GO TIME

**strawjack** · 09-10-2012, 08:53 AM

ya, i noticed you were gone pretty quick. i didn't last long when i went back out. i stayed out too long and got cold. had to wear a wet suit yesterday...man did the temp drop!

my little man G picked up a little firewire from crop to demo. it's nice!

its good this am at the wall. somebody had a great barrel ride as i watched before going to work.

this surfing shit is so humbling.

edit- btw Ross had his Byrne 5' 8" red/black stripe on tail stolen outside the shop yesterday. so much shit is getting f'd with this year and so far the ones caught have been from our neighbors to the north. shit is gettin to the boiling point with them.

**icelanticskier** · 09-10-2012, 02:07 PM

OMF'N G HAS IT BEEN GOOD! 3 sessions at 3 different breaks in 2 states yesterday followed by head+ clean no crowds maine this morning makes 10 sessions of perfection in 6 days. gonna rest up today for a longer sesh tomorrow am before work probably back in maine.

bummer to hear about ross's board. karma will come round. glad g man likes the new board, lots of them in the lineup with happy owners

mmmmm, tomorrow. waves 4 days.....

rog

**strawjack** · 09-10-2012, 02:31 PM

it really got knocked down today. it's hard to tell from the cams, but its definitely a lot smaller than this morning.

might head out soon. later!

**icelanticskier** · 09-10-2012, 05:36 PM

ya, this morning was 5.5ft @ 13 seconds with a good angle. i heard from a few friends that nh was closing out pretty badly at a few beaches. maine was definitely bigger and not closing out too badly. had some tremendous rights that were head + where every turn off the top had me doing a lil freefall back down onto the face and into another deep bottom turn. that 5'8 i showed you is unreal, cheating really. no current either. last nights sesh took the cake of this whole week of swell for me tho. karen and i pull up at 430 to this perfect a-frame glassy peak and lapped the chest+ waves for 2 hours. only one other dood nearby on a sunny sunday afternoon. musta got close to 40 good waves in those 2 hours. water was cold but i was sweating from all the activity.

buoy definitely dropped this afternoon so i napped instead. buoy is back up to 5'@ 13 again and could be bigger in am. back to maine fer sure for the high tide 8-11am shift before work

oh ya:http: http://www.ralphspic.com/newsletter.html

click on pics^^^^for more pics from this week

rog

**icelanticskier** · 09-10-2012, 05:52 PM

watch it grow, BOOM! http://cdip.ucsd.edu/?nav=recent&sub...english&tz=EDT

maybe it'll be big nuff to keep the newbies and longboarders at bay. one can only hope......

rog

**alev** · 09-10-2012, 06:17 PM

waves died down quite a bit in Cape Ann today. Hoping tomorrow is different, but perhaps there's another swell moving in this weekend...

**icelanticskier** · 09-10-2012, 06:22 PM

^^^saw that, gotta 100 mile bike ride saturday then roofing duties in northern vermont on sunday/monday..............unless it rains. fuck i hope it rains.

rog

**Piggity** · 09-11-2012, 08:12 AM

miss me some RI point breaks during hurri season

**icelanticskier** · 09-11-2012, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by Piggity

miss me some RI point breaks during hurri season

mmmm, ya haven't surfed rhody in almost 20 years but do have fond memories of ruggles, the corner, the landing, and bailys.

this morning maine was just another perfect one for the books. clean, chest/head, very few folks out and straight off shores just like every other day all day long, cept for saturday. such beauty weather too. don't know if i can work my full 12-8 shift today. me thinks 12-4 would be much more appropriate

fml

rog

**icelanticskier** · 09-12-2012, 08:11 AM

well that seems to be a wrap on the leslie swell. 7 full days of solid fun surf. sitting on the deck with coffee and eggs reflecting on the swell and some personal standout waves.

needed that. more to come soon......

rog

**Ottime** · 09-13-2012, 11:58 AM

bumping this for Nadine (or should I bump the east coast tropics?!??) Andway, something needs to be atop the fucking spammer. Maybe the mods will see this aluminum siding stuff and remove it. MODS!!!!!

Anyway, looks like should could send a little your way folks.

ALTHOUGH THE STORM IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME TO
BECOME A HURRICANE...SOME OF THE BETTER-PERFORMING GUIDANCE SUCH AS
SHIPS SHOW SOME STRENGTHENING WITHIN THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS. THE
OFFICIAL INTENSITY FORECAST CONTINUES TO CALL FOR NADINE TO
STRENGTHEN INTO A HURRICANE IN THE SHORT TERM...WITH GRADUAL
WEAKENING PREDICTED AS SHEAR INCREASES BEYOND 36 HOURS.

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT 13/1500Z 22.6N 52.2W 60 KT 70 MPH
12H 14/0000Z 24.2N 53.3W 65 KT 75 MPH
24H 14/1200Z 26.4N 54.2W 70 KT 80 MPH
36H 15/0000Z 28.6N 53.8W 70 KT 80 MPH
48H 15/1200Z 30.1N 52.6W 65 KT 75 MPH
72H 16/1200Z 31.8N 48.2W 60 KT 70 MPH
96H 17/1200Z 32.5N 42.5W 60 KT 70 MPH
120H 18/1200Z 34.0N 37.0W 60 KT 70 MPH

**icelanticskier** · 09-13-2012, 01:36 PM

unfortunately for me i'll be missing this one as i'll be waaaaay inland for saturday, sunday, monday, and maybe tuesday. may salvage tuesday.

got enough in the last one to last a good month tho, but still tough missing them.

maybe she'll stall out some.

rog

**lynchdogger** · 09-13-2012, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by icelanticskier

well that seems to be a wrap on the leslie swell. 7 full days of solid fun surf. sitting on the deck with coffee and eggs reflecting on the swell and some personal standout waves.

needed that. more to come soon......

rog

Someday I might be ready for prime time. Maybe next year. Good for all those who got after it. Enjoyed watching and tasting a little. Long way to go.

**alev** · 09-16-2012, 06:59 PM

interesting break in cape ann today. loooong periods with some small barrels here and there. perfect for the 9'6. maybe a trip to Higgins or the Wall tomorrow AM? gonna be worth the hour+ drive?

**icelanticskier** · 09-16-2012, 07:45 PM

^^^^^dunno, i wuz stuck on a 12 pitch roof in northern vermont all day. tomorrow will be an even longer day on da roof. at least all the prep is done. my phone was busy with friends saying "busiest here they've ever seen", or "closing out pretty bad from long period at many spots". maybe they were just trying to make me feel like i wasn't missing much. swell didn't pick up much till mid morning and was fading tonight from another source that called me.

i don't like driving much anymore, so i prefer to do as little as possible for waves or snow. could be worth it i guess.

good luck!

rog

**Ottime** · 09-17-2012, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by alev

interesting break in cape ann today. loooong periods with some small barrels here and there. perfect for the 9'6. maybe a trip to Higgins or the Wall tomorrow AM? gonna be worth the hour+ drive?

If it is long period, then there are way better spots between those two worth hitting up. Try looking for a point or a reef. Hint, there is a spot listed in this thread. And another is not too far from Gooches. Just drive south, poke around, and wait for the sets. You'll find the goods. Third spot worth looking, especially if you have a small boat to launch, would be a rocky island near Porpoise Rocks. Oh, and da rivermouth can be good, especially mid tide coming in, if there is some size with that period.

**strawjack** · 09-17-2012, 09:09 AM

pretty sure that is the most amount of people i've seen in the water! wholly shit! the points were good yesterday. Costellos was breaking nicely and some were ripping the shit out of it. good weekend.

**icelanticskier** · 09-17-2012, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by strawjack

pretty sure that is the most amount of people i've seen in the water! wholly shit! the points were good yesterday. Costellos was breaking nicely and some were ripping the shit out of it. good weekend.

ya, i always find prime time summer to be not as bad as fall/winter/spring oftentimes. many folks won't surf in summer cuz of crowds and wait till after labor day when it's just as crowded or worse. glad the last week long swell wasn't too bad. sounds like it def set this one up to be wicked busy.

roof work is done for now. gotta hand carry 4000 pounds of arch shingles up the ladder in the am then back to the coast by early afternoon. been pretty up here, but man do i miss home.

rog

**icelanticskier** · 09-18-2012, 07:38 PM

outta the woods finally. looks like a nice good sized peaky 8 second period windswell for the morning with good on/off surf for at least a week.

git on it!

rog

**gringorasta** · 09-23-2012, 12:53 PM

Damn Im missing Maine right now! And surfing... and everything about the ocean! Fly fishing and hiking out here in MT just dont quite make up for having the ocean as your playground.

Thanks for the stoke Rog, keep it coming!

**icelanticskier** · 09-24-2012, 02:08 PM

yesterday was FKNA FUN!!!

got a coupla sessions in before 10am at 2 different spots here nh while the gf taught yoga and before we headed up to the white's for an overnight camping trip. ne is awesome

rye beach was really playful chest high a-frame steep bowls everywhere. sets were a bit bigger and it was pretty much hero surfing. with the tide dropping i then headed to the wall, just south of the hoards and scored overhead waves with a pretty stiff offshore wind which made for super fun late drops to nicely lined up walls.

amazing how much bigger the wall was than rye or the points. so good.

just got back from camping. nice to have the mountains 1.5 hours from the coast. wind looks a bit on it now, but may score a late day sesh while the gal teaches more yoga.

september has been sensational!!!

rog

**strawjack** · 09-24-2012, 02:38 PM

ha...was at rye at low tide then the wall at high tide with da boy. better at the wall later with the wind dropping a bit.

'killed' two bikes in one week...comes in threes so i'm thinking about breaking out the skis...i like having an excuse to buy new ones. maybe i run them over accidentally.