The swell is down now.. but.. a great weekend for surf!
Hot sticky summer in the city! For all of our collective griping and whining and complaining about the lack of a real “summer” in SF. For all our moping and bumming about months and months of non-stop onshore slop… the last 4 days finally hooked it up. September rolled into town like a soothing/warm/calming spiritual elixer. I don’t really remember which day was which.. but it felt like conditions were glassy and warm, with fun-lovin’ head-high windswell peaks all day every day the whole weekend. Crowded from 9-11 each day but otherwise relatively mellow. Heaps of folks havin’ a go in their springsuits and even a few brave lads out there in their boardshorts. Bikinis and bbqs and party-people gorging themselves on the immaculate weather and refreshing Ocean. Wait.. is this Ocean Beach?? Felt like Ocean Beach in some twilight zone.. or maybe some genetic cross between Ocean Beach and Redondo Beach, or maybe Ocean Beach San Diego swapped places with our home beach for a week? Dunno but I ain’t complaining! Well… until this morning.. the swell is all but gone.. there are still some lil’ kernels of fun for the pickin’. I found a smattering of interesting and enjoyable pockets.. but mostly nabbed mini drops and weak glassy cruisers. Fun on the log out there this morning I’d guess.
Christian’s coworker Davo had this to say about OB (though he’s not talking about bizarro OB of this weekend)
I have a lot of respect for those of you who call OB your home break and surf it regularly. I've only surfed it less than a dozen times, and I must say that it's a bitch. I'm an experienced surfer of 15+ years and it's gotta be the most shifty peaked, current laden, wind swept, touchy and tempermental beach break I know of. However, it seems that just when you've thrown in the towel on OB and cursed that stretch of beach vowing never to return, she'll throw you the sickest pit this side of Puerto and keep you coming back for more. Definitely a love/hate relationship.
In Asp news CJ hobgood beat Joel Parkinson in the final in Japan. CJ jumps ahead of Slates to take the second spot in the ratings lead behind AI. Kelly admits that he has his work cut out for him.
Kalani
A tight turn
Carving 101
Steez
New Thomas Campbell flick next weekend (thanks Jeff for sending)
Possible Shark Encounter Yesterday?!
It was yesterday around 2:30 or so. I was surfing for the second time that day out in front of the Beach Chalet, and the crowd was thinning out to the point that there were only patches of people here and there, so I found a nice little spot with no one closer than maybe 25 yards. I noticed, along with some other surfers that about another 75 yards south there were 2 or 3 seals literally flying out of the water headed towards the beach. I didn't know if there were playing or getting chased there, but it didn't seem to bother anyone. About 5 minutes later I hear this gurgle of water (and pressure against my leg as if water was being pushed at it quickly under water at it) as I sat on my board. I quickly glance over, and about a few feet away was this big disturbance going on under there...So I was kind of like "Oh shit!" and started paddling over to the closest guy hoping it was one of those frisky sea lions. So obviously freaked out, I got near the other surfer when he asked "Did you get a piece of that big one?" Since my mind was still on sharks, I was kind of distracted, when I hear the rush of water again a couple of feet behind me and he goes..."WHOA! Did you see that?! I think we've got a shark out here with us." We both instantly turned and paddled closer to the batch of people about another 30 yards away. We got closer to them and kind of slowed down for a second when we both saw the disturbance again (he had a better view of it both of the times it happened while he witnessed it) and it seemed to be following us, and he says something like..."There it is again...yeah, that looks like a shark, but I think it's a small one." So I basically said "Well I think I've had enough surf for today." So I basically just kept paddling until I caught the next wave and rode that puppy as far into the beach as it would take me. I noticed he was out there for another 5 minutes or so (this time near the pack of people), so hopefully mentioned something if he seriously thought or even actually saw it was a shark.
Posted by: Crawl at September 7, 2004 09:56 AMYAY SHARKS!
uh. ok, no car today and freaking out. j to the n and surf? or bike? the tough questions in life... anyone taking a long lunch today and want to pick me up? email me before i make up my mind at elias at themainframe dot net.
fun surf this weekend.
Posted by: elias at September 7, 2004 10:02 AMi try to convince myself that there are no sharks at ob. stories like that don't help...
i spent the past four days down in big sur and caught some amazing waves. the water was so clean and clear i could've sworn i was in some tropical paradise...and on friday i had a beach-ful of glassy overhead nuggs all to myself!!
Posted by: rza at September 7, 2004 10:14 AMwhat a fine weekend! it started with a surf on a magical fall OB eve and then a (trash responsible) bonfire in honor of Korewin's bday (good meeting you elias). it ended with a surf in less optimal, but still very fun conditions and a couple of beers post sesh with Kaiser and another buddy. in between there were a bunch of glassy wave faces, sunny skies, bikinis on the beach, and stellar sunsets. can we do this again next weekend?...please?! fall is hookin' us up. love it!
Posted by: ck at September 7, 2004 10:18 AMrza-
Posted by: steama at September 7, 2004 10:22 AMi was barely north of Monterey Sat/Sun and the offshores were in full effect. Swell was backin off but feathery head high set waves would saunter thru the lineup every 15 min or so. Did you have those winds in the Sur?
I love OB but must say that you all you headz that call Monterey Bay your local spot are ultra blessed. I got dropped in on by 3 dolphins-literally. The Bay teemed with life this weekend- dolphins, seals, whales and some Silent but Deadly constituents as well.
Kelp flooded the beach, giving shore pounders a spirulina like look.
Wicked!
wow. peaks all over the place. bowly takeoffs, glassy barrels, wrapping walls. even the duck dives provided beautiful fun. glory be.
my sinuses didn't really drain as they usually do yesterday, and i am super-congested and sounding like i have a head cold. anyone got a remedy? more surf?
Posted by: loon at September 7, 2004 10:23 AMnice meeting you too ck! that was a nice trash responsible b-fire. except for the flying drunk hippie!? is your lady ok? that was the craziest thing.
grande sur was a good call rza. glad you got it good.
hmmm.... low tide coming up... glassy...
Posted by: elias at September 7, 2004 10:27 AMLot'o'fun little waves this weekend. I saw a huge dolphin Sunday morning. On Monday for the first time in SF, I wore only trunks and a 1.5mm long sleeve shirt and I was warm! Now I'm pretty wimpy about being cold. I hate diving into swimming pools cuz of the cold first few seconds. But this was sweet. 1.5 hours before I felt even slightly cold. It's nice to look out the living room window and see the waves. Sharkbait and the other beach front folks, including me, are blessed.
Posted by: Dennis at September 7, 2004 10:30 AMoh the hazards of warm water/warm weather surf...nipples sore and a touch on the red side from 3+ hours of boardshorts bliss...gooooood shit.
Posted by: j at September 7, 2004 10:48 AMyo to the niceness crew...
what a weekend...holy SHIZZ-NATT was that nuts.
my arms are wet noodles. thanks to all ya'll that
i saw, surfed with, and hung out with....bonfire representin...
ck, kaiser, elias and their lovely ladies.....e—nice to see you
and your ladyfriend on the beach...was that sunday?
they all roll into one...and nothin comes for free...
hope ya'll had fun the next a.m.
i can almost say that june and july were worth it...for
the september greeting. not really but great stuff.
now will the rest of the city please go back to your
routines and retreat from the beach for another year.
dennis....saw that guy too. he WAS HUGE. at one point....
Posted by: korewin at September 7, 2004 10:51 AMi looked over at this peak and mr. D was COMPLETELY
out of the water....too cool. just having a blast....
elias....yeah, that was a crazy accident. my lady was pretty dazed for the remainder of the night. luckily, however, she's resilient and by the next morning the lump on her head was down to just a little bump and her arm was sore, but fine. thanks for asking.
Posted by: ck at September 7, 2004 10:57 AMFun stuff! Anyone going to see Sprout next weekend? Should be good.
Posted by: Ian at September 7, 2004 10:58 AMsmall, clean and warm.
the beers remained a consistent 12 oz's all weekend no matter the tide.....
Posted by: tomstah at September 7, 2004 11:08 AMWheeeee!!!! I probably saw most of you out there some time or other this weekend; maybe I should wear something distinctive and appropriate, like a propeller beanie. DP's of 3, 4, and 5 hours had me all over the beach, doing my part to jeopardize the life and limb of holiday revellers.** It was little tense Saturday and Suday, yeah 9-11, at one part of the beach, where it was wicked crowded, but otherwise lots of smiles and hoots and friendly chat. I saw sharkbait nailing some great rides on an RFS board---looked like a quantum improvement in her game to me; blakestah was ripping it, too, and he kindly tried to offer me a take-off pointer that I could hardly parse in my end-of-session daze.
**-As far as I know, I dropped in ONLY ONCE all weekend (where did that guy come from? oops) and caused to my recollection not a single surfing-related fatality.
Posted by: klooless kook at September 7, 2004 11:13 AMmy sinuses are also destroyed. i just bought some sinus medicine at walmart and they are starting to clear up a bit. however, my brother was taking sinus medication a few years ago and had a seizure so i try not to stay off the shit as much as possible.
spent saturday at a wedding in hell (aka bakersfield) but got some nugs on sunday and monday. definitely gonna check out sprout, i like thomas campbell's art and am excited to see his filmmaking.
cool shots here


Posted by: bbr at September 7, 2004 11:24 AMWent to meet with Ward Coffey about the RFS on Friday, and left him with a board. Definitely a different perspective when a shaper initiates contact, he wanted the whole development story, and was anxious to test it out. If it rode as claimed, he wanted to buy a unit and start making test boards for it. Stoked.
Lent my Hickey RFS to my neighbor yesterday. He said something like
"Not at all what I expected. I thought hold on steep faces would suffer, but it didn't. It bottom turned and held steep faces as well as a thruster or better. The only place the thruster has a little edge is in pumping a high line for speed, and the difference wasn't large. It was really fun, I'd really like to ride it again when the inside bars get well overhead, or on the outer bars."
He is a pretty decent OB surfer, not a competition ripper, but he gets plenty of waves on bigger days. He normally rides a 6'6" thruster.
Also let Surfpulse guy try it. He normally rides real chippy 6 foot boards, and the Hickey is a 6'6". He said something like "Its really trippy. It feels a lot like a skateboard. Wonder what it would be like in a smaller board? I think you are on to something."
Posted by: blakestah at September 7, 2004 11:26 AMmade the trek down south this weekend with the whole family crew in the griswald family truckster. Hung out with some old friends, picked up my new fish and surfed 3 days at County Line where I grew up surfing. The water was sooooo warm and blue...there was some swell in the water and that fish goes like a bat out of hell. I've never ridden one before and that thing is fun, fun, fun! Surfed 2 days in a spring and then trunked on the third day. Unreal
Glad to hear everyone scored up here as well...sounds like the whole friggin coastline was working.
cheers all
Posted by: jdz at September 7, 2004 11:33 AMsurf glutony.
great weekend to be an OB surfer. although I had to look past my saturday morning session cause I had to exit early for lame reasons. dude on a longboard with a mullet ate it and torpedo'd his 9'6" right at me. it shattered the nose of my santa cruz molded board. I am so bummed. don't even know how to fix a shattered nose let alone a molded epoxy board. do I use the same stuff as I use on my foam boards? should I call alex? I think getting a pro ding job might make me feel better. so alex is the overall recommendation on the ding repair yeah? Just ring him up and drop it off?
Sunday night sunset surf, so glassy, crazy colors shimmering off the glass. AMAZING.
Posted by: kookdom at September 7, 2004 11:42 AMDon't try to repair an epoxy board with regular resin. It'll melt your foam, no joke. get a pro repair job.
Posted by: Davo at September 7, 2004 11:47 AM
Posted by: i like lefts at September 7, 2004 11:50 AMkookdom, the board needs a pro. Take it to John at SF Surfshop. He works at a molded epoxy board factory, they have the epoxy and vacuum bagging supplies needed to do it right.
A busted sandwich epoxy board is expensive to repair, though....
As an alternative, take it straight to ASD, and beg John Miller to work on it for you. You have to use epoxy resins for the repair, and you need a vacuum bag to do it right.
Posted by: blakestah at September 7, 2004 11:51 AMsteama, glad to hear you had some fun in monterey. i stopped through there last night for one last lounge on the beach and some bodysurfing.
big sur didn't have any winds at all - the spots i surfed sat in front of mountains so i guess they blocked the wind. such a lovely coast...
Posted by: rza at September 7, 2004 11:53 AMCrawl, sorry to spook you outta the water. I wasn't trying to clean out the lineup, really. When I said, "Did you get a piece of that big one, I was referring to the last set wave that cruised through." There was a seal frollicking nearby, so it could have been that, but I didn't really want to get a closer look at it. Thing is, I've seen sharks feed and the disturbance looked like a feeding incident--even if it was a small sucker. Just so you know, the waves didn't get any better after you departed. Really, we never know what's under the water. It could have been a voracious mermaid.
Posted by: amigoism at September 7, 2004 11:57 AMdavo.. you mentioned that you play the skins and might be looking to jam?? I'm pretty much down for jamming any day after 6:20pm and then on the weekends too.. I play guitar.
email me at cranial_bulge@yahoo.com if interested.
Posted by: e at September 7, 2004 11:58 AMAnyone know much pressure is needed in a repair like that? Would a barrel full of water do the trick? Wrap the repair in the right kind of release plastic, stick the board in a watertight bag or two, and dunk it nose-down in, say, one of those sf recycling bins?
I'm klooless about this stuff too, but I THINK a few feet of water would get you on the order of 1/10 atmosphere of pressure, which is like 16psi, which I think is comparable to typical vacuum bags?
Posted by: klooless at September 7, 2004 12:06 PMGrazie Mille Blakestah! I wanted to take it to one of the shops but definately not the wiser one, as I like to support the small guys. John at SF SurfShop it is. Much appreciated!
Posted by: kookdom at September 7, 2004 12:11 PMEr, I think I move a decimal there, and you'd need to find a 30-foot-tall recycling bin for this technique. :-)
Posted by: klooless at September 7, 2004 12:12 PMDamn, I would have posted first but I just got done typing...
My arms are so sore that I can only get out about 2 words per minute. Too much shoulder pain, must get a massage.
Ok, not really that bad but HOW FUCKING FUN WAS THIS WEEKEND? Uh, no need to answer that, I think I can figure that one out on my own.
So, as a recap, I drove the entire beach at least 10 times over the weekend. I think I surfed at least 4 different spots but I won't tell which was the best. I will say that Friday night and Sunday morning were ALL TIME*, asterik being for all time windswell occurances. Also, it is safe to note that most Linda Marians who come to OB typically still surf together. Well, that might not be true but there is a good portion of dem folks with NorCal boards that do stick together. In other news, I have several bruises, many scraps and I had to rock some duct tape on my fingers to keep the tooth off me and surronding surfers. All in all, no complaints. Strange occurance of the weekend: paddle out, no less then 15 minutes out, guy paddles over and states, "I saw a blue fin shark here yesterday..." WTF. Why do I need to hear that? Do I really care? Do I want to know that at all? No, No and No.
Super fun nuggets all weekend. Clearly if felt like I was surfing a different spot each and every session out. Hope all you out in E's Land-O-Surf got some super fun waves.
And Tom, there were some 22 oz. that were out there as well. Actually, there were a few 11 ouncers also that had strange messages on their bottle caps....Kept me guessing all weekend!
Posted by: Kaiser at September 7, 2004 12:28 PMCaught a few fun ones on Saturday at ob between here and there. Saw bvb get some. One, a nice right lined up for blocks, and he just nails it with style and grace. The guy is a beautiful surfer to watch.
Bumped into Kaiser as I was leaving and checked out the back to the future egg, sweet ride fo sure. Crazy fire story, CK glad your SO is OK. And the perp is lucky you guys didn't clock him. Good restraint fellas.
Sunday evening looked gorgeous, sadly I was a commited chaffeur/guide to my wife's childhood friend her husband. I don't think they have ever seen a grown man hoot, holler, and cry all at once as we cruise the great highway south from Lands End. Fark it looked so FUN! Shheiitt Lindy even looked intriguing. Dinner was fab at Cafe Gilbraltar tho.
Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at September 7, 2004 12:29 PMsunday huntington pics from SBSARGE


Posted by: e at September 7, 2004 01:00 PMSo OB was fun this weekend? I avoided it like the plague figuring:
90 degrees + no wind + weekend + holiday weekend + small surf = a bunch of little kids peeing in the public pool
So I hit some backup spots. One of which is Flea's, Barney's, etc. favorite gay beach, but it was a little out of control, more of a springtime treat anyway. Then I checked out gloomyland, but there was some shark or dolphin fin out there, couldn't tell what it was. So I hit Ass-slappers, and got a little barrel, but somehow landed on my ass on the bottom and compressed some vertebre.
So today I hit OB, it was a mush fest. Tide's wrong and too small. Nice looking chicks on the beach though. Little asian honey in bikini I'll wack off to thinking about tonight.
Posted by: alchi at September 7, 2004 01:19 PMNoodles!
Wow, what a weekend. Great to see Klooless rippin it, [ prodigious! ] and shout out to Tom, Todd, and whoever else I might have unwittingly passed? 500 dudes in black wetsuits all start looking alike after a while...
Only one weird moment - more unsolicited advice from a stranger who literally informed me that it's "okay to wipe out. You can always wipe out on a wave. " Really! I had no idea! Now that I have official permission to wipe out I feel so much better!
Got some fun rides, never as many as I'd like, but perhaps even better, Friday's session paid off in spades! Hauled myself into several ballistic wipeouts and by comparison it felt like playland. Gotta love it when you ricochet off the face *before* re-smacking and penetrating the surface, only to get ragdolled underwater. Kaiser's moniker was invoked internally several times [ I'm sorry K, is it the cool air drop or the hein wipeout that's the official "Kaiser move"? Apologies for associating yard sales with your blog name, it got stuck in my head] So yeah, official thanks to OB for being itself! Now anytime it's less than brutal I feel like a kid in a candy store ;)
Too long stoked post. 'Scuze. Happy surfing everyone...
Posted by: s.s. sharkbait at September 7, 2004 01:23 PMblakestah: great to hear the latest rider reports and that ward is interested in working with you. i was wishing i had that 6'8" demo board for some of the tight little barrels that were firing on monday.
question: would the rfs concept work on a twin-keel fish?? (i.e. 2 rotating fins?)
Posted by: loon at September 7, 2004 01:26 PMMe likey OB 3 days in a row, triceps are twitching today.
Shhh, there's this spot called Noriega -- totally secret. There's not a 4 lane highway next to it, or a giant city looming behind it. Nobody out, then my alarm clock went off.
Sunday AM I heard the "shark sighted" story from a kindly resident along the Lesser Great Highway. Paddled out to see dolphins in the line-up...people need to get their fin identification skillz in order, but hey hopefully it turned some people off to surfing that spot anyway.
Here's to hoping for cold ground swell ona 50-degree morning, and all the lovely, lonely line-ups.... MM
right on sharkbait!
a few more from sbsarge


Posted by: e at September 7, 2004 01:34 PMthat was nice, but when's this gonna happen

Posted by: alchi at September 7, 2004 01:47 PMthat was nice, but when's this gonna happen

Posted by: alchi at September 7, 2004 01:47 PMprolly already happened 10 years ago since '95's calendar was shot in '94.
Posted by: at September 7, 2004 01:53 PMhuh?

Posted by: alchi at September 7, 2004 01:58 PMAs a novice in both surfing and fashion, why did surfers wear such fruity colored wetsuits back in the day? Was the theory that the skin-tight neoprene could double as liesure wear? Did anyone have a pair of platform booties?
Posted by: Andrew on 44th at September 7, 2004 02:00 PMLots of fun this weekend. Although wave size was probably more suited to a longboard, I took the small board out. Nice to know I can still paddle that thing! Apologies to the woman in the helmet whom I snaked Monday evening. I didn't think you'd come close to gettin' in that one - hmph, that's what I get for thinking. What's worse, I muffed the wave and wrecked it for both of us!
Posted by: Jimmie at September 7, 2004 02:17 PMboy andrew you are a novice. platform booties are currently the rage. get on it.
Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at September 7, 2004 02:18 PMyo! amigoism! yeah, actually , I knew what you ment by the "get any of that big one", but I was still a little freaked...for the first second or two had "big shark" on my mind...I think i said something about I was in the too far inside to get any of it. That's when another splash happened right next to us.
That was actually my second surf for the day, and I'd been out 3 hours in the morning, and another hour or so that afternoon, so with a potential shark buzzing around my legs, it seemed like a fine opportunity to wrap things up for the day.
I must say though, there were some fun ass waves out there!
So you never actually got a good view of whatever it was?! I've been out there a bunch of times with seals and dolphins, and never had anything like that...that was weird shit.
Posted by: crawl at September 7, 2004 02:20 PMCan you believe I drove from SC to LM to get waves this morning? Enjoy you OB boys and girls- most of the coast is snoozing.
And that's the 16th time someone has posted the woman missing her shirt in front of the bridge. I'll defer to Sharky and our other women friends, but I don't think there's anything demeaning about that pic. Geez girls are pretty.
Completed my 11th straight surf day. The nursing home has sent out the recon paramedic team but so far I'm still standing.
Nap time.
Posted by: Lizard at September 7, 2004 02:23 PMjust back from the beach. fun little peelers. i rode my bike out there with board under arm. made the surf that much more refreshing. damn.
good noon time glassy conditions. sometime soon the alarm is going to go off.
Posted by: elias at September 7, 2004 02:36 PMCome to think of it I'm not very hip when it comes to surfing. Still back in the early 90's-80's. That's the last time I bought a surf mag. I don't know who any current pro is except for Occy and Sunny G.
I picked up some early 80's surf videos at a garage sale the other day. It's nice to see the evolution of some of these guys. In one video they have a skinny Laird Hamilton surfing some gnarly spot off the Na Pali coast you have to boat to. This was 20-25 years ago. There was also some footage of Vince Collier surfing huge middle peak. I've never actually seen footage of him before, but he is a very smooth surfer in the big stuff. cool shit man. back to work.
Posted by: alchi at September 7, 2004 02:37 PMLoon, I haven't played with the two fin concept at all. I'm still trying to decide if there are situations where I'd rather have a thruster on a 6'6", and I'm leaning towards none.
But for sure something interesting would happen if multiple rotating fins were used. My initial idea was to take the single fin concept as far as possible to get all the bumps ironed out, and reach production level goals. Then, I figured, it would be easier to attack multiple fin systems, without making all the same mistakes twice. I think the second generation boxes will be close enough for me, once they are being made injection molded I'll probably start screwing with 2 or 3 fin systems.
But ya never know what the future holds.
Posted by: blakestah at September 7, 2004 02:45 PMNice work JDZ. Also grew up surfing County Line and the surrounding area. Haven't been back much since my parents moved away.
Good talk son.
Posted by: Ace at September 7, 2004 02:45 PMblakestah, i pick up the boards tomorrow or thursday! so excited.
Posted by: elias at September 7, 2004 02:59 PMAlchi I hear you man. I took a walk around SF this weekend and came to the realization I am not hip. Or at least not metrosexual, or whatever the deal is with all the kewl folks.
Posted by: jimmie at September 7, 2004 03:10 PMjdz and ace, remember that area you grew up surfing? ya i grew up there too. remember how it was? those days still exist if you remember that in claiming, vague is vogue. on behalf of the resident surfers of "that" county, thank you for your consideration.
Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at September 7, 2004 03:16 PMlistening to "We Want Miles" right now.. with Mike Stern on guitar.. the first track is the bomb. Hans Blix and the Inspectors played it yesterday.. although.. not at all like miles.
siiiick

Posted by: e at September 7, 2004 03:17 PMace...where did you live??? Also, zeros looked like it was firing on Sunday...but it was the one day where all the wives and chillin decided to join us...so we ended up a county...with every other bozo in L.A. apparently. haha. Also spoke to a guy who claimed that Broome was "barreling and like 8 foot". Never surfed it so I can't imagine it working like that but who knows?
Posted by: jdz at September 7, 2004 03:19 PMAndrew, being as myopic as I am, I wish everyone was still wearing signature neon colors. It would save me from having always to shoot for that not-unfriendly but not-too-friendly look that's appropriate to meeting friends and complete strangers equally. ...Or I could carry a white cane.
Posted by: klooless at September 7, 2004 03:26 PMyeah we suck Jimmie. I need to get out of the Bay Area pronto. I'm not cool enough for here. Thinking of moving to some boondocks and training for triathlon. Giving up the surfing, yeah. fuck it./
Posted by: alchi at September 7, 2004 03:29 PMbring back the neon!!
i'm ready for the re-introduction of wetsuit color options. I thought that surfers liked to express themselves.. now we look like sheep.. black sheep..
Posted by: e at September 7, 2004 03:30 PMjimmie, you are the hippest aarp wannabe I know!! I wish I were as hip...
Posted by: blakestah at September 7, 2004 03:31 PMAre the whales heading back to Baja now? Blakestah?
Posted by: miley at September 7, 2004 03:32 PMAndrew on 44th- The 80's were hot-neon baby. The decade where non-white clothes shocked Wimbledon, Spiked hair initiated more global warming than cars and tennieboppers adorning theselves around the wrist with 1000s of colored rubber gaskets..
Posted by: steama at September 7, 2004 03:33 PMRemember Nevica ski suits??
Neon neoprene gets really nasty looking fast. All that wax, sand, piss and all is easily visable on pink. Can't see it on black.
Posted by: miley at September 7, 2004 03:34 PMspot on miley, my blue, violet, and white wetsuit looked good for about a week. my solid flourescent pink board always looked good.
Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at September 7, 2004 03:41 PMi didn't realize neon wetsuits went out of style. shit i guess i need to look around.
i kinda like my boards airbrushed with neon green to yellow. looks good on our green waves.
Posted by: jimmie at September 7, 2004 03:43 PMhi, we're looking for surf lessons... (note tan line on girl on right)

Posted by: j at September 7, 2004 03:48 PMhi, we're looking for surf lessons... (note tan line on girl on right)

Posted by: j at September 7, 2004 03:49 PMalchi, was that old surf video called "Adventures in Paradise"? That one was a classic.
Regarding last week when I accidentally ran over a surfer paddling back out: I am sorry about the accident. It happened to be the only good wave of the day, so I HAD to go. I have over 15 years experience surfing, so I was 99% sure I could make it. The only problem was that the guy was paddling directly toward me. If he even paddled straight I would've made it around him. That's why I posted the rule: surfers paddling back out must stay out of the way, even if it means getting worked in the whitewater. Practice duck-diving. It's good for you.
PS anyone go to Monterey Reggae Festival?
Posted by: as at September 7, 2004 03:51 PMjdz - spent my teens in Westlake Village near the "county line" liquor store. Went to AHS since I lived in THAT county. A "val" in some people's opinion, but then so was Jamie Brisick.
3to5setsof7: no disrespect, but County Line ain't no secret. The PCH is damn near in the lineup...
Posted by: Ace at September 7, 2004 03:57 PMI don't know what I'd talk about with those girls J. If they were in front of you right now what would you say?
I'd say, Hi how are you? Would you girls like to snort some coke? Too bad I don't have any.
or something like that, these girls are alien.
Posted by: tomoyo at September 7, 2004 04:02 PMi wouldn't talk to them. i'd sit down with my beer and just stare and giggle like beavis....or maybe i could pretend to be a professional motocross rider and get some play, but i lack the requisite tattoos/wifebeater/trucker hat.
Posted by: j at September 7, 2004 04:05 PMin that case just ask them if they wanna fuck?
if they say yes, your stoked.
Posted by: at September 7, 2004 04:16 PMmaybe, call for the barman
no, go find a new crew of bitches in that gin mill.
I think all I could do is creep up behind them in the dunes and stare while they sunbathe at the beach.
Either that or get on one of the machines at the gym and use 2-3 mirrors to get a full on stare session going.
Posted by: tomoyo at September 7, 2004 04:16 PMAce & JDZ, um i owe you guys an apology. the place i'm refering to is not in the same county as you guys where talking. no dis taken. agreed that they are expeosed, but from my view, the more you claim the more it helps connect the dots for the un-connected. it's my little mission to leave some aspects and nuances about surfing for personal discovery intact when possible, that's all. increase your peace.
Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at September 7, 2004 04:17 PMI am with J. I think the only way I could get a piece of that is if I tackled 'em and then said I was sorry.
I am not small enough to pull of "pro surfer" or "pro moto-x'er". Maybe just CEO of something rather and blert it out real quick-like.
Posted by: Kaiser at September 7, 2004 04:17 PMI will smoke that entire pack if you just let me......

Posted by: Kaiser at September 7, 2004 04:20 PMMan, we were SO due for this blissful, blissful weekend. I literally could not lift my arms Sunday night. "Baby, bring me a beer? Put it in my hand? Now bring my hand to my lips?"
Posted by: cazart at September 7, 2004 04:26 PMPerfect for longboarding. Perfect for shortboarding. Perfect, perfect, perfect. So fun. Ahhhh.
Kaiser's chick is easy. I'd say "How do you keep your teeth so white smoking those things?"
Posted by: tomoyo at September 7, 2004 04:30 PMkaiser, those duckdiving lessons you gave my girl are really paying off, thanks! she said she wants to take a few more classes, if you're OK with that and available?

Posted by: j at September 7, 2004 04:33 PMlook at the nobs on this puppy.. dude is asking $4000! yikes!

Posted by: e at September 7, 2004 04:47 PMIt would be fun to do E and just hook up with that kool girl all night.
Posted by: yup at September 7, 2004 04:52 PMUncanny, if you turn that surfgirl picture upside down, that's exactly what my duckdives look like. Just add whitewater.
J - motorcross racer. Hm.
Posted by: s.s. sharkbait at September 7, 2004 04:56 PMdamn - go to burning man and it's the best weekend of surf in months. i need to get out there and hydrate.
Posted by: caveman at September 7, 2004 04:56 PMJ, I guess my "pretend I am your surfboard" method worked for her. Glad she is getting the hang of it. Quick learner that girl of yours.
Posted by: Kaiser at September 7, 2004 04:56 PMi was wondering where you were teaching duckdiving at 11 PM!!
sharkbait - you think moto-x racer better than alternative food source researcher? granted i'm a bit larger than the typical racer that a food based job is a bit more believable....
Posted by: j at September 7, 2004 05:01 PMNo sweat 3to5setsof7, I hear ya.
Posted by: Ace at September 7, 2004 05:04 PMnice one Kaiser Sose.. lol!
Posted by: e at September 7, 2004 05:11 PMjapan!

being Bruce Irons has its perks.. or does it?

thwizack!

Posted by: e at September 7, 2004 05:26 PMGood article on fin systems.
Posted by: Nate at September 7, 2004 05:32 PMI went up to the Fort Bragg area on ye olde family vacation and took my board with me in hopes of catchin' some waves. However, the winds were not as nice up North and things didn't really clean up enough to justify going in.
The temps were in the 70's and there was no fog, so otherwise the trip was great.
Davo, I live in Cupertino and surf a lot of the places you do. Perhaps we can can carpool for DP one of these days?
Posted by: steve-o at September 7, 2004 06:04 PMhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=5518717956&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Posted by: j at September 7, 2004 06:41 PMace...we grew up in the same hood and went to the same school. we prolly know each other depending on how old you are....weird. i used to play video games at that liquor store and remember skating around white oak with jamie. now my buddy's daughter is in 1st grade at white oak.....haha...time flies. throw out some highschool names....like shambi...and we'll see if we can figure out who's who....
I am a surfer in the Florida area and I am selling 1 pound of beach sand from Ft Lauderdale Beach. Hurricane Frances landed miles north of this beach and I collected this sand on September 4th 2004. At the time winds were 38 miles an hour. This sand is COOL you can tell everyone that you have a past of history.
Shipping: I will ship in a plastic container labeled with date, time and location where I collected it.
Payment: I accept Paypal and Money Orders
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Posted by: miley at September 7, 2004 07:32 PMNICE weekend. Nothing stupendous, but damn what a welcome to fall. Now for some size... Hey I heard from a shark expert that the little whirlpools are definite shark indicators (the side-to-side action of their tail fins). Anyone notice there are getting to be a lot of shark sightings these days? It ain't just the crowd noticing either. Wasn't someone coming up with mashed up shark innards repellant? Nice cologne, what are you wearing? Minced shark liver - you? Oh I'm on a budget - just using the assorted shark byproducts. What's left over once the shark fins are removed, I guess. Might repel the kelp wenches, but works for me. Here's hoping.
Posted by: banjo at September 7, 2004 07:46 PMI am a surfer in the SF area and will sell you either a pound of real-deal OB dog shit OR the remains of a beachfire from VFW's.
The poo is fresh from the bottom of my slippah and the beachfire remains were removed from the bottom of my bare foot by the local ER.(Probably pallet staples).
As a bonus I will e-mail you pictures of the fresh dings I harvested over the past weekend by surfing during the dreaded 9-11 hours!
Shipping: Are you kidding?
Payment: Negotiable.
Posted by: searoom at September 7, 2004 08:44 PME is missing.....
Where is E.......
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