Thread: Anyone else get some today...?

Originally Posted by Ottime

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.

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

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

Originally Posted by icelanticskier

getting soft i guess

rog

i think u are...my kid still in his 3/2 no boots.

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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.

Originally Posted by strawjack

i think u are...my kid still in his 3/2 no boots.

still green sleeves?

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!

Originally Posted by strawjack

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!

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

Originally Posted by strawjack

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!

Boots will stretch over time, so buy ones just a touch big, and they will last the two years boots do any way.

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!

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!

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.

Originally Posted by SheRa

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.

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.

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

Originally Posted by icelanticskier

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...

Originally Posted by PedPro

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.

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.

Originally Posted by TheFugitive

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...

word.

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.

Originally Posted by liv2ski

Fuck, I am dieing here. It has been so flat I haven't surfed in two weeks. Aaaaarrrrrrggghhhhh

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

Originally Posted by hop

Just got back from a beach just across the bridge from where Kelly et al. are. Small, unmakeable barrels abound.

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.

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


I just kind of enjoy this angle. Spinners were attempted. A few completed.


To compare to what was happening at OB during the Rip Curl, this was about the size of the better ones.

^ 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