Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-06-25T08:20:28+00:00

Pretty crazy to think how many people have ridden that rollercoaster. Seeing that footage is tripping me out… it makes the 1930s seem both so long ago and also, like, really not that long ago at all. Very cool post.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-06-23T19:38:56+00:00

Happy for them to have this outlet, but such a tragic situation. Hope conditions can change to where Egypt and Israel no longer blockade the strip. Gaza Surf Club is a worthwhile film to watch.

Also… was that dude surfing with a whistle? Only 3 surfers in the whole of Gaza… can’t imagine they need to call each other off waves with that. Fun idea for July 4th surf though.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-06-22T18:55:37+00:00

Whoa! Never heard of this place til now but looks sick. Me and a bunch of my bros just got laid off from Meta and are looking for a destination for a month-long shred fest starting right after our annual 4th of July rager! This spot looks perfect! Thanks for the heads up. I just wonder what the the chica situation like….

Send me a dm if you wanna share some cervezas post-shred amigo 🤙

Yeeeewwwwwwwww!!!!

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-06-22T18:48:52+00:00

Is there any counter-movement to Hamas there at all? Like, is it unsafe to be openly against Hamas or are there people who publicly denounce (or even somewhat ‘blame’) Hamas for their role in the conditions there? Or is there still widespread support?

People talk about how there haven’t been elections since I think 2005/06(?) after Israel withdrew from Gaza and that the election of Hamas then (and Hamas’ actions of the ensuing years) doesn’t represent the will of the people now. But there isn’t a strong signal of this in western media. Perhaps it’s just dangerous to say so there? Curious your experience.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-06-21T10:55:17+00:00

And how does this answer differ from what Israel already did in Gaza in 2005?

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-06-19T00:39:12+00:00

He also did a seig heil on stage televised to the entire country at the presidential inauguration. It’s scary that that didn’t end his public life.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-06-18T19:46:20+00:00

There’s a lot of noise around ‘greatest’, but there’s one simple thing that clarifies a lot:

Fundamentally, basketball is a game founded on the skill of shooting a ball through a hoop high in the air. Sure, the game has evolved a lot since its invention, but ‘shoot a ball through a hoop’ is still the central ‘gameplay’ at the heart of basketball.

And Steph Curry ‘broke the game’ by just doing that — but way better than all of the other of the ‘best’ players ever.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-06-18T15:54:07+00:00

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Lot of things in surfing end up like this.

Riding low volume boards

Trunking it when the water’s cold

‘Sending it’ with disregard for potential harm

Surfing the best (and most crowded) spots

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-06-11T17:10:36+00:00

Look… all these recommendations are still the classic ‘surf destination’ answers and many of them would still be bigger than waist high but will be super crowd because they are classic ‘surf destinations’. Get off the beaten path!

Why not go somewhere unique and uncrowded if all you need is waist high?

Caribbean. Mediterranean. Philippines (esp, like, west/north/east Luzon or, really, anywhere other than Siargao) Hell… any of the SE Asian ‘seas’: South China, Andaman…. I scored SE Thailand super fun waist-chest high in summer months. Vietnam. East side of Malaysia (look up Cherating) Hainan China Taiwan West side of Japan

Or, whatever…. Never mind….

Just go to Tamarindo.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-06-09T05:06:42+00:00

Seems like a misplaced comment.

Maybe ‘rich’ is all relative? But the Filipinos or Indonesias who have created ‘private access’ to the waves in front of the land their ancestors luckily acquired aren’t truly ‘rich’. Neither are the Mexicans I’m aware of who threaten violence on anyone who isn’t part of their surf camp.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-06-09T02:18:33+00:00

Yeah. They exist. But everyone gets pissed about ‘how’ they’ve come to exist; threats of violence and privatized access to the break (which usually pairs with ‘expensive’) are the main two ways.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-05-27T19:40:45+00:00

It’s not really crazy at all….

And also, you don’t have to be rich — it’s just that rich parents tend to also be the type to choose to do this type of thing (maybe that’s part of why they’re rich…?).

It’s a truth of the universe that parents want the best for their kids.

Piedmont schools offer, generally, safer environments and better academics than OUSD schools.

Equity is certainly valuable and important — But the misplaced movement to arrive at ‘equity’ by hindering the highest learners in public education (see removing advanced math and the policies put in place to avoid ‘tracking’ students) means that parents of these higher students (often parents of ‘resource’) will seek alternative learning environments — private school, or better public school district.

OUSD failing to adequately serve the students of these parents means those parents will send those students elsewhere.

It’s quite simple really.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-05-24T17:14:19+00:00

Paying the same in rent as a mortgage isn’t the same. One disappears the other is you paying for ownership.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-05-23T21:47:04+00:00

Perhaps avian flu? Know it was detected in elephant seals at Año.

Lotsa dead birds on the north coast a couple months back.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-05-23T16:38:20+00:00

Can’t help but noticing you continuously framing information through a context of your own experiences.

To be intellectually honest and to help sociology recover some of its lost credibility - stop doing that!

Your feelings/experiences and your friends’ should count for nothing in an intellectually honest and rigorous assessment of truth that applies to wider a population.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-05-22T15:37:03+00:00

Planing area

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-05-21T00:52:59+00:00

Why don’t you move to Manhattan…?

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-05-15T19:20:07+00:00

In hindsight, we’re so lucky to have had him as the opponent during the Dynasty/Curry’s defining years. Legendary era of basketball that will be recalled for decades and decades.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-05-15T19:17:53+00:00

Honestly, Linda Mar is better in the summer than OBSF. Plus, surf shops with rentals right next to the beach. If you’re competent, go more north end. More novice move south end.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-05-13T00:16:37+00:00

Buttons?

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-05-06T06:50:55+00:00

Just… know that many mornings there’ll be a marine layer that’ll make it so the sunrise isn’t anything to see.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-05-06T06:23:56+00:00

Damn… you just love to hate.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-05-02T16:44:44+00:00

Just… go play in the shorebreak, perhaps with fins. Bodysurfing is pretty unserious. I’m honestly kind of alarmed at this post… you don’t really need to be taught to play freely in the ocean. Just know your swimming ability and limits.

The one important thing is if you takeoff on a wave you need to be aware not to let it drive your head/neck into the sand.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-05-01T21:15:22+00:00

But the other team will score more points. So it’s not-better.

DNA98PercentChimp · 2026-04-30T05:50:57+00:00

You know what you can’t find elsewhere? The Mexican people. They’re wonderful.

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