I am sure we have all been getting hungry for waves by now. How hungry are you? Would you say you're hungry enough to hop in your car with a buddy, stuff it full of gas,and go exploring? Would you be willing to drive any more than you had to? I am. You've gotta be down! ESPECIALLY with all the options New England has to offer....it's overwhelming sometimes. Where to surf?!?!....Do you want a reeling point break on a sketchy ledge or would you rather have dredging perfection on concrete-packed sandbars??
Surfing the same spots time and time again gets old. Certain people surf certain spots. Certain spots break certain ways and it just gets old after you've pulled into the same section time and time again. Swell after swell....same break over and over again. Yea, the comfort level is nice but I like stepping out of my comfort zone. Learning to surf a new break can be ultimately frustrating but so freaking rewarding at the same time.
Imagine you scope your local break and 12 or more people are already on it....good time? I have other thoughts about that. It pays to put in the extra time on the road. No one said good waves came easily. Certainly not cheap either. Yet, imagine you leave your local break, drive an hour and find an empty lineup AND it's 3x's better than anywhere you've seen. This has happened to me more times than I can count and I'm going to keep doing it because two's company but three's a crowd.
Two was a crowd....
