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| 335841 | 20655 | The Death of Surfing | 60 | SoftScrambledSkeggs | Jan 21, 2025 | 2025-01-21T18:16:39-0500 | gigamots said: At the risk of triggering some of our more sensitive members, it really does come down to economics... Waves are an amazing and finite resource, yet they have only gotten cheaper. Financial costs: declining ($99 foamie at a Walmart near you!) Social costs: declining (nobody gonna heckle you anymore) Physical costs: declining (that buttery Yamomoto rubber, Gath/Oakley/whatever brain bucket, floatation devices...) Want fewer crowds? Make the waves more expensive...or seek out more expensive waves (NIHI Sumba, Abu Dhabi surf mecca, [redacted super secret surf gang controlled spot], Iceland, whatever)...it's capitalism, baby Click to expand... Maybe more accurately a function of supply & demand - a bit more universal than the big ole 'C'. By this logic, the proliferation of wave pools & simulation headsets should satisfy the marginal supply shortage, leading us back to equilibrium and existential equanimity... a girl can dream... |