“For fools.”
Even for those who watch. One year a rogue wave came up and took out a spectator stand. Several people were hurt a couple seriously. I believe there were two broken legs.
The ocean temperature is a coolish 48 degrees in the winter and a blazing 55 degrees in the summer. That is just too cold for anything but tootsies in the water.
I know--wetsuits. But the face gets frigid.
BRRRRRRR!!!
I guess it IS one of nature's culling methods.