Thread: Anyone else get some today...?

yesterday nh beaches were fun with waist/chest/head shortish period peaky a-frame wholesome goodness. today is twice that size and victory at sea with big noreast winds-no thanx. should clean up at some point while we still have a wave. definitely not trunking it yet^^^^^^^^^ditched the boots/gloves for 1st time tho.

rog

Saturday saw some good waves up here with the nice late season nw mid period (14-15 sec) swell. Looks like we might get a second, if smaller one, coming. I was thinking of rog and his nh 4@10 stoke when I could not find a spot that was making much of the 4.4@11 we had on Sunday. There were waves, but they just could not get a hold of anything. Of course my surf window was on the incoming high tide swamping things out, but still, it made me miss surfing in Maine just a bit.

South has filled in here in the typical manner of looooong waits and lots of friends at most spots. Found some a wind and wave warbled point last night that I only shared with one guy. Gotta say, thank god I have that egg. It is certainly summer time around here.

well, this 10-12 ft@ 7-10 second with relentless ne winds has had me pining for anything thigh high + and clean from the months past. glad i got out sunday late morning for that clean window.

winds should die down a bit later today, but not from the land unfortunately. may still go out.

love how hyped up this victory at sea shit gets when we get dozens of perfect MUCH better smaller clean days that go right under the radar.

almost went to maine yesterday, but even that looked desperate. eggs are so fun!^^^^^^

let me know when yer coming back this way.

rog

Gonna be in maine mid/late july and then spending a week with the family on cape anne. Don't think there is much surf in mass, but I can always drive north.

Why not drive to Kbunk or Higgins? They handle that ne pretty well.

Originally Posted by Ottime

. Why not drive to Kbunk or Higgins? They handle that ne pretty well.

was at gooches last couple days. sunday was good, and wind protected. yesterday was much more disorganized but the good riders were still pulling of some nice sets

Originally Posted by My Pet Powder Goat

was at gooches last couple days. sunday was good, and wind protected. yesterday was much more disorganized but the good riders were still pulling of some nice sets

was headed for gooches, but decided to pull the plug on it after checking some stuff out. probably still fun tho.

willl try to leave work early today and get some. cleaner in the a.m.

rog

Originally Posted by My Pet Powder Goat

was at gooches last couple days

Originally Posted by icelanticskier

was headed for gooches

rog

Hey, if you guys paddle out at Hampton or York Beach post up so I can watch on Surfline. The HDcams at those beaches show some pretty amazing detail and I would totally be able to watch you guys surf. I am sitting on the couch in Orange County CA fucking injured so I would be jazzed to watch some East Coast mags hit that icy fucking water. I grew up surfing the Casino Pier in Seaside Heights NJ and always get a stoke out of the EC storm surf.

edit: Hampton Beach looks pretty decent right now (3pm est) I bet as the tide drops it will hold a better shape.

Originally Posted by PowerWhore7

edit: Hampton Beach looks pretty decent right now (3pm est) I bet as the tide drops it will hold a better shape.

things do appear to be lining up, but still all warbled. stuck at work, can't get out till 7 now. maybe i'll just sit and do nothing, they'll get the hint and send me off

ah well, can still get a good hour+ in after work.

might be cleaner then too. wall has sucked for months, but hopefully some sand has moved about.

rog

FKNA. well that worked out just about perfect. boss lady saw me sulking and let me go at 630. she said, "go get wet already" .

ate some food, checked a few spots and was in at 700 sharp. the rocks looked crowded with frenchy gumbys and barely chest high with better sets and bumpy. went back to jenness (cable rd) of all places and had perfect glassy chest/head with ohead sets on the 5'9" rocket quad. probably coulda gone thruster for extra hold on the sets, but the faces were so open and hero, i coulda been on anything. something 6'x19x2.38 with low-ish entry rocker and an agressive tail rocker woulda been the shit, but got it on order.

the sets were REALLY fun. no closeouts at all, just big sweeping turns all over. cruizing. amazing how clean it got. the swell was running 6.5 feet at 10-11 second period coming straight outta the east. perfect size for beaches.

tomorrow morning may be a bit smaller, but should be even better lined up and cleaner. so fucking stoked for the morning!

over and out from nh

rog

good morning. 5 @ 10 with light offshores and clean. stays clean all day. should be best quality of this whole swell. LOVE the clean taper days. they often get overlooked/forgotten.

low tide 730, work at noon. livin the muthafuckin dream

git sum

rog

this morning didn't go as planned. thigh/waist high grovelling mushburgers with a nice wind chop on it. mmmmm. yummy.

was better earlier while i sat watching it drinking my coffee and socializing with the ladies. the leashless rocket was the right tool tho. fuck that thing can generate speed outta nothing. good workout and always good for yer surfing to catch/ride gutless junk.

rog

Originally Posted by icelanticskier

this morning didn't go as planned. thigh/waist high grovelling mushburgers with a nice wind chop on it. mmmmm. yummy.

rog

That’s what I thought after watching Hampton & York this morning on Surfline but a lot of times even when it looks shitty online it still can be fun so I didn’t want to say anything. Glad you had fun though, were having a classic SoCal day here, sunny & warm 3-5ft sort of glassy, the water temp is about 68 and all the kids are in school.

Hey, Rog, seems like you're getting some fun sessions in. Pics? I, for one, won't bicker about wave height.

Originally Posted by BS720

Hey, Rog, seems like you're getting some fun sessions in. Pics? I, for one, won't bicker about wave height.

it's funny, so many surfers round here complain about there being no waves more often than not and how bad this past winter was. well i'm certainly not complaining about getting to ride my short board 200 or so sessions this past year. in fact there was this one particular break that hardly anyone knows about that easily was waist high when the wall was knee high and it broke almost too perfectly all last fall/winter. that 1 peak netted me at least 60 more sessions than i woulda had, had i not known about it. it only worked 2 hours either side of high, but man was it good. it allowed me to get stay really strong/sharp for my warm water trip in jan. scored some great waves on my trip, but couldn't wait to get the winter rubber on with temps in the teens, snow squalls, and that perfect a-frame when i got home. size? fuck, rip-able is rip-able. takes alot of fitness, efficiency, and quickness to rip small waves on little boards, where little boards fit best.

pics? no camera. i usually just look at ralphs pics of the week blog on the cinnamon rainbows website. great weekly photos. think we're now on week 12 of waist high or better surf. we had a run that ended recently where we had waist high surf at least once a week for like 56 weeks or something. not bad for a "bad" season.

rog

some pics. i'm in a couple here and there. ralph calls me "raj" the "raj or jj" pic is raj.

typical winter groundswell fun. clean.

i'm in photos #55 and 61 in the morning, and #226 after work same day:

http://www.ralphspic.com/END-R-2-23-12/index.htm

there's a pretty funneh one of me here just after ripping a good one off the top, setting up for another hit. photo W21

http://www.ralphspic.com/END-Ed-2-23-2012/index.htm

love that 5'9" rocket!

rog

First time on a surfboard today. Took a lesson on Playa Carmen in Malpais Costa Rica. Kinda started to figure it out by the end. I actually caught one wave, for about 1 second, but holy shit was it fun! Headed back out tomorrow for another ass kicking. So stoked!

Originally Posted by mrburns

First time on a surfboard today. Took a lesson on Playa Carmen in Malpais Costa Rica. Kinda started to figure it out by the end. I actually caught one wave, for about 1 second, but holy shit was it fun! Headed back out tomorrow for another ass kicking. So stoked!

stoked for you!

love costa rica, both coasts. caribbean side for it's gritty grungy sand spitting heavy beach breaks, and west side for it's california-ized user friendly vacation everything feel. i'd go back year after year.

nothing to report from nh. haven't been out in a week and a half now, my longest outta the water stretch in like a year. tiny waves with onshore winds most of the time. getting back in great cycling shape tho. maybe a fun window of clean windswell in the a.m.

rog

Originally Posted by icelanticskier

stoked for you!

love costa rica, both coasts. caribbean side for it's gritty grungy sand spitting heavy beach breaks, and west side for it's california-ized user friendly vacation everything feel. i'd go back year after year.

nothing to report from nh. haven't been out in a week and a half now, my longest outta the water stretch in like a year. tiny waves with onshore winds most of the time. getting back in great cycling shape tho. maybe a fun window of clean windswell in the a.m.

rog

Thanks! Went out again today, getting a little better, but was feeling the muscles that I apparently used yesterday that I didn't know I had. I did ride a wave all the way to the beach though! That was pretty damn sweet. My biggest problem so far is figuring out where to position myself in the water to "catch the wave". I kept finding myself either too far away from the beach or too close. Also burying the nose a bit more often than I would like. Guess it's just gonna take some practice. It's a great humbling experience for sure. I just have to keep reminding myself how long it took to not suck at skiing. Back at it tomorrow!

move your ass back on the board or pop up earlier if you are burying the nose




thats why surfing is hard... you have to earn it all

i want to learn to surf -- tried once at montanita in ecuador a long time ago and rode a wave in and it was like being struck by lightning. went out on the oregon coast a couple years ago on a longer board which made a world of difference. unfortunately, i read the opening chapter of jaws when i was 8 and it kept me out of anything more than waist deep for many years.

i'm askeered of sharks.

^^^^I learned to surf at 34, so it took me awhile to even stand up for a moment. To short of a board didn't help either. So if you want to learn, I hope you have some time and a 9ft+ board to practice with. Surfing takes a lot of time to get down.

Originally Posted by liv2ski

^^^^I learned to surf at 34, so it took me awhile to even stand up for a moment. To short of a board didn't help either. So if you want to learn, I hope you have some time and a 9ft+ board to practice with. Surfing takes a lot of time to get down.

congrats! yeah, it was obvious that it would take a lot of time. since i picked up snowboarding and then golf late in life, i'm not sure how much time i'm going to have to learn snowboarding, but it's still there in the back of my mind. if i move to south america more permanently in the future it will be a lot easier. oregon coastal waters are pretty damn cold.

Originally Posted by Hugh Conway

thats why surfing is hard... you have to earn it all

and waves are always changing in every way. no two the same, meaning you never really master the art.

happy fathers day. headed out seacoast nh with waist high warblers in mind. showed up at 545 am with many waves twice that size and clean/lining up. finally a day that warrants using the comp weight leg cord. hate using leashes, but nice to have an excuse.

many familiar dads out in the linup. they were stoked. i had a less than stellar session. caught some nice ones, but definitely wasn't on my game. happens. still got a great workout, and went out of my way to duck em in the impact zone to get a lil more exercise in.

after an hour and twenty of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, waves were super shifty and i was a lil less than patient for much of the time, i called it a morning for my drive down to the cape for family festivities. maybe catch an early morning sesh before heading back to nh for an evening surf.

the 2pm mountain bike ride with the boyz will be fun today. hopefully they take it easy on me. won't happen. i'll be torched.

gorgeous day

rogblog

Well, after 25 days on the couch for a hernia surgery I finally got back into the water today. It might have been small and blown out but the sun was shining, the water 68-70 degrees and the view was better than the one from my couch.

Take a look...


WOO HOO, I ‘m fucking healed!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by PowerWhore7

Well, after 25 days on the couch for a hernia surgery I finally got back into the water today. It might have been small and blown out but the sun was shining, the water 68-70 degrees and the view was better than the one from my couch.

Take a look...




WOO HOO, I ‘m fucking healed!!!!!!!!!!

Love seeing that sign. I surfed newps this morning. Definitely nothing special, but worth going out.