Every surfer needs a drinking strategy. Let me explain.
Nothing washes out the sinuses better than a cold brew after a fun session. You can sit down, chill, and lay it all down about how the better parts went out: how this one wave lined-up perfect and you solidly hit it four times, and how, thereafter, Taylor Knox high-fived you on the beach and recommended you surf the world tour. Or how you caught this magical bomb that came dredging down the beach, with your only option being to get slotted for a standard ten second barrel, putting G-Land to shame. But that’s too positive. You also gotta sprinkle in a little story or two about how you were wronged by some absentminded putz, who almost dinged your board. Ding! Ding! He’s done.
Guess we can all agree that the post-sesh fesitivities are great; but its ugly little kid sister is definitely not, and she’s that bitch called “pre-sesh festivities.”
You’re often rewarded, by both mother nature and humanity, by waking up early and catching the morning commuter wave train. The winds are more often favorable and it’ll most likely be less crowded (keyword: less) than any other time during the day. But a night-before drinking binge will erase all of this and you’ll get to surf the afternoon all chopped up and hung over. It’s definitely not recommended to partake in such activities before a new swell arives, or at least do so in moderation (I personnaly don’t like upchucking MillerLites on the paddle-out).
But whatever. Shit happens. We get excited and things end up far and away from how we planned them. Just remember that the next time you start watering your system and heading down the path to ruin, there’s always some other surfer out there doing the opposite and getting ready for the morning attack.
