Hoping to just have a Padded Room style thread in the surf forum that provides some fun surf related junk to waste my day looking at. Thanks !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ba98kojKpc
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Hoping to just have a Padded Room style thread in the surf forum that provides some fun surf related junk to waste my day looking at. Thanks !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ba98kojKpc
Super fun blog to check out.
Surfy Surfy
This was made by Mikey Smith. the guy that made "dark side of the lens"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIyY7fWCyB0
Do these count? Sorta thought they fit the wtf padded room mold.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kMVyxJuV1M
This is how I plan to learn how to surf!
I've never been confused for a pro photographer, that said here is some stoke from my personal collection
A below average beach break in SD goes off during the fires, heavy offshore winds and gaping pits
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Even the smaller waves looked super fun and small almond shaped barrels
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2066/...9444b1e0_z.jpg
20-30mph offshore winds = this guy getting hung up on top trying to drop in
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Setting up for a nice empty shack, I wish I was dropping under the lip on this one
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Nica and yes that is my finger on the side of the picture, I'm a pro photog :fmicon:
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Nica, this beachy hammers even though it does not look it from the pictures
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3131/...bc765072_z.jpg
Mex, sand bottom point break heaven
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Different wave but similar setup, 250 yards later the wave tends to pick up steam and maybe even get bigger on the sandbar
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2475/...6d9215b1_b.jpg
After 300 yard waves, who has time to paddle back out? Get out and run back to the point and it's a 20 second paddle until your next 300 yard wave. Take off zone is in front of the rocks
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This is a result of 10 or so laps in 95 degree heat and 85 degree water
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Oily perfection
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I'm goofy foot and I still say yum to this wave. I'll take 20 of these any day of the year. When we rolled up the day before, Dane Reynolds was destroying this wave on the inside
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Back to SD for a moment, size is hard to tell but the entire lineup got cleaned out on this set, solid DOH+, which is rare for this spot. I imagine this set showed up in full force just up the road at Blacks beach.
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^^Sweeeet. I'm heading to Nica at the end of August for 21 days. Hoping to find some of those roping lefts, but that right pointbreak looks juicy.
Very cool man, you staying at a surf camp up north or down in SJ Del sur area? You will score in Nica. There might be some onshore days when it rains but you should score for sure with 21 days. We got kinda skunked but it was still fun. I didn't get to see true nica, unfortunately. Colorados was probably a few feet overhead but still banging with a side/offshore wind. We caught the only tropical storm to hit nica in a redonkulous period of time, basically we got unlucky and roads were washing out so we bailed early. it was a dynamic trip
I have no clue. Probably staying in SJDS. I have a hookup with a guide down there that is supposed to be a swap. He wants to come up here in the Winter. Not sure how this will work out, because he wants to check out Mav's, and that's not happening for me this year. I'm looking at renting a house down there, since I know a few groups that I will be meeting up with. Any thoughts on safety as far as bringing gf? Also, any must do boat trips?
From where I'd rather be
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Sick Hugh, I'd like to be there right now
Lol BS720, I'd drive to Mavs and watch him paddle out. No thanks.
I didnt hit SJ del sur but I'm pretty sure it's not nearly as good as the Tola region. That would be a must if you're on a surf mission. Tola picks up more size, 3ft or so bigger on the same swell. Not much nightlife in Tola though, it's pretty remote and not much action other than the surf camps and the locals.
Colorado's is the premiere beach break but it's $250(?) Boat ride and it gets crowded. Best thing to do is either Stay at hacienda Iguana (gated community) so no boat ride required, split a boat with another group, or find some local groms to show you the 4x4 trail into Colorado's (pay like $3 to a local dude with his 12 gauge so you can cross his land). We had the local grooms rolling with us all week so this was our route, maybe we paid $10.
There is also a disgusting left reef break north of Popoyo (not outter reef Popoyo) that supposedly goes fo'eva on big swells.
Check Here for daily surf reports http://www.nicaraguasurfreport.com/r...php?id_secc=25
amazing pics.......
I'm definitely going to spend some time exploring Tola and maybe even further north. I'm staying just north of SJDS. Should have a car the whole time.
On the local front, VFW's to Graveyard's cleaned up Monday night. Irving was 2-4', and junk. Just north, there were hollow head high barrels. Haven't seen it that good since January. Really got me stoked for this upcoming trip. Well, that and all the south juice that's been hitting SC.
^vedy vedy nice, the ante has been upped
BS, I don't have all the beta but him me up if you have any specific questions. I would rather not name all the spots openly on the forum but I can certainly pass along info via pm if ya need
I have to pull out my old computers to upload more photos. The ones on this computer are exhausted
This wave is the longest wave you could ever imagine and only breaks on a macking swell. This swell was pushing 10ft at 18 seconds on the buoys, I bet Puerto was Triple to Quad overhead this day.
If you look closely there are 2 guys on the inside waves and the wave has potential to go another 300 yards past where i was standing while taking the picture. When I walked up, the guy on the beach said Kolohe's last wave was pushing 700-800 yards, and I don't doubt him.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/...04446539_b.jpg
This session would have been a few notches better without the wind, the current was top notch though
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/...01287e31_z.jpg
I think surfers, more than most, can appreciate a quality shore break.
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awesome !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzZR4ssWdLM
That's raw power unleashing it's fury. You take those SM? If so, nice work
I took them this winter, n shore Kauai. High surf advisories for almost the entire week I was there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Piggity POW
shores/scripps is/was always nice when the sandbars shaped-up good for a solid swell. thing about those kind of days, especially at blacks, is the size (or lack thereof) the crowd in the lineup. you'd find more people sitting outside the riptide between the peaks catching their breath than jockeying in the zone. and even less in the super hollow and DUMPING inside; too many folks scared of taking the rogues on the head and going through the spin cycle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Piggity POW
sorry, i have no pictures to share :(, but am enjoying the stoke. cheers
Yeah BH, the size down here isn't quite enough to keep the people out of the lineup often. That wave was probably the biggest wave I've witnessed pushed through scripps. My buddy pulled into a huge barrel on northside and got pinched on the exit, it smashed him on the head and cracked 2 of his teeth as a result. Dentist chair was his next stop.Quote:
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I caught the afternoon session and it was classic south wind and it got cloudy/stormy. Spray flying off the back at 20mph and some of the biggest and dryest barrels I've ever witnessed there. It honestly looked like DOH Blacks and my 6'8" rounded pin was not enough due to the wind. Everyone was getting hung up but holy chit if I had a camera in the water, you could have fit my 4runner in some of the shacks pushing through. It was the day after a storm with both a windswell and groundswell combo, the morning session had many big lenses on the beach and many pros in the water, one of those kinda days
SM, those photos are sick! Shorepound is fun to watch, pure power. I haven't been to Kauai yet but my sis in law lives on oahu, so I'm sure one of these visits we'll head over. Can't wait to see that island, sounds amazing from everyone I've talked too. Did you get any waves? High Surf advisory on the North Shore is a whole different story than on the South. Pretty sure I'd have to find some wrap swell on days like that
How about some kid stoke. My 8 year old last week at surf camp.
Regular and goofy.
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Nice BR, he's hooked for life!
Small but fun day in Nica...
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This is the best surf blog EVER !!!! (WARNING: NSFW!!!!!!!!!)
LOL-SURF
^NSFW but funny as hell! I could have dealt without seeing the cockandballs photos but overall pure comedy. (Not the joel tudor photo but the ones further down, save yourself from singeing your eyes and only scroll halfway down the blog)
HT, you get any surf this weekend? windy so i skipped it, let's grab a session on the next decent swell