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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Small Summer
Surf:This morning’s dawn patrol: Glassy, peaky, weak lines with soft/gutless corners to the beach.. I pulled up to the lot two spot two surfers giving up trying to catch tiny little peeling waves. I love tiny little peeling waves so I took over their watch and paddled out. I spent the first two waves bobbing [...]
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Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Indicators and Steamer Lane
Surf: This morning’s dawn patrol: Mainly knee-waist high with some inconsistent + sets. Conditions are clean and glassy, but expect a solid wait between waves. Less tide helps. Gear: 9’0 Yup, small and inconsistent in Santa Cruz. With warm sun, temperatures in the 80′s and almost no one out, I really wasn’t complaining about the [...]
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Glassy Morning
Surf: 3-4ft with 5ft standouts. Glassy, mostly walled-up lines with a few workable corners through the inside. Nice warm little morning at Linda Mar. The sun managed to work it’s way through the thick fog and the waves were holding up pretty nicely. Chris and I managed to find ourselves with our own little peak [...]
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Rockaway
Surf: 2-4ft, Mellow and Crumbly. Sunny. Board: 5’10 Retro Fish. With summer on it’s way, I’ve been eying a few smaller wave shortboards on craigslist. The shortest board I’ve been able to stand up on was something like a 6’3 or a 6’4 so I figured I’d try one of Josh’s little fish and see [...]
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Saturday, May 29th, 2010
Small Wave Holiday
Surf: 1-3ft. Inconsistent but clean. Warm sun, low winds, blue water. Sunny and warm down in SC. Small waves, relatively small crowd given it’s a holiday, and lots of kelp. I got one very dramatic over the nose of the board pitch when I came to a dead stop mid wave on a big clump [...]
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Lightning, Thunder, and Rainbows
Surf: 2-4ft. Inconsistent and soft on the low tide, picked up as the tide came back. Fun, but storming morning in Pacifica. Driving rain, thunder and lightning, slightly jumbled waves. Surprisingly, the waves weren’t that bad. Caught quite a few before my hands were so frozen my thumbs were opposed to being opposable. Great rainbow [...]
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Big Jetty Sunset
Surf: 4-6ft, some larger sets. Little bit choppy, but surprisingly clean for the size and the howling winds elsewhere. Left work early to sneak in a little sunset surfing. The sunset was beautiful. Big gold waves moody clouds. The surf was big. I tend to get skittish around 4ft on the longboard. It’s a lot [...]
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Slosh Patrol
Surf: Mixed up, 2-4ft waves with 5-6ft occasional standouts. Very sloppy, inconsistent and hard to catch. Early morning waves were looking pretty messy. Paddled out, sloshed around, and got some exercise. Looong paddle out on the longboard. Plenty of pushback. Great sunrise through the fog though.
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
Windy
Surf: 1-4ft. Blown out, closing out. Warm sun but too windy and small for most people. Gear: 9’4 Aside from the screaming winds, it was a warm, beautiful day up in Bo. The 9’4 was back from the shop and I was more than happy to get it back in the water. Bo was small, [...]
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Friday, April 30th, 2010
Cold Bolinas Morning
Surf: 2-5ft, inconsistent, windy, hard to catch. Gear: 9’0 With the upwelling in full swing, my hands and face burned to touch the water. Oh man was it cold. Upwelling is a yearly event caused by the NW high winds. Warmer surface waters are blown into shore and are forced down by the bathymetry causing [...]
