E's Surf Report

Went out this morning. It sucked.

so bad! why did i even venture? b-stah, make it better!

It was a prolific time for John Coltrane; for several days in October of 1960, he and his band hunkered down in Atlantic Studios and pounded out two albums worth of legendary material. The first album released was My Favorite Things; the second, Coltrane’s Sound, which came out a year after the first disc.

Yeah...went out...sucked bad (by far the worst day of all these flat days)...but still glad to have gotten out. Tons of sea-life out there.

DUck Killer!

Wanted: Duck killer
Sadistic driver intentionally plows into hapless fowl

(08-12) 09:48 PDT Campbell (SF Chronicle) -- A car wash in the South Bay is offering a reward for the identification of a man who deliberately ran over and killed 10 of the ducks that have been an attraction at the business for years.

A grainy surveillance tape at the Delta Queen Classic Car Wash -- a “theme” wash shaped like a Mississippi riverboat -- shows a man in his late teens or early 20s driving through the parking lot three or four times, aiming for the animals and running them down.

BVB maybe? They might not have been native.

rad post e i wish i knew how to play stuff

that waves looked worse than they've looked in a while this morning. no more shape. whats up for the weekend?

Went to the beach this am to get a close-up look at the waves. Turned around and went home for coffee and news. At least the coffee was good.

What ever happened to great guitar players in cool outfits? Jimi had it all going on didn't he? I miss him. If I could pick an era to remain in it would be the late 60's. I realize it was partly my age but the music had so much more meaning to me then. I loved the combination of folk song protest messages mixed blues chords and screaming psychadelic sounds. Everything was going good until Crocadile Rock.

Hey kids,

Can we hold off on the "shark Sightings" at O.B. for like a month. Maybe we can post one a week from like October-December. Rumor has it that there was a full time resident around 15Ft. last winter. wasn't there?

15 dollars!?

Anyone see the saltwater croc at the beach? It ate a surfer. I saws it with mine own eye.

The good news is, 'THE" season is coming soon to a beach near and dear to us. What are you doing to prepare for it? Skating, running, swimming,...? Do you have your quiver all set? Dings all patched in the semi's. Camera gear ready?

Man, been a long time since I've been to a show...longer since I've been to a good one. Great review e, thanks for reminding me what I'm missing.

There were some ill-tempered sea bass at OB. Mr. Bigglesworth was not pleased.

first post in frickin' ages! work has been keeping me too busy.

speaking of work, my employment loc is down by the car wash that was the scene of the duck massacre referenced above by anon. unbelieveable that someone would do that for kicks. i always found it amusing and cool the way the ducks would just mill around and hang out with the employees and patrons. i've been concerned that one of the ducks was going to get run-over one day (it's a busy traffic spot), but i never thought someone would bowl them down intentionally. it makes me sick. my fingers are crossed that they catch the driver and punish him as he deserves.

oh...i also, optimitically, made the drive to the beach today. like others here...i opted for P-n-a-e Point instead.

wasn't a show andrew in alemeda.. just our band practice. right near ya in west oakland.

Saw a wonderful family of pleasant dolphins who shared the crumbly waves with me last night and were polite enough not to give me the stinkeye. warm water cold air

Well, SE Papa has been lighting up since 3am . . .

Camping with wifey last couple of days near Santa Cruz, and got some surfy ones yesterday somewhere in between with only light onshores. But not far south at Lleddaw, it was quite windy, and there were zillions of kiteboarders, including this guy who must have been 65, busting big airs and everything.

YEAH MATE ME SAW DANNY THE DOLPHIN TOO!!!

Man, sharks suck. Everytime I hear about one, I wonder if I should stop going out to O.B. Does anyone know if any surfers got attacked by sharks at O.B.?

Three years ago I was killed by a great white right in front of ***'*. That really sucked.

Any comments on Brad Gerlach's commentary from Surfline? I'd give my opinion but you've probably heard enough from me already.

i'm audi!
talk to y'all next thursday!

peace in the middle east.

Saturday August 13, Sam George of Surfer Magazine will give a series of free speeches covering surfing know-how at the Linda Mar Taco Bell. From 10:00am to 10:30 he will cover "Finding your Stance." A 15-minute Chalupa break will then be followed by "It begins with a Fin Key." Though unconfirmed at this time, "Bad Vibe Bob" is slated to give a presentation on "Ancient Snacks of Indigenous Peoples" Those who stay around for the t-shirt raffle (featuring the names of the world's top 100 surf spots) can join in a group spiritual happening by paddling out together to form an aloha circle in front of the boathouse where Sam will dump a 50-gallon drum of used motor oil into the lineup as part of a protest and homage to the passing of the late Harry's in Baja, at the hand of a natural gas plant currently under construction. Niceness blogger regulars are encouraged to bring their own used motor oil ahead of time to donate to the event.

Hey shit face, you allready said that

yo dennis...

i had to close my eyes and listen to the gerlach thing
because thos e SICK barrels in the background were
a huge distraction.

i am with him. and before i get skewered...i am with
him in the sense that if the sport is going to go x games,
which it will. all the publicly traded companies WANT and
NEED that (quik, hurley[nike], volcom). it SHOULD be with
surfer input. last time a bunch of corporate wonks tried to
BRING SURFING TO THE PUBLIC it ended up in a wavepool
in allentown, pa. this way at least the surfers will have a say.
AND the game format really is a BETTER contest format.
more waves get ridden in a given chunk of contest time.
less wasted waves rolling through with two guys out.

plus like other sports (say ANY college sport) the athletes
will be getting some $$. as opposed to the ncaa or the ips
or the wct.

change happens. gerlach sounds like a doofus but he has been
pro since 89? 0r 88? and he saw the bad and the good tours
give it a whirl see what happens.

bottom line to the rant.....NOTHING will make surfing easier.

and that is what will keep the lazy, video-gaming snots from
pursuing it for longer than a week or a summer.

sorry for the diatribe.

gerlach had a great style

i couldnt listen to him talking on that thing though had to turn it off

Good answer Korwin. His delivery was rough but he has the right idea regarding surfing as the profession. It would be more attractive to larger groups of people/spectators if they had a hometown team, which would eventually put more money into the pockets of pros and vendors alike.

BVB licks balls

mama mia

holy bomb!
you can see by sam's stall he's about to get so NARRELLED.

hey bagel, why do you speak of gerlach's style in the past tense? i think he's still got it.

awwww. did BVB pick on the niceness to much?

true, i was just harkening back to the days he was competing, i liked him more back then..he was one of my faves. still like him but, you know

Na, he just likes dicks in his ass.

How would you know this?

uuuh how do you think?

his dick was in your ass?

Na, other way around.

see how little i know about gay stuff?

i''l have to take your word.

Hey I think thats obscene! ....tell me more

thats a spicy meatball

ya gerr

i{m in mex now but i managed to get this up before i left...
http://a-framemag.com/mags/02/index.html

With all this talk about guitarists, etc... here's something a little different:

http://www.muchosucko.com/viewlink9366.html

Jake Shimabukuro, uke master from my home town of Hawaii.

BBR, the A-frame mag is top quality. It just pisses me off, though, how long it takes to load each page.

Somebody write something, work is slow and I'm bored. I found some fun waves yesterday somewhere nearby. I wasn't alone.

ill chime in eric. i found some waves yesterday they were'nt really "fun" though. i was pretty much alone. white stripes put on a good show.

that is a sweet dog. i drove from kellys to montara yesterday and ended up at the north end of lindy around noon because the sun was out. It was better than it looked from the road. you know how epic lindy gets in the summer time. my sister went to the white stripes show on friday and said it was good but strange to see them in such a big place. we saw them at the warfield a couple of years ago and it was a lot of fun, my ears hurt for a while though

Mexican Hairless dogs are the most god awful, ugly ass freakin creatures on the planet.

HEY. Sam George wasn't at the lindy taco bell
on saturday you friggen ASSWADS.

this website SUCKS BUTT.

its a chinese crested, which are known to be awesome

should have listened to kaiser and surfed lindy surfed julius irving street instead, yuk. ya, i missed the bus on the white stripes, started listening to them like a year ago. havent been to a big venue like that in a while. good shit though, even if that dude is a diva.

haha, Bagel, tell that to the Von Bondies lead singer after Jack caught him hitting on Meg. Ass whoopin'!

ha, rad HB, is that why he cracked that dude? i definately would not want that guy to punch me in the face. i call him a diva cause he took a 5 minute break in the middle of a song because a big bouncy ball made it to the stage. i imagined him stomping his feet backstage for 5 minutes. than he came back and started the song over. than played the raadest blues shit ever heard live for sure.

Ive ever heard live..for sure

It was something like that. Maybe he grabbed Meg's ass or something, I forget.

Cool on the show, they start a 4 day stand here at the Greek, gonna go for sure. What a little bitch stopping mid-song. I'm definitely bring some beach balls.

Need surf.

Check out the video - "Stoked mice ride the waves".

ya hb, they are definately worth checking out if you havent yet.

A little crumbly out there lunchtime, but not REALLY tiny, and honestly not bad at all, at least on a well-chosen sandbar---props to sharkbait for the beach savvy.

It was not, however, much like this:

Well that pic seems to have disappeared. It was a cool-looking wave. Just say "whoa!" to yourself, and you'll have the basic idea.

suprisingly fun sesh - thanks to extremely low expectations and the fact that I didn't get skunked *again* on one of the more fickle sandbars.

Surfing proved to be warmer than working at home...in a wool sweater...with the heat on. Brrrrr, summer in SF.

wow jack white must have a hell of a left hook, check out that right shiner...

Man, i'm so horny. Put up some pics of nude girls.