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Surf: 5-8ft with 10ft standouts. 10ft @15s WNW 300\u00c2\u00b0 Little warbly and slowing with the incoming tide. <\/p>\n

Wow. <\/p>\n

I keep saying that, but wow. Not as clean as it has been, but solid on size.<\/p>\n

I got probably one of the biggest waves of my life today (I keep saying that too.) I have no idea how large these waves have been during our recent SC sessions (8ft? 9ft?) but they’ve been large and beautiful to ride. <\/p>\n

This wave I did everything right. I had a huge bottom turn to a tight top turn. I cut back exactly when I needed to, and I held on every last bit of the wave. I stalled, I snuck around sections, I blew through whitewater, and kept up on the racy inside sections. I kicked out after a nice long swooping ride with dry hair and a HUGE smile. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Of course, not everything can be easy. I also got trounced. I had two savage beatdowns that actually scared me pretty good. I did everything wrong. I was too far inside and took wall after wall of whitewater. I panicked a little on the long hold downs. The second set I was thrashed by, I scrambled to the surface when my lungs were burning and foolishly sucked in a breath that was half foam, half air. I paddled like mad to get out of the way of the rest of the set before coughing up sea sludge. Uff. <\/p>\n

After that stomping, we headed from the point down to the hook and snuck in a few more. On the way I got one wave with a big fun drop. Once there, I got a fun zippy one through sharks, kicked out, then realized I was caught in the current. Oh man. Ohhh man. I was exhausted from all the waves at the point, so getting out of this eddy and back to shore was hard. I made it in by digging my heels in and pushing my way against the current the last few feet. OOOOffff. <\/p>\n

I did a little bit of sketching during my afternoon meeting to keep awake. Fun day, hard day. <\/p>\n

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Surf: 5-8ft with 10ft standouts. 10ft @15s WNW 300\u00c2\u00b0 Little warbly and slowing with the incoming tide. Wow. I keep saying that, but wow. Not as clean as it has been, but solid on size. I got probably one of the biggest waves of my life today (I keep saying that too.) I have no … <\/p>\n

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