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01-10-2008, 07:10 PM #1Registered User
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Best Colleges for Surfing
Yo everyone, Im looking for a college near some good surf. As of now im on the East Coast and was thinking the university of southern maine. Surfing would be the main thing im looking for but if skiing is in the area that would be a major bonus. Thanks everyone for the input.
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01-10-2008, 08:24 PM #2
UC Santa Barbara. Right on the beach, 6 hours from Mammoth, which you can get to often if you network and plan right.
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01-10-2008, 08:33 PM #3
uc santa cruz. tahoe 4 hours away.
be prepared for a lot of dirty hippies though.
edit: but tons of homegrown
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01-14-2008, 03:23 PM #4Good-lookin' wool
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01-14-2008, 03:34 PM #5
UCSD. On the hill above Blacks beach. The absolute shit.
If you've got dough, Point Loma Nazarene is in an UNREAL location on the bluffs above Sunset Cliffs.
University of Hawaii would be teets.
Fuck the east coast.I should want to cook him a simple meal, but I shouldn't want to cut into him, to tear the flesh, to wear the flesh, to be born unto new worlds where his flesh becomes my key.
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01-14-2008, 09:26 PM #6Bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste goood.
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01-14-2008, 10:27 PM #7
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01-15-2008, 12:04 AM #8
UCSC of course.
I went to NYU, and actually it was not a bad surf school. If you know how to time your East Coast swells, it was a 1 hour subway ride to Rockaway. 90th St is a pretty consistent decent wave. And NYC really can't be beat for night life and culture.
I learned to surf in Maine - and while I love it, the surf there is really pretty slow and weak due to the gulf. I'd at least head south if not west.
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01-15-2008, 11:07 AM #9
College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Consistent, albeit East Coast, surf out on Folly Beach. In my 5 years there I was able to surf regularly, and the water was warmer than Maine."You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning".
-Scottish Proverb
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01-15-2008, 11:10 AM #10
Very true. You can bike everywhere in SB, you just have to really monitor the surf for the little pulses which sneak through the islands. Santa Cruz and San Diego ALWAYS have surf though.
When SB pumps though, it is all time. Campus point gets insane, Rincon, El Cap...It is a cruel joke that such a perfectly set up coastline is blocked by the channel Islands.
We used to drive to Ventura, Malibu, Jalama....All less blocked by the Islands."Have you ever seen a monk get wildly fucked by a bunch of teenage girls?" "No" "Then forget the monastery."
"You ever hear of a little show called branded? Arthur Digby Sellers wrote 156 episodes. Not exactly a lightweight." Walter Sobcheck.
"I didn't have a grandfather on the board of some fancy college. Key word being was. Did he touch the Filipino exchange student? Did he not touch the Filipino exchange student? I don't know Brooke, I wasn't there."
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01-15-2008, 11:19 AM #11Hugh Conway Guest
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01-15-2008, 11:34 AM #12
What do you want to study?
Flagler in St. Augustine if you want to stay on the east coast.
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01-15-2008, 02:14 PM #13
No votes for Pepperdine?
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01-15-2008, 03:15 PM #14Registered User
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I'll chime in for Pepperdine.
I loved it there. Definitely not everyone's cup o' tea, and it is (or at least was) expensive as hell, but you can't beat the location and education. Between the Malibu point stuff, Latigo, Pt. Dume, etc., there was some great breaks that made for very accessible pre-class dawn patrols and post-class evening sessions.
And for a boy who grew up in the bay area...man is that water warm in the summer and fall.
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01-15-2008, 03:16 PM #15Hugh Conway Guest
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01-15-2008, 03:22 PM #16Registered User
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01-15-2008, 09:34 PM #17
Yep. As a grad of UCSB I'd have to say my time there really did not suck. The campus is literally spitting distance from the water and Mammoth is really not too bad of a trek. Beautiful girls, raging parties, and a good education. The surf around here I would call "fun" for the most part, as in the sessions with pucker factor usually come only a few times a winter, but lots of fun waves around and the vibe is mellow overall. When things come together right The Santa Barbara area can really fire, you can have some really amazing days
You can still manage to ski quite a bit for living on the beach with hot scantily clad college girls. I was part of the "ski team" while I was there. It's a club sport, no try outs, formal practice or anything. It's more just a way for like minded people to get on the snow for cheaper. There's usually quite a few solid skiers and also just some along for the party. You race GS, SL, and Skiercross, but it's pretty informal. The best part is condos paid for just about ever other weekend by the team, pooled gas money, and discount tix if you don't have a pass and the clubs sports fee was very reasonable for what you get.
I lived in Santa Cruz for 4 years as well, never was a student at UCSC though. A big difference between SB and SC is the local vibe towards UC students in and out of the water. Pull up to Stockton Ave in your new hybrid you got for high school graduation with UCSC Slugs sticker on it and your new UCSC Hoodie, be prepared to hear "Go home slug" and no way are you paddling out. Lots of good cold big surf around though. If you are not a tool who takes a party train to the break and kook arund the vibe in the water is usually not bad.
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01-16-2008, 02:36 AM #18
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01-16-2008, 07:07 AM #19
East Carolina University. Greenville, North Carolina.
I made many, many trips to Cape Hatteras (4 hours in the veil of darkness). When i was there it had the reputation as being the biggest U closest to the biggest break on the East Coast. Nags Head, Corolla, Ocracoke... Wow.
Also look at UNC-Wilmington...Ski Shop - Basement of the Hostel
Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.
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01-16-2008, 08:09 AM #20
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01-16-2008, 11:32 AM #21
it was a joke, barely. Henry Roliins, Rollins College, nevermind.....pretty sure it's in winter park, not far from crappy surf
UH Manoa !!! used to live a mile away in Oahu, Palolo.....paka lolo, brrrrah ha ha
http://www.uhm.hawaii.edu/Bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste goood.
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01-16-2008, 12:56 PM #22
I'll be responsible for a moment. Think about what you want to study, too. Not just what's closest to surf/ski. That helps, but shouldn't drive the decision.
Now back to the important part.
If you are set on the Maine area, check out University of New England, College of the Atlantic, and think about UNH in Durham, NH. There's also Colby, Bates and Bowdoin colleges too.
That said, since I live just outside Portland, I think USM would be a great choice for proximity to a great, laid back yet progressive New England city good surf within 15 minutes (especially in Fall/Winter if you can bear the temps), and decent skiing (for the east) within 2-2.5 hours. You're 1 hour from night skiing at Scrawnee Peak, 1.75 hours from Sunday River, 2 hours from Wildcat and Mt. Washington, and 2.5 hours from Sugarloaf and Saddleback.
Those are basically the reasons I am here."A local is just a dirtbag who can't get his shit together enough to travel."
- Owl Chapman
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01-16-2008, 01:04 PM #23Bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste goood.
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01-16-2008, 01:38 PM #24
Cal Poly, SLO. Good school, good town, lots of good surf spots within a half hour drive.
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