Archive for October, 2010
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Blind Offshores
Surf: Waist high, little inconsistent. Howling offshore winds.
It’s been a while since the winds have blown offshore. They decided to make up for their absence with strong offshore gusts. Waves took some serious paddling and some crossed fingers to get down. More than a few riders were hucked back up the wave by the wind.
Chris provided some navigation duty, shouting to folks when they were almost there. A few folks got some nice ones.
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Friday, October 22nd, 2010
Size or Shape
Surf: Head High closeouts or waist high peelers. Not much in between.
Managed to pick up a little bit of face time at the bigger end. Not pretty, mostly drop, run, wash. I looked over my shoulder to see a sizeable closeout gnawing away at itself. Whew, glad to have outrun it. A few exploding unhappy waves later, we went on a paddling tour or the beach to snag some slow small waves. Caught a few fun little rolling waves. Better than getting whomped on. 
Finally got to see the bioluminescent closeouts before the sun came up.
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Friday, October 15th, 2010
Tone down, still fun
Surf: Waist high, mellow.
Longer lulls today with softer waves. Still fun, still friendly. Another lovely sunrise.
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Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Sun-scattered Clouds
Surf: Waist to Chest high, cleanish.
Man, what a sunrise and what a sky. Beautiful morning out there. Somewhat inconsistent waves. A few whomping closeouts but all around good time. Nice fun day back in the water after a week off.
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Thursday, October 7th, 2010
Difference a Day Makes
Surf: Waist-Shoulder, clean.
I managed to pull off a lovely little surf before flying home to Indiana. Thanks to Chris’s carpooling, board babysitting assistance I was able to go right from the water to the airport. Wet wetsuit and all.
The waves cooperated nicely. Rather than suiting up to the sound of detonating closeouts, the surf was clean and beaut. I got plenty of nice rides in, including a right with a nice little stall on a slow rolling wave to sneak one in to the beach. Plenty of blind takeoffs into the sun. Plenty of friendly folks hooting.
The new gear bag worked out great. There was a little condensation on the outside of the bag from the temperature change in the baggage hold, but the bag didn’t leak and my suitcase arrived on the Third Coast smelling just fine.
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Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
Desayuno con los desesperados!
Surf: Large and closed out for most of the beach. Waist-Shoulder, soft in the lefties.
Even with the later and later sunrise, it’s pretty easy to see a half beach long closeout. I made a lot of skeptical faces in the parking lot. Stomp stomp stomp in the dark. Paddling out, still skeptical. Sitting in the lineup, skeptical. Few waves later, little less skeptical. I’m trying to get the hang of this whole paddling out when it looks rough and wild in order to find the spot that’s working. Not perfect, but fun after chasing a few sections down.
I got a new gear bag to replace my slowly disintegrating reused plastic pillow cover. It’s a Dakine wetsuit bag. So far it fits my wetsuit, booties, rashguard and swimsuit. It fits in my backpack, it seems sturdy enough, and the lining turns inside out to dry.
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
Bolinas Birthday
Surf: Waist High with some Chest high waves. Lots of wind and plenty of sun.
In honor of Chris’s birthday, we snuck out to Bolinas for a few waves.
I spent most of the time fighting the wind. Chris got plenty of nice waves while I was flipping over in the sideshores. I got a few decent ones in the Channel, but mostly enjoyed the nice weather and the birthday picnic his family was kind enough to bring (and endure the wind to have).