MYTHBUSTERS- surfing myths.

General Discussion
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So I was watching this show called MAN Vs WILD about some English commando dude or something, and he was saying that ocean waves always come in sets of 7 ???

 Later on that night, a celebrated Aussie Ironman said that the best way to handle being caught in a rip was to let it take you out to sea because it will eventually take you back to shore later as the water circulates ???

And Ive heard many times that its impossible to teach someone to surf ?

All of those things sound like horseshit at best and lethal at worst.

 Any other myths surrounding surf or surfing ?

2

“Buy Kelly Slater’s board and you will become as good as he is”

3

Change the fcs fins in your 6’2 thruster and you’ll be able to tell the difference.

A head high wave is really only 3 foot.

Surf schools are run by real surfers.

 

4

“The best surfer is the one having the most fun.”

5

“You should have been here yesterday”

 

6

you’re completely safe from sharks inside the kelp line

7

volan = heavy

“epoxy” surfboards have no fiberglass in them

SUPs have a rightful place in any lineup

 

8

"Your only as old as you think you are."  or  "Age is a state of mind."  Mike

9

“I read it on Swaylocks, so it must be true…”

10

Pointed noses are faster.

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12

“Outside”  or “Out the back” depending on where you’re from.

13

You can call a board a “fish” as long as it has a split tail.

Longboards from the 60s weighed well over 30 lbs.

An old board becomes heavy because it’s water-logged.

Your board won’t float as well if you’re wearing a thick (5mm+) wetsuit, as that adds ten pounds.

14

The tide effects the gravitational pull on your body, so you float lower in the water at high tide than low tide.

15

Wind turns On/Offshore when the tide shifts.

 

16

The concept of a groundswell as opposed to a windswell.....seismic activity has no bearing on surfing waves.

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I saw that episode. I like that show, he's f*cken nuts i think!. I did think that was a little odd, but hey, its a TV show about surviving in the wild, not a surfing show, so you can't expect too much. The guy eats spiders and scorpions ( and drinks the fluid from fresh elephant shit ), so i can let his lack of surf knowledge slide haha.

 

 

 

18

A friend of mine was shooting photos out by the Turtle Bay Hilton Hotel, here on the North Shore. The property there is immense.  He stumbled onto a couple of guys building a fire and setting up a campsite in the bushes.  They freaked out and tried to chase him away.  He asked what they were up to and they wouldn’t say.  He took photos and they freaked out more.  Finally… he got them to admit that… that famous survivalist commando chap was back in the Hotel chilling around the pool while they were setting up the set for his next “survival” adventure!

19

What?! T.V isnt real?? ah crap, im shattered haha

20

a girl cant be a good surfer.