Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Paddle Out in the Storm
Surf: 4-10ft, 20s period. Raining, Windy.
Gear: RipCurl G-Bomb and 7′4 roundtail.
We’ve had storm after storm the last few months. I’ve watched the buoys spike, heard the rain pounding away at my windows, and grumbled about how it was soo big and too rough to go out. I had a new wetsuit and a new board [...]
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
Mellow Morning at Lindy
Surf: Knee to Waist High. Clean, but inconsistent.
Lovely morning. The moon was setting over the ocean, lighting up the water like a big ole painting. I watched the little waves for a while waiting for Chuck arrive. We paddled out to small waves, great for a longboard but a little trickier for Chuck on [...]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Shorebreak for Breakfast
SURF: 4-8ft.
I met a few stokereporters out for dawn patrol at Ocean Beach. I was optimistically assured by Josh it would be a nice 3-5 and good practice on the shortboard. Arg.
It was definitely bigger than I was expecting. I still haven’t been able to duck dive my 6′8 so all and all the [...]
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Friday, January 1st, 2010
Dawn Patrol on New Year’s Day
SURF: Inconsistent, but decent waves. Waist high and mushy at the center of the beach, shoulder+ and steep at the north end. Increased frequency and closeouts as the day went on.
Mmm, 6am on New Years Day. Driving out I got to watch what was left of the Blue Moon through the trees in Golden [...]
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
Early Friday at the Jetty
SURF: 3-4ft, mellow and fairly smooth.
Second attempt at dawn patrol before my new gig. I’d already lost time putting my roof rack before I even got around to picking up Mike. He was a pretty good sport with my relentless swearing and freaking out about needing to be at work by 9.
The delay [...]
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Waiting for the Sunrise
Surf: Flat. Occasionaly 2ft waves.
I tried to sneak in a Dawn Patrol before the new swell hits. 6:45 I was standing on the beach in almost complete darkness trying to make out the shape of a wave on the horizon.
There were none.
It was flat.
I waited for Luke thinking he’d want to try further [...]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Shortboard Dawn Patrol at Ocean Beach
Surf: 3-5 ft. waist to head high and poor-fair conditions.
This morning’s dawn patrol: Slightly jumbled, crossed-up peaks on offer this morning. Looking a bit more disorganized than yesterday, with a few rideable corners still making it through at times.
I have never surfed on a shortboard and I have never surfed at Ocean Beach. Shortboards are [...]
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Sea lions!
SURF:
2-3 ft.+ knee to chest high with occasional 4 ft. and fair conditions.
This morning’s dawn patrol: Mostly walled up lines with inside shoulders that are open and workable, but a little soft and crumbly. Clean conditions.
Headed out early for another dawn patrol. Short swell period made a tough paddle out. Weather was beautiful. I got [...]
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Dawn Patrol with the New Board!
Conditions:
2-3 ft.+ knee to chest high and fair – conditions.
This morning’s dawn patrol: Mostly peaky lines with soft/crumbly shoulders that are workable (mainly for a bigger board). Slight texture to the surface.
Gear:
First day out on my 9′4″ Stewart Hydro Hull!
Took the new board out today! We did an early morning surf session. Got down [...]
