Surf: Knee-Shoulder high.
Too beat for a triple session. Siesta for most of the afternoon and a few fun waves later in the day. Got a few big drops on some of the larger set waves.
Btw, Casa Rincon has a puppy: Milla. A-dorable.
Monday in Mexico – Early am
Surf: Knee-Waist high, glassy.
It’s still pretty much impossible to sleep. Even surfing three sessions yesterday I was still so excited to get back out onto an empty break with peeling waves and friends.
When the sun finally came up, I raced back out. Robert and I picked up lots of fun, sleepy little waves. Pretty much the best way to start the day.
Sunday in Mexico – Late afternoon
Surf: Waist-Chest High. Windy.
The wind picks up in the afternoons, but we’re really not thrown off. After a winter of howling winds at Lindy, some mild sideshore is nothing.
Didn’t make it all the way to sunset, dinner was calling and the food they are making here is amazing. I’m so stuffed after dinner that I can’t paddle back out. Pretty great to walk off the beach and sit down to a cold margarita and delicious home cooking.
Sunday in Mexico – Mid day: Double Shaka
Photo by Stefan
Surf: Thigh-Chest high. Clean, peeling, mellow.
Wake up. Surf. Eat the most delicious breakfast. Lay in a hammock. Surf more. Off to a pretty good start.
Everyone was getting out in the water for some Mexi-surf. Water was warm, waves were nice and chill. Perfect for goofing off. I blasted Blam a double shaka coming down a nice right. Wheeeee.
It’s so much fun to see your friends stoked. Happy to do nothing but this all week long. 😀
Sunday in Mexico – Early am
Surf: Knee-Waist High, Glassy.
EEEEEEEEE! Waking up in Mexico!!!
I barely slept. I could hear the waves all night. Whenever a set would roll through I’d wake up and think “is the sun up yet? is it time to surf yet?!” 😀
I woke up just after 7 and watched the waves hoping someone else would wake up. It didn’t take too long for my stoke to get the better of me and I paddled out anyway. It was so glassy I could see the fish moving about. It was a little spooky. A couple fish bumped the bottom of my board, but I’d forget about it when the chill little sets would start to come in.
Other folks made it out after a wave or two. Eeeeeeee!! We’re in Mexico!
Saturday in Mexico – Late afternoon
Surf: Knee-Chest high. Windy, peeling.
Yaaaaay Mexico! Beyond stoked.
Muchos gracias to Ed for picking us up, arranging board rental, and being patient while Nicole and I ran all over the house checking out the rooms, the surf, the pool, the beach…
It took all of half a minute to go from airplane mode to surf mode and I was stoked and a half to get out into warm water. Sure it was windy, but the mellow waves were peeling in nice.
I got a full railed loggy monster 9’6 single fin that picked up those little waves nice an easy. Plenty of nice little rides for our first surf.
Let the vacationing begin!
Stoked!
Photo by Chris.
Surf: Fun, glassy, 2-4ft with some bigger sets. Mellow.
What a morning! I’m still stoked.
Went in with low expectations. Higher tide, forecasts were all suggesting conditions would be “just okay.” Still, happy to get a change to surf Santa Cruz before work.
It turned out to be a really fun session. The waves were clean and had a nice little kick to them. Bright warm sun, blue blue water, and long peeling waves.
My first wave started out mellow and medium sized. As I completed my bottom turn I realized I was looking up at the lip. My mellow warm up wave was turning out to be a nice, peeling, substantial wave. So stoked. So much fun.
Got quite a few nice rides and some compliments from my friends. Spent the whole day beaming. Stoked!
Sunny, Peeling, Out of the Wind
Surf: Knee-Waist high. Peeling.
Three years ago to the day I took my first surf class. 😀
I was one of those surf school kooks with the red rashguard on to warn people to keep a safe distance. Crazy to think that was 3 years ago. Thankfully those 3 years have been filled with lots of stoke, many great rides, lots of wipeouts, and fun people to surf with.
Lindy was not observing my surfbirthday and instead was a jumbled, howling wind mess. Headed down to the jetty in favor of small, fun little waves. Got some good little rides, some sunshine, and a little fun before heading to a client meeting. Yay.
Board Meeting
Surf: 1-2ft and 2-4ft. Mellow SW swell. Light Winds.
One of the projects I’m on involves frequent trips south of San Francisco and another needed me to swing by Palo Alto today. It’s been a negative low tide and nearly flat locally the last few days, time for some pre-work team surf in SC. 😀
Nicole, Chris and I paddled out at the Cowells side of indicators where Darren had already been catching a few of the small slow waves occasionally rolling in.
I got some nice long ones on the super mellow little waves, but the crowd was growing and the guys had their eye on some waves further west.
Paddled over to find the break to be still mellow, but bigger and with a punch at the end. I got a few really fun drops and enjoyed the sun.
Pastries, then off to client meetings. Excellent team work.
Meeting summary: Fun, chill waves were ridden.
Next steps: schedule more team board meetings.
Fog
Surf: Soft 2-3ft waves. Low low LOW tide.
Woke up terribly late, but managed to get down just in time for a few fogged in waves. I couldn’t see the lineup from my car. I couldn’t see the water’s edge from my car. I couldn’t see the lineup from the beach, or the beach from the lineup. Super moody.
Plenty of fun little waves despite the crazy low tide. Drifted a full tour of half the beach in the fog.
Chris got to try out the new big board today. Man is that a big board.