How many surfers are there on BT

I've never tried surfing, but I've seen waves on Lake Ontario that make you think you might be at the Banzai Pipeline on the north shore of Oahu!

Oh trust me, when you see huge waves crashing over the breakwall that's a good 15 feet high, that "north-south deal" is pretty irrelevant!  Despite the direction of the shoreline, offshore winds often blow directly south into Sodus Bay and bring some entertaining action.  Being out there fishing for salmon in big waves is quite the adventure!

Former surfer, for about 10 years. I grew up in Florida and went to school in Daytona Beach before transferring to Georgia Southern. Even there, I was only an hour from the beach. Moved to LA after graduation, but pretty much gave it up when we moved from there.

Some day I'll take it up again. 

WE have three boards in the garage- two short, one long.   Before kids, we used to go out every weekend to Cocoa Beach and sleep in the van and be total beach bums.   Jim, if you ever come out here, stop by, we'll grab the boards, and go out.  WE took the kids out on Bradenton beach for small waves and they loved it.  They even got up!  But I want them to be stronger swimmers before we take them out again.

St. Anthony's? Thw left coast of Fl doesn't get much surf, but occasionally. Hopefully there won't be any tropical activity that weekend... 

Lived in Hawaii for 2 1/2 years and never managed to get very good at it. Body boarded alot (rode drop knee) but I guess I am too big of a klutz to ride a long board. In fairness the first time I tried to surf was at Haleiwa (North Shore) Park in January with 10 ft waves. Not a very wise idea.

oneword - 2006-03-16 1:14 PM I body surf all the time at Tybee Island in Georgia. Great way to deliberately get massive quantities of salt water into your sinuses mixed with a bit of radiation (there's a lost nuke bomb buried in the sand near Tybee - supposedly no bomb core, but you also have to keep in mind there's radiation coming out of the Savannah River too)...

Heh...Tybee. That was my home-away-from-home when I was in school in Statesboro. Such fond memories of pre-dawn trips in the winter, temps in the 20s. The heat  in my '72 Superbeetle blasting, dreading getting into the 48 degree water.

Good times... 

Nurse sharks are only scary if you're a crab. 

I love to surf, and moving from San Diego to Chicago has been making me insane!!!!!!  I know people surf Lake Michigan in the winter but the water temp is in the 30's and they wear 6/7 mm suits and hoods/booties...screw that!  lol

 Anyway, despite being in chicago for almost a year and a half I still check the reports at surfshot.com daily.  Wind and Sea was going off this morning!