Dates do not depict when you joined. I believe I joined in the late 90s.

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Replace turf grass with native plants that don't need irrigation and synthetic fertilizers or chemicals that can go into our waterways and ocean

Originally 2nd light was one of a few surf forums that started (I believe) around '97??

Walt's Surf site was the first and is the granddaddy of surf site. Not sure what he is doing now but he was a good guy and would often see him at the beach and chat. Daily updates, first hand reports and a good local vibe.

2nd light changed forum software in 2003 and everybody had to sign up again, hence a lot of OGs here have join dates around July 2003.

Activity is certainly not what it used to be, but it is still a good resource to find out about incoming and active swells, and news on local surf happenings.







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If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC - KV

This forum is generally the same 10 people fighting with each other on NSR, sprinkled in with a few no-life trolls, and then there are the other dudes here for the surfing.

Best RESPONSE winner ^^^^^ LOL

Edited: 05/26/2020 at 05:55 AM by SonSurf

Yes I miss the days of crowd sourced Vizzie reports.

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Time and tide wait for no one.....

Yeah, big time. It used to be the only good source for reports and surf related discussions (still is for discussions). It lost momentum after Central Floridave had an issue with the server and the format was lost a bit.

I used to check the forum multiple times a day, hoping for people to post visuals. This is before the live cams were available.

Great pioneering initiative nonetheless. Some good characters in here.

Peace / Piece

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Uga Uga!!!

video killed the radio star. give thanks and praise.. for all the fish!

Yeah I did too. the current displaying join dates show when you re-joined after the crash.

for example :
daner
Posts: 7822
Joined Forum: 04/20/2004

Yes dropped off a lot...I just miss seeing Mama G photos and the general love for the ocean from her

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Creme de la Creme
Stoke to all and to all a good night

I started visiting these forums about a decade ago because whenever tropical storms were approaching Florida, there was a lot of knowledgable posters active and I found their insight interesting. Little did I know I'd end up actually residing in the area.

The "mark 1 Eyeball" reports!

The "mark 1 Eyeball" reports!

I started on here looking for the various surf reports from down south to North Carolina and beyond, for any Hurricane missions I would be thinking of taking. Now I find myself more in the For Sale forum & Gardening section now that I am an old fart!

be honest, youre really the notorious serial killer. someone call the feds.

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sneedeker

Face it : just not the same without
Volland / Colonel/ Catsprays ....

Where has he been? Jail again?

Yes, great dialog during storm season & still my go to place for more local opinions & discussion etc after reading the nhc.noaa.gov reports. But overall it does seem much less active than years back, probably due to FB etc? But I just refuse to go on there as have to give real name and I don't want random chicks ex GFs facestalking me - what happened in my college years can stay there That's what I always liked about this forum process, it's just like talking to random people at the beach no last names or details just that dude with the 5'11" quiet flight or that hot blonde who always sits right by the lifeguard stand.... aghhh beach life, aren't we blessed to live it : )))))))

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get up early and go surf - it'll make that hangover go away and/or make the workday more tolerable :)

Edited: 05/28/2020 at 09:16 PM by surferclimber

Got tossed right under the GodFathers wing...and for that i thank 2nd light.... Now wheres pawpaw..... How bout it Tipper...

Glad to see a lot of people posting memories of the forum. I myself have been on here since the mid 2000s. It's still the best community I've been part of for surf talk, and all its banter. I'll keep coming here as long as possible. \mn/

I went to jam boards when the site crashed a while back. Still check this site on occasion but it's not the same as it was. Hope it comes back. Great local resource for local surf reports and forecasts or at least it used to be.