{"id":567,"date":"2009-12-31T14:47:43","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T21:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/?p=567"},"modified":"2010-05-31T18:12:51","modified_gmt":"2010-06-01T01:12:51","slug":"rounding-out-the-year-stoked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2009\/12\/rounding-out-the-year-stoked\/","title":{"rendered":"Rounding Out the Year Stoked!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SURF: <\/strong> Inconsistent sets ranging from Thigh high to Head High. Warm sun, clean.<\/p>\n

What a great way to round out the year. This pretty unassuming day turned out to be so much fun.<\/p>\n

We hit the beach at high tide and the waves were a little mushy. I was just happy to be in the water. As the tide pulled out, things ramped up and got fun. <\/p>\n

I caught a bunch of waves. Great longboard waves. I had solid rides down the face and even pulled off a few things I haven’t been able to do before without falling on my face. <\/p>\n

The first was almost a noseride. I caught the wave a little early and ran up the nose, making the drop with both feet all the way up on my Stewart logo. As I was making the bottom turn I though “oh wow, I’ve never been able to hold on to a wave this far up the board!” and I held it for a LONG time. I made it down the face and almost in to shore balancing up on the front. I was so stoked.<\/p>\n

On another wave I was gliding down the face nice and slow and smooth. I though “okay, lets see if I can’t cross step a little or at least shuffle to keep trim.” I’ve tried this before at Cowells on a long wave and typically I’ve gone face first into the water. This time I shuffled up, shuffled back, cross stepped up, shuffled back, all while keeping the wave. Soooo happy. <\/p>\n

Also, there’s a guy out at Linda Mar that I have a bit of an embarrassing surf history with. I’ve dropped in on him before and I’m fairly certain I pegged him with my board after I got stomped by an overhead set on another day. I saw him in the water and though “man, I’m gonna kook this up…” but I got the wave and on my paddle back he complimented me on my ride and we had a friendly conversation. He snagged a real nice ride on the next wave. It’s always nice when you can make it up to the one person you’ve been embarrassing yourself infront of for weeks. <\/p>\n

On the additionally ego boosting front, I got a compliment on my hustle from Doug (who will be showing his surf movies at Riptide Jan 13th. I am excited to see them and put in my bid for the Wet Wednesday surfboard raffle). I’m glad my relentlessly optimistic sprint for waves is getting some positive notice. I kinda assumed I looked like a crazy person sprinting after waves. Def boosted the confidence.<\/p>\n

To top things off, I piled on a big post surf meal with friends after. Very fun day indeed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SURF: Inconsistent sets ranging from Thigh high to Head High. Warm sun, clean. What a great way to round out the year. This pretty unassuming day turned out to be so much fun. We hit the beach at high tide and the waves were a little mushy. I was just happy to be in the … <\/p>\n

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