Saturday, April 10th, 2010
Storming in Santa Cruz
Checked 38th Ave Blown out, cold, choppy and unsurfable. The Hook was breaking, but still windy as all heck. After cruising around a while, we decided on Cowells. It was looking small, inconsistent, sheltered from the wind a little. Nothing inspiring but we thought hey, at least it’s small and mellow right? Surf: 1-6ft, inconsistent, [...]
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Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Shifting Sands at Cowells
Photo by Cynthia SURF: 1-3ft. Light winds. Warm and sunny. Gear: 9’4 Stewart, 8’3 Petty The winter has done some strange things here in Norther California. A giant chunk of Sloat is missing and a new beach seems to have appeared smack in the middle of Cowells. The spot where I picked off wave after [...]
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Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Negative Tide at Cowells
SURF: 3-4ft and clean. Great day for the longboard. After 2 solid longboard days my arms were mush. Jello. I could barely sit up to answer the phone when Luke texted me at 9:30am. I knew it was going to be a negative tide at Cowells but had written Sunday off as a day of [...]
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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 [...]
