Anyone else get some today...?

[Piggity]

I wish Jtran but unfortunately no surfing today for me

PW, you still up in the mountains?

[Ottime]

So my chance to get in the water yesterday evaporated. No real exercise for three days and my son has turned into a schitzo crank monster.

OTOH, my neighbor brought over my new board. Super stoked. Now just need to learn a bit about fins again.

Not sure if anyone knows about this, but surfboardwarehouse has a pretty cool subscription tobtry fins for $10/mo with the first month for $.99 Figured I'd try a few, then buy.

Anyone have some they like for a 6'0" short board (thigh to a foot OH) for a 190# power surfer, who enjoys the pocket and long walks on the beach?

Oh well, please let it snow, cause the surf and the French drain are over for a few days

[PowerWhore7]

PW, you still up in the mountains?

Yes, yes...I have been up in June Lake for the past week or so hiking and skiing (& poaching wireless internet signals) but I sure do miss the ocean. If it doesn’t start snowing significantly, I will probably head back down to OC to get my gills wet.

Let me know if you are heading up North...

190# power surfer, who enjoys the pocket and long walks on the beach?

HA-ha, funny shit.

[Piggity]

Nah PW, I prefer pow days and don't have much time to break away at the moment. Enjoy it up there.

Ottime, I haven't tried a ton of new fins but I liked the TP-1 (Timmy Patterson's fins). They are considered 'large' fins so they had plenty of drive and to me they seemed to really hold a turn with the perfect amount of slide without washing out, unless you were trying to slide the tail on purpose

I have also been riding the PC7's recently. They are also large fins for us bigger guys and have plenty of drive and also hold a tight turn without sliding out. If you're looking for a fin with power surfing in mind then I would go with a large fin with a lot of surface area to hold a turn. Check the fin dimensions online and they should list the surface area, if I understand correctly then the more the better for bigger guys and powerful turns, if you want to avoid sliding out

[icelanticskier]

today maine was fun. yesterdays victory at sea onshore/sideshore mess turned to chest/head clean offshore 8 second a-frame d-lite fest south of the restaurant. lots of peaks coming in. the gf was defeated but stronger for it as it was the 1st time all fall, or ever, that she just couldn't get out past the break. only 2 others out about 250 yards from me for the 2 hours i was out.

definitely a tricky morning out there with the north-south current and peaky mixed period swell nature of it.

fun.

more by wednesday, if not sooner.....

ottime, i love my K 2.1 fins for everything. plenty responsive, loose, and a ton o drive.

rog

[Long duc dong]

Glad to see someone got some today. As I see how hard it's blowing here I don't have hopes for an afternoon session. There is some swell in the water, so hopefully tomorrow morning.

The NW winds should chill the water a bit. Surfline was calling it 63-65, but this should knock it down a bit. It looks like I will finally have to break out the 3/2. Man, what a warm fall. To actually get to spring suit it in November is pretty cool.

[icelanticskier]

3/2?!!!

i'm in full winter rubber here already. but i chill easy

rog

[Ottime]

Yeah, but you like rubber. Makes it last longer.

So you use just the K 2.1. I thought you switched up fins with your one board quiver as conditions changed.

I'm kind of stoke to try different fins an see if I can feel a difference.

Not much rain today in SC, but wind and stormy surf sent me to the mountains for face shots instead. Okay, maybe chest shots.

[icelanticskier]

Yeah, but you like rubber. Makes it last longer.

So you use just the K 2.1. I thought you switched up fins with your one board quiver as conditions changed.

I'm kind of stoke to try different fins an see if I can feel a difference.

Not much rain today in SC, but wind and stormy surf sent me to the mountains for face shots instead. Okay, maybe chest shots.

i do switch my K 2.1's from thruster to quad setup from time to time. lately i've been liking quad for all conditions.

i do like rubber, yes, better float

rog

[Piggity]

Only reason I like wetsuits is for protection from fins and the reef. It's saved me from some nasty gashes on many occasions.

Re: the monthly fins, thought about it but needed fins asap for that trip so never pulled the trigger. Report back after you have some feedback on the service, I'm still interested in it

Wind just switched out of the NE and should swing more ENE as the Night goes on, hoping it can clear out some of today's V at Sea. Buoys are 6.7' @ 7 secs crossed with some 2.x' at 14. Hoping I can score some leftovers in the AM cause I realized my weekend has sucked after seeing the snow ottime scored

[Ottime]

Sorry to ruin your weekend, but I could not resist the urge to jump off things and turn in chest deep snow.

I've gotten so used to rubber it does not bother me. 4/3 year round. I could get away with a 3/2 on the better days, but those are rare.

[jtran10]

Went out yesterday afternoon, unfortunately after the winds had picked up. Pretty junky. Can't believe how cold the water got! Probably going to wear booties next session if it doesn't warm up a little bit.

Sunday morning in Carlsbad looked pretty decent. Wasn't able to get out until later as plans with some friends got cancelled. Morning session would have been much better than the afternoon.

Looks like nothing much on the horizon for now - is this how November usually is? When do the real winter swells kick in, December?

[Piggity]

Dood, Booties? It was still in the 63-64 range down here. I remember thinking it was still possible to wear a spring suit mid day.

[Long duc dong]

Dood, Booties? It was still in the 63-64 range down here. I remember thinking it was still possible to wear a spring suit mid day.

Interesting. It was around 60 Sat and Sun in Newport. I was glad to have a 3/2 and booties. Fun surf though, although it blew out pretty early on Saturday.

jtran10,

The NW winds can cool things quite a bit. They can work quickly too. It happens occasionally in the summer, although rarely. You will have winds in August, and the temp will go from 68 to 60 just like that. Usually it snaps back that time of year, but by this time the warm water should be done. Surfline is calling Newport 56-59 today, although I can't get out to surf to actually test it.

[jtran10]

They're calling it 58-60 in Carlsbad. Can't really say how accurate that is, but yesterday was the first day I needed to really just keep moving around to stay warm. My feet were numb when I got out. I do have pretty poor circulation though (I think from growing up skiing in VT) in my hands and feet, so it could totally just be me.

[Piggity]

Odd, Just looked at the CDIP buoy temps and it looks like Cbad north through Dana point is 58-60 and Torrey Pines down through Point Loma is still 63-64.

Jtran you're coming straight from NE so this should still be relatively warm for you, no? It took me about 5 years to start turnin' soft

[Piggity]

Just checked it, knee high and still a 6.0' high tide. Hoping the tide drops and it bumps up to at least rideable conditions.

Doing some ding repair while I'm waiting. I've been destroying my boards lately, this is #2 in the past 6 months and I'm about to get #3 and destroy that one, hope my luck changes.

[Ottime]

As a point of reference it is never in that range here. Never.

I've rarely seen 60 degree water here in over 15 years

[Piggity]

^Between the cold water and land lords cruising the lineup, ya gotta really enjoy surfing to keep at it. Down here it's pretty easy


Saved myself around $45 by doing this the past few hours, homemade hack job but it should be water tight

Crack starts at the rail and that is the worst part, then it runs down the board

Cut back the loose glass

I was running out of resin so I only had enough to build up the rail with some resin/filler combo and not the rest of the ding down the board, oh well

Cut some cloth to size overlap the ding a little

Spread the resin over the cloth. Let it dry then sand it down with some low numbered san paper, gradually working your way to the higher 200-400 grit sandpaper

Then grabbed some 400 Grit wet sand paper to smooth it out

[icelanticskier]

after skiing about the nicest combo of perfect corn and sunny 60 degree temps yesterday, i was itching to get into the water today.

took the dog for a walk york beach this am near high tide. last night's side shore had gone straight off shore and there were some really nice peaky waist high waves coming in. went home to do some stuff and let the tide go out just a bit and went back for a 3 hour sesh south of the restaurant. of course, per usual there were no others out, at all. the quality of wave change with the dropping tide. there were 30 minute periods of mini brilliance mixed with 30 minute periods of kinda meh. super clean with good shape and some fun was had fer sure. that 5'8 kechele sprocket has been quite the quiver o one for the last few months. it just works.

57 degree air temp when i entered the water at 11:30am and 42 degrees when i got out at 2:30pm and pissing rain on and off most of the time. gotta love it.

love being able to average 4 days a week in the water round here. almost always some sort of short boardable wave somewhere.

tomorrow?

rog

[jtran10]

Nice fix piggity - looks like good work. FYI, when I went to Ding King I paid $40. I had the ding on the front left rail that was obvious, but I missed a crack near the right fin box that they fixed for that price too. Good colder matching too.

Random question of the day: Is beer used in surf repairs/shops like it is at ski shops for cheaper/quicker work?

Jonesing to get out. GF needs the car early mornings this week for work, so nothing for me until Saturday. At least the surf is small.

[icelanticskier]

well if there ever was a time where ya pulled up to the beach and wondered why you bothered to show up with yer suit half on, then this was one of those days, well, till i paddled out.

so glad i did. north corner by nubble was blocking the north wind to keep things clean but the ne swell wasn't getting in much. south of the bath house was absolute choppy chop shit mess. what to do? split the difference and get some paddling in.

went out and got about 20 completely rip-able rights and 10 or so good connectable lefts in 1.5 hours with just one guy to the north on a longboard and he wasn't getting much in the swell shadow. talked to him afterwards and he said i looked quite busy over there, but didn't have the heart to have me have to share. just a light texture on the perfectly angled waist high a-frames. absolute zipper rippers, fast, even into the wind.

swell picks up in the coming days with good surf for a week straight or more. watching winds will be paramount to score.

stoked!!!

rog

[Piggity]

Glad someone is scoring. It's 1-2' with a 7' high tide right now. Maybe a longboard session if the winds stays calm until the tide drops a bit

Nice fix piggity - looks like good work.

Thanks JT. Wasn't my best work but a fix on the nose is not worth caring about. If that was on the tail or along the lower rail then I would have paid a lot more attention to detail. Lack of work space and proper tools makes it tough to care sometimes, as long as it's water tight

The guys at Ding King seem really cool, especially if they fixed an extra ding without charging you. DK and Ropers are 2 of the top ding repair spots in town, neither are cheap though. You should give it a try some time, the dings on the bottom or top deck are usually easiest to start with because they're flat and the resin doesn't run out of the ding

[Ottime]

Polyester or epoxy?

Ding repair is a great skill. You can keep boards in the water for years.

30 waves in 90 minutes. Man I forgot how short the waves are in Maine. Thanks for te reminder.

I missed last Tuesday, but my buddy got 6 waves two hours, but paddling back to the peak took 10-15 minutes. On a 7'4"

Piggity, it is the surf that keeps me in up here. Nothing better than a clean 8@15 at my favorite slab. Plenty of fun, juicy, uncrowned surf around here when conditions are on. Like January 2011.

[Ottime]

Polyester or epoxy?

Ding repair is a great skill. You can keep boards in the water for years.

30 waves in 90 minutes. Man I forgot how short the waves are in Maine. Thanks for te reminder.

I missed last Tuesday, but my buddy got 6 waves two hours, but paddling back to the peak took 10-15 minutes. On a 7'4"

Piggity, it is the surf that keeps me in up here. Nothing better than a clean 8@15 at my favorite slab. Plenty of fun, juicy, uncrowned surf around here when conditions are on. Like January 2011.