Archive for August, 2009
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Watching from the Beach
Surf: 3-5 ft. waist to head high and fair-good conditions. PM REGIONAL OVERVIEW: Mix of old Southern Hemi swell and new/building NW swell on offer this afternoon. Better breaks have waist-chest-shoulder high+ surf, while top exposures are pulling in head head high+ sets at times. Conditions are still clean, with most spots seeing scattered peaks, [...]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Surfing away the sniffles.
SURF: 2-3 ft.+ knee to chest high and fair conditions. This morning’s dawn patrol: Glassy, mostly walled up lines, with a few workable corners through the inside. I’ve been laid up in bed sick most of the week, the rest of the week I’ve been battling potential clients for contracts and “Sure thing” gigs that [...]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Back on the West Coast
SURF: 1-3 ft ankle to waist high and poor-fair conditions. This morning’s dawn patrol: Clean, peaky lines with a few mushy, but workable little corners through the inside. Occasional little plus peaks. Back on the West coast after 2 weeks back home. Waves at Pacifica were okay, got in a few nice long fun rides [...]
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
More Small Waves on the Great Lakes
Conditions: 1.5-2.5ft. Peaky beach breaks with occasional hollow and/or peeling waves. Swell period: 4 seconds or less! 20 knot winds blowing all night really got the lake moving. Waves were still under 3ft but had much more energy than yesterday. Faster waves gave me some smoother rides, but wow the short wave interval was exhausting! [...]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Surfing the Unsalted Sea
Conditions: 1-2ft waves. Low energy, but with some nice peaks, occasional 2.5ft standouts and some peeling waves. I’m back in the midwest for my cousin’s wedding, my high school reunion, and my grandmother’s birthday. It’s nice to have some downtime. We’ve been kayaking on the lake, it’s been good to catch up with friends and [...]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Back in Pacifica
Conditions: 1-3ft. Glassy, peaky lines with soft/mushy corners looking semi-workable to the beach. The mellow little waves followed me home! Sure it looked pretty flat out there, but I got in some nice long rides on little waves. Jamie and I found a nice spot that, with a LOT of patience, set us up for [...]
