Terrific… you all want to learn how to surf. That’s cool, but WHY must 40 or more of you impose yourself on the “family” part of Conrad’s Beach? Conrad’s is HUGE with more than enough room for you and your novice surfer friends just past the congested part.
This Saturday past, you all attended a surf workshop where you literally “took over” the main part of the beach with your surf boards, frizbee and football games, your bbq’s and skim boards.
Not to mention your screaming gals. Forty of you entered the beach and plunked all of your stuff down in a way that left everyone else tripping over your surf boards etc… THEN some of you nearly killed the little kids playing in the sand with your layout Frisbee catches and bad passes. You ran over old ladies on blankets to “make the catch” and hurt the ears of the young with your foul language.
Don’t misunderstand — you should learn how to surf at this great beach — it is a wonderful spot and you all seem like nice enough people. My question is this: did you not notice that there is tons of space on that beach such that you did not need to be in everyone’s way?
Further, did you stop to think that some of us wanted to spend a peaceful day with a couple of friends at the beach and not have to watch and “duck” every time you pass. I mean, c’mon, look around… we were all having so much fun until this “class” showed up and kicked the sand around.
It is all about thinking about the other guy folks. —Conrad’s fan
This article appears in Aug 12-18, 2010.
This happened to me at Hirtle’s Beach this weekend. It’s annoying. Not the learning to surf part, but the inconsiderate part. They are so rude and self-absorbed.
so when you say “family” part of the beach you really mean “child-infested” part of the beach? Because I’m sure the surfers are allowed to be there too. Yeah, they should have not thrown the frisbee around a conjested area, I agree. But I don’t think it’s wise for amatuer surfers to be swimming outside the lifegurad supervised area. I’ve never been to this beach, so I don’t know what it’s like, but at Rainbow Haven, the area between the flags is where the kids and parents usually are, and that’s where the lifeguards reccommend you swim.
when we used to go to the beach avec the boy, we would go as far down the beach as we could. beyond the lifeguards. some group would show up and put their towels right next to us…weird. there is miles of beach. maybe they were lonely or figured i’d do a better job saving them than the lifeguards…which was true^^
I went to Conrads for the first time Sunday and loved it. So beautiful – no lifeguards though, mel. No washrooms, garbage cans or anything. Just a beautiful stretch of beach. The decent waves were at Lawrencetown though, along with all the amenities so not sure why they’d go to Conrad’s, it was mostly just quiet families and folks laying on the beach when I was there. So I hear ya OP about disruptive gangs… too bad they didn’t find their own area away from the kiddies.
Same experiences Painey, except as soon as they had spread out their towels next to us, the steroid jockeys and their fluffy little harem of Hooverettes would start whipping around a football or a frisbee. Is there some fucking union rule that says if 2 or more people are at a beach and their combined I.Q.s are less than than their combined Bicep or cup-size they are legally obligated to hurl objects with utterly no regard to trajectory, gravity or velocity?
I’d love to introduce the surfer-dudes to a bunch of really dedicated , fanatically accurate “Saving Private Ryan” re-enactors and see who ‘takes’ the beach
Haole get off my beach, bra.
The surfers could have gone to another beach but then again so could you have. You may not like that you have to share the beach but life isn’t fair. Unfortunatly a they wanted a fun day at the beach. If you had to duck due to frisbees and footballs maybe moving to a different spot would have helped your day go by a bit more peaceful.
Can’t please everyone
O_o Hirtle’s, sarey, you’re in my neck of the woods. Though I’ve stopped going to Hirtle’s because of the number of (idiot) people there all the time.
Last time we went – about two months ago – we got bitched out by some woman because our puppy was off leash. It was 7am, foggy, and cool, and she was “surprised” to find people there (never mind the car in the parking lot). I apologized because my pup did what pups will do and ran up to her, and she bitched me out again for not being contrite enough.
Given that we were the only people on the beach, and the beach is long and quite visible because of its shape, why would you go any where near the family with the big puppy frolicking? Beh, people.
Where are the waves? I’ve been to Lawrencetown, but I’ve seen obese people make bigger waves.
What gives you more rights to that particular stretch of beach over the surfers? If there was plenty of open beach move your lazy ass over there if you don’t like the sight of people enjoying themselves.
It has to be the right time of day Sebastien, usually later in the day like 4-6pm I love it when the waves are taller than me and make me feel like I might die. They’re the funnest :D!
If you pay close attention to the waves at the beach, you’ll notice that they are bigger in some areas than others. This is the most likely reason why they were in that particular spot. It’s hard to learn how to surf when the waves aren’t big enough.
Unless this particular stretch of beach had a sign saying “Designated family area, no surfing or swearing allowed.” you have no more claim over that stretch of beach than they did. Just because there are families there, does not mean that it is a family area.
…and HOLY MOTHER FUCKING CHRIST ON A STICK “hurt the ears of the young with your foul language” do your kids ears BLEED when they hear a curse word? NO! Teach your kids not to swear, but beyond that it’s out of your control. No one has an obligation not to swear in front of your kids. It might be considerate of them not to, but they can whatever the FUCK they want.
“So beautiful – no lifeguards though, mel. No washrooms, garbage cans or anything. Just a beautiful stretch of beach.”
Since there’s no washrooms….I wouldn’t swim there.
lol mel good point.
just because something is not illegal doesnt make it socailly acceptable to do…there is a certain level of decency, common sense, and respect for others that is an expected behavior, especially in Canada and most certainly in the maritimes. Its one of the reasons tourists have always brought their tourist $$ here…some folks are quite proud to be known as some of the nicest most considerate and polite people in the world. You dont always see this in the urban areas as much as one might like but to see it thrown to the way side so carelessly is actually taking money out of our economy. I like to chuck a football around on the beach but I am always considerate of other beach goers when I do. Not because I am legally obligated to be, but because it is just common fucking sense for christ sake. I agree families dont take proirity over surfer dudes and their chicks and their gear…but they should still be conscious of those around them, especially kids and have some common courtesy…and also kids should not be given too much free reign on a beach either…