# Surf's Up!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surfs-up/369922 "2006-08-23T18:30:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surfs-up/369922/1 "2006-08-23T18:30:25Z")
[Surf could hit seven feet along east shores. 😃](http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Aug/23/br/br02p.html) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surfs-up/369922/2 "2006-08-23T19:09:02Z")
Cowabunga. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surfs-up/369922/3 "2006-08-23T20:15:52Z")
That’s what amuses me about my hometown paper’s website-- the “breaking news” is almost always about traffic or the weather. The disconnect from everything else in the world is refreshing sometimes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surfs-up/369922/4 "2006-08-24T03:03:38Z")
Damn you, I live in central Florida and the waves here are horrible. Of course if we had 7 foot waves I sure as shit wouldn’t try to surf them, I’d probably kill myself on a boogie board.