulate again. All these volcom beach parties and pro photo whore sessions are going to stop. After the court order, I am going to stay away from the old nail in the sand/rock in the windshield games. But dont be shocked if you have problems with your car on your way out of town, we use lots of sweetner in our gas around here;)

By Soulsurfer101 , 14-04-2009

Soul Surfing Sessions at the Strand - Back between 1976 and 1978 were some of the best years I have ever experienced. They were experimentals, the waves, the women, the drugs, and the boards we were riding. Strand was merely a medium for our boost into the now. I love this place like I love my children. It will forever be in my heart. I can remember watching the classic guys like ziggy and curly joe zipping through endless barrels as though they were merely blood cells in the vessels of the ocean. There is no feeling like the feeling you get when you get shot out of a macking Strand barrel. To all you new school surfers without any real soul, yes you know who you are, I say let there be surf because I live to surf and surf to live. Like I said, Strand is an amazing place that does not only hold sentimental surfing memories for me, but holds more of a spiritual birthplace for me, a place which springloaded my desire to connect with the world and the ocean. I am the original SS local and I say that if you want to surf this place, respect the tough surf, and the even tougher locals and sure, you'll find yourselves a few waves here and there.

By tfritz , 26-11-2008

- Nail on the head M-d R
=)
That was my comment below.