Surfing Nova Scotia

[capnhands]

they must be freezing

[jannita420]

Surfing n skateboarding are two very differents things. more like snowboarding..

[flamedrag18]

imagine the waves the surfers had after earl lol

[patmacinnis]

Anyone ever have any trouble with those huge rocks? I'd like to learn how to surf and was told N.S. is great (I'm from PEI) but those rocks look sketchy. Any places with good waves and a beach? haha

[WolfgangHolzmann]

Just arrived in Newfoundland from South Africa, can anyone tell me where I can get some board's in Newfoundland or Novascotia??

[lechill1978]

sorry dude, bought mine in California and BC

[flamedrag18]

@WolfgangHolzmann I'd look around the south shore of NS, Yarmouth and Halifax are the places to look.

[Red1676]

@WolfgangHolzmann iv hear in french shore down south of bay of fundy in clair... nice beaches too, just gotta watch out for acadians lol

[joshrad123]

Fuck it looks cold. Much respect for the lads out there.

[flamedrag18]

@joshrad123 actually, the water is usually good all the way into September in many cases, but if you live more south, it'll be unbearable for you, we've adapted :P

[mothatruckas]

I neverr thought you could surf in NS.. and i live there HAHA.

[Wrestle1Fan]

i thought it might be Rissers Beach since it has the best waves

[jswins]

ever heard of Hirtles Beach ? wicked waves almost all the time..better than rissers...but rissers does have her days :)

[icescour]

does anyone know what the water temperature is summer time? im plannin to go, just wonderin wether i need a wetsuit and what thickness

[nwroy]

It can vary from 55 F degrees to 70 F . Chances are if you go in late July or August you will get quite hot with the wetsuit, but its a good idea because it protects you from board burn on your chest. If you are going in the summer just get a thin wetsuit.

[jswins]

water temp for the atlantic side..id say anywhere from 55 to 70... bay of fundy side..a bit warmer

[dylancohen10]

im coming up to nova scotia in late august for vacation and i have always wanted to try surfing. can you surf in august? does anyone know the best place to go? thanks

[Thrumylookingglass]

From Cape Breton to Cape Sable there are surf spots all along the coast with fall hurricanes bringing the best surf (usually)

[flamedrag18]

@dylancohen10 yeah, hurricane Earl made perfect waves for surfing in the digby area, from what I heard.

[fatnesschad18]

Yeah , I am

[mac98980]

I sure would like to try surfing there one day too, trying to explore as many places as possible :D great video!!!!

[85throwbackandback85]

I had no idea Nova Scotia had waves.

[jswins]

yeah ..ive actually been in some 4 meter waves with my boogie board. pretty good breakers too...but go off cow bay or lawrencetown and u can get into some monsters for nova scotia...hurricanes brought 9 meter waves to cow bay last year

[fatnesschad18]

where in westren head is this?

[Thrumylookingglass]

are you familiar with western head?

[wavecloudproductions]

Waiting to see Nova Scotia for a long time now...Thanks!!

[fuceda123456789]

Sweet Breaks...urggg been to long since i been out

[adanllw]

Nice. Good footage. looks like fun.

[Deango2]

Looks like you need something that is real thick in order to surf that.

[wsavary]

Wow! Very cool!

[lisarafuse]

oh my god...gotta love Nova Scotia...and the surfers!!!!

[moviegeek2]

I have only boogie boarded at Lawrence town beach, Eastern passage, NS. I enjoyed it, but can't really imagine trying to stand on it. Good show

[markstero]

I skateboard, is picking up surfing much like learning to skateboard?

[Thrumylookingglass]

I think it would be much the same. I don't surf, just live near the ocean and photograph everything and everyone thrumyleanse. Barb

[SouthIslandSurf]

They aren't at all similar in the learning stages. Learning to surf is extremely difficult, but very rewarding. Once you can consistently catch and ride waves, that's when your skating experience helps... but it takes a lot of effort to get to that point.

[danosurfs]

Umm longboard skateboard i found carves are similar to like round houses in surfing but surfing is really difficult cause most of it is wave knowledge or a huge part of it. Kind of like if the half pipe, rails or road is moving :) and moves differently every time

[coliflower10]

what does that even have to do wiht anyting , other then like maybe one round house in this house set of footY

[danosurfs]

It has to do with a question a guy asked awhile back in the comments, i thought i'd reflect on the question since i do both. How does coliflower10 feel about the question?

[coliflower10]

butt like it realy has nothing todo with it

round houses on a surfboard or any manuver in general on surfboard be compared to somhting on a longboard skateboard totaly differnt feel

nothing compares to water

[danosurfs]

They actually feel very similar. You use the same toe and heel weight to turn a longboard skateboard as you do on a short or long surfboard. But i used round houses as an example because with the skate is more drawn out and round houses are drawn out turns

[coliflower10]

man surfing cant be compared to skating tho because of the constriction of concrete why would you ask that question tho just to say you longboard?

[danosurfs]

Haha this is rediculous. Alright first of all why would I ask a question and then reply to it myself, sounds slightly like schizophrenia to me.

Earlier on a guy asked if skateboarding and surfing had anything in common? I already established this... I said yes they do, not saying that if you can skate you can surf. But they have similarities and i think if you have experience in either surfing, skateboarding or ssnowboarding it is going to benefit you in one or the other.

[danosurfs]

If you havent tried a longboard skateboard yet, i would recommend it

[spoonieluv123]

awesome