E's Surf Report: thanks OB!

some unexpected niceness this morning at our beloved though oft-cursed beach break. Picked up my freshly-repaired (though still teetering on the edge of disintigration... denaminated/creased/cracked/etc.) green-machine from ding-master and underground ripper Alex Martins at 6:30 and then pulled into the Sloat parking lot. Just a faint sideshore wind blowing out of the south.. but the sea-surface looked pretty groomed and scalloped. The 6ft 8sec windswell pulsed in with awesome consistency.. wave after wave after wave. In some spots the faces were mushy and backing off.. but in others shit was pitching and throwing and gurgling and goin' real good.. fur realz.. I surfed with Judith the bodysurfer for most of the sesh and watched as she repeatedly stuffed herself into barrel after barrel. I myself flirted with the barrel on a few elevator-drop rights.. but.. never truly experienced the canopy of water envelop and enclose around me. But damn.. it was super fun out there.. glassy walls.. little pitching inside pits... rampy closeout sections.. only a handful of people.. I'm sooo glad that people often assume OB to be giant/treacherous/blown-out/narsty craziness.. because.. it keeps the crowds at bay.. BUT... in all fairness to the dungeon-master that is OB.. My shit got pummelled by waves a few times today.. after a long ride you'd have to get through the shallow/barrely inside section and i took a couple sledgehammers right on the back.. I lost my earplug on one. It's probably still going right now.. i didn't even check the rest of the beach.. soo?

Also.. B.A.S.E. mag is making headway!.. I'm amassing content and pics as we speak.. also working through some layouts. If anyone wants to place an ad in the mag or knows of anyone who might want to please email me at cranial_bulge@yahoo.com. Also.. i'm on the lookout for quality bay area surf pics! Especially from guys like Dano, Friend#1, Nep, Bertrand, mwsf and many others that i'm forgetting who have sent super-solid pics to me in the past. Matt sent me a sweet shot that i'll hopefully be able to use. shots of Cron, OB, points, Stinson, P-town, HMB, Mavs. I don't think i'll be able to pay for contributions in this first issue.. but hopefully next issue i'll kick-down some funds for the killah photos. also.. if anyone has any sick Lindy shots that would be helpful... and also if anyone has a shot of dirty water rushing out of the pumphouse at Lindy??

cool.. i don't want to reveal too much about the mag yet.. i'm getting so stoked about it though..

anyhoo... surf's up!!! i'd give this morning a 7.5!

couple shots of dozza
dorian ripping

dorian ripping