{"database": "surfing", "table": "posts", "rows": [["335770", "20655", "The Death of Surfing", 40, "TudorsCooter", "Jan 21, 2025", "2025-01-21T10:09:04-0500", "Spiral Bee said: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n@TudorsCooter\n I want to thank you for introducing the term \"kook collectives\" to my life, lol.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI share some of your concerns, especially around overexposure of spots and the reduction of a sense of discovery and adventure (an issue that surfing shares with many other activities this day and age).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut then also I recognize my experiences may be very different. I'm in New England for starters - our surfing ecosystem is different.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCrowding can be an issue in 3-mil season, but when the hooded suits come out of the closet, much less so.  Also, the foamies stick to certain beaches, and Surfline cams are only trained on a handful of spots.  Plenty left elsewhere.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt those beginner-friendly beaches, my experience has been that the folks flailing on the soft tops are actually pretty well versed in etiquette. It must be a standard part of whatever surf class they've taken. The few times I've been dropped in on they took my feedback fine.  Maybe I've just been fortunate?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFinally, I don't love your zip code suggestion!  This too may be informed by where I live,  If zip code determined access, most of the good spots around here would be accessible only to rich white guys.  Don't get me wrong: some of my best friends are rich white guys ;-) but I'm pretty sure we can respect the locals without that level of exclusion (not that you were intending it).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInteresting thread, lots to ponder.\n        \n\n\nClick to expand...\n\n\n\n\nI did not recommend the zip coding lol, but loving the feedback! Thank you for sharing"]], "columns": ["post_id", "thread_id", "thread_title", "post_number", "author_username", "post_date", "post_date_iso", "post_body"], "primary_keys": ["post_id"], "primary_key_values": ["335770"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.612598996667657, "license": "Public Domain"}