{"database": "surfing", "table": "posts", "rows": [["335841", "20655", "The Death of Surfing", 60, "SoftScrambledSkeggs", "Jan 21, 2025", "2025-01-21T18:16:39-0500", "gigamots said: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            At the risk of triggering some of our more sensitive members, it really does come down to economics...\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWaves are an amazing and finite resource, yet they have only gotten cheaper.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFinancial costs: declining ($99 foamie at a Walmart near you!)\n\n\n\nSocial costs: declining (nobody gonna heckle you anymore)\n\n\n\nPhysical costs: declining (that buttery Yamomoto rubber, Gath/Oakley/whatever brain bucket, floatation devices...)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWant fewer crowds? Make the waves more expensive...or seek out more expensive waves (NIHI Sumba, Abu Dhabi surf mecca, [redacted super secret surf gang controlled spot], Iceland, whatever)...it's capitalism, baby \n\n\n\n\nClick to expand...\n\n\n\n\nMaybe more accurately a function of supply & demand - a bit more universal than the big ole 'C'. By this logic, the proliferation of wave pools & simulation headsets should satisfy the marginal supply shortage, leading us back to equilibrium and existential equanimity... a girl can dream..."]], "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": ["335841"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.5598120005743112, "license": "Public Domain"}