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Small and meager.. no signs of the south.

Top o’ the morning to ya. I really thought that it could be firing this morning. An unusual calm hung in the air out by the beach and a wet fog seemed to dampen the wind. I cruised down to the shoreline for a check and witnessed conditions that looked very much like yesterday. Dainty, sub-optimal wavelets lapped up onto the inside sandbars of OB. No signs of the south swell during the 5 minutes I stood there looking at it. The buoys are reporting that the south is coming from 174 degrees, at 2.4ft 16seconds. That seems pretty steep since Blakestah mentioned the waves originating from NZ? Dunno though.. I wish I had a globe here on my desk to get a quick glance at angles and such. Again if you have a flexible frame of mind and you're desirous of a simple plunge into mamma ocean.. get yer butt down to the beach.. but.. if it's glassy, funnelling waves you seek, toss September Sessions into the VCR one more time.

My back is still tight but it gets slightly better every day. Last night after a multi-hour Hans Blix and the Inspectors jam I was able to groove into an elongated, breath-intensive yoga session that felt good. I’m beginning to really understand how to breath deeply from the diaphragm and how to extend each stretch with every exhalation. I can finally touch my nose to my knees during a forward bend and my friend jokes that I’ll be able to “pleasure myself” soon. Do you think anybody really does that?

I miss surfing.

Today after work.. around 5:40pm.. anybody interested in a long-board skate session? I know this one route, on Dellbrook Ave in Midtown Terrace (SW slope of twin peaks) that has nice pavement, minimal cars and is relatively blocked from the wind. Traut and I rat-packed it last week and it was fun. If you can get over there I can probably give you a ride home (unless you live in the east bay or somethin'). If interested email me at cranial_bulge@yahoo.com

Do you think that party at Yerba Beuna will be awesome tonight? or too crowded? or both?

Also.. The premier issue of BASEmag is finally available!! I’ll put 50 copies each at SF surf shop and Aqua surf shop tomorrow morning and you can cruise by anytime and pick one up. Also.. if you send me a self-addressed stamped envelope (send the envelope within another envelope) I’ll send you a copy of BASEmag in the mail.
If you’re interested kick me an email at cranial_bulge@yahoo.com and I’ll send you my address.

basemag

Sandow Birk
North Swell (Washington Crossing the Delaware)
1990
oil on canvas 37 1/2" x 63"

Posted by: cadaver at July 16, 2004 10:23 AM

www.sandowbirk.com

Posted by: cc at July 16, 2004 10:29 AM

Writing from Santa Crud_________
Waiting.
That's a very old Sandow image.
And E, when do I get my article?

Posted by: BVB at July 16, 2004 10:56 AM

birks good..funny shit. ive alwayse thought that skating/ers really had an edge over surfing/ers art wise. but the good ones are reaaally good, whatever the hell that means..i guess its true though that the hokie factor is higher with surfing as its more mellow overall..at least in my oppinion

drove all the way to 3 amigos last night and that was some of the flatest shit ive seen in this area in a while. pimp point looked to be the only decent spot which is sad..

Posted by: bagel at July 16, 2004 10:59 AM

OB: Balmy tropical paradise! Frigid ditto of yesterday with extra lumpiness due to steady fog bank. Nobody out but ob is about to gain one idiot. Heck why not, compared to all day of work, bills, and laundry, one hour of 2 foot ob is a dream vacation! Who knows what incredible rides and adventures await. Maybe it will glass off for 15 minutes. Maybe buried pirate treasure will be found. And cheers for the 2 guys shredding `1-3 foot slop at 7 am, fantastic.

Looking forward to BASE, e!

Posted by: s.s sharkbait at July 16, 2004 11:01 AM

BASE!

Posted by: rathaus at July 16, 2004 11:09 AM

Bout time that Base hit the streets!!!! That wave on the cover looks sick. I'd be on it!

Posted by: pez at July 16, 2004 11:13 AM

"Adelaide-based company SeaChange Technology yesterday unveiled its prototype surfboards fitted with shark deterrent systems.
Devices emit electrical fields around the surfboard, which the company says impact on the sharks' snout, causing them discomfort and forcing them to stay away."

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10131332%255E2682,00.html

oh yeah, and it's friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiday!!! i'd be on the evening skate with u e like stink on shit, but unfortunately i don't live in the 'hood. sonofa....

hope everybody has a good one.

Posted by: j at July 16, 2004 11:16 AM

Wavelets were showing at a creek in N. SC county today. Nothing spectacular but it was a rare and rewarding experience of surfing waste to chest high a-frames with only my buddy and I.

The drive down the 1 was slow through the peasoup until... pigeon pt. and the bank dissapeared completely. Bizzare. Anybody know why the change of the coastal direction causes the fog disperse? wind direction maybe?

Posted by: jahmir at July 16, 2004 11:18 AM

That wave on the cover is a shot by Will Henry, if I am not mistaken. It was taken on a January day two winters ago when the swell was 11 ft 17 seconds in the morning, but by the time the shot was taken it was down to 9 ft 17 sec, or so. With really stiff offshores. I recall surfing that week pretty well - not crowded at all. The day after that shot I got one of the best waves of my life at the beach. Dropped in, and halfway down the wave I had to straighten out to make the drop in fast enough, powered a BIG bottom turn, and pulled into this really long steep wave face. In 3 hours it was my only wave, shortly after that I got caught by a set and a glassed on fin busted off the 8'6", time to go in. With only one wave, it was still the best session that year.

surfed miserable waves this morning. It was, at least, a little exercise. But these other 3 guys found and kidnapped a little penguin from the shorebreak!!! No joke, they were going to take it to the zoo.

Posted by: blakestah at July 16, 2004 11:21 AM

Lewis, I just wanted to add my compliments to the standing pile for your little photo essay the other day on 70's and 80's surf stars, it was terrific and right on. The second photo has been bugging me, the one of PT under the pier with that pink board: it seems to have a kind of assymetrical tail.

Posted by: cadaver at July 16, 2004 11:33 AM

The only surf artist (more like landscape artist really) I really ever liked is Christian Lassen, not so much for his art, but his lifestyle. Off one painting, the guy makes some prints and makes more than most of us do in a year.

The rest of the time the guy is surfing, windsurfing and hobknobing with Honolulu's elite in his Kahala beachfront mansion. Total Zoolander style. The guy rips more than the average joe too.

Posted by: tugboat at July 16, 2004 11:35 AM

asymmetrical tail?

Posted by: cadaver at July 16, 2004 11:36 AM

Total zoolander / Siegfried and Roy kinda shit you see on the back of a motorhome style.

Posted by: tugboat at July 16, 2004 11:40 AM

cool blakestah.. yeah.. that's a will henry photo on the cover of basemag. i got his permission to use it and in exchange included an add for his savethewaves.org foundation within the mag.

siiiick!

Posted by: e at July 16, 2004 11:45 AM

lassen used to show up to surf hookipa in a caddy with a quiver of rockstar art groupies. it was out of place. he did host some most excellent parties at his place. local mushrooms always made his art more appealing.

Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at July 16, 2004 11:50 AM

More details on the penguin! My wife claims she saw a penguin at the beach near Poplar street in HMB. We got a good laugh out of it as I told her there was no way......

.....she swears it was a penguin.

Anyway, she who laughs last.....

{I hope there aren't any rogue walrus out there...)

Posted by: jhmb at July 16, 2004 11:51 AM

asymetrical tail, i recall reading a story about PT asym - tail in 70's. i've ridden one, however is twas bass ackwards as it was for a regular foot and i'm, well......goofy.

Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at July 16, 2004 11:53 AM

fart.. if you're sending me a SASE (self addressed stamped envelop) for basemag.. could you make it a larger manilla envelop. the mag is 5.5 by 8.5 inches so i can fit it in a normal envelop.. but.. it'll have a fold through the center..

Posted by: e at July 16, 2004 11:53 AM

HEY PEZ:

Yeah R________IGGGGGGGGH_____TTTT.
I hate Lassen's art - can't even call it "art. "He's like the Thomas Kinkaid of "OCEAN ART."
You're right though - he's one rich motherfucker. His house at D-Head is pretty unreal. Enviable? Hardly. Well, maybe a little...
I can't wait fot the day when they change the murals at the airport in Honoulu - everytime I look at them my eyes hurt and not because of the glare. I can't remember the hacks name that paitned them but he has like 15 galleries on Oahu alone.
Fucking shit!


Hey, BStahller, - and then you woke up?

Posted by: BVB at July 16, 2004 11:56 AM

I want my freeBASE (just joking if groms read this). Can't wait to read more of your stuff, Ethan Hemingway. Too bad we couldn't hook up this afternoon. I'm heading to the usual spot and would be happy to drop of some rags at the shops along PCH. Pleased to help if you want to broaden the distribution. Hell, you have your own army of friends, who needs delivery trucks?

Gee, we can all say we knew this sweet neo-hippie before he became a publishing magnate!

I'll probably be shooting photos tomorrow morning from the Lizard Lot if you peeps come down. That is, if there's more than ankle biting waves. Give me a hearty "hi" or a dope slap, depending on your mood.

Posted by: Lizard at July 16, 2004 11:59 AM

Yo, you guys can enter this but know you are going for second! I make a mean grilled cheese:

http://www.grilledcheese-contest.com/

Posted by: Kaiser at July 16, 2004 12:01 PM

wyland

ya base mag!

Posted by: bagel at July 16, 2004 12:02 PM

Damn, what up with the swell? I surfed yesterday down in Ventura and it was pumpin' down there. Thought it would turn on for sure up here but all we have is the same ole' crap.

Lot Lizzo, might have to come see about some olas down there manana. I will keep the cell handy.

Anyone else see Riding Giants on Wednesday? Sweet movie. What was even better is that I walked out of the flick (put on by Men's Journal) with about 11 new t-shirts, a new sweatshirt, a new beenie and 6 copies of the same Men's Journal mag! Not bad for the $10.00 parking fee!

Posted by: Kaiser at July 16, 2004 12:05 PM

bvb, I really did catch one of the best waves of my life the day after than Will Henry shot. Ask him when he took it!

The penguin was real. These three guys who paddled out shortly after me found it in the shorebreak (on the sand really) and took it to the zoo, or so they claimed. It was small, but looked just like a zoo penguin.

I could be wrong on the bird ID, but I've never seen a bird like that at the beach before.

Posted by: blakestah at July 16, 2004 12:13 PM

....bacon tastes good pork chops taste good, grilled cheese taste good.

Posted by: shadow at July 16, 2004 12:21 PM

BVB,
Yeah, Lassen is much like Kincaid, but the great part is he's jacking the tacky tourists left and right. That's great in my book. I actually have a Lassen in my art horde (I'm part English). Found the thing at the flea market for $12.99, but can sell it anyday on ebay for $5,000 if need be.

Posted by: tugboat at July 16, 2004 12:27 PM

those manila envelopes will probably need two 37 cent stamps....

it's 60 cents just for it being 8.5X11 in size...if it's heavier than 6 oz. it'll need more postage

Posted by: postman ring once at July 16, 2004 12:29 PM

http://postcalc.usps.gov/

Posted by: postman ring twice at July 16, 2004 12:32 PM

DP today... it was basically yesterdary with more texture at the SM county break which I guess pretty much belongs to me now. I drove further south and didn't see nuthin'; my little cove looked the best once again. Small but playful little nuggets, and I was the only taker.

PENGUIN?

Posted by: Klooless at July 16, 2004 12:32 PM

postman.. the mag is 5.5 by 8.5 inches.

shiiit.. i have no idea how heavy it is.. it's 10 8.5 x 11 pieces of paper folded in half.. with two staples.

fart.. i'm not sure how to do the postage thing..

sorry.

fuckk.. work beckons..

Posted by: e at July 16, 2004 12:39 PM

Ahh, the long awaited BASE... great!
OB tiny today, couldn't motivate myself to hop in. Let's hope for some swell soon.

Posted by: welle at July 16, 2004 12:40 PM

i awoke early...okay...not THAT early...but still early 'nuff for a Friday...checked the buoys and decided that i'd hit pillow point for another 1.5 hr seshie. sweet!

BASE mag issue #1! i need to get the hook-up on that...and no crease down the center either. gotta keep it pristine so that i can sell it for a bjillion $$'s in 20-years. way to put it together, e. i can't wait to check it out.

that cover shot sends me diving for my fuzzy blanket! after all of this double over-knee conditions we've seen lately, i think i'd shiet myself on anything over head-high...let alone that churning beast! thankfully we get the gradual fall size run-up before the mackers arrive.

happy Friday, ya heads!

Posted by: ck at July 16, 2004 12:42 PM

negatory on any south showing at ob...or any swell whatsoever, for that matter!

Penguin?!! Imagine paddling out and seeing a penguin gliding along.

Posted by: s.s. sharkbait at July 16, 2004 12:48 PM

F R E E B A S E !!!

Posted by: Grand Master Flash at July 16, 2004 12:54 PM

speaking of freebase.. i was jamming with Clapton the other day and he told me, "ya know, she actually did like Cocaine!"

Posted by: e at July 16, 2004 12:56 PM

Damn that pimp Lassen showed up in a Caddy? What kind, a new one or old?

For some reason those haole kids from Kahala-Hawaii Kai end up super quirky. Something about being on the top and bottom of the ladder at the same time...

Posted by: tugboat at July 16, 2004 01:08 PM

What's worse:
a hungry shark or an insane surgeon:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040716/od_afp/romania_health_offbeat_040716105200&e=3

Posted by: blameitonsatan at July 16, 2004 01:14 PM

The penguin wasn't a puffin, was it? They look somewhat similar and puffins can be found in the Bay Area, mainly out towards the Faralones. Either way, cool!

http://images.google.com/images?q=puffin

Free BASE Mag, yeah!!

Posted by: mwsf at July 16, 2004 01:17 PM

Its feet were dark, not orange, and it definitely didn't have that weird puffin beak.

BUt hey, I'm no ornithologist...

Can't wait to Freebase tonite.

Posted by: blakestah at July 16, 2004 01:22 PM

Pimping surfing in SF. Bad form. Anonymity suggested.

Posted by: at July 16, 2004 01:22 PM

i hear ya on the bad form of pimping surfing in SF.. but.. with only 200 copies printed.. how much harm can it do?

Posted by: e at July 16, 2004 01:25 PM

hey no name ever heard of mavericks?

BASE! How low can you go?
Death row what a brother knows
Once again, back is the incredible
The rhyme animal
The incredible D. Public Enemy number one
Five-O said "Freeze!" and I got numb
Can't I tell 'em that I really never had a gun?
But it's the wax that the Terminator X spun

Posted by: bagel at July 16, 2004 01:40 PM

....yeah, but Pimpin aint Easy.

Posted by: shadow at July 16, 2004 01:42 PM

Saw Riding Giants.
Be sure to go check it out...ESPECIALLY if youre into big wave surfing.
Its not as Punk Rock as the Dogtown flick, but thats probably just because of the nature of surfing and surfers compared to skateboarding and skateboarders.
Some Golden old time footage in there...absolutely golden...
Nice Laird anecdote as well-

Posted by: enb at July 16, 2004 01:43 PM

i guess mavericks isnt SF but it is "BAY AREA Surf Experience"

Posted by: bagel at July 16, 2004 01:43 PM

speaking of Laird anyone catch him on letterman last night?..surfers, oy ve

Posted by: bagel at July 16, 2004 01:45 PM

Drove to SC for DP and it was tiny, with the exception of weasel reef, which was small and already had four guys on it. Headed north and checked all the spots, including Sc***'s Creek; all were tiny. I'll be sleeping in tomorrow.

Posted by: steve-o at July 16, 2004 01:46 PM

Spots that break right on the sand are fun on these swells. Reminds me of being 9 and surfing hardcore heats against my buddy in one footers. He ended up pro, I ended up good at bong hits.

Posted by: sweeney at July 16, 2004 01:54 PM

Yo Base-rock hub smoke.

There's already been a couple free zines that have come and gone around here. Juice was OK and at the local liqueur stores and Wind Tracks, which was windsurfing oriented. The wind tracks guy is now in exile someplace as he dicked over some folks. I don't know what happened to Juice.

Posted by: t-bone at July 16, 2004 02:00 PM

Here's a question for some marin-sonoma (ites): I saw that Daily Dale Webster got written up in TSJ, and one of the pictures has an old red wagon in the background. My question: Is that his vehicele, and if so, isn't there another similar rig driven by a guy with longer hair. I see em all the time at Dillon and Bolinas (the rare times I check there). These two people have really different personalities and I'm looking for a little history/background on this. If you're from up my way you've undoubtedy seen these guys. Anyway, it's incredible when you think of logistics of actually catching 3-waves everyday since 1976 ....oh I have the flu, it's January and 12 ft and 14 sec. OK - let's load up the truck and get moving.

Posted by: Jack at July 16, 2004 02:17 PM

Um lampin, um lampin, um cole cole lampin
I got loowies boy, um not trampin
I just came from Da-crib ya know
Um on da go-throw ya tank into metro
Live lyrics from the bank of reality
I kick da flyest dope maneuver technicality
To a dope track, you wanna hike git out ya backpack

sorry

Posted by: bagel at July 16, 2004 02:18 PM

a little surf stoke to lighten things up!!! i just got back from bali and i've posted a few pics/stories on the -er BB. here's the link

http://forum.surfermag.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=518242&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1#Post518857

I will continue to add pics and surf stories from my trip little by little. i'm stoked out of my mind and i want to stoke you guys out too!

Posted by: bobby at July 16, 2004 02:28 PM

btw, I can make out the energy from the south quite clearly on the buoys, it is there, it is just tiny. This is in case anyone is holding out expecting it to come later or something. It is here, it's tiny, get used to it.

Monday's swell hit Christmas Island slightly smaller than this one, but slightly longer period. With the tradewinds blowing near the equator, I am not holding my breath on this one either. If we are lucky we could break 2 feet!

47 days till September.

Posted by: blakestah at July 16, 2004 02:44 PM

thanks for the update blakestah. i was optimistically pondering a dp for tomorrow but it sounds like the shmoke & a pancake option is a better bet.

the skunk on the side of the road in montara was the symbol of the morning for me: got up & toured the coast from kelly's down to elgra - NADA much anywhere. it's about 18-30 inches short of lake status out there, but there were at least a half dozen people in the water at each of the more obvious spots giving it a go.

i'm off to DC & FL next week so something is bound to hit while i'm gone.

Posted by: loon at July 16, 2004 03:23 PM

don't worry bout da wave. wave come.

-Duke

Posted by: tomstah at July 16, 2004 03:31 PM

b'stah...do you have to bring us back to reality? here i was hoping for glassy head-high peelers for the dp. ahhh...shattered dreams. ; )

Jack...i hear ya on Daily Dale. i never really thought about it in the right perspective until i checked that article. that cat is a charger fo'shur!

hmmm..is it quittin' time yet?

oh yeah...Surfing Giants...sweet flic! overall, i thought it was very dogtown-esque without being annoyingly self-congradulatory. rather, it paid appropriately serious homage to some of the most notable giant breaks and the giants who rode/ride them throughout time. the modern footage was (of course) killah, but the historical footage stole the show for this kid. now my only question is "who has the biggest set?" -- Noll, Clark, or Hamilton? i really can't decide. all three are frickin' amazing in their own way.

Posted by: ck at July 16, 2004 03:40 PM

Its that time.....

Posted by: Kaiser at July 16, 2004 03:40 PM

Hey E where do we send the SASE?

Posted by: hee hee at July 16, 2004 03:43 PM

Ornitholigists and BASE Magazine reprazent!
Swell is PASSING the OB wave gardens, too steep. Seal Rock can't even rope 'em in from the corner today.

Congratulations "e" for jump-starting your mag! Cover looks awesome. I've got an idea for a photo issue, lovingly called "Grainy Pictures of You and Yer Buds..." :) ;)

MONKEY MILK!

Posted by: MONKEY MILK at July 16, 2004 03:43 PM

Still that time.....

Its like me buying a new board, "which color do I choose...."

Yeah, definitely baby blue....

Posted by: Kaiser at July 16, 2004 03:53 PM

shigarette an a flan?

fahjah

fahjah

fahjah

jshoint an a waffle?

Posted by: GoldMember at July 16, 2004 04:12 PM

oh, most definitely black!! wow! thank you Kaiser! thank you God for inventing the female posterior!!!

Posted by: at July 16, 2004 04:14 PM

if i go with red...do i get both of 'em? ; )

Posted by: ck at July 16, 2004 04:22 PM

why choose just one color? i prefer one of those multi-color tint jobs...

Posted by: j at July 16, 2004 04:53 PM

Surfed in SMC, and to my surprise, the parking lot was FULL of SC heads. Was SC THAT bad today?

Posted by: Ian at July 16, 2004 05:02 PM

Probably too late to get any responses, but does anyone have hook-ups on oshmeal, ripcurl, or xcel wetsuits? And does anyone know anyone who wants to buy a (used twice) size XL billabong 4/3? Blakestah's right, less than 50 days away, it's gunna get cold real quick! Any takers?

Posted by: Ian at July 16, 2004 05:07 PM

the jetty was firing about an hour ago, took this pic from the lot as i was changing!!

Posted by: j at July 16, 2004 05:32 PM

now i'm worried about the rep haole kids from kaimuki/ moiliili get

Posted by: goodmorning at July 16, 2004 06:13 PM

kaimuki/ moiliili is ghetto, at least where I lived.

Posted by: tugboat at July 16, 2004 07:25 PM

Kaiser- check your email for an update.

Me? I'm married to a really beautiful/smart woman so I never look at pretty girls. In fact, I didn't even notice them on the site- I was deeply interested in the commentary.

Question to our female blog friends. Would you like to partner with a male who doesn't act like a stupid teen around girls in bikinis? Even when he's old? Enquiring minds want to know.

Posted by: Lizard at July 16, 2004 07:33 PM

hey blakestah, did it look like one of these

Posted by: big g at July 16, 2004 07:36 PM

tugboat
i don't begrudge your opinion and even find it valuable, but it is weird to see the old neighborhood through another's eyes. i guess things don't register the same for kids. we used to paddle across the ala wai to get to the beach as kids. until we saw the coroner pulling a corpse out of it...

Posted by: goodmorning at July 16, 2004 07:52 PM

oln keyword of the day.

So you found a puffin? I always used to look at the puffins when it was nut-numbing cold and think to myself "it's so fucking cold here that there are penguins in the fucking water".

Cute little birds. The animals have been acting weird around here lately. I saw a skunk not 5 feet from the water yesterday, on the sand. Then there was a hawk ripping apart some other bird on a lightpost 1 minute later. There are thousands of huge perch and stripers right on shore right now too.

I predict an earthquake any minute now.

Posted by: hors_category at July 16, 2004 07:53 PM

goodmorning,

You must have kept up with the tetnus shots while paddling the ala wai, brah, since you're still here typing and not in a coma.

Maybe I was overdooing it calling kaimuki ghetto, in reality it is a very vibrant, multicultural, cool place, that I miss like a mother. I was just thinking about that polynesian strip joint by go bannanas?

Posted by: tugboat at July 16, 2004 08:01 PM

Once you think you're better or above anybody, just watch Lance Armstrong dominate.

Instant humbilation. Lance is the f_ing man.

Posted by: hors_category at July 16, 2004 08:15 PM

I didn't do a full taxonomy on it. It had substantial white on its head (inconsistent, in general, with a murre), and had black webbed feet (inconsistent, in general, with a puffin).

It was about 6-8 inches tall, and found in less than an inch of water in the shorebreak.

Looked like a penguin to me. I'm still curious what it was.

Posted by: blakestah at July 17, 2004 06:52 AM

I will soon be upon you all like your predicted south swell.

Posted by: Earthquake Weather at July 17, 2004 07:04 AM

Just checked Kellys. Tides low but the conditions are the glassiest i can remember since last fall. Once the tide fills in it will definately be a fun logger/begginer kinda day. One last note on the phenomena of yesterdays "Earthquake Weather". It is forboding feeling to anyone who remembers Loma Prieta but the weather we had before the East Bay Hills Firestorm was just as "unusal" to say the least. The weatherman on KTVU (who surfs) attributes all this to the remains of that tropical storm that came off the mexican coast. Any truth to this weather/earthquake feeling weve all noticed?

Posted by: shadow at July 17, 2004 07:15 AM

...oh i almost forgot.....
There are also PLENTY of fishing boats along the beach. Oh to be more intimately apart of the food chain again.Fall must be getting closer.
50 more days until Sweet September.

Posted by: shadow at July 17, 2004 07:20 AM


calcoastlurkerscruffmanfalsemachobravado
norcalhoodiesuckme

Posted by: BVB at July 17, 2004 10:59 AM

BVB is just a transplant from LA
Never goes out when it's big where I stay
Tries too hard to be a part of the culture which is getting pretty gay
Even trannies like Doc Reneker and Chris Issak say "get out of my way!"

BVB, this winter I will spray you with spray!

Posted by: lester at July 17, 2004 11:15 AM

Saw a guy die on the beach this morning near the Chalet. Not sure if he had a heart attack or OD'd or what. EMTs seemed to think it was an OD, although he didn't look like the type to me.

Prior to the EMTs arriving a surfer and his female friend stepped up to do CPR while all the walkers/tourists just rubbernecked.

Any one else see this? For the folks that tried to resucitate him, I hope the surf gods send you waves galore and personal offshore winds for the rest of the year.


Posted by: ryan at July 17, 2004 04:18 PM

jesus ryan, that's horrible. let's hope karma pays off for the people who tried to help him out....and vice versa for the others.

Posted by: j at July 17, 2004 10:18 PM

papa 11 ft. 'nuff said

Posted by: at July 17, 2004 11:25 PM

Morning Niceness Peeps

I hope everyone had fun saturday and enjoyed the beautiful weather at the coast.Seems like it was the first time since april i think i went for a surf and it was nice to remember how much fun it is. I couldnt believe the peaky little waves i lucked into and the clarity of the water was just as stunning. Shadow is right thou about there being a lot of "Life" in the water at the moment. Aside from the dive bombing Pelicans i watched a pair of dolphins stuff themselves. Anyway, im going to visit a certain pointbreak in south africa rumored to have good waves and wanted to ask if any of you peeps have some advice,tips, do's and donts.Thanks all.

Posted by: Tryin to Reason With Typhoon Season at July 18, 2004 07:56 AM

So just how do you get in shape for surfing a 200 yard pointbreak? Anyone?.......

Posted by: shadow at July 18, 2004 09:03 AM

sure is nice to catch some waves, however infrequent and whatever the quality. my weekly sojourn to OB paid decent dividends this AM on the low low tide. mostly fun waist to chest with random 8+ wave sets at headish high at the north end of OB, sucking out over the waist deep water. much fun to be with buds laughing and sharing waves.

i'm shopping for a new general use board. i have a 6'7" pintail from SF that's good in good waves, not so good in choppyish, windswelly summer stuff. any suggestions? i've heard thicker swallowtails, fishier things might be about right. i'd like shorter, floaty, not too too loose.....

hope y'all got some.

getting in shape for 200 yard pointbreak? wish i were you . enjoy it

Posted by: oaktown daddy at July 18, 2004 02:27 PM

OB this morning? It was pretty strong onshore even at 7 am. Are you sure you got clean waves there? Despite the fog, I was able to check it and thought it looked pretty terrible.

I got the clean but smallest waves of my life farther south all by myself. No other takers except a few pulled up as I left. 2 foot tubes. Heh.

Posted by: Nate at July 18, 2004 02:56 PM

The south is in. This afternoon saw headhigh+ at the best southswell spot in SF. Easily twice the size of other spots nearby.
Nice rip too.

Posted by: at July 18, 2004 06:14 PM

Take that 6'7"

Knock it down to a 6'3"

Add 1.5 inches of tail width. Keep the wide point width the same, maybe move it back a little to 3-4 inches back of center.

Maybe add a little thickness for float, if you like.

Bingo - you have a smaller wave board...you can go with a small swallowtail, or a rounded tail, or squared off, doesn't matter than much,

Most people are happier with a wide-tailed shortboard thruster than a fish. You can be like Kaiser and call it a fish anyway just to be cool.

RFS, ridden loose, goes like nuts in tiny mushy waves.

But if you cannot find one on the rack at SF, by the time a custom gets here it will be September...44 more days.

Posted by: blakestah at July 18, 2004 07:01 PM

Yep; fun sundown session west of a certain stupendous highway.

And John Schultze at SF says he can turn around a custom clear-finish board in a month right now. But he convinced me to buy a used board, since my needs--a first shortboard--are not very specific or demanding. He suggested something like 7'2" and 20" and stuff, but, kook that I am, I argued him down to 6'6", 18.5" and 2.5"; a Nev with those parameters was in the rack. He kindly offered to take it back in exchange if on trying it out for a while, I were to decide that I might like, say, a 7'2"x20" board.

First time out with a shortboard . . . not bad! I caught several waves, got a quick ride or two, . . . seemed kind of like surfing! Yippee!! I found two of OB's notorious rips, though---sobering.

Posted by: Klooless at July 18, 2004 08:36 PM

Never, and I mean never, expect a shaper to finish a board in less than six weeks no matter what he says.

Don't expect the unreasonable, a custom from most local guys will be 6 weeks to three months. Some are much longer. Just plan ahead. If you want a board for riding a lot in the next three months, buy used or off the rack. If you want a board for October, order it in June.

I got a board in 2.5 weeks once. It was like a friggin miracle, I still brag about it. Smelled like resin the whole first week I had it.

Posted by: blakestah at July 18, 2004 09:28 PM

cool quote

"Dream as if you will live forever, live as if you will die today"

anyways, rock on.

Posted by: j at July 18, 2004 09:48 PM

oaktown daddy or any other takers, i have a 6'3" pearson arrow, small wave, swallow tail for sale. i'll get you the dimensions and tell you more specifics if you are interested.

Posted by: bird at July 19, 2004 09:23 AM

oaktown daddy or any other takers, i have a 6'3" pearson arrow, small wave, swallow tail for sale. i'll get you the dimensions and tell you more specifics if you are interested.

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