Saturday, November 7th, 2009
Big Nasty Swell
Some big waves moved in to our area Friday night. Buoys spiked to 30ft and a lot of folks were on edge wondering if the waves were going to come in clean and rideable or big and scary. It was big and scary. I met up with Tom in front of Wise. We walked around [...]
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Sunday, December 21st, 2008
No surfing this Holiday
For anyone wondering if I plan to surf while I’m home…that’s a big no. Sure the waves are peeling nicely with some good peaks, but I haven’t learned to turn sharp enough to dodge ice. I don’t think my wetsuit is rated to -3 F with -30 F windchill, either. The water is 33 F. [...]
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Winter’s Here
Yep, 4-5 times overhead with occasional 30 ft waves. Sounds like quite a day for the folks at Maverick’s. 15 foot waves at Pacifica. Check out conditions at Maverick’s from the day before taken by agrinberg over at Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/agrinberg/3071405458/ That’s some big winter surf. Big days mean I skip the beach and have long [...]
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Surfing on the Great Lakes
I’m back in the Midwest visiting my folks. They recently moved from the house I grew up in to a new house about a half mile from the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. If you’ve ever seen Step Into Liquid there’s a great scene about the die hard midwesterners surfing in Sheboygan. Today’s fairly clean although [...]
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Yikes
6-10 foot surf with occasional 12? I think this Saturday is best left to those who can handle the big waves. The plan for this Saturday had been to teach 5-6 of my friends how to surf, but these kind of conditions would make that dangerous if not impossible. There will be other, better days to [...]
