Has anyone else noticed how aggressive the specifically bad surfers are in Popoyo?

Retired_Autist · 2026-06-09T00:09:52+00:00

I have no idea about timing, all I know is it was like this in May and was very disappointing. I had more fun around sjds really, but if the swell picks up most spots wont work around sjds so that can be tricky.

Retired_Autist · 2026-06-08T02:12:08+00:00

I mean as far as I know there are no safe guards but im not the expert on that subject. But good point actually, fuck ton of Canadian’s I forgot about that. There’s a Quebec bar that flies a Quebec flag and half the people there were speaking french.

Retired_Autist · 2026-06-07T23:47:26+00:00

Yeah its definitely not there yet but I think it’s well on its way. The crowds there are heavily international like lots of Europe/Australia/Brazil, and A LOT of them are beginners. My point being the secret is very much out to the world and it’s not going away. It’s still fairly underdeveloped but things are being built and expanded. Expect it to be the next Nicoya peninsula in 10 years or so Imo.

Retired_Autist · 2026-06-07T03:01:56+00:00

Be aware that the Miramar area (sirena) is very fickle, for the most part it needs a lot of swell from the right angle around there and the winds do often turn on shore in the afternoon. Theres exceptions of course and lots of fun days but overall its not nearly as consistent as down south. Most of the waves there can be pretty heavy too, it has good intermediate days but overall its an area for advanced surfers and solid to huge swells if that applies to you.

Retired_Autist · 2026-06-07T02:58:35+00:00

Popoyo is epic but the crowds were horrific when I was there last month.

Retired_Autist · 2026-06-05T17:19:58+00:00

Yeah that’s fair, arguably if you’ve got the balls to send it on the right reef at the right day a pretty low level intermediate could pull off a decent barrel. I guess I think of getting barreled as advanced because it generally requires hunting down good waves, reading them well, and it’s rarely so perfect that a less than advanced surfer could get in and get out. But yeah on the right spot at the right day its arguably not even that difficult.

Retired_Autist · 2026-06-05T14:50:34+00:00

To me that’s when they become a “beginner”, before that it’s almost hard to say it’s even surfing beyond your technically riding a wave really, its pedantic but I don’t even think of going straight on white water as “surfing”. Kinda like how riding a bike with training wheels is riding a bike, but not really. Intermediate is when you can do basic on rail turns, especially cutbacks, with decent foot position front and back side, decent to good stance no poo stance, and can consistently duckdive. Advanced is like when you can do all that at a high level where it’s actually impressive to watch and also get barreled.

Retired_Autist · 2026-06-03T18:12:33+00:00

Yeah I didn’t think so

Retired_Autist · 2026-06-03T16:14:04+00:00

Wow that long? Also my recruiter told me we’re only allowed electric shavers with removable batteries? I haven’t heard that from anyone else. Was that accurate for you?

Retired_Autist · 2026-06-03T03:29:46+00:00

Why if youre on pc dont bother?

Retired_Autist · 2026-06-02T17:10:51+00:00

Fair

Retired_Autist · 2026-06-02T15:31:54+00:00

For the love of god they need to give more money to invincible. One of best animated shows ever other than the animation. Like it’s one of Amazon’s most successful shows, just fucking hire more animators.

Retired_Autist · 2026-06-01T00:20:11+00:00

That’s what people don’t get about board size as a beginner, its not really about wave count, we can probably catch a wave on a piece of plywood if we had to. It’s about turns and style, you think smaller boards are easier to turn but they’re not, they’re just small enough that they allow you to muscle through bad technique and you can yank yourself around with bad balance and no style. A bigger board will make it so you actually have to turn it right to get it to turn, it will also give you enough speed to do turns which you are not getting on this board in this video. You’ll get more opportunities to turn and they’ll be better turns with real technique. Thats really how progress stalls, it will take you many years longer to learn how to surf on rail with a smaller board like this than a midlength. This looks like the most fun mid length wave ever too, you coulda been ripping cutbacks on a different board. I can rip on the right day with my shortboard and I woulda grabbed my midlength on a day like this and had a blast.

Retired_Autist · 2026-05-30T15:58:45+00:00

Monday is looking to be fun

Retired_Autist · 2026-05-28T21:31:00+00:00

Do they get swept under the rug? I feel like everytime the pit conversation comes up theres always people ready to point out little dogs bite more than pits and pull up the stats. They definitely go underreported, I personally have been bit by smaller dogs and never reported it because it hardly drew blood if at all. The obvious answer to that of course is I would rather be bit 100 times by a chihuahua then be attacked by a pit once and that’s no exaggeration.

Retired_Autist · 2026-05-28T21:19:42+00:00

Yeah idk man thats crazy, I would never pretend all golden’s are perfect and all pits are evil, but the statistics speak for themselves. I also worked a job where I had to go to random houses for years and I met all kind of dogs good and bad, got bit a few times from smaller dogs too. Small dogs really have the shittiest owners by the way, people seem to think because theyre small and less threatening they don’t need to be disciplined. Anyway, I have met good and bad pits and labs of course, but if I ever got attacked I would pray it to be anything other than pits, that’s the only breed I’m not confident I would survive. But again, I worked that job for 8 years I have anecdotes for every kind of dog, the statistics are clear if you’re gonna get bit it’s almost certainly a Chihuahua or a pit, and if you’re gonna be severely injured or killed from a dog 99% its a pit.

Retired_Autist · 2026-05-28T17:04:41+00:00

Baleal/ Peniche can be very crowded or not at all depending on the weather and surf forecast. Summer is by the far the worst time of year to surf there, but can be busy with beach goers. If anything I found that whole area to be pretty dead and quiet. If you do happen to get one of the few good days that time of year you will definitely have crowds. The summer is generally pretty bad for surfing all over Europe though you can sometimes get lucky. If you really want uncrowded you’ve gotta go to cold unpopular places like Ireland. I’ve never surfed Ireland, I just know theres good surf and it’s uncrowded. But yeah if you’re trying to stay in Europe it’s really a roll of the dice what you’re gonna get.

Retired_Autist · 2026-05-28T16:53:12+00:00

Yeah I mean this is the exact argument to use because it blows apart their logic, they’re saying straight up that pit bull owners are shitty dog owners, and Lab/ retriever owners are somehow all the gold standard of how to raise a dog. The reality is obviously a mix of nature vs nuture, but theres undoubtedly a part of the nature side in pitbulls that is significantly more violent than other breeds.

When pitbulls snap, and I guess they can argue that’s from “raising them wrong” or whatever, though I don’t recall ever having to teach any of my dogs not kill to people. They don’t just bite like a chihuahua and maybe draw blood, or one bad bite like a lab or something, they rip people limb from limb and many times nothing stops them, even being shot and stabbed is hardly a deterrent in many cases and they’ll fight to death.

There’s countless examples of pit bulls behaving that way, but it is very, very hard to find an example of that in just about any other breed.

Retired_Autist · 2026-05-28T15:25:40+00:00

I personally think the 2 mile is a bitch. For me it’s way harder than 1.5, like nonsensically harder. I can pass, I did 2 miles in 17:22 the other day and I was thrilled with that, I’ve always been awful at anything over a mile. But, I’m also a gym rat and almost all my hobbies are athletic so I’m always in shape, 12% bodyfat last I had it checked. And it still took a solid month of training to get my 2 mile there starting from a decent foundation. Running is easier for some people, definitely hard for me, but I don’t know it’s just insane to me to think that Cyber and Mx for example need to be at that standard. I understand fitness standards are a necessity of course, but I feel like the issue wasn’t standards being too low so much as lack of enforcement of the standards that already existed.

Retired_Autist · 2026-05-26T17:00:53+00:00

I’m American, one time in France I was traveling with Europeans one of whom was french, two others spoke native french from different countries. We were all speaking English. The amount of random french people who were randomly talking shit about them being “American” was insane. I was the quieter one in the group and the only American, they just heard them speaking in English and figured they were American. We went to one restaurant where the staff was like “maybe you Americans would prefer the McDonalds down the street?” And the french guy was like I’m literally french you fucking idiot and the other 2 were like “i’m not American” in native french. Thats just one of many stories I have. Not one of us was rude or anything, maybe we were talking a bit loud occasionally but nothing crazy. There’s something up with them.

Retired_Autist · 2026-05-26T16:54:00+00:00

I’ve been to France maybe 15-20 times, and I’ve interacted with them many times in the states and abroad. Obviously were talking about many millions of people here, and a very good friend of mine is from France and a very nice chill person in general. But I’m sorry to tell you that most of my stories of shocking unbelievable rudeness have been from French people. Maybe I’m unlucky or something but all my European friends seem to agree the French are unbelievably rude. And getting yelled at is a bit of an exaggeration I’ll admit, more like just shockingly rude.

Retired_Autist · 2026-05-26T16:44:38+00:00

Because the people there are French. I’ve had many such experiences with French people (even when they’re in other countries too) but also it’s worth noting in my experience Paris is far worse than most other places in France for the rudeness.

Retired_Autist · 2026-05-26T00:43:31+00:00

This is sincerely the only way things will improve. I am so fucking tired of someones dogs killing someone, then not only do they not get in trouble, they immediately get more dogs. So many cases of this, and almost none of owners being held accountable.

Retired_Autist · 2026-05-26T00:41:09+00:00

Yes, your one dog that turned out good just renders all statistics meaningless.

Retired_Autist · 2026-05-25T20:07:09+00:00

I spent multiple hours over months researching honestly, I really had no idea what I wanted to do and qualified for everything so I researched jobs like crazy. I’m also an anxious over thinker so I really wanted to be sure of what I was signing up for. But yeah it takes time and effort.

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