Incorrect.
Donald J Trump Enemy of the People
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I was there Friday, watching part of the Round of 72. It seems to me to be a contradiction to the surfer lifestyle to have an organized competition with closed beaches, judges scoring and announcers announcing the numbers after each wave, colored jerseys to tell the surfers apart, and "priorities" on each wave (I didn't look for the rules yet to figure out what that means or how it is determined).
A few years back I read a book about Miki Dora (All for a Few Good Waves), who was a top "pro" surfer in the 50's and 60's (he appeared in beach movies of the time as the great surfer in the background and as a stunt double for the featured star of the movie who was not allowed to get his hair wet). He participated in a few of the early organized surfing contests and mocked the whole scene, refusing to take part anymore.
On the other hand, it features dozens of fit young ladies in swimsuits.
I got some old man from New hampshire telling me about SoCal surf culture.
Hilarious.
Please continue, professor.
I lived in New Hampshire for a year and a half, plus a couple of summers. I have lived in California for 49 years and counting, which includes three years sharing a beach with Cher (although, in her defense, neither of us knew it at the time). I had to give up skiing because the physical challenges mean that I know my ability is declining, but I can still float around in the sun bodysurfing, as good as I ever was.
Kook speak.
Go find some golf balls professor.
Kowabunga, dude!
Sheriff Joe
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How many of you houses have basements?
Miki Dora, demonstrating the surfer life --
Scientific surfers who are more interested in the waves than the lifestyle on the beach have read this --
https://archive.org/details/wavesbeachesdyna00basc/page/n5
Chapter 8 (The Surf) and 9 (The Beach) don't require understanding as much math as some of the other chapters.
Why basements are scarce in Southern California
For transplants from the Midwest and East, it is downright puzzling why California homes generally do not have basements, a staple in other parts of the country. While houses built here in the early part of the 20th century often included so-called California basements, tiny rooms tucked below grade to house the boiler, water heater, ductwork and electrical panel, the basement as living area was virtually unknown.
Part of that is due to the fast-paced nature of development after World War II. Santa Monica architect Dan Jansenson, who has written an online basement-building primer, cites post-WWII tract-building methods designed to put up houses as quickly as possible. “It’s easier to build without a basement if you were doing assembly-line construction.”
In addition, fear of earthquakes was often cited as a reason for the dearth of basements in the Golden State. But that, architects and contractors say, is something of a myth. In fact, says Jonathan Weinstein of basement-retrofitting specialist Weinstein Construction Corp., “Now we know the opposite is true. Building a basement to code upgrades your home to the safest level of protection for earthquakes, because you have a much stronger foundation for the whole house. A basement will have poured concrete walls and strong foundations set very deep.”
Moreover, today’s technology and new construction techniques have overcome many other issues, such as waterproofing, drainage, ventilation and even protection against naturally occurring radon. Contractor Kim Komick of KKC Fine Homes was able to set a coastal basement 2 feet below sea level, pouring a special foundation and pumping out water “to keep the house from floating away.”
There may be an even simpler reason for the absence of basements: custom. “For some reason, it was not done in the beginning,” says architect Douglas Teiger of Abramson Teiger Architects. “And it stayed that way.”
https://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-basement-side-20150509-story.html
For transplants from the Midwest and East, it is downright puzzling why California homes generally do not have basements, a staple in other parts of the country. While houses built here in the early part of the 20th century often included so-called California basements, tiny rooms tucked below grade to house the boiler, water heater, ductwork and electrical panel, the basement as living area was virtually unknown.
Part of that is due to the fast-paced nature of development after World War II. Santa Monica architect Dan Jansenson, who has written an online basement-building primer, cites post-WWII tract-building methods designed to put up houses as quickly as possible. “It’s easier to build without a basement if you were doing assembly-line construction.”
In addition, fear of earthquakes was often cited as a reason for the dearth of basements in the Golden State. But that, architects and contractors say, is something of a myth. In fact, says Jonathan Weinstein of basement-retrofitting specialist Weinstein Construction Corp., “Now we know the opposite is true. Building a basement to code upgrades your home to the safest level of protection for earthquakes, because you have a much stronger foundation for the whole house. A basement will have poured concrete walls and strong foundations set very deep.”
Moreover, today’s technology and new construction techniques have overcome many other issues, such as waterproofing, drainage, ventilation and even protection against naturally occurring radon. Contractor Kim Komick of KKC Fine Homes was able to set a coastal basement 2 feet below sea level, pouring a special foundation and pumping out water “to keep the house from floating away.”
There may be an even simpler reason for the absence of basements: custom. “For some reason, it was not done in the beginning,” says architect Douglas Teiger of Abramson Teiger Architects. “And it stayed that way.”
https://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-basement-side-20150509-story.html
What you sometimes see these days in expensive neighborhoods where there is a height limit to new construction in order to protect sight lines of existing homes is that they will start by digging a hole to get more room in the house without breaking the limit as measured from the pre-existing ground surface.
Surfer boy spola has it all figured out.
The fact that we have built and or remodeled too many houses to count has no effect on his pugnacious piggery when it comes to being contrarian.
Very expensive, and done almost exclusively in neighborhoods you cant afford.
How's the boogie boarding these days, sponge boy?
Are you a boogie boarder .. one of those guys with the Gilligan hat, zinc oxide and speedos kicking around in the impact zone?
The one I grew up in and the one I just bought.
Not the norm in socal.
Trust me on this.
In one of my houses I have a below-ground third story but it’s not a basement.
You know who Da Cat is flipping off, right?Miki Dora, demonstrating the surfer life --
You.