One of the rubs of surfing most places in this crowded world is that you’ll likely find yourself paddling with hundreds of friends. Dodging crowds, though, is still possible if you re-think the time of day and what you’re looking for.
Take Beau Cram, here. An onshore, waste-high day looks less than inviting compared to what we can only imagine was a decent morning before the wind picked up. But when everyone packs up and leaves, Beau elects to take a finless Catch Surf for a spin and scores waves virtually solo – save a bold sea kayaker. Cram is an absolute magician on his finless craft. But more than that his surfing is a beacon of light for the open-minded in the ocean world: there are no bad waves. Just poor choices in equipment.
