{"id":604,"date":"2010-03-02T08:04:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T15:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/?p=604"},"modified":"2010-05-31T18:12:50","modified_gmt":"2010-06-01T01:12:50","slug":"paddle-out-in-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2010\/03\/paddle-out-in-the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddle Out in the Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/LM-03-02-10.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"605\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2010\/03\/paddle-out-in-the-storm\/lm-03-02-10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/LM-03-02-10.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267542509&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LM-03-02-10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/LM-03-02-10.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/LM-03-02-10.jpg?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/LM-03-02-10.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"\" title=\"LM-03-02-10\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/LM-03-02-10.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/LM-03-02-10.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Surf: 4-10ft, 20s period. Raining, Windy.<br \/>\nGear: <a href=\"http:\/\/ripcurl.com\/index.php?id=531,2870,0,0,1,0\">RipCurl G-Bomb<\/a> and 7&#8217;4 roundtail.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had storm after storm the last few months. I&#8217;ve watched the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buoyalarm.com\/buoy.php?id=46012\">buoys<\/a> spike, heard the rain pounding away at my windows, and grumbled about how it was soo big and too rough to go out. I had a new wetsuit and a new board but no beautiful day to try them both out on.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes you have to suck it up and take on unruly surf.<\/p>\n<p>Josh talked me in to a dawn patrol at Lindy. Long period waves were pitching into closeouts but I did manage to paddle out AND paddle back in without getting stomped. Didn&#8217;t catch a wave, but got to claim some success in at least getting out in conditions I&#8217;m not comfortable with. <\/p>\n<p>The waves were really beautiful, giant blue-grey walls on a big grey black sky. Slices of whitewater peaking through right before it slammed shut in a curtain of whitewater and a roar of spray. Not too shabby too look it. The rain wasn&#8217;t mixing well with the salt water so there was a sliver layer on top disappearing into the sea. Pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p>The new wetsuit is amazing. Warm, flexible, no flushing. I&#8217;ve always liked my old suit. It&#8217;s sturdy, warm and comfortable, but the G Bomb is very toasty. Even in the pouring rain and howling winds I stayed warm and even a little dry. Definitely digging the upgrade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wetsuit.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"606\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2010\/03\/paddle-out-in-the-storm\/wetsuit\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wetsuit.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1266990258&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wetsuit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wetsuit.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wetsuit.jpg?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wetsuit.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"\" title=\"wetsuit\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wetsuit.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wetsuit.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surf: 4-10ft, 20s period. Raining, Windy. Gear: RipCurl G-Bomb and 7&#8217;4 roundtail. We&#8217;ve had storm after storm the last few months. I&#8217;ve watched the buoys spike, heard the rain pounding away at my windows, and grumbled about how it was soo big and too rough to go out. I had a new wetsuit and a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2010\/03\/paddle-out-in-the-storm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Paddle Out in the Storm&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,36,58,6,23],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YKrJ-9K","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":740,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}