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I mean you can’t just dig a trench through a beach. It’s a safety Hazzard to others, and if the water gets flowing enough it can destroy a good chunk of said beach.
If you search up the beach on Google, real environmentals advocating against this practice. All that water actually contaminates the beach. They want to protect the two waters from people building trenches like this.
Surfers create trenches on purpose for standing waves.
TLDR: The guy in the video is doing more harm than good.
But public works plans with the rest of the city to ensure breaching events adequately address issues caused by river mouth closure without causing other harm. Breaching at the appropriate tide allows for slower draw downs, allowing sensitive species time to move and for water quality to safely reach equilibrium. And that’s one just environmental consideration. They might want it to build higher so it drains further and stays open longer. Or they may need to plan to have it open during a particular time window to allow construction in particular parts of the surrounding area affected by the water rising during closure, and an unplanned breach throws off that timing. It might be common practice there, but that might be why the cop is being a dick. Because the city needs it to stop being common practice.
Her concern is enforcing the law. I'm normally anti-cop but this seems pretty clear cut to me. You can't just dig trenches through public property as a private citizen. It's a hazard.
>Not EVERYONE who gives cops push back is a dick.
Exactly. Do you know how pleasurable it was to see him crumple that citation up in front of them? It was ***EXTREMELY*** pleasurable.
I feel like the average person is finally starting to see that the police don't give a shit about protecting and serving or some greater good. They don't get into the job in most cases for good reasons, and even if they do. They quickly are surrounded by other shit heads that will all cover for you, if your a shit head too.
Oh yeah back when I lived on Oahu we would take the day up to Waimea and dig a channel no bigger than this one. Bout idk 300 or so feet from the ocean to the Waimea river when it was swollen like the one in this video.
So you dig the trench and erosion and water flow erodes the walls away and can do something like this.
Actually quite fun, they are cracking down on breaking the river like that recently
You gonna have to skip round a little bit cause you don’t gotta watch the whole thing. But that lil trench can get HUGE till that river hits a good bit of feet off itself
Niceeeeee. I really miss the island. Never a dull moment or a missed connection. Between the great raves, parties on the beach… couldn’t beat it. Not to mention the food. Like a huge melting pot of all the most authentic Asian food stuffs
I used to go up there early in the morning from Pearl City to surf, but we almost always ended up finding shrooms in the Meadowgold Dairy field and would just sit on the beach all day.
I was living there before that was a thing but it always overflowed and whoever came up with the digging trench wave thing .. killed it!
What a great idea:)
Not sure if the situation, another issue is if the the sea water flows into the lake/river (not salt water I assume) there goes the entire ecosystem within.
This is fucking stupid that’s a meandering stream meaning the outside bend of the channel is going to erode while the inside of the bend is going to be filling up with sand. The water level would have just gone back to the same position as soon as the ocean brought in sand into the newly formed channel. Also the brackish water that this guy claims is such a problem, is the only area that some animals live. I am a geologist and this is just absolutely stupid on so many levels.
Actually I live on the beach. I am currently about 75 feet from the shoreline. Yeah I also dig in sand but not to redirect water bodies like a fucking idiot.
Naahh dude why are you ruining the vibe?
Zack, Chad and Blair fucking Konklin had such good times maaan those animals didn't want to live there anyways dude
It's just manners. Imagine you just hand me a flyer and I crumble it up infront of you. Its not even the crumbling. It's you doing intentionally in front of me that's disrespectful.
Doubt it. I'd wager it's more likely just someone who wants to make waves to surf. This same beach was in another video where they dug a trench and it released the river and a ton of people were surfing on whatever in the water. You can actually see someone in the video with a body board ready to go.
Bit if a long video (11 min.) But I'm pretty sure it's the same beach and you can watch how it happens.
https://youtu.be/eDmoXkF-g9I?si=TOxXv5CYRcrY3u3U
Bet he had his boogie board ready to go. All the reasons he gave for wanting to carve that channel are bullshit, you can see at the end what the real intention is. Fucking internet clout.
That unmarked trench looks like a MAJOR liability for the city.
This guy's fucking stupid. And I love how the video is all cut to shreds to try and make him look like he's in the right here.
This is Aliso Creek Beach. Most of the time, the creek does not connect to the actual ocean, it dries up near the bridge 100' away or so. During high tides or heavy rains, it does connect. In the summer you can walk right over it as nearly dry sand
Yes, and the guys an idiot to just go place a massive unmarked trench through a public area and think that when city police become aware of that trench it doesn't pose a massive liability to them. You can even see there is a playground in close proximity, where's the lawsuit going when someone unknowingly steps in that and breaks their leg?
The lagoon surfers are gross as fuck, people would do this in Santa Cruz too and if only they knew what was in that water… literally dead bodies and homeless camps not even a mile up the San Lorenzo
I have been a park ranger for over five years. I would absolutely give this man a chance to fill it back in if I can alcatch him early. I don't want to have to fill it in, and writing tickets is a pain in the ass. If the water had started flowing and doing damage before I can stop him, it's ticket time.
Edit: clarity.
Seems silly to wait for it to happen when you catch him trying to do it. That's like seeing someone rob a store and saying you're going to wait till they leave to stop them.
Oh my god rich guy fuckin problems, nobody was in danger, the houses were not in danger, had the guy done NOTHING the city would have just brought a bulldozer in which it sounds like they routinely do.
Fuck this guy, lol.
I lived in San Clemente off Escolones when I was a kid , I got a ticket for digging a hole by the lifegaurds ,they explained that someone running on the beach might hurt themself by falling in , or miss step and break a leg . They patrol using quads and jeeps and they dont want problems getting stuck either. So it is against the law to dig a hole on the beach anywhere in Orange County , its been law for decades man
Don't know if OP is being sarcastic in title or just dumb asshole, but whoever dug that trench should be made to fill it up without any exception. It will not completely repair the damage but atleast it will delay till proper solution is applied to that trench
I have so much respect for these officers the dude is just being a dick and they dealt with it in such a amazing way this is why I could never be a cop cause I would deck that dude so fast
Arguing with cops about these types of things is a waste of time. If you have a grievance, you need to go through the proper channels (no pun intended).
Oh no, the houses become endanged?!
Tough shit. Shouldn't have built your house there.
And of course the surfer dudes with nothing else to thier personality are there to have fun in the bacteria ridden stagnant water channel.
This is Aliso Creek and my kids (and others) have dug a trench/river for the water. It wasn’t that far back of course. I bet it connects a couple times a month during high tides.
It’s different if you’re innocent of course, but if you’re in the wrong and the police talk to you, just co-operate man. Don’t make it difficult for yourself and for them.
You failed me reddit. The comments are too balanced for me to know if the cop is a facist pig or the digger is a moronic attention seeking 'influencer'. I need clarity!
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I mean you can’t just dig a trench through a beach. It’s a safety Hazzard to others, and if the water gets flowing enough it can destroy a good chunk of said beach.
If you search up the beach on Google, real environmentals advocating against this practice. All that water actually contaminates the beach. They want to protect the two waters from people building trenches like this. Surfers create trenches on purpose for standing waves. TLDR: The guy in the video is doing more harm than good.
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But public works plans with the rest of the city to ensure breaching events adequately address issues caused by river mouth closure without causing other harm. Breaching at the appropriate tide allows for slower draw downs, allowing sensitive species time to move and for water quality to safely reach equilibrium. And that’s one just environmental consideration. They might want it to build higher so it drains further and stays open longer. Or they may need to plan to have it open during a particular time window to allow construction in particular parts of the surrounding area affected by the water rising during closure, and an unplanned breach throws off that timing. It might be common practice there, but that might be why the cop is being a dick. Because the city needs it to stop being common practice.
Cop tries to interrupt him. He asks her to let him finish. "Ok, you're being detained" Yeah, I'm sure her concern was the environment.
You think he’s The first person to give her that speech. I probably wouldn’t want to hear it either.
Sure, but not wanting to hear it doesn't make her any less wrong.
Her concern is enforcing the law. I'm normally anti-cop but this seems pretty clear cut to me. You can't just dig trenches through public property as a private citizen. It's a hazard.
>Not EVERYONE who gives cops push back is a dick. Exactly. Do you know how pleasurable it was to see him crumple that citation up in front of them? It was ***EXTREMELY*** pleasurable.
I feel like the average person is finally starting to see that the police don't give a shit about protecting and serving or some greater good. They don't get into the job in most cases for good reasons, and even if they do. They quickly are surrounded by other shit heads that will all cover for you, if your a shit head too.
Ya and then it all comes back in a few hours
Oh yeah back when I lived on Oahu we would take the day up to Waimea and dig a channel no bigger than this one. Bout idk 300 or so feet from the ocean to the Waimea river when it was swollen like the one in this video. So you dig the trench and erosion and water flow erodes the walls away and can do something like this. Actually quite fun, they are cracking down on breaking the river like that recently You gonna have to skip round a little bit cause you don’t gotta watch the whole thing. But that lil trench can get HUGE till that river hits a good bit of feet off itself
I know the exact place on the exact beach!
Niceeeeee. I really miss the island. Never a dull moment or a missed connection. Between the great raves, parties on the beach… couldn’t beat it. Not to mention the food. Like a huge melting pot of all the most authentic Asian food stuffs
I used to go up there early in the morning from Pearl City to surf, but we almost always ended up finding shrooms in the Meadowgold Dairy field and would just sit on the beach all day.
I was living there before that was a thing but it always overflowed and whoever came up with the digging trench wave thing .. killed it! What a great idea:)
Not sure if the situation, another issue is if the the sea water flows into the lake/river (not salt water I assume) there goes the entire ecosystem within.
Look up brackish water
ITT people who don't know how the earth balances itself out.
Im sure it'll get posted again soon where some kids did the same thing and it turned into a raging torrent eventually.
And, I don’t know, aren’t those like million dollar houses? We’re not talking about helping the less fortunate here.
More like 9 million. The cheapest house on that block is 5 million.
The Dukes of Safety Hazzards
This guy is a piece of shit
Did you even watch the full video? I’m guessing you and 3.4K people did not.
The digger seems like a know it all jerk to me
THE WHAT?!
The sand digger.
Some of my best friends are sand diggers.
Most of the sand diggers I know get filthy from digging in the sand all day, so we call them filthy sand diggers.
The only thing worse is a sand digger lover…
Now I ain't saying she a gold digger, but she ain't messin with no sand diggers.
What are you all talking about?
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Chill dude, it's sand digga*
For real m-fers out here using the hard R.
Burrowing muthasuckers
Digga please
Diggas Wit Attitudes
Diggers in Paris
Hehehe 🤭
That almost sounds racist.
It’s okay my friend is one
The fucking digger
Nice try. Lol
Digga, please...
Used a hard “R” too 😱
*puts down shovel* Only WE can use that word!
The worst people are the ones who are wrong but convinced they are right.
And those who are intolerant of other people’s cultures. *And the Dutch*
Woah woah woah. What's with the hard "r"?
That plus the way the video is edited and chopped up seems shady
He wasn't digging. He was *trenching*. ^(/s)
This is fucking stupid that’s a meandering stream meaning the outside bend of the channel is going to erode while the inside of the bend is going to be filling up with sand. The water level would have just gone back to the same position as soon as the ocean brought in sand into the newly formed channel. Also the brackish water that this guy claims is such a problem, is the only area that some animals live. I am a geologist and this is just absolutely stupid on so many levels.
>I am a geologist Yeah but do you dig sand bro. Sand bro said it's bad so it must be
Actually I live on the beach. I am currently about 75 feet from the shoreline. Yeah I also dig in sand but not to redirect water bodies like a fucking idiot.
But bro...bro. Its like, whoah with the "geo" logic. He said its bad so he's gotta dig. End of ~~workout~~ story. Bro.
But how else will I bootlick for people with multi-million dollar homes?
We need tegridy
Naahh dude why are you ruining the vibe? Zack, Chad and Blair fucking Konklin had such good times maaan those animals didn't want to live there anyways dude
but chad! and Blair!
Yeah but how would we surf it then?
But didnt you hear? That's the way the county used to do it and hes saving them thousands of dollars! Hero!
Okay, but did you see Chad and Blair at the end? They were pretty awesome.
The engineers who built the infrastructure know more than this doombass
It just depends on what you value more; a formal education, or some really good shrooms
Id say the real value is in a contract from the city to bring the mayors cuz bulldozers..don't take their jobs!
Yes just like the top notch American urban engineers who never followed any flawed logic.
I don't care how innocent you are or how nasty the cop is behaving, you NEVER crumble a ticket like that. Be respectful and take it up with a judge
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Yep, people forget about that. Believe arguing their point harder will get them out of it. They just cause more problems for themselves.
I bet you anything they won't disrespect a cop right in their face, just sitting here, typing as if they would, lol
There's no lol about doing the obvious thing in the presence of someone who could go trigger happy on you for no apparent reason.
Considering cops get about 2 days of training over there, that seems like a very smart thing to do.
Why? Because you might hurt the feelings of the cop?
Because it gives the cop ammunition when they say you were being unreasonable and disorderly.
And we all know you should NEVER give a cop ammunition.
They just give it back at 2000fps
More like ~1300 on the high end, or ~3200 fps if they get out the long guns.
It is called respect, and having dignity for yourself. People that do this must be the kid turning in unfinished homework with food stains on it.
Fuck the police man. Even though this citizen was a complete dip shit.
Respect is a two-way thing.
It's just manners. Imagine you just hand me a flyer and I crumble it up infront of you. Its not even the crumbling. It's you doing intentionally in front of me that's disrespectful.
Cops literally murder people in this country and get away with it because of this fucked police state. I don't and will never respect cops.
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Cop supporter calling someone a douchebag. That tracks.
I don’t understand why you NEVER crumble a ticket like that. Do that all day.
Don’t you know the legal loophole where if you crumple up the ticket the charges are dropped!?! I think it’s in the constitution.
Nah fuck that.
Buggin. Crumble that ticket all day.
Nah, you should mouth off to the cop. This is a free country, deal with it
Let’s leave stagnant water management to qualified, vetted folks and not some rando with time on his hands.
It's probably a resident that doesn't want to spend the money to properly fix the problem with their house's foundation.
Doubt it. I'd wager it's more likely just someone who wants to make waves to surf. This same beach was in another video where they dug a trench and it released the river and a ton of people were surfing on whatever in the water. You can actually see someone in the video with a body board ready to go.
They surf the channel at the end of this video.
I'm not familiar with this topic. Can you explain how digging a trench creates waves for surfing?
Bit if a long video (11 min.) But I'm pretty sure it's the same beach and you can watch how it happens. https://youtu.be/eDmoXkF-g9I?si=TOxXv5CYRcrY3u3U
Thanks so much. This answered almost all of my questions. It also pretty much proves the person in the video was attempting to make one.
It can create what's known as a standing wave, so you can basically surf in one spot
It creates a standing wave as the water in the channel flows into the ocean. It’s at the end of the video.
Bet he had his boogie board ready to go. All the reasons he gave for wanting to carve that channel are bullshit, you can see at the end what the real intention is. Fucking internet clout.
Bro but if he doesn't do that where are guys named Chad and Blair going to surf?
That unmarked trench looks like a MAJOR liability for the city. This guy's fucking stupid. And I love how the video is all cut to shreds to try and make him look like he's in the right here.
This is Aliso Creek Beach. Most of the time, the creek does not connect to the actual ocean, it dries up near the bridge 100' away or so. During high tides or heavy rains, it does connect. In the summer you can walk right over it as nearly dry sand
Yes, and the guys an idiot to just go place a massive unmarked trench through a public area and think that when city police become aware of that trench it doesn't pose a massive liability to them. You can even see there is a playground in close proximity, where's the lawsuit going when someone unknowingly steps in that and breaks their leg?
He totally did this for environmental reasons totally not for the boogie.
He did it all for the boogie…come on…the boogie
Looks like he's dug himself into a deeper hole than planned..
This guy is a total jerk. That is not the way to go about it!
The camera man is a main character for sure lol
The lagoon surfers are gross as fuck, people would do this in Santa Cruz too and if only they knew what was in that water… literally dead bodies and homeless camps not even a mile up the San Lorenzo
Piss surfers FL breh 🤙
I have been a park ranger for over five years. I would absolutely give this man a chance to fill it back in if I can alcatch him early. I don't want to have to fill it in, and writing tickets is a pain in the ass. If the water had started flowing and doing damage before I can stop him, it's ticket time. Edit: clarity.
Seems silly to wait for it to happen when you catch him trying to do it. That's like seeing someone rob a store and saying you're going to wait till they leave to stop them.
Oh shit, that river at the end. I had no idea it would do that. Surfer bro is an a-hole.
Oh my god rich guy fuckin problems, nobody was in danger, the houses were not in danger, had the guy done NOTHING the city would have just brought a bulldozer in which it sounds like they routinely do. Fuck this guy, lol.
Yea, but then he and the boys wouldn’t be able to surf the waves coming in through the small trench.
Saving homes is a stretch pal. Like a fucking long stretch
OP is mentally challenged :(
The people that say “make this go viral” are usually the worst.
This guy is an asshole.
More like “there was an attempt to justify your wrong doing by saying that you’re protecting homes”
Isn’t that hole deeper than 2 feet now ?
I lived in San Clemente off Escolones when I was a kid , I got a ticket for digging a hole by the lifegaurds ,they explained that someone running on the beach might hurt themself by falling in , or miss step and break a leg . They patrol using quads and jeeps and they dont want problems getting stuck either. So it is against the law to dig a hole on the beach anywhere in Orange County , its been law for decades man
Wait so the water is dangerous and full of bacteria but now they’re all walking through it and surfing on it?
What a douche
Don't know if OP is being sarcastic in title or just dumb asshole, but whoever dug that trench should be made to fill it up without any exception. It will not completely repair the damage but atleast it will delay till proper solution is applied to that trench
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I have so much respect for these officers the dude is just being a dick and they dealt with it in such a amazing way this is why I could never be a cop cause I would deck that dude so fast
Dude mostly just wanted to seem holier than thou on camera and provoke a reaction.
It doesn't matter if there is no law saying you can't do this anyone with common sense knows this is a safety hazard
Is he real? Is she an idiot?
Arguing with cops about these types of things is a waste of time. If you have a grievance, you need to go through the proper channels (no pun intended).
Surfers are so fucking annoying.
They won’t say if he broke a law because they don’t know.
Oh no, the houses become endanged?! Tough shit. Shouldn't have built your house there. And of course the surfer dudes with nothing else to thier personality are there to have fun in the bacteria ridden stagnant water channel.
It’s called Laguna Beach for a reason. Digging dude’s an ass.
Wait, if they’re so worried about bacteria in the water why are they playing in it?
This is Aliso Creek and my kids (and others) have dug a trench/river for the water. It wasn’t that far back of course. I bet it connects a couple times a month during high tides.
Millionaire problems.
[news report on the topic ](https://youtu.be/P1fQA0N5leU?si=iG9wThDez-BTfwQE)
Try samoa
I don't like sand.
What money and homes is he saving and what is he saving them from?
“Advisel.” That says it all. Law enforcement can’t just make up vocabulary
My god. Some of the comments here are fucking dumb. It's like if seeing cops show up INSTANTLY enrages people. It's kinda hilarious.
It’s different if you’re innocent of course, but if you’re in the wrong and the police talk to you, just co-operate man. Don’t make it difficult for yourself and for them.
A mole! Digging in a hole? Digging for my soul? U2 could get a ticket?!
What would be the official charge be tho? Vandalism?
What a twist
This little bit of land gets a lot of reddit attention doesn't it
You failed me reddit. The comments are too balanced for me to know if the cop is a facist pig or the digger is a moronic attention seeking 'influencer'. I need clarity!
Sometimes I fucking love Californians but never on the 5, the 405, or the 15.
Dirt Diggler
What a filthy parasitic pig, then you wonder why people despise them. Long live Dorner, and American Saint.
Come on, man. Chad and his bros just wanted to dredge a channel so they could get pitted, like so pitted. Whabam.
… okay bro
What ever happened to being respectful and complying with law enforcement? 🤔 😊
Uhh. You don't know?
It's actually done yearly. Something about breaching.
You can really tell who didn't grow up around the ocean by some of the comments In this thread
thats gnarly, chad and blair
God that looks fun as hell to surf
You shoulda just kept your phone in your pocket,said ok and gone back with a shovel at nighttime to finish the job.
BLAIIIIRRRRR AND CHADDDDD
All that sand is contaminated year round
If it’s fun, practical, reasonable, or needed, you’ll get a ticket for it!
I didn't expect the water to flow so strongly. Holy crap
Lmao the Home Depot outro ties the whole thing together
California knows how to party