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> this is way too high a number I assume you've never lived in Southern California? You'd be astounded at the number of casual surfers (by that, I mean someone
by the_watcher 11y ago
> this is way too high a number
I assume you've never lived in Southern California? You'd be astounded at the number of casual surfers (by that, I mean someone who surfs at least once a month) who own surfboards. And that's just one high concentration surf area.
- giarc 11y agoAnd the other 4x states that don't have a coastline don't really contribute any data.
- awl130 11y agoi live in socal but on second thought 2.7mm is pretty realistic i guess. hard to get a baseline. there are around 30mm golfers in the us; but for surfing, 1/3 of the usa lives on the coastline (123mm people); maybe 1/3 of that is surfable (basically ca, fl, hi, and then maybe or, wa, nc, va); so anyway 1/9 of golfers? makes sense
- the_watcher 11y agoBasically every state with a coastline has some amount of surfers. All the Pacific and Gulf states have well-known breaks, as do the southern Atlantic coasts. The Mid-Atlantic and Northeast have fewer "quality" surf spots, but they're all surfable. Even Alaska has a well known break, though AK's population limits its contribution to total surfers.