Wow. Where are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Island Bay
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Wow. Where are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Island Bay
Strange.... I don't see any sheep. Or ex-pat wall-streeters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh Conway
More walled up today, not much leftovers to cross things up like it was yesterday. Of course I have more time to surf on the day it's walled
The sheep are on them thar hills in the background - and just about everywhere else you look. The Wall St ex-pats are probably hiding out in warmer parts of our wee South Sea nation.Quote:
Originally Posted by BraddA
SUPU- You getting excited or pissed about the Search circus coming to town?Quote:
Originally Posted by Superstar Punani
Shoot me a message if you're in the Summit/Eagle area and need a partner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Piggity POW
Thanks, I will. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Superstar Punani
Semi OT: Im flying out to San Fran for the weekend and will probably be making the trip down to Santa Cruz Saturday or Sunday. I was wondering if my 3/2 will be enough for the current water/air temps? Looks like air will be around 70 and water in the mid 50's so I think I should be OK? I have some booties and gloves I could bring as well if necessary. Also, any suggestions on a shop with a good selection of rental boards?
Thanks!
3/2 should work in town. Maybe even up north. It has been warm.
Don't know about rentals, but Rip Curl on Mission has a big Rentals sign out front.
^^I have been waiting for my winter suits to arrive, but it was in the 80's today. I took my 3/2 Matuse out today at OB, and I was fine for four hours. Very few places around here/SC will be colder as far as water goes. Good call getting out of the city. The Nike women's marathon is this weekend, so OB will be a zoo.
Today was fucking rad. I thought I was surfing a Balinese beachbreak for a second. Barrels and peaks all over the place.
Fuckin psyched. Not everyday the WCT holds a contest across from the Poon Palace.Quote:
Originally Posted by supermodel159
Thanks SheRa, I'll be in the winter park area so probably hit a few laps on berthoud while we're there. Appreciate the offer though!
Aaaaah it sucks to be older and not in tip top shape. Took the wife to a seminar at La Jolla High, drove down to Wind and Sea and it was going OFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!
Over head sets, guys getting a little covered up, seriously what I would pay big money to fly to to surf with no one else out.
Bad news for me, was there were 20+ guys out there on short boards that would have ate my lunch if I had paddled out on my 8'6". Had to be satisfied with a few chest high ones at Delmar. FML.
Surf the past few days has been fun. The Lane has been pretty good since the NW arrived on Wednesday. Thursday afternoon looked real fun and real crowded. Lots of collisions. Too many. Too many douchebag moves going on. The end result is that plenty of waves went wasted because people can't seem to communicate. Still plenty of good surfing and a few good waves ridden. Got a few good pics. Teaser.
http://stk.tetongravity.com/forums/a...18707763&stc=1
damn i miss summer already. summer always seems so much more consistent with more favorable winds.
went out today in typical fall/winter gale force winds and typical crowds due to locals coming out of the woodwork from avoiding summer fun. man do they miss out. nows the time of year for long stretches of flatness with a bit of greatness thrown in here and there.
thank god for skiing.:)
rog
I kind of remember that. Two week intervals between swells. Well overhead and lined up for a day. Chest high the next morning due to off shores hammering the swell. Maybe knee high the next. Then a two week wait for the next swell.Quote:
Originally Posted by icelanticskier
On the other coast, this is the prime season, with the north waking up, and the south trying to send out one last swell. Still, it looks like we have a small week ahead. Time to work on processing pics and getting them posted.
envious of you fer sure. nice pics coming through from your coast! i hadn't surfed in a couple weeks after surfing multiple days a week from late april-early october. felt like i hadn't paddled in months. with the temps and wind i was chilled to the bone in my 4/3 and boots. getting soft i guess:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
still some fun ones at the rocks fer sure. the wind was REALLY holding em up. looks like we may have some fun coming late in the week, but probably windy as shit too. ah well. take what we get and like it!
keep that west coast stoke coming!
rog
i think u are...my kid still in his 3/2 no boots. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by icelanticskier
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excuse the shitty pics from my 1st gen droid, these are from the last two weekends of sw swell and sheet glass conditions north of the gate. 2nd two pics are from a reef a buddy and I had to ourselves from 11-3 yesterday. 'twas a chest to head buffet of occasionally bowling rights. amazing what a little hike does to thin out the crowds.
still green sleeves?Quote:
Originally Posted by strawjack
shit, now my elbow hurts.
rog
yup green. sawyers last sat. funky w/ side wind. i'm sure the switch is coming soon to a 4/3...which he does not own...$$$...just bought him new boards, now he needs boots too. $$$$ the best is that he'll grow out of all this stuff too!
sat, meaning 2 days ago? ya that friggin wind. i was playing domestique in a 106 mile bike event out of peterborough in THAT wind. yesterday at the rocks was like surfing on a hydrofoil. every left on the new rocket had me hovering with what seemed like just my fins in contact with the wave face. thank goodness that take off is so damn perfect. some waves i swore were gonna break a bit inn front of me were too damn scared of the wind to do so. made for some fun rides!Quote:
Originally Posted by strawjack
after 120+ sessions in my 4/3 since last fall, it's getting kinda leaky. time to go back to ripcurl for that 3 year warranty re-seaming:)
oh ya, he's worth EVERY penny.
rog
Boots will stretch over time, so buy ones just a touch big, and they will last the two years boots do any way.Quote:
Originally Posted by strawjack
Buy him a 2/1 shorty that he will fit into next summer. Wear it over the 3/2 and presto, you have a 5/3/2. Add a neoprene hooded vest that he can use for years, and it gets right toasty. It worked well enough for a nyc winter when I was 18. Actually, I had an old 4mil with the neoprene rot in the crotch and pits. Wore the shorty under it. Worked for a few winters until I could afford a real suit.
My favorite surf outfit would be the board shorts+booties+neoprene hooded vest. So easy to paddle in, yet surprisingly warm.
It is rare to get those off shore winds here like I recall from Maine. Kind of miss them.
Looks like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!
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I keep checking in on this thread. Guess that'll stop when I get to skiing next week in Colorado. I just got a new pair of Lhasa Pows!!! 186 gonna make this girl go very fast. Thinking Marker Barons if I can find a rep before they run out.
Thank you splat, you da mang! :yourock::yourock::yourock:
So all you Cali peeps, I will come to the Mammoth Mini next spring - I'm quite determined.
Would like to meet you surfers and see if you really ski too. :fmicon: ;)
These days I would be reluctant to say I do either well, I need some consecutive days in the water and on the mountain. Summer fuckin kills me. Hope to see you at next years mini and have a great winter SheRa. Once the surf is rockin in San Diego, I will post up some pics for you to day dream over. It really is tough to beat winter days surfing in SD especially when comboed with a long weekend at Mammoth.:wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by SheRa
Nice Shera, you're amped on those Lhasa's! I got me some 191 lhasa Fats, blacked out carbon top sheet and no logos...sexy pair of skis.
done did git sum good ones today. morning wuz a bit of a disappointment with the never ending shit non-summer winds, and crowds. yes, worse crowding than summer in ways.
the wind FINALLY went offshore proper this afternoon and a really fun time was had. not big, but very well formed. as is the case with october-march surfing. here one day, gone the next and for weeks probably. stoked on this afternoon, but missing summer consistency/cleanliness big time.
rog
the swell decided to stick around for one more day with light offshores. smaller than friday, but still PLENTY fun on the log. probably coulda ridden the short board, but i was feeling kinda lazy.
i pull up a bit after 1st light to find an empty lineup at the rocks. thigh/waist high groundswell sets breaking perfectly across the point. as i watched, cars would pull up and pull out as if they were seeing nothing. i'd just driven by some beach breaks and wasn't impressed in the least. the beauty of the rocks is as soon as it goes waist high or below, it seems to go completely off the radar. love that cuz it's such a fantastic wave at that size range. perfect lefts.
for the next 2.5 hours i had the rocks to myself, in perfect longboard waves, on a saturday where endless cars with boards drove by all morning, only a few actually stopped to look. i was awestruck. some of the set waves had me longing for the 5'9" rocket, but i just couldn't get out to make the switch. when i got out of the water (i was almost late for work), i drove by those beaches and the crowds were astounding. tons of folks out on waves that paled in comparison to my lonely point break.
talk about sheep mentality. no complaints here:)
tomorrow could be fun too.
rog
I got one like that at the rocks back in the day, titty high with some punch, sheet oil glass, the log was in the zone, nobody out. But it was a weekday and the coldest air/water combo I'd ever surfed. It was fucken brutal but still awesome! Top ten surf experience of my life. Good to hear you can still get a good sesh to yourself there these days...Quote:
Originally Posted by icelanticskier
Nice to see some peeps are searching it out up there. Every time I get to that coast, I see so much potential, usually on a 60 minute drive from one surf spot to another. Knowing that coastline seems like it could offer some great surf. And big sharks.Quote:
Originally Posted by PedPro
word.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFugitive
got up this morning and slipped and slid my way down the coast on ice covered roads. had a bout an hour and a half to surf b4 work and wasn't seeing much till finally i pulled up to the wall at 730am. bluebird, light offshores, perfect knee/thigh w/occasional waist high set and not a soul out. couldn't friggin believe it. 1.5 miles of beach and no one out. gorgeous morning. for an hour and a half i surfed between 10th and 13th on the log with some rights that had me just laughing with joy. finally i saw one lonely surfer getting ready to head out so i took that opportunity to get out and pass him on tha stairs with a simple, "have fun, it's all yours now". unreal:)
sunday could be the real deal. blowing off the early season snowstorm skiing for riding of a much more dynamic variety.
rog
Fuck, I am dieing here. It has been so flat I haven't surfed in two weeks. Aaaaarrrrrrggghhhhh
I (kind of) hear ya. Up until a few days ago, the surf was teh suc for a few weeks. Sure, a few nibbles here and there, but the better sized days tended to be bumped or warbled. But be patient, it will come. The long term has some hope for more significant dateline action, which is just what you folks down south need.
As for the kind of. Found a ledge working last Tuesday, even with a slight on shore. No one else on it, and super fun. And then found a sand bar in Monterey Bay. Had it to our selves on Saturday at about shoulder to head high. And then again Sunday, a bit smaller. Then like 80 people showed up. Okay, it was only 12, but WTF - the entire beach north as far as we could see was empty peaks; and south had like three guys. I guess my buddy and I were just ripping it up and making it look good. Had a lot of hope for the off shores to hold to this afternoon, but when I left home, I had to find a protected point. Smaller than I wanted, but still a fun should high.
Still can't wait for some real swell to show up and turn on the creek or nb.
Just got back from a beach just across the bridge from where Kelly et al. are. Small, unmakeable barrels abound.
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Originally Posted by liv2ski
Ditto. Yesterday looked semi OK, definitely rideable. I'm heading out right now to try to get my gills wet, they're dry as a burnt boot
about this time, a sharky ledge was going off at a foot overhead and throaty. only 4 guys out. and the sun set was pretty sick as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by hop
next few days look bleak weather wise. trying to figure what saturday morning will look like.
^Weather looks to be a problem down this way too.
Just got out and the fog bank was pushing up the canyons from both the north and south of where I surfed. Really thick and milky. Flowing over the top of ridges into the canyons, pretty cool to watch unfold when it's bright sun and then a thick fog bank about 300 yards away.
Glassy, waist to nipple high, really sunny and mellow crowd. Even the 2 brazilian dudes at the end couldn't harsh my mellow. My batteries are semi-recharged, thankfully.
Yesterday was good around the central coast. Super clean and moderate swell. Moss was called "all time" during the dawn patrol. Slater found a world title at OB in the afternoon. I found fun waves around sunset. The Lane around noon was about chest high on the better ones.
Indicators was offering up a nice lengthy long board wave all the way through the cliffs
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...9&d=1320355303
I just kind of enjoy this angle. Spinners were attempted. A few completed.
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1320355284
To compare to what was happening at OB during the Rip Curl, this was about the size of the better ones.
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...0&d=1320355270
^ That last right looks so fun and playful, kinda looks like a semi-double up is about to happen. I bet that was a nice sequence. What's housing for a 3 bedroom rental in SC area? Would I need to be Warren Buffet to afford a place within walking distance? We've outgrown our current pad and my wifes about to shoot me if we don't move.
OT, I would be soooooo stoked to get a little head high action like that last wave. Maybe by Saturday at the south facing breaks:rolleyes2