Archive for November, 2008
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Winter’s Here
Yep, 4-5 times overhead with occasional 30 ft waves.
Sounds like quite a day for the folks at Maverick’s. 15 foot waves at Pacifica.
Check out conditions at Maverick’s from the day before taken by agrinberg over at Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/agrinberg/3071405458/
That’s some big winter surf.
Big days mean I skip the beach and have long lazy brunches instead. Mmm mimosa.
Maybe [...]
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Surfing in Santa Cruz
Conditions: 2-4 ft. + – knee to shoulder high and fair+ conditions.
Gear: 8′6″ NSP Epoxy.
After a year+ living in San Fran, I still hadn’t managed to get down to Santa Cruz. This weekend a nice, mellow swell and some warm weather came in so I figured it was time to try out a new beach.
Ali, [...]
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
More agonziging over boards…
Went back to Wise. Stared at boards.
Kept staring at boards.
I found one that has the same feel to it as that Arrow I liked, but in a styling I really like. It’s a Stewart Hydro Hull. Squashtail, little bit of v on the bottom. Medium rocker. Like this one:
Here’s Sherm’s board chilling in his yard:
But [...]
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Still looking at Boards.
I have a lull between projects this week so I’ve been board shopping. It’s a lot of work.
I’ve visited five surf shops and a few dozen web sites comparing boards.
In addition to the three I was considering in this post, I’ve added two more models I’m considering plus I’m trying to decide between epoxy and [...]
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Making Friends with the Wildlife
Conditions: 2-3 ft – knee to waist high and fair conditions. Fun, semi-peaky lines with workable shoulders. High tide left things pretty flat around 3 pm.
Gear: 9′2″ NSP Epoxy.
The project I’m working on got pushed back a week. I found myself with a clear week of no daytime olbigations and semi decent surf. What’s a [...]
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Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Sunny Days in November
Conditions: 3-5 ft. – waist to head high and fair+ conditions. Offshore texture with walled up lines and open/workable shoulders. High tide swamped things out around 1.
Gear: 9′0″ Sunset soft top.
Wow, fall in California is full of surprises. Awesome 70-80 degree weekend out of the blue. Pacifica of course was pretty crowded. I just barely [...]
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Decisions decisions….
I went shopping for boards today. Dave over as Wise spent about 40 minutes talking to me. He gave me a pretty good idea of what I should be looking for and what kind of level of board I have to choose from for the size I want.
Now I’m down to the tough part, choosing.
I [...]
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Saturday, November 8th, 2008
Surfing in the Rain
Conditions: 3-5 ft. – Glassy, walled up lines with open and worakble shoulders especially on the inside.
Gear: 8′ 6″ NSP Epoxy board from NorCal Surf Shop plus Xcel 3mm Infinity Gloves and ONeil 2 mm hood.
For a chilly, rainy day, conditions couldn’t be better. While mellow, the waves were pretty clean and winds [...]
