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. [...]
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Getting a Class Together
More from the day on my Flickr Conditions: 3-4 ft. + – waist to shoulder high and fair-good conditions. Clean, peaky lines with workable shoulders and fair-good shape. Gear: 9 ft foam board AWESOME day. I got together a group of friends who were looking to learn and headed to the beach for another Adventure Out [...]
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Learning to surf: Day Two
Conditions: Bigger, Rougher Waves* Gear: Rental foam board Day Two of my surf class was Sunday April 27th, 9-Noon. Also with Adventure Out. Day Two was when all the hard paddling from Day One (and all the rock climbing from the day before day one) finally caught up to me. Ow. Owwww. I was exhausted, but [...]
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
My first surfing lesson
Conditions: Small Clean Waves* Gear: Rental foam board Day: AWESOME My first surf class was Saturday April 26 from 9am to Noon with Adventure Out. I can’t recommend these guys enough. The lesson included a wetsuit; a board; plenty of time on dry land learning safety, wave reading, etiquette, and pop ups; plenty of time in [...]
