I heard a nasty little rumor about Honeymoon Island State Park. Management usually keeps things under wraps until there is no slowing down a project. I hope that if this is true, we’re able to prevent something reprehensible from happening.

What I heard was that the park is considering making Honeymoon Island like Clearwater Beach, a no hard board beach area. What has happened in Clearwater is, the city made the public beaches a zone where you can’t surf. I don’t know exactly what it would take to make that a reality at a state park. Whatever it is, we surfers should defend what’s our right. We’ve been surfing Honeymoon Island for more than 20 years, more than 15 years myself. Greg Rocktoff and Dave Adams have been surfing Honeymoon Island before it was a state park! This is what we do, we surf. The next closest beach that gets surf that’s accessible by car is Clearwater Beach, another 8 miles away. I truly hope they aren’t considering taking away one of the best things about Honeymoon! Honestly, I don’t even know how it’s legal that everything’s been outlawed on the public beaches in Clearwater. It’s like saying you can’t carry an umbrella while walking down the sidewalk. Sounds pretty rediculous, right? I don’t understand how they charge us money to use public parking lots. It doesn’t seem like things that are public are really all that public. And honestly, it begs the question, does the political party in control of something really make a difference when we consider what its future is? I’m going to give the park manager a call tomorrow to see if any of this is based in reality, and I’ll let you know.