Whomp whomp

2014-LM-01-27

Surf: 6.9 ft at 14.8 s from the W at 272°

Much sloppier than it’s been lately. I was having trouble deciding where to be. A little north: whompfest. A little south: junksville. It was getting a little crowded for whomps so I tried my luck with junk.

No luck.

Eventually I paddled back to whomps and, it was surprisingly less whompy! I got a wave right away! Annnnd it was time to go in. : |

That was frustrating. Even getting a decent wave, I was still feeling like I’d wasted the opportunity to get better. Donuts helped.

In between

2014-LM-01-23

Surf: 7.2 ft at 14.8 s from the W at 277°

Started out this morning surfing my favorite little spot. I got waves! Slow ones, ones that didn’t always make the section, but a good start! Once that spot got too crowded, we moved north. That was frustratingly fast. I struggled quite a bit, I tumbled around with the board. But, all and all, I wasn’t super frustrated, which was nice.

Steep Bo

2014-BO-01-19

Surf: 6.6 ft at 16.0 s from the W at 271°

Nice weather for a beach day. Tide was coming in and swallowing up the beach, but otherwise nice.

I think that might be the steepest I’ve seen Bolinas. I faceplanted left and right. Maybe it’s because I’ve been surfing the patch, maybe it’s just this swell, but yeeesh. That was some work.

I did manage to work a wave all the way to the lagoon, so it wasn’t impossible.

Ice cream after. Yum.

More waves again

2014-LM-01-17

Surf: 3.3 ft at 12.9 s from the WNW at 287°

Whew, back on the upswing.

Got Sigmund’s 7’0 back to Aaron and met up with him out in the water. The waves were back to a reasonable size and there was plenty of sun and water to go around.

Big achievement for the day, going consistently left on a bunch of waves. I’ve been struggling with my lefts since I put my neck out last time, but today was a breeze.

Luke got a shot of me and cg surfing, sort of, since the gopro faces backwards. I’m a little dot, but there’s half a second of me splashing a bit of spray.

Fewer waves

2014-LM-01-15

Surf: 6.6 ft at 13.8 s from the W at 279°

More closed out than yesterday. Still a little crowded. Sort of feeling like I was back to square one as far as not really getting into anything. I did get one decent ride, so there’s that. 🙂

Some more waves

2014-LM-01-14

Surf: 7.2 ft at 12.9 s from the WNW at 293°.

Less wind, less size, and more crowds today, but also more waves! Yesss. No cutbacks today, but I’ll take quantity if I can get it. Wheee. I had a lot more luck getting into waves later, and stealing more face than I thought any of these waves would allow. There were some fast ones, and some lumpy wobbily ones, but all and all, surfed. Whew.

Some waves

2014-01-13 09.24.27-1

Surf: 8.5 ft at 11.4 s from the WNW at 296°. High tide. ENE Winds.

I may have only snagged two waves today, but they were both actual waves. Bottom turns, top turns, cutbacks, nice long rides. Whew. It’s nice to know that once I get up, I can surf at least a little bit.

Junky surf

2014-LM-01-10

Surf: 6.9 ft at 12.9 s from the W at 270°. High tide.

The wind is up and the surf is junky, but that’s probably the best I’ve surfed all week. I’m so confused. Maybe I can only surf when the surf is lousy? It’s a possibility.

Got some nice long rides,cutbacks even. Not bad for a pretty junky day.

Wedge

2014-OBB-01-07

Surf: 3.3 ft at 11.4 s from the W at 268°

Had a lot of hope after the weekend surf…but no. Another frustrating session. Uff.

Surf was real wedgey today, closed out too. I dunno, it just wasn’t working for me. I got a wave, but mostly paddled around feeling in the way. Really fun watching Eduardo and all the body boarders getting some nice rides. Holy crap. That looked fun!

PM: Ocean Beach

2014-OBN-01-05a

Surf: 2.6 ft at 8.3 s from the WNW at 296°

Got a text from Tim after the morning surf saying he was paddling out further north. I was still in my wetsuit so figured, why the hell not?

Sure I was totally exhausted, and the first 45 min or so was steep closeouts (not super fun on the hull), but man am I glad I went back out. I eventually got some fun ones when the tide started heading back out. It’s nice to know that surfing that hull at ocean beach is possible. I’d given up after the last round of faceplants, but hey, there was some change for swish in all that whomp.

I swapped boards with Tim for a bit. He managed to get barreled on my hull. I didn’t scratch into anything on his 5’8. Nice watching someone surf my board well.

After wearing myself totally out, slammed some wings and pizza at Pizza Place. Nom. Good day.