{"id":1137,"date":"2010-12-13T11:24:21","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T18:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2010-12-15T15:52:21","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T22:52:21","slug":"mid-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2010\/12\/mid-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid shift"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Surf:<\/strong> Waist-Chest High. Somewhat closed out. 279\u00c2\u00ba WNW 5.6 ft at 10 sec<\/p>\n

YAWN. Slept through my alarm and missed the morning shift. I only have a few days to surf before heading back home for the holidays and the big family vacation so I went out anyway. <\/p>\n

The usual left was plenty crowded and not doing much. I headed north to another left with a handful of shortboarders. I was happy to have the big board to get into these mushy waves, but they closed out pretty quick and the slog back out with that much foam was exhausting.<\/p>\n

I got a few fun rides out of it though. One right I took was a big drop. I got a little bit of face and a top turn before bailing as it closed out. I paddled back to some wide eyes and compliments on what was evidently a huge swooping bottom turn. “Dang, I wish I’d had a camera!” one guy said. \ud83d\ude00 <\/p>\n

Big current. Whole ocean was pulling out and south. Wore myself out pretty good keeping in place and catching waves. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Surf: Waist-Chest High. Somewhat closed out. 279\u00c2\u00ba WNW 5.6 ft at 10 sec YAWN. Slept through my alarm and missed the morning shift. I only have a few days to surf before heading back home for the holidays and the big family vacation so I went out anyway. The usual left was plenty crowded and … <\/p>\n

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