Last year me and Steve and Brendon were all in the water the day before a typhoon, surfing glassy waves that were pretty small (4 foot max). A bunch of guards came over and started whistling at us to get out of the water.

We ignored them, and so they sent a couple of guys out on jet-skis to wave us in: again we ignored them.

It wasn't until they called a group of soldiers down to the beach and a very official guy started vehemently waving us in that we decided to give up on it: it was getting late anyway and we were looking forward to bigger surf the next day.

Fortunately, when the surf was 10 ft+ the next day they had no such law enforcement at the beach, and we could enter freely: for those who dared...

I have a similar story in 2006 at DaDonghai, southern end of beach near the rock pool near the jetty. just after the Typhon hit end of August, I was out with Brian the KiteSurfer and a Japanese girl surfer named Shizuka. The waves were roughly 5 -6 feet sets closing out with the occasional good short, sucky left rippin into the ropes. Bit Scary !

We were paddling around when we heard a whistle blowin, we looked to the shore to see a lifeguard waving at us. I waved back and of course continued paddling, this guy continued for half an hour. Each time one of us caught a wave we waved at him.

Eventually he got sicked and tired of blowin his whistle and wavin, he stopped. When we caught our waves in, I cheekily waved to the lifeguard he waved back. I guess he eventually realised we had no trouble.

Another time I was down near the middle of Dadonghai, near the jet skis and swimming ropes, near the central walkway. The surf was 1 foot dribbling, was by myself nobody in the water. I was catching crap occasionally, when I was joined by Brian and Canadian Steve.

We were talking and swimming around when the jet ski guys/ocassional lifeguards decided it was time to hassle us and move us along. They waved at me and called out in Madarin. Of course I don't speak Mandarin, so I waved and hung in the water.

I eventually caught some waves when one of the guys got on his Jetski and zoomed over to me and tried to talk to me and tried to get aggressive. I expressed in my best Aussie manner what he could with his Agro. He got the message and left me alone with the boys.

Hey it's all about the Power trip at Times. Life goes on.