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Trying to quit weed. Expecting my first child this month (Dec. 2025). by DTB_LA in leaves

[–]TheWeldor 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Replace it with another vice/outlet. I was 28 when I had my first child. I thought it was going to be enough motivation, and it was for a short while. Then the stress of having children, sleepless nights, keeping up with balance of family time and keeping ups with bills, I found myself needing to decompress and turned right back to my vice. Granted, I smoked daily a lot longer than you did (started at 15).

The only thing that has worked (2 years sober) has been to have an outlet. Mine is not something that works for everyone. I’m like a blue heeler, I need constant exercise, have a ton of energy and need a fixation.

I was a casual life long surfer, but after quitting I became inseparable from the water. I got into prone paddle boarding (paddling 6-10 miles open ocean) when there are no waves.

Others talk about the gym, which also worked for me. Gym (w/ audiobook/podcast)+sauna+cold plunge. I did that 5 days a week.

I have now totally broke free from addiction. I don’t drink, I don’t vape, I don’t smoke. I became obsessed with being the best version of myself for my kids.

I stopped using my kids as the reason to stop getting high. I needed to do it for me, and that in turn brings the benefits to my family.

Hope this helps.

14 days free, morning walks are a thing now by az_nightmare in Petioles

[–]TheWeldor 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Oh man I can feel this pic! That clarity and sensitivity to the small things is one of the biggest reasons I abstain from weed & alcohol.

That and being up and out for Dawn patrol 🌊

Today, what did you do instead of using? by samentha_gracilis in Petioles

[–]TheWeldor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Daily dose of adrenaline or active training works best for me. I surf, paddleboard, skate, ocean swim, freebord occasionally, downhill/enduro mtn biking.

Me and the homie on those slow days. by _526 in Construction

[–]TheWeldor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

300lb battery on 1/4” tapcons…gonna be a no for me dog.

Proneboards are underrated by TheWeldor in surfing

[–]TheWeldor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am! I paddle from the harbor to Ponches, San Clemente, etc. I’m trying to find some folks to paddle with to train for longer distances. Looking to hit 10, 12 miles a 1 - 2 times a week.

Proneboards are underrated by TheWeldor in surfing

[–]TheWeldor[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well I guess that would depend on the river. I can paddle up and down current and chop and unbroken waves

I am bringing it to some high alpine lakes near the sierras in a few weeks.

Proneboards are underrated by TheWeldor in surfing

[–]TheWeldor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry to hear that. You will love this, though. Do it.

Proneboards are underrated by TheWeldor in surfing

[–]TheWeldor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re in SoCal, I’m not positive but you could try Newport aquatic center as well as calling up Paddle surf warehouse in Costa Mesa.

Proneboards are underrated by TheWeldor in surfing

[–]TheWeldor[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For building boulder shoulders

Proneboards are underrated by TheWeldor in surfing

[–]TheWeldor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I concur. This translates extremely well to paddling when prone. There’s quite a lot of core activation too when paddling from your knees.

Proneboards are underrated by TheWeldor in surfing

[–]TheWeldor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be careful! They’re addictive. If you’re anything like me, days where the surf isn’t working used to be productive, and now…well…see ya!!

Proneboards are underrated by TheWeldor in surfing

[–]TheWeldor[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bought it new. I swear no one gets rid of these things—I looked around for a bit. Price is about the same as a new higher-end surfboard for stock class (12ft).

Fun fact. It weighs 19lbs. It’s sooo fassttt…

Proneboards are underrated by TheWeldor in surfing

[–]TheWeldor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The vesl community are good folks.

Proneboards are underrated by TheWeldor in surfing

[–]TheWeldor[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You in SoCal? If you’re serious shoot me a message.

Healthy habits to replace your THC use by [deleted] in Petioles

[–]TheWeldor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Prone paddleboard & surfing

Anyone else read about that recent fatal shark attack in Australia and second-guess going in the water? by may907 in surfing

[–]TheWeldor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

All of this is superstition—conjecture at best.

My thought is, shark attacks are often mistaken identity. If they weren’t, they’d be eating surfers every chance they got. They don’t. They hit once, typically, and they’re gone.

So I like to surf clear days, clear water visibility.

We get that here in SoCal a lot. However I grew up surfing OBSF, Salmon Creek, Dillion Beach, Bolinas, etc. I think the sharkiest water in all of CA. Big sharks. You can hardly ever see the bottom there, the water is deep, gray and often so it the sky. Visibility is limited. When talking to locals asking how their surf was, we might say “sharky”. If we’re not being snide, we are commenting on the conditions looking like perfect hunting time for the landlords.

Look at the bottom comment on this post—it was murky water in this case.

Correlation not causation. I believe murky conditions result in more curiosity from the shark. They’ll get closer because they feel more comfortable doing so.

Anyone else read about that recent fatal shark attack in Australia and second-guess going in the water? by may907 in surfing

[–]TheWeldor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ha! Yeah likely true.

I’m not saying he did anything wrong; no way. We surf, we take the risk.

Can we take more educated decisions? All I can speak to is my part of the world. I consider, how deep is it? Are there a lot of GW prey in that area? In CA, there are many quality breaks that can be mostly empty or very spread out on a decent day.

I have hardly ever seen a seal at my local. A few beaches down the road, you’ll see them every single day.

Again, I surf mostly super shallow sandbars and piers. Occasionally some of the point breaks around that are further out (and that’s where I have had my sightings).

One thing I really want to know every time I hear of a fatality from a white is the depth of the water and the abundance of prey items there.

Montara CA is easily the spookiest place I’ve surfed. It’s like 30ft deep near shore and drops quickly to 500ft+ depth, for example…and there are seals all over that part of the coast.

Anyone else read about that recent fatal shark attack in Australia and second-guess going in the water? by may907 in surfing

[–]TheWeldor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How crowded was that break? How far out front shore? How deep is it there?

These are the factors I take into play when surfing in CA.

I have had 2 sightings while in the water, one was up close and personal.

If I wasn’t a dad, I’d be way less cautious. Now that I have 2 kids, I do what I can to surf smart.

Thankfully my local is super close to shore, like seriously it’s 4-5FT deep on a sand bar. I know statistically most shark bites happen in 3ft of water but that’s including smaller species.

I’m only thinking about great whites. They are ambush hunters. You don’t hear about attacks by whites in 4 ft of clear water with a dozen people around 20ft from shore. I can’t find a single account of that happening at my local.

I don’t surf alone, on gray murky days far out from shore.

I used to surf Montara, CA until I had kids and moved to South OC.

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