E's Surf Report

dude, sorry i missed your call this morning. had to sleep in. tomorrow is a blind go out day!

correction

strong-offshore headhigh windswell sweetness

not only that, but got to hang a little with a few of the peeps. Kore and Kais were there, grabbing there fair share - Kaiser on his Hobie with the resin swirl - dern that board is pretty.

Haven't seen LHGVAG there is a while, though...wonder what he is up to.

son of a!

Was that a south wind blowin' this a.m.? Could here the chimes banging next door, so I kept to my pillows. At 6 a.m. the waves looked like they were offshore mush, but at 8, looked like it was offshore outta the south.

E--There's a songwriter's retreat at the Henry Miller Library in November. Listening is a good way to learn the music. But we all learn differently. Most importantly is developing a style (and a sound). Like surfing--people can imitate what they see in the photos, the mags, the movies, but really those who develop their own form have the soul to perform. Saw Conga Masters at Great American last Sunday. So much sound to absorb: three conga players, one bongoist/percussionist, piano, drummer, sax, trumpet, and trombone. Crazy time trying to hear the individual rhthms of the conga players--to hear the layers. Francisco Aquabello was a great organic leader.

that show sounds cool amigoism. I agree that individual style is everything.
For sure.

In the interest of advancing your own personal style, however, having a mastery of the language of you art (music, surfing, dance, origami, etc.) helps advance the richness and depth of your personal stylistic expression.

Damn! I've been at work really early the last three days, pre-dp. Missed the last two mornings of surf. Thursday morning is a go out fer sure. I just rescheduled my jeep service til Monday to make the dp.

I play the guitar, pretty damn good too, but I must confess, it's just to get the ladies.

I like making the ladies wet.

getting ladies wet?
a hose is cheaper and takes less time to learn.

so b-stah...blue board coffey dude this a.m.?
you know 'em? lemme know. btw blake—nice to see ya!

this a.m. was fun!! so glad i did not sell all my
boards like i always ponder in august. holy shit!
i am still grinning.

e- good music post. but please don't ever put Buckethead next to Monk again.

keep pimpin'

EGP

By the way, there was a surprising north swell on Oahu yesterday. Really weird off season swell that was super short lived (friend told me it peaked and went in the afternoon). Here are some pics of Lani's.

blue railed 6'8" Coffey board riding the RFS is a college friend...that board is a REALLY good implementation of the single RFS. Its like he took my Hickey and fixed/modernized the rails/thickness foil/bottom and made it dialed...

Dennis, if you would stop rebuilding the house next door it would be a little easier to get to surf...

Hey guys...speaking of music, if any of you like tunes along the same line as Jack Johnson, G. Love, or Sublime (people say we sound like a mix of all of them), and you've got some time tomorrow night, our band Bag of Toys...

http://www.bagoftoysmusic.com/

is playing tomorrow night at The Red Devil Lounge on Polk and Clay St. in Nob Hill. We go on about 9:30, and play until around 11:30. Swing by if you get a chance. E, I'd love for you to see us, as we're always looking for bands to play with. It's too bad we couldn't play together those months back...

E--yes, mastery is important. The more one masters, the purer the expression. The show on Sunday showcased mastery--there was some fine dancing as well on the part of a certain amiga that was particularly captiving, but demonstrating the link of music, song, and dance.

A la MSG--I read an interview with Billy Joel where he stated he simply got into music to get the chicks. Iggy Pop had a more lurid description of his favorite college towns. Chet Baker was a notorious womanizer. Hammer of the Gods outlines good times gone awry. Like Jodeci claim: the show, the afterparty, the hotel....

b-stah...

send me your pal's email address. seems he dropped
in on me. sr. sose saw boards collide. wanna check
into it. cheers.

Taste o' fall!

Low tide a ways south at a rarely-good part of a certain beach was very nice indeed. Consistent offshores, shoulder-to-head, long rides and paddling lulls. Walls that would stay up for you to play on. Such a different experience from the dribblers and dumpers we've been seeing. Last ride dropped me gently onto the dry sand.

Sounds like this morning was a regular old

EGP - how was your visit? able to get in the h20 at all?

Funny B-stah. At least my wife would get more sleep on the weekends. They're working on that house 7 days a week.

Some musical heavyweights up there...some guys dedicated to their craft. Makes me wondering about spreading yourself too thin, or just being dedicated to a single art. It's something Finnegan talks about in "Playing Doc's Games"...he was someone that took off to Indo when there were no surf camps only hikers...now he's an editor at a well respected magazine. I suppose the choice in going to NY means surfing is being given a less prominent role in one's life. I wonder if your musical heavyweights had any consuming hobbies vying for their time that they gave up.

Whatup Ethan and crew-
Lots of lurking, little posting outta me for the past long while. Anyways, wanted to post a quick alert for anyone looking for new beach house digs in time for September. Front bedroom is open and available in my 2 bedroom house on 47th & Balboa. Views of Kelly's on down past Lincoln and two block walk to ocean. All the good stuff (laundry, backyard, dogs allowed) plus surf-friendly remote entry and MASSIVE board storage, repair area. $995 month to month. Cross-posted to craigslist at http://www.craigslist.org/sfc/roo/93104534.html. Drop a line to obhouse@gmail.com. Thanks guys.

j- got back on Sunday. Was great being back in CA. Surfed only two days. Basically got skunked and fooled with the promise of a south on all the reports. Even sadder is that I had to hit Lindy for both sessions. the horror.

have to say this - although it was great being back seeing old friends and getting wet, EG didn't have the old charm I once thought. the whole coastside had this vibe of a shanty town. there is litter strewn everywhere along the highway and even in the neighborhood. you have these $800K houses that look like run down beaters. 10 cars parked in every driveway and in front of their houses. no one taking care of their shit. mean faces on all the people. the coastside was suppossed to be this special "community" but that's all a bunch of shit. everyone's into their own thing and keeps to themselves. i guess i felt this way a little before we moved back but my trip confirmed my dying affection of the place I said I would never leave. guess it turns out the thing i miss most is just the waves and a few good friends. peace anyway and keep pimpin'. egp

Don't worry if you missed today, there was someone to take your place cause they were sitting right next to me.

Actually, it was sorta fun to know most the heads in the lineup. I think I knew 6-7 peeps out there.

Besides that, don't feel bad you missed the first head high waves we have seen in a long time. Well, as we all know, it is not the most high performance wave.

Solid time. And I did see boards collide but no one paddle in so maybe it was all whitewater and no dings.

EG - funny how nice this part of california seems to everyone who has lived here since time 0, but when you get away you realize what it really is....

kaiser - head high? midget.

Jerrid Berry Skating the Parrot ramp.

Jerrid Berry Skating the Parrot ramp.

Sorry, let me correct myself....

The waves this morning here waist to whatever J says they were.

I was too busy RIDING the waves to care about how big they were.

Ha now there will be 3x more people tomorrow. Thanks! Not like it was good anyways.

Does Kaiser rip?

no

He's got to be better than cockbag anon trolls

Forecast for tomorrow not as good as today. You missed it. See you in September.

Nope, I don't rip. But I surf.

kaiser ripped a phat nug multiple times this morning..going left....lip spray...disappears...lip spray....disappears...lip spray....punchs through the back...we don't call him superman for nothing...

I am self proclaimed kook and always will be.

But I happen to surf more then most, in fact 3-fold more then most.

Koo-Kaiser

What does it matter? He was there, you weren't, that says enough.

As for more people showing tomorrow, swells already on it's way down and it was so packed there's not much room for any others.

I don't surf, I just have fun.

Excuse my ignorance, but what does EG stand for? And where did you move to, EG Pimp? Just curious to see what kind of comparisons are being drawn here.

EG is El Granada. I moved somewhere east of IL and west of PA. Not paradise by any means.

smoke one

el greezy fo sheezy!

that tristan chick sounds like a female jack johnson. that could be a good or a bad thing depending on how you see it. but i think maybe she's a little late on that bandwagon. like if she could have gotten that album out a year or so ago she woulda been stoked.
she's got a nice voice though, she's real pretty and she seems to have her head screwed on fairly straight, so she'll probably do just fine.

Worst....sssSummer.....*EVERrrr*!

i still haven't gotten my damn surfer's journal. what is up with that. e got his like week ago and mine hasn't arrived. does pezman hate me?

This is a photo of me surfing OB today. Yeah, I landed it clean too.

Hey Blakestah- I surfed with LHGVAG, CK, Jess, and wave magnet Mark on Sunday at a sloppy sharkey spot near a tunnel to be. He's doing fine and about a quarter from completing his Masters. Still spreading great vibes.

are the waves perfect yet?

ohh noo, it's getting to that time of year all the **** drive down from OB to Lindy.

"Yutaka Fukufuji, who played with the Japan's national ice hockey team three times, displays his Los Angeles Kings jersey during a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005. The Tokyo-born goalie, 22, reported Japanese"

Summer is sucking hard with no end in sight:

TONIGHT
W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 25 TO 35 KT NORTH OF
THE BAY BRIDGE. WINDS EASING AFTER MIDNIGHT TO 10 TO 20 KT.
AREAS OF FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THU
W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. AREAS OF MORNING FOG.

THU NIGHT
W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DECREASING TO 5 TO 15 KT
OVERNIGHT. PATCHY FOG.

FRI
W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG.

FRI NIGHT
W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DECREASING TO 5 TO 15 KT
OVERNIGHT. PATCHY FOG.

SAT
W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PATCHY FOG.

SUN AND MON
W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT
EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

Time to bust out the sails and kites!

Yo Bird, i don't got your #, are you interested in a little painting work manana?

Surfed a secret spot North of Montara and south of the bowling alley today at 1pm... It was cold, but fun.

time to up my masturbation

that pen and teller gif is annoying

eg,

time to give up the handle. your pimping corn now.

The waves were so large, I had to leave the mice in the car this morning. Best waves I've seen in a month or two around here. Good to see you again j.

Checked the gg wavometer and saw the SW wind report and decided to blow off work for a Lindy arvo sesh. Got a few ok ones, but the wind swell dropped noticeably during the session. Don't know what tomorrow will bring.

Mexi, I've surfed that secret spot. When does school start for you?

fersure limevoodoo.

drinking an oregon honeybeer right now, watching stylemasters, lady friend picking up some katsu on her way over, ahhhhhh NICE!!!

not so fun article
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/shark.attack.ap/index.html

Steve, i was talking bout Linda Mar. i start next week, looking foreward to it.

Is it out yet?

Hey folks,

I need some help here. I'm looking for a waterproof digital camera that's rugged for surf, but portable and small enough so I can strap it around my arm and it won't get in the way of my surfing. Also, it would be cool if I could easily take pictures with it too and not have to worry about a big set taking me out.

Anyone know of such a device? Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.

I shoot an Olympus Stylus Verve 5 GB on my bike rides. Very small, fits in my pocket. I can shoot descending mountains now at 30 mph. They make a waterproof case for it- but only good to 9 feet. They do make waterproof cases for almost all Olympus digital cameras that go much deeper- just not for the Verve. Google "Olympus USA" for info. The cases are under accessories. I bought mine off Amazon, and somebody has the waterproof cases on there at a good price.

water cameras: I've used Minolta DImage cameras with water housings in the past. Probably a little too large for the arm, but good for a fanny pack. You can get a 5MPix Minolta X50 that does half-way decent video if you're really into it...

yeah, i second the X50. the water housing makes it a bit bigger but it's still manageable.

sony makes some waterproof cameras that are pretty small, but they're around 2Mpix. they take good shots although the shutter isn't fast enough for sharp, clear action shots.

the technology is getting better and better so i'm sure within the next year some sick new watercam will hit the market.

Hey there MSG,
I work in the photo-biz and surf here in SF and like to take pics out there.
I've been looking at it and here are a few options:
I think as far as digi goes the best one out there is the Pentax optio WP- its a 5 megapixel waterproof (down to 6 feet) 4"x6" is nice small size. Your not going to be able to dive withit but surfing should be no problem (we'll see, i got one on order)
Other than that most of the other compact digi's have water houseing for them but are pricey (about 250) and bulky (when your out there shooting with these surfing is not that easy.)
If you do go with one of the bigger cameras or housings a good way to carry it is use one of the rashgard with an attached hood. You can stach the cam in the hood when not in use and it stays outta the way so you can surf too.
You should also consider film (no its not dead yet). I shoot with a waterproof canon elf right now that really has a ton of days on it with out a problem. A local guy here also make a waterproof film camera that straps on yer arm and really was made with surfing in mind (i think they're at wise right now).
good luck and happy shooting

Yo E and Niceness goers! What's up from Miami?!Went out surfing yesterday afternoon at South Beach. Hurricane Katrina produced some aight waves (well, as far as So.Fla. goes). Bobbing up and down while being pelted by sheets of rain and alarmed by claps of thunder was an experience (fortunately, no lighting in the area at that moment). Listen, down here, beggers can't be choosers.