Heard it on the news during lunch, can’t find it in print yet, but apparently one of us decided to do an open water swim in Shinnecock Bay in the Hamptons Sunday morning during the storm. The man claimed to be training for a triathlon and wanted to get some real open water experience, according to the news report.
My hat is off to you. Calling a lake swim open water is insulting. Open water is in the ocean, and real men train in a tropical storm.
Where do I contribute to your defense fund, because I heard you got arrested?
Edit: Newsday has a picture of the police standing on shore pointing at him and yelling for him to come out of the water, but no actual story. I think they just waited by his car until he came out.
Why pull the guy out of the water and arrest him? If there was real danger all they did was put other’s lives in danger as well - the ones who had to go out in a boat to “rescue” him. He’d have come back, one way or another…
Thank you, thank you. I think this is the most complete hijacking of a thread in a long time. I am glad to see it’s turned into a Point Break appreciation thread.
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Thank you, thank you. I think this is the most complete hijacking of a thread in a long time. I am glad to see it’s turned into a Point Break appreciation thread.
Public Service Announcement: Point Break comes on VS in 5 minutes, 9pm eastern!
I’m definitely going to have to “rent” *ahem that tonight…
This police response (like they have nothing better to do with their time during a major WX emergency?) reminds me too much of the line of thinking of requiring triathletes to get qualification swim tests.
If you’re crazy enough to swim during a hurricane or to race in a triathlon, it should be “enter at your own risk.”
This police response (like they have nothing better to do with their time during a major WX emergency?) reminds me too much of the line of thinking of requiring triathletes to get qualification swim tests.
If you’re crazy enough to swim during a hurricane or to race in a triathlon, it should be “enter at your own risk.”
