Hahaha...see this is where we laugh. In the summer it is ok but you don't experience the shore the way it is meant to be Wet...crowds really aren't that bad, thisisn't a resort haahah. Fall / winter are best casue they are wet (this year I doubt there is much snow) Spring is good too. It is 10months a year of riding, just depends on your own personal danger level. Personally, my first time would be summer, takes abnormal amount of skill to ride that stuff when it is soaked.