Saturday, February 20th, 2010
The Jetty Gets Angry
Surf: Shoulder High to Well Overhead waves. Jumbled up, short period surf. Angry.
I’ll admit it, I’m a little out of shape. 20 days between surf session is killer for surfing fitness. I’ve tried to do at least 20 pushups a day (made it to 40! yay!) but there’s no substitute for water time. That said, [...]
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
7′ Al Merrick
SURF: 3-5 ft. waist to head high and poor conditions.
This morning’s dawn patrol: Mostly walled up lines coming through with just a slight texture to the surface. Occasional workable corners through the inside.
This morning was a bit mixed up. The pumphouse was showing some niiiiice waves for people who could catch them. After paddling [...]
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Almost Got One!
SURF: 3-5 ft. waist to head high and fair conditions.
This morning’s dawn patrol: Just a slight texture to the surface with sectiony/broken up walls coming through. Plenty of scattered inside corners to work with.
Back on the 6′8. I am determined to ride this little board.
My duck dive practice on Monday was pretty uneventful. I [...]
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Taking out the Shortboard
SURF: 3-4 ft. + waist to shoulder high with occasional 6 ft. and poor-fair conditions.
Apartment hunting had put me in a pretty rotten mood and after failing to catch a wave on Tuesday I opted for an early morning with the new shortboard. I was trying to practice duck diving and paddling to get [...]
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Saturday, October 10th, 2009
Small Days at Kelly’s Cove
SURF: 2-3 ft knee to waist high and fair conditions.
This morning’s dawn patrol: Clean, scattered lines getting up around waist high. It’s fairly small-scale, but definitely rideable this morning.
Waves this weekend were looking pretty small up and down the coast. I met up with Cryptomail to spend a little time on my Stewart at [...]
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
Finally got a board
After 8 months of searching, a board came up on craigslist the same time I had money to buy it.
This is a 9′4″ Stewart Hydro Hull. Never been ridden, never even been waxed. A father bought it for his daughter and she’s never taken it out. He’s been surfing for 53 years and spent about [...]
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Looking for a Used Board
I have a little bit of money left over from my security deposit on my apartment.
I’d like to use it as a reward for dealing with my apartment headaches.
Anyone out there in the SF area got a 8′6 or 9ft Stewart Hydro Hull they’d like to sell?
My budget is $600 for a board in good [...]
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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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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 [...]
