{"id":3023,"date":"2013-07-05T17:12:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T00:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2013-07-17T22:21:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T05:21:24","slug":"quads-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2013\/07\/quads-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Quads of July"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Surf: 5.3 ft at 9.1 s from the NW at 321\u00c2\u00b0. Incoming tide. No wind.<\/p>\n

While typically crowded for a warm and sunny holiday, the surf today was surprisingly fun. Nice long faces. Some good size. Warm water warm air warm sun warm sand. <\/p>\n

I took out my 7′ quad worrying the crowd might somehow ding my precious orange baby. The extra little bit of length and foam came in handy when trying to out-paddle the weekend warriors, but was a wee bit tricky duck diving the HH+ sets that rolled through from time to time. One particularly amazing botched dive involved the board twisting then swinging around in a perfect arc to hit me in the back of the head. Mid-length’s lack of weight for punching through a wave, and their overly beefiness for diving is probably my main complaint with these boards. <\/p>\n

Really my only complaint, as that was pretty dang fun. <\/p>\n

I’ve been thinking quite a bit about quad set up vs single fin lately (especially as this board can handle both.) At this length I’m not really feeling the fins like I do on my 6’4. The board is still really fun, I got some big swooping turns in. I got around some sections. It all around surfed. <\/em><\/p>\n

Saw a few of the usual morning crew out there killing it. <\/p>\n

Afterwards, Mike said “Looks like you’re getting pretty good on these mid-lengths!” Aww, yay! \ud83d\ude00
\nSuper stoked to me getting somewhere, especially after months of being frustrated. <\/p>\n

After afterwards, caught the illegal fireworks show in the mission from safely up on Potrero Hill. Pew pew. <\/p>\n

Happy 4th!<\/p>\n

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Surf: 5.3 ft at 9.1 s from the NW at 321\u00c2\u00b0. Incoming tide. No wind. While typically crowded for a warm and sunny holiday, the surf today was surprisingly fun. Nice long faces. Some good size. Warm water warm air warm sun warm sand. I took out my 7′ quad worrying the crowd might somehow … <\/p>\n

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