Surfing with seals :D

[garbarrage]

^^ wonder if they practice safe sex???

[parrysurf]

diving at the channel islands some years back. we were 50 feet down and there were a lot of sea lions. one in particular was brushing my tank and doing swim by in a playful manner. i kept touching it's side as it would bump me. one time it went a bit further out as it was reloading for another swipe. it turned and started toward my head. no question on a new course directly at my face. about 5 feet from my face it opened its mouth, showing me all its many sharp looking teeth. i was staring at the pink tongue and teeth, frozen, shitting my suit. at the very last second it veered up, solidly brushing my mask with its chin and neck. i sucked that tank empty with my panicked breathing. it left me alone, but i figure it had to show me not to muck with it.


years later a pup sea lion put his head on mt surfboard, i wanted to pet it, it was so cute, then i remembered the pink tongue and pointy teeth. i chose not to pet it.

another time me and a buddy got chased out of the line up by a pair of sea lions. we think they were mating. they were bumping us and barking at us. i was quick to bail.

i don't like em much.

[the.ronin]

^^ buhahahaha wow man that is crazy!! I think I would freak out too much if sea lions got that close. Those guys are HUGE.

[Jc]

Seals seem a little sh!t compared to dophins lol

[parrysurf]

Dolphins have always been mellow, seeming more focused on the swim than me. Seal/ sea lions seem to want to check you out.
The only sketch I have had with dolphins is duck diving a wave as a pod is surfing it toward me, they deftly swerved on both sides of me and paid me no mind.