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RE: To everyone: do you pay to visit the beach in your country?
July 20, 2015 at 8:30 pm
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(July 20, 2015 at 8:27 pm)Beccs Wrote: WTF?
No. In fact I think people should pay for the privilege of seeing me surf, though...
Only if you can fight off a shark like Mick Fanning. fight off a shark like Mick Fanning.
Although, too be fair, that looks more like "escaping" than "fighting off"... 
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RE: To everyone: do you pay to visit the beach in your country?
July 20, 2015 at 8:36 pm
(July 19, 2015 at 5:44 pm)Atheist_BG Wrote: I know the question may seem ridiculous but I need to know whether you're being taxed for visiting the sea beach in your country. If you have ever visited Bulgarian beaches, you've probably encountered some fat and scary guy who collects money from people for entering the beach the same manner you're being taxed for parking spots.
I live in Oregon, one of the few places where ALL beaches are national parks, so everyone can use them without paying. Lucky me, seriously. I've lived right on the Oregon coast too. It's such a beautiful place, I'm glad anyone can come enjoy it.
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RE: To everyone: do you pay to visit the beach in your country?
July 20, 2015 at 8:45 pm
(July 20, 2015 at 8:30 pm)TRJF Wrote: (July 20, 2015 at 8:27 pm)Beccs Wrote: WTF?
No. In fact I think people should pay for the privilege of seeing me surf, though...
Only if you can fight off a shark like Mick Fanning. fight off a shark like Mick Fanning.
Although, too be fair, that looks more like "escaping" than "fighting off"...
When I first started surfing, in my teens, I Paddled out too far and, while lying on my board, saw movement in the water beneath me. It was a bloody big shark, far larger than my board.
I swear I broke all records getting back to the beach that day. Don't know what type of shark it was, but it (figuratively) scared the crap out of me!
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RE: To everyone: do you pay to visit the beach in your country?
July 20, 2015 at 9:04 pm
Then you have satisfied the condition and I will pay for the privilege of seeing you surf. 
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RE: To everyone: do you pay to visit the beach in your country?
July 20, 2015 at 9:14 pm
Off topic: but has anyone here been scared so bad you actually shit?
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RE: To everyone: do you pay to visit the beach in your country?
July 20, 2015 at 9:14 pm
Not yet.
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RE: To everyone: do you pay to visit the beach in your country?
July 20, 2015 at 9:22 pm
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Don't think so, not unless it happened to me so young I don't remember it
Question for Beccs though, not aimed at you but just generally, why do all these people surf where they know damn well there's sharks?
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That place where that surfer almost got gobbled the other day, apparently that's an area known for sharks, it's common there. So... why would you surf there? Maybe I'm a pussy but if I know there are sharks in that water I'm not going within 10 feet of it, God no, I value life too much thanks.
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RE: To everyone: do you pay to visit the beach in your country?
July 20, 2015 at 9:52 pm
(July 20, 2015 at 9:22 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Don't think so, not unless it happened to me so young I don't remember it
Question for Beccs though, not aimed at you but just generally, why do all these people surf where they know damn well there's sharks?
That place where that surfer almost got gobbled the other day, apparently that's an area known for sharks, it's common there. So... why would you surf there? Maybe I'm a pussy but if I know there are sharks in that water I'm not going within 10 feet of it, God no, I value life too much thanks.
You surf where the swell's good. You'd understand if you were a surfer.
I've never been a very good surfer, so a couple of years ago after an old dude got eaten by a shark, and after I was body surfing and got pulled under by a rip, I got scared and stopped going in the ocean further than up to my collar bone. Real surfers live to surf.
I think I've just renamed it the "no true surfers" fallacy 
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RE: To everyone: do you pay to visit the beach in your country?
July 20, 2015 at 9:59 pm
(July 20, 2015 at 9:22 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Don't think so, not unless it happened to me so young I don't remember it
Question for Beccs though, not aimed at you but just generally, why do all these people surf where they know damn well there's sharks?
That place where that surfer almost got gobbled the other day, apparently that's an area known for sharks, it's common there. So... why would you surf there? Maybe I'm a pussy but if I know there are sharks in that water I'm not going within 10 feet of it, God no, I value life too much thanks.
It's always been a risk, but shark attacks used to be very rare. They've become more common as sharks have moved into shallower waters in search of prey. Perhaps if we stopped overfishing their feeding grounds...
But then, ask yourself why people bungee jump or do anything else that's risky?
More people have died climbing mount Everest than have been eaten by sharks while surfing...
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RE: To everyone: do you pay to visit the beach in your country?
July 20, 2015 at 10:03 pm
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omg That sounds so grim  I'd be traumatised
I get that you want to go where's there's a good thrill but I just don't think it's worth it, maybe they do. I feel so bad for saying it but I can't help thinking people a bit... dim, for going where it's common knowledge there's sharks.
This is just my opinion obviously, I don't mean to offend surfers but still
I think you're brave just going in up to your collar bone, I won't go above waist level. I'm not a fan of the water.
@beccs - I guess so. I just get this real mistrust of animals. They eat anything without hesitation haha
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