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What was the B-site like last year at Santa Cruz ....?
I was just about to send in my registration for the intermediate waveski division when I saw the post about using the B-site as a buffer to keep boardies out of the "real" contest site.
I know to the folks in Santa Cruz and the regulars the contest is holy, but if you have to drive 500 miles ,8 hours each and pay $200 for motels it would be nice to have it be a pleasant experience.
I had no chance of doing very well at Ventura and I think the board surfers did pretty much respect the contest zone, but there were several waves I could have taken when there were a pack of boardies creeping into the south side of the contest zone, and blocked me taking off ...nothing like what happened to Ricky Miller though...
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uG7_FuLPyaU/SYBC69bJHAI/AAAAAAAAVXk/Bjkc6Yf-G...
Anyway if anybody surfed in the intermediate divisions last year - was the event well run at the B -site, was it easy to get your jersey, and were the heat times easy to follow and were there board surfers to fight for the waves?
I know to the folks in Santa Cruz and the regulars the contest is holy, but if you have to drive 500 miles ,8 hours each and pay $200 for motels it would be nice to have it be a pleasant experience.
I had no chance of doing very well at Ventura and I think the board surfers did pretty much respect the contest zone, but there were several waves I could have taken when there were a pack of boardies creeping into the south side of the contest zone, and blocked me taking off ...nothing like what happened to Ricky Miller though...
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uG7_FuLPyaU/SYBC69bJHAI/AAAAAAAAVXk/Bjkc6Yf-G...
Anyway if anybody surfed in the intermediate divisions last year - was the event well run at the B -site, was it easy to get your jersey, and were the heat times easy to follow and were there board surfers to fight for the waves?
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Permalink Reply by Geoff Jennings on -
I didn't make it to SC last year, but have the 4-5 years before that. The B site is rarely an issue for boardies. It's when the waves are good and Middle peak is working that the board surfers become an issue.
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Permalink Reply by Buck Johnson on -
Val,
I know of no issues with the heat times or problems getting the jerseys. The heat times are posted and the heats run coincident with the A-site so there aren't a bunch of different horns going off. The jerseys are kept by the judging station for the B-site and a volunteer is there to hand them out and check them back in.
I think the use of the term "buffer" was not well thought through.
Wave size is dependent on swell and direction and tide height, but if there's a good swell running from the NW, there'll be waves at B-site.
As Geoff said, the boardie issue tends to be more out at The Lane and not at Indicators (B-site). -
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