Anyone else get some today...?

[Ottime]

Things have wound down here. Tried to find a wave this morning, and while I was able to get a half turn here and a moment of speed there, it was just not putting together an entire wave for the shortboard. Almost considered getting on the long board for a few waves at the point, but figured I'd save that for tomorrow and this coming week. Might get another round of wind swell, so all is not lost.

[jtran10]

had a fun session at terramar friday night. A handful of good lefts, with one that held up nicely for 3 big turns.

Went out again yesterday afternoon because it was nice out, but there was a summer weekend crowd on the minimal swell with long intervals. Went in after not too long.

Seems like a good week with our AM tides for some dawn patrols

[Piggity]

Any ding repair experts, advice needed. Currently in the middle of a fairly large deck patch along the stringer, probably 9"x4". Mixed a huge batch of resin, actually 2 back to back batches since I way underestimated the size of the repair. Mixed them both with filler and let it set. It's pretty well set but it's curing really hot and most likely brittle down the line. Am I killing it by continuing as is and laying the cloth, I'll be aiming for a cold batch this time

Jtran, you can try that board out. I thought about selling it

[Ottime]

^^^^ If it cracks at all while setting, then definitely pull it out. Otherwise, I'd probably let it be. To take it out you will need to pull out even more foam, as the resin/filler blend should have penetrated a bit into the good foam.

Was this for a delay? Try this next time.

Get a 2oz syringe. Fill several produce plastic bags with sand or dirt. Drill a hole through the glass in the middle of the delam zone just large enough so that you get the tip of the syringe through. It should be a tight fit. Remove the top of the syringe and insert the tip in the whole. Mix your resin/filler. Push on the deck to remove all air. Fill syringe with resin/filler. It helps to have a third hand here. One to keep the glass firmly on the deck of the board, one to hold the syringe, one to fill syringe. Once full, replace top of syringe and depress. It will take some force as you are trying to fill a vacuum (if you got all the air out) with a material. It will perpetrate the "rotten" foam that contributed to the delam. Keep syringe in the hole and keep it depressed. Stack sand bags on deck to keep pressure between glass and filler. Once cured, remove syringe. Fill remaining whole with resin/filler. Finally, sand small deck patch (3/4" diameter) and lay a piece of glass over the entry hold. I have found this tends to yield a repair that lasts as long as a full removal of glass and bad foam. And it add less weight. Add it is much easier/quicker. You can also re-use the syringe if you have a lot of Q-cell or Glass Bubbles in your mix. Which you want to make it super light. This works for smaller delams of about 6-8" diameters.

[icelanticskier]

no help on ding repair here as i've hardly ever dinged a board enough to leak any water, but maybe once or twice eons ago, but a mini hurricane just rolled through and i pedal'd by the beach to check things out and todays onshore mess is now some fine thigh + super clean action.

will report back!

rog

[icelanticskier]

fun lb sesh with a coupla friends at the honey hole tonight. had to chill and wait a bit for the tide to back out, but once it did, it was on like donkey kong. such a pretty evening with lightning strikes still visible in the distance from the storm that had just passed by. glassy thigh sets were the norm with lefts/rights coming through at equal distribution.

maybe still a little somethin in the a.m.?

rog

[Piggity]

Damn layer cracked. Oh well, I still glassed it over since it's my 8' and barely use it. I have 2 layers of glass on it and might throw a 3rd to give it extra strength

[Ottime]

Go with a third layer and consider it done if it is an 8 footer you rarely use. My 7'6" egg does not get the best fix it work done to it. Quick and easy. And sometimes a bit heavy.

[icelanticskier]

missed yesterday, looked at it but was kinda meh. looked better once i got to work. so it goes.

this morning however was a super pleasant surprise. went just for a look before riding my bike to work. only brought the lb and the dog. mistake. solid waist high+ sets were rolling through with light offshores with just one supper and a friend of mine out. paddled out on the lb, caught a few and was bored stiff and pining for the 5'10. then i noticed the dog trying to get out of the car (a new thing) so i got out, ran her home, grabbed the 5'10, and had some fun. as the tide came in the shape got better and better with a nice a-frame and long shoulder deal happening. my last wave was perfect. waist high and steep enough for some ripping off the top turns with deep cutback fin gouging. even got a super nice compliment as i was walking up to my car. a long time local surfer said, "man you made that look easy" love that.

tomorrow looks promising.

to worky i go........

rog

[PowerWhore7]

Rog, your area surf report has the water at 55-57 degrees, is that correct? Also, what does the water temp get up to in the summer? Inquiring minds wants to know...

Looks like some surf is on tap in The OC for the next couple of days, 2.9ft @ 15s SSE & 2.8 @ 15s WSW - should make for some nice combo peaks and HH waves for me

jtran- San-O tonight?

[Ottime]

^^^wow you are getting way more of the S.

Maine breaks into the 60s for summer and early fall. Despite what rog might tell you (he wears a 4/3??? all summer) it can get quite nice. I spent time in board shorts the past two summers, but for "serious" surf sessions, I wore my buddies old 3/2 and was plenty warm. I plan to pack my shorty for this summer, and borrow a 3/2 if I need it. Gonna bring my son's shorty for him, and expect he will be super stoked on the warmth. BTW, it also gets very cold in Maine with water temps down below 50 and I can recall dead of winter days where it hit sub 40.

Summer warmth really depends on how strong the Gulf Stream is, and if it eddies warm water in when/if it pushes up past the Cape. And when the Labrador pushes back in Oct/Nov, temps can plummet overnight.

I really do miss Maine between September through December, after the tourist leave, and before the cold arrives, and while hurricanes finishes off their season and Nor'Easters begin theirs. Such fond memories of epic, uncrowded surf. Literally days where you would try to find someone, anyone, to get in the water with you. I can remember surfing overhead Moody Point rights all by myself after calling everyone I knew and knocking on every door. Solo, at a rare, rare treat. Imagine big peaks and big bottom turns, followed by a stalled wall that when it finally began to rip down the point would peel at a foot over head for a couple hundred yards over large cobbles and small boulders. It breaks like that perhaps once or twice a year.

[PowerWhore7]

^^
Wow, so Maine/New England surf is as epic as Rog makes it sound, huh. I just thought Rog was raving lunatic who could have fun anywhere on anything

My touring partner Highanxiety always talks about Maine as well but I just figured he lived in VT and would be happy to surf anything. Might need to take trip East in the fall....

[Xover]

san O mini tonight a huge success - great to meet you and the crew PW

Damn!! Got into town that morning for a 4 day surf trip and missed this Shit!! Oh well, glad all had a good time. Will be back each of the next 3-4 months mid to late month each trip so hopefully catch you kooks then

[jtran10]

pw, going down to SD tonight so no go. Planning on tomorrow assuming Eric mails me our shared park pass today like he said he would.

Had a fun dawn patrol this morning, and the sun actually poked out of the clouds while I was out too. Nice combo windswell waves in carlsbad, waist-chest high.

[Ottime]

^^
Wow, so Maine/New England surf is as epic as Rog makes it sound, huh. I just thought Rog was raving lunatic who could have fun anywhere on anything

My touring partner Highanxiety always talks about Maine as well but I just figured he lived in VT and would be happy to surf anything. Might need to take trip East in the fall....

Take what I say with a grain of salt. I was 21, and most likely torched. I can also recall pissing off my friends repeatedly when I would comment about how perfect the beach break would be on any given day, if only I was the size of a squirrel. But it does have its days and generally all 27 surfers in southern Maine are at one break. And compared to the endless beach and jetty breaks from the City to the Everglades, the reefs, points, coves and ledges are super fun in NE.

[icelanticskier]

Wow, so Maine/New England surf is as epic as Rog makes it sound, huh. I just thought Rog was raving lunatic who could have fun anywhere on anything

well if you like to surf well more than half the days in a calendar year in mostly clean conditions with multiple good breaks and maybe just you or not many others more often than not, then you'd love maine. we don't have consistantly big or powerful surf, but everything weighed out, i wouldn't want to live anywhere else. ok maybe mid december to mid march in central america. i have trouble booking trips to warmer climates cuz i feel very spoiled here overall. did a coupla winters in utah years ago, but it killed me to be more than a short drive to the beach and miss waves all winter. now i can surf and ski on the same day most any day i want all winter.

water temps. down to near 40 +- in winter. 5/4 hood 5mm mitts 7mm boots. rest of year 4/3. cept old 4/3 mid summer. a leaky 4/3 is as good as a good 3/2, but i'm recycling the old 4/3 allowing avoiding buying another suit mid 50's now.

My touring partner Highanxiety always talks about Maine as well but I just figured he lived in VT and would be happy to surf anything. Might need to take trip East in the fall....

come to maine. both of you. i have spare bedrooms, a new grill, and plenty of beer

rog

[Ottime]

What kind of beer?

And visits him in late September/ early October. If you give yourself a few weeks time, you won't be disappointed. But, as pointed out, don't expect much size or power even compared to SoCal. Even NY, NJ and NC pack a bunch mor punch. But it does tend to be super clean and the only place I've been that can really work the 6-8s period stuff well.

OTOH, rog is crazy as fuck. We all know that.

[icelanticskier]

What kind of beer?

i have a connection to a local brewery, many great flavors. as much as i love my cheap beer, this is cheaper. had a party at the house for fathers day. i bought a variety of for, ready? 2 1/2 cases, or 60 bottles of beer for, ready? $13.50. not a typo. that's exactly $ .225 per beer, ya 22 1/2 cents per beer

still have 3 6 packs left of the ipa. saved the best for me and my gal

And visits him in late September/ early October. If you give yourself a few weeks time, you won't be disappointed. But, as pointed out, don't expect much size or power even compared to SoCal. Even NY, NJ and NC pack a bunch mor punch. But it does tend to be super clean and the only place I've been that can really work the 6-8s period stuff well.

agreed^^^^^^we can road trip to my home land, cape cod, for more power and size. surfing a 2.1 ft @ 8/9 seconds this morning on the shortboard was hella fun tho!

OTOH, rog is crazy as fuck. We all know that.

only in real life

rog

[Ottime]

You drink NH brew? Shame on you.

When I lived in Wells, one of my buddies and I would sometimes head down to Portsmouth in the early winter to see other human beings, buy American Spirits and hand out in a coffee house. One of our other buddies could not understand why we would ever travel so far south and out of state for any reason, as if he were from Down East, and not just a hop across the border.

So, can you get another case of the IPA for say, around July 20th? And seriously, do they can or just bottle? Looking for something to drink while chilling on the beach all day.

[icelanticskier]

oh actually i lied, the beer comes out to $10.50 for 60 bottles or 17.5 cents per beer. forgot about the 5 cent per bottle return refund. buy in nh, return in maine!!!

rog

[icelanticskier]

You drink NH brew? Shame on you.

i'll drink rooster urine my friend warm

When I lived in Wells, one of my buddies and I would sometimes head down to Portsmouth in the early winter to see other human beings, buy American Spirits and hand out in a coffee house. One of our other buddies could not understand why we would ever travel so far south and out of state for any reason, as if he were from Down East, and not just a hop across the border.

way to work it!

So, can you get another case of the IPA for say, around July 20th? And seriously, do they can or just bottle? Looking for something to drink while chilling on the beach all day.

i could probably pull that off for you. just bottle i think. i'll be loading up again before then for another bbq at the house. i buy fresh lobsters about 100 yards from the house. fkna love my locale.

maybe a bbq while yer here.....

rog

[icelanticskier]

HAT TRICK!!!

ok so since my last^^^post life got a lil bit mo bettah. true story i shit you not:

so i'm out back getting ready to take out trash/recycling, my favorite part of my job, seriously, it's true. anyway, i'm talking with a co-worker and her hubby comes in and he just so happens to be the head brewer at the brewery i have a connection to, but he's not my connection. she introduces me and i immediately tell him just how much i LOVE his beer. he then says, "well yer talking to the right guy, i'll have to get you a bunch only probelem is figuring out how to get it to you without bugging you at work". i then point to my crv and tell him the backs always unlocked. he then says, "that works, what's yer favorite of my beers?" i tell him, "ipa".

fkna and it great!?


17.5 cents just got real cheap. fuck central merica!!!

rog

[icelanticskier]

fuck that shit! i'm returning them bottles for cash, BEER SPANCERSHIP MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

rog

[Piggity]

Today's report....Sunny, waves and bathwater. Forgot my thermometer but felt like 70 degree water

[Superstar Punani]

Just got back from 2 weeks of this.


Hopefully this will balance out some of the goddamn JONGness of this thread.