E's Surf Report: offshores.. poor shape.. fun

Surfed the north end this morning with Robme and Lerm.. We were the only three out for the first hour. Relatively mild windswell peaks loping in and occasionally offering a steep, shoulder-high section. Today's waves demanded that you immediately pop-up and project down the line. Waves would meander in, all subtle and unassuming, and then just suck-up and pitch-out in about 6 inches of water... cracking legs, crabs, fins or whatever else happened to be in the wrong place.. Looking north or south down the beach you could see throaty, gurgling barrels tapering and rampaging... but at the same time you'd be sitting at your spot wondering where all the waves went. The wind blew a gentle offshore.. adding a slight feathering/grooming to the lips.. but.. the sea-surface wasn't shellacked/massaged offshore nirvana or anything. Watching a young ripper this morning reminded me of how good some people are and how much of a friggin beginner i still am!.. I watched him do three floaters on one wave! Then on the next wave he turns smoothly-but-abruptly off the bottom and then just cranks one hard off-the-top.. It's both humbling and inspiring to watch someone effortlessly kill waves that you just struggled to make a few turns on..

anyway.. after a little sickness on friday i headed up to Earthdance in Mendocino.. Bunch o' bands rocked it (Sector Nine, Kimock, Spearhead, etc) plus i got in free because i helped out at this booth (global cooling collective). I'd say about 90% of the few thousand people there had big, phat thick dreadies. the scene at Earthdance made your average phish show look like a gathering of uptight investment bankers. People walking around with huge nugs, hundreds of people swimming naked in the river, giant circle prayers and peace dances, early-morning yoga and healing sessions, macrobiotic shade-grown free-trade free-range spoon-fed tofutti tofu vegan raw air, etc.. funny.. Felt SOOO good to get home and take a shower last night.. plus Seymore and i rebelled against all the organic/vegan this and that throughout the weekend by charging hard at In-and-Out burger in mill valley last night at 10:30... mmm...

also.. looks like there is another sanfranpsycho movie in the works.. "san fran sequel"

this is what Kus had to say about the recent swell activity in jersey:
"Dude- pretty much the last 3 weeks here has been sick. Fabian of
course gave us swell, but isabell hooked it up soooooo nice from sunday thru
wednesday (then the onshores started) and leftovers on saturday.
tuesday night had ridiculous groundswell- bouys reading 10+ at like 18
seconds. And it totally was not closing out at a few spots. i surfed with my
buddy schmidty at seaside heights, nj. it was sweeticulous."

isabel - wrightsville beach, NC