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Cloud 9 in the Philippines is a world class wave. \u00a0It’s a perfect right hand barrel that breaks over a very shallow reef. \u00a0I was very fortunate to surf there before the world discovered it. \u00a0At that time, nobody was there and nobody was out. \u00a0I’ve only surfed it when it’s dangerous so I can’t imagine beginners trying to surf there. \u00a0Throughout the years, it’s been a premier surf destination where millions go searching for that perfect barrel. \u00a0Along with that comes locals, surf shops, surf schools, and surf lessons. \u00a0My friend went there last year and told me there were so many people out that it was ridicules. \u00a0Lots of surf schools, lessons, and beginners trying to get barreled. \u00a0He said it was so dangerous that he didn’t even surf.<\/p>\n
Well, after lots of complaints, fights, and accidents, the locals made their own rule.<\/p>\n
My opinion: \u00a0I think these rules are a good idea. \u00a0I think everyone should start off at a beginner spot and work theirselves up to the premier spots like this. \u00a0These rules will work in the Philippines, but will never work in Hawaii. \u00a0So when you’re pulling into a barrel at Pipeline, don’t be surprised to see a beginner with a Costco surfboard dropping in front of you and going straight. \u00a0Haha.<\/p>\n
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Cloud 9 in the Philippines is a world class wave. \u00a0It’s a perfect right hand barrel that breaks over a very shallow reef. \u00a0I was very fortunate to surf there before the world discovered it. \u00a0At that time, nobody was there and nobody was out. \u00a0I’ve only surfed it when it’s dangerous so I can’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-139370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirbyblog"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139372,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139370\/revisions\/139372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}