Wow!!

Heal up. That looks pretty nasty.

I got in a morning session today north of the HB pier.

It was head high and pretty fun. Soft and bouncy at times due to the high tide, but fun if...

I'll post some shots of the rails and rocker tonight if I get the chance. Petty busy right now, trying to wrap things up by Thanksgiving.

Here is a link to their description of the board:
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It's been a fun, though not quite epic, couple of weeks of surf down here.

On Saturday 10/27 I drove down to San Diego to pick up a board. Solid Surfboards is the label, I got what they call a...

I got in a quick, mid-morning session yesterday in Newport, 32nd street.

It was about chest high+, not as big as the upper streets or HB, but the shape was pretty good once I figured out that...

The weekend I headed down to Trestles to surf the Cottons/Barbedwires area for the first time in 3 months.

Saturday I went down mid-day. I wanted to miss the high tide, and figured a bit of...

The weekend I headed down to Trestles to surf the Cottons/Barbedwires area for the first time in 3 months.

Saturday I went down mid-day. I wanted to miss the high tide, and figured a bit of...

Nice shots guys!

August and early September were good here.....I was out of the water, so I figured that might happen. I tried not to look at the cams, but it's tough.

I got cleared by the Dr....

I'm posting a bit late, but last weekend was really fun down at Trestles.

Friday I got in a midday session. The tide was rising and it stayed pretty clean. I surfed the Barbedwires area, the...

Sunday I went down to the Barbedwire's/Cottons area.

It was fun, although not epic. Clean, and chest to shoulder-high, more consistently shoulder-high at Cottons. I started out at Barbedwires,...

It has been cold and gray for sure.

I've started to get in the water again. I had a couple of good Cottons days last week. The surf has been decent since mid-May, some good days and plenty of...

That's a good question!

I don't think I've ever surfed anything wider than 23 inches.

I can see the point about sliding out in anything steep. This is definitely not a board for steep waves.
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It definitely is.

I've always been fascinated with the idea of a small board that I would take out instead of a funshape. This board pretty much packs the foam of one of my small wave funshapes,...

Yeah, it's got some volume alright.

I got in a session this am north of the HB pier.

It was about stomach high and a bit bumpy, so nothing to write home about. This is supposed to be a board...

Nice shots Lee!

That looks like a nice evening session.


Thanksgiving week was nuts down here.

It was overhead and orange the whole time.

I got in a fun Tuesday session, then was gone...

Wow!!! That's some punch.

It's always funny to me just how fast the east coast flips, temperature wise.

In Orange County October is typically 3/2 or maybe spring suit weather. You can usually...

Fun weekend of surf down here. Hopefully I won't get sick.

I got in a Friday mid-day session at River Jetties in Newport. It reminded me of why I love Newport so much when it has good sandbars. ...

Definitely far more than surfing in terms of the value of such a trip.

It's always annoying when you answer honestly, have a bit of a nuisance, then find out that the advice would have been to do...

Looks amazing Ott!

I realize you are not getting the quantity of surf sessions you are used to, but you are certainly making up for it in quality.

The whole trip looks phenomenal.

It's been a nice run of surf down here.

After Trestles last Wednesday, I got a nice mid-morning session on Thursday north of the HB pier. I ended up paddling out around tower 16. It was clean...

Ott,

That makes sense about visiting surfers. Cottons is not a heavy wave by any means, even when it is pushing DOH (big for a kook like me) it is really not scary. It stands up tall and it can...

Ott,

Great shots!!

Ulus would probably my dream wave, if I was a bit better than I am. I might try it on a smaller day.

It sucks to hear about the crowds there, but that is not altogether...

That is awesome on so many levels. Ulus always looked like a dream wave....if I was better.

Hopefully it lined up for you.

It's certainly a possibility. Even if it does cool a bit you can often wear a spring around that time of year.

I remember one year trunking it into November. My threshold is a bit lower,...

They are going on right now. It should be pumping.

It's pretty nuts down here right now.

On Labor Day I surfed north of the HB pier. I paddled out around tower 16, which is pretty far north of the pier. Even there the crowd was pretty solid. ...

Nice shots SP!

What's the water temp like there?

After being gone for about a month I got back in the water on Sunday.

I surfed the Barbedwires/south Cottons zone and it was nuts. About a foot overhead, lined up and easy to surf. There was a...

Orange County is going nuts right now.

Friday the swell was building. Me and a buddy surfed HB, north of the pier. It was about head high or so, with lots of current.

The first drift from...

There seem to be a bunch on Long Island this summer.
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Glad you got some Jtran! Hope your buddy is okay. That's pretty scary.

Hope the Gaslamp was fun. We love going down there to stay at the Hard Rock.

I was in Vegas from Thursday until...

A couple of fun days this weekend.

Saturday I surfed north of the HB pier. It was about waist high with chest high sets and not much punch, but the shape was good and it was still fun. Sometimes...

Let's hope the wind cooperates.

I'm going to try to get enough done tonight and tomorrow for a good 3+ hours at Trestles on Friday. Winds are looking good enough so far.

If not Trestles,...

Saturday I ignored the blue on Surfline and headed down to Trestles.

While not as epic as the last session I chronicled here, it was still lots of fun. Head high, maybe a bit bigger, and clean. ...

Thought it might be in that area!

I love that zone. I did have a good time at La Lancha, even though it was not all that big. I would love to go back to that area on a big swell.

Sometimes you just get lucky.

I had a meeting yesterday morning, but was pretty much free to head to Trestles for the rest of the day. I knew I wouldn't be able to get there before 1130, so I was...

Don't pay the photog:D

That does look like a nice shot though. A fun looking, cruisy left in warm water. Give that wave another foot and it might be really fun. It also might well be bigger...

I had my first Trestles session of the year yesterday.

I had a morning meeting, and thus couldn't head down super early. Uppers looked insane on the cam. By the time I got down there, around...

Yesterday, Friday, morning was almost a carbon copy of Thursday. The swell had dropped a tiny bit, but the shape was better so the surf was also a tiny bit better. Lets of fun and a limited crowd. ...

A fun morning at 32nd street today.

I got in the water around 830, as the tide was coming up, surfed until about 1030. The rising tide did slow things down a bit, and the shape was a bit wonky,...

A really fun late morning session today in Newport.

I surfed 32nd street, I was in the water for around an hour and a half, starting around 945.

It was chest high, sometimes a bit bigger. The...

Friday morning was fun north of the HB pier.

It was walled, but there were some nice corners if you could line them up. It was about shoulder high and clean.

I have not been surfing a ton over...

I have only had a few sessions since late November due to being busy, skiing and lack of swell.

It has picked back up of late.

I got in a really nice late morning session at 32nd street. I...

I got a waist high day at the point at the St. Regis, which was fun on a big board. It absolutely killed me, because the night we arrived it was about head high, just a beautiful lined up right...

Nice shot Lee!

I love that area, even on small swell. Most of the time we were there we were surfing waist-chest high La Lancha, which is still fun. I really want to hit that zone with some...

Jealous on the Trestles!! Stoked for you guys!!

I've been too busy lately to get down there. HB has been delivering, but I really love the Cottons zone.

Lee, that is a GREAT shot! You timed...

Shoulder to head high, clean, and fun this morning north of HB pier.

Luckily I was able to go a bit later, around 9 am. The early high tide is still pretty nuts, although at least the low is not...

Wow!!!

I wish. I got in a session in Newport this morning. I actually surfed 40th street, which is blackballed from May 1 to Nov 1. The tide was a bit high, but there were still some fun lefts...

That high tide was crushing me lately. I was pretty swamped anyway, but it was just wrong for me.

Saturday (yesterday) ended up being one of those days where you just get lucky. I waited until...

Nice!!!

Glad you got some of that. The cameras were nuts that day.

I should be able to get a window in tomorrow afternoon. I've been pretty swamped, and the tide has been so high that my...

Wow!!!!!

The last few days have been insane in Orange County. About as good as it can possibly get. Unfortunately I have been insanely busy. Yesterday crushed me, it was 4-7 and orange on...