San Francisco "The Others" - I just don't get it

I Guess that guy in the photo got tired of reading the same old rants.

the zetas v sinaloa on stoke report. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say however posted that pic really doesn't know whats going in on in the world.

fullybrah, could you please tell us "whats going in on in the world"? You seem to know much more than "however posted that pic".

Let it go. This battle is tireless. It's also growing quite boring. People have different opinions. This entire issue was just dealt with in the "controversial post removed" thread. It's been debated countless times before here. Does it really need rehashing? Even asking for an explanation simply refuels the argument. Do you want people to tell you that they're actually quality spots? That'd only make matters worse. Like you said, you don't like em', don't surf em'.

I agree that these spots suck for the most part, but also agree that we should drop it.

Here's a clue: this has nothing to do with whether or not a spot is "secret" or "sensitive". It has much to do with there being a fairly hardcore contingent of dedicated locals who believe that, at the least, people should discover surf spots through exploration and word of mouth, and not by looking things up on the internet. Yes, you can call them luddites or whatever if you want. But the fact is they see things differently and they're not going to relent just because you or anyone else waves an iPhone in front of their face and says "deal with it buddy, the world's changed!" To the contrary, they're waving one finger back at you saying "the hell it has, I'm still breathing, mofo!"

A fair number of them also don't give two shits about whether or not they're "in public" when surfing and if they wanted their pictures taken, they'd get a friend to stand on the beach / rocks and do it, and they wouldn't have to hide 100 yards away with a telephoto lens producing mediocre snapshots with a compressed depth of field and poor subject focus. Lastly, most of 'em consider posting pictures of said spots online within hours or a day of the spot firing, when it only fires occasionally and under specific conditions, to be very poor impulse control on the part of the author. There's a common feeling among these people and it says "put those pictures on your wall at home, don't blast them out to the entire world on the internet". And: "don't SMS reports from the beach, just suit up and go surf and write it up later". Etc. Etc.

Please note: this isn't advocacy. Just trying to explain what you're dealing with, since you "don't get it".

Every year. Somebody just has to bring this up. Every single year. And look how popular the topic is, even though everyone is saying let it go, those places suck, etc. If they suck so much, then why is this happening? And how many more topics are going to be created to pointlessly continue this discussion?

@nalu: I think you just continued the discussion ;)

suggestion: if you don't like it, vote it down. i just did.

Good idea burro. Already done.

Unfortunately other people are voting it up so this topic will not go away. That's what I mean.

i don't mind the rant just the image. tens of thousands have died in mexico thanks to us demand for and simultaneous war on drugs.
It aint cool to post pics like that imo.