E's Surf Report

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Lloyds this morning just before sunrise

Gave up the familial after getting drentched on the predawn dog walk.

This is the last week of walks that we need the blinky collar.

Traveled a bit to surf with four regular posters of this board. Perhaps a couple more.

Got dropped on, called off a wave then the caller didn't go, dropped on doof, paddled into the giant closeout and groveled through the mush, hugged the wall on a few, and soul arched my way through a couple pockets.

Lovely morning in the rain.

NGO, so tired.

Give it a rest so you can wait for just the right moment to give us the punch we are missing.

Then you might be greeted with a laugh rather than a cringe.

So there I am, sitting inside. On the outside are kdalle, friend #1, and Mr Doof, whereas senor Kaiser has just left the water. Cleanup set comes. All others paddle over it. I'm hopeless. Crushed tutti core and rolled.

Later. Last wave. I go frontside left. Drop in steep but not at all sketchy. I pump hard through the bottom turn, and the wall lines up and peels. A nice overhead wall being held up by the light offshore winds, I can watch the whitewater feathering off the lip as it peels with me tucked into the curl. Just barely turn in before the closeout after 4-5 seconds in there good, and head out. A one wave stokometer.

I was paddling over the shoulder on friend #1's soul arch. Very stylish.

What does that even mean,"namers get owned?" Is this guy advocating slavery. It's unclear ...

Looks good enough to lick.

4 second carwash on the mellon.

how does everyone surf so much?

Early to bed early to rise,

... and flex time.

no one said anything about 4 second barrels. Not even 4 second coverups.

Ok. WTF! If you're on the inside and surfer A is dropping in and fading hard all competant and shit coming towards or near you in your 20 minute paddle back out through the soup it is upon you as deer in the headlights to immediatley take the wave on the head - duck dive it - punch through, turtle, bail, whatever... the thing not to do is paddle into the face of the wave or towards the shoulder. Whoever you were with the hoodie-clan at Spot X please take this kind recommendation niceness and sign up for a tune-up with Richard's class in Santa Crud.
And another thing. When did it become de rigour to hoot and holler out in the water at Ocean Beach? Doing so identifies you as a thransplanted interloper.
Who are all these poeople - worse the the North Shore all the attutude... weird.

Nice weather...

E - great summary of the OB life. You did leave out the elation of a smile, after the struggle, from Mommy Dearest.

That is one heavy glass job. It looks like carpeting. 20 oz cloth?

earl may be right. and i'm the biggest kook tranny of them all.. but i like to hoot for sick waves when then cruise in. can't help myself when some thick barrel is grinding. Whoooooot!

Isn't it kind of weird to be floating a good number of yards off the shore in 50 something degree water wrapped in a surval suit as all manner of creatures circle beneath you and King Neptune tries to crush you as you scamper down the line and not give a hoot out to a fellow surfer???

Hehehe, that's funny, Burnt: "Advocating slavery". Hahaha!

That Linda Mar pic looks a lot like Puerto.

i seen some of 'em smile too out there. creeps me out. and NO EYE CONTACT.

msg is the namers get owned guy

Feeling a little self-conscious with these posts this morning.....If I dropped in on someone this morning or someone on the beach saw me paddle towards a make-able "shoulder escape" versus a whitewater pounding, then let me know!

I did get into Kdalle's way a few times but he caught every wave he seemed to paddle for. Guess I need to read the Kdalle book, "How to Ride Big Boards and Catch All the Waves".

Some good surfing out there this morning. Wasn't me doing it. Nice watching some of the drops you guys made.

Sorry again to the kneeboarder. At least I kicked out.

*CLAIM - yeah, I surfed this morning, big fucking deal!

Off to San Diego to get my new stick.

*CLAIM - yeap, more boards this kook can't ride. But this one will be so pretty I can hang it on my wall when done.

Still, no phone call?

*CLAIM - expected.

History lesson:

Inventing:

back in the day. Russ Short. where are they now trivia.

Hey Blakestah,

while the following from your post last night ("we had a light year for Indian summers, but those come and go.") may be accurate and data driven, it is still sacrilege, blasphemous hate speach. To atone, please go back to your models and find a way to send a 5 day heat wave to us with light offshores in mid-November.

I am the namers galore guy.

Bing!

Kaiser, that's your Campbell? Sweeet. That's quite an inlay or artwork.

He almost took the bait; as in HOOTERS...
Lay 'emon us Kaiser - big ones!
Let's all give out a collective Marina style high fving woohoo hoot for DaManKaiser blogula regulator, nubilel oving pervert and niceness overlord. ALL HAIL KAISER ich ein ichleberstein! YA mein stein is raised to you Amberboklamershot!
Still isn't cool to be yelling out there - don't care who or what its for...
MongaLloyd doesn't appreciate you watching him surf past you either - look the other way goddamnit!
-- What the fuck are you looking at?!

If there's one thing I've learned in forecasting here for the last decade, its that you never know what may be in store for the rest of the season. Last year was pretty crummy until November, then it just got super consistent the entire rest of the year (with a 10 day break after New Years). Some years are crummy until mid-January, and then rock into mid March. El Nino year was awesome from August to mid-October, and then junky for the rest of the season. The consistent thing is that sometime in the September to March window, we CAN have decent surfable conditions, so don't lose hope.

And keep surfing no matter what.

MSG - thanks for fessin' up. Please stop though. It's kinda painful to the eyes. Muchos gracias senor.

Not my board, haven't seen mine yet. Cool board though as are most.

And yes, I am the Overlord. Feel my power.

Blah, blah, blah.

Damn, you drop more names and instant reports than anyone MSG- Or were you just encouraging your alter ego? Howabout some self-regulation

Hunters Point Foto.
If you are going to surf there, bring your Gun.

oooh, that inlay is niiiice.

anybody else getting the security certificate thing everytime you view the blog today?!?

Art about to get started:

Was that you Kaiser? Shoulda said hi as we've not met before. Some kinda fun ones today. I like rainy offshore mornings. Couple of real slappers out there. Digging the easy paddle on days when the sun comes up late and only have a short time for surf.

Saw Doof get slapped once. Blakestah playing wave bait got mauled. Friend #1 gettin in early. I dropped my new stick in the lot and chipped the edges of two fins. All in all a pretty fun morning.

Hershey's syrup takes sooooo long to cure.

like you old salty dogs dont like getting hooted at when you get a good wave, right. I guess after you reach a certain age and get far enough into northern cal (if thats what you call this place) surfing isnt supposed to be fun anymore? its all serious business and protecting your right to land and shit. go back to the old west. fuckin entitled white man.

i mean i really feel jipped so far this season. i need some prozac.

This album is pure magic. Gets me through when i'm feeling bad.
style.
flow.
creativity.
wonderment.
genius.
Thank you John Coltrane!!!

MSG stop embarrassing yourself, boogies already get enough shit and you're just reinforcing the stereotypes... please go back to ebb or one of the other forums where everyone has already learned to just ignore you

That Hunters Point foto says Puerto but is that way way way south of Mex??? I'm trying to be vague...

I'm dreaming of an afternoon session. Hope the wind gods are good to me. The god of statistics was with me during my midterm last night. She kept whispering the formulas in my ear.

Excellent pic

Shallow water plus a bounce off the rocks plus a good backwash. You might enjoy some photos of the mayhem at EG Pimp's secret spot on Sunday. Photo Page 19.

a few niceness crew

thats me second from right.

That's me fifth from the left.

jk

im actually 3rd from middle

I like this shot Bruce.

i hoot and i'm native.
i hooted the first time i paddled out to OB.
i hooted the last time i surfed OB.
i'm a hooter try and stop my stoke.

I guess this means you are not a closet native hooter?

Damn! the first track on this album is beautiful, man.. pure beauty!

thank you John Coltrane!!!

fuck yeah John Coltrane!!!

These photos call for a Warren Miller-esq voice over
"Is that a surfer riding a wave, or a wave riding a surfer?"

controversy #1-leash or no leash
controversy #2-twin or single
controversy #3-booties or no booties
controversy #4-shortboard or longboard
controversy #5-hooting or no hooting?

A lifetime of surfing, a lifetime of idiotic arguments. Can't wait to see what's next!

i surf therefore i hoot

last sunday. BI ripping like always.

There is more face on that than a salami sandwhich!?!

Damn those stormtrooper costumes are legit.

this is more a summertime problem but hooting is lame when someone is hooting and you look over and all you see is a set of waist high mushburgers on the horizon. i don't need that psych out. anything over shoulder high breaking clean - hoot away!

speaking of noises in the water - the big yell after missing or kooking a wave is also lame. not so much at a crowded spot where its obvious what you are doing but anywhere uncrowded and rough it can be mistaken for someone in trouble yelling for help.

>>EG Pimp's secret spot

how in the world is that a secret spot??

HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!

No, dudes, you don't understand: What i'm saying is that I am NOT the NAMERS GET OWNED GUY. I am a NAMER GALORE guy. I will name whatever isn't a secret spot.

And Alex, hah, I laugh at you, bro. Thanks for comin' out into the open and showing your true colors. It's a small world we live in, and I know the dudes on ebb just as much as you do. Our paths better not cross, brah.

The question from the niceness group photo is: What would cause an attractive, professional woman to hang out with those lizards? Talk about a bunch of crusty carps!

Goddammit!

If you are surfing OB, then a priori, you are not having fun. If you are, then you're not doing it right. No hooting allowed. Ever. Only grim faces and snears. If there is any friendliness it is shown to another local for the specific purpose of showing a non-local that they are not your friend.

I think Kdalle was actually hooting me rather than calling me off the wave he didn't take that I was set up for, though inside of Kdalle (aren't we all inside of Kdalle?).

So I didn't get bent.

happy birthday e!!

"our paths better not cross?" "brah?" What poser uses this word on the mainland? You are such a kook you loser. You are lame and obviously wish you were still a grom but you're not...you're old and you can't surf, MSG naming Dork.

wo man, happy birthday you dirty dog! wheres the party at?

Right friend #1. I never hoot people off a wave. I actually like sharing waves as long as we both surf like we're sharing it. It's actually one of the most fun things to do out there. Anyone who hasn't done a criss-cross on a big wave needs to try it.

Bubb Rubb? Why hell, we were in the jont together!

I have backed out of countless waves that Kdalle was already on, and I don't think I have ever been called off. No need. Your steely determination combined with adept positioning has always said volumes more than any verbal utterance might offer.

i've always wondered why the trend seems to be wear a helmet but don't strap it on....

A beloved professional skateboarder died this week after a freak accident while apparently not wearing his helmet properly, leaving Northern California skateboarders in grief and shock.

Eric Costello, 34, was demonstrating a maneuver to a skateboarding class in a Scotts Valley skate park when he fell and lost his helmet. He slammed his head on the concrete of the skate bowl and fell unconscious.

The Scotts Valley resident was airlifted to a Santa Clara Valley trauma center with severe head injuries early Saturday afternoon. He died Monday.

``He just couldn't hang on,'' said Rich Harris, owner of Dislocated Skate Shop in Scotts Valley.

``It appears at this time that he either didn't strap on his own helmet properly or put on a helmet that was too small and unable to be strapped,'' said Scotts Valley Police Chief Steve Lind, who emphasized that the investigation was still preliminary.

That photo of the mysto Gulf inlet spot looks like a shortboarder's dream. And it looks like it breaks once every 11 years or so. Good find, e.

Bagel: Yay for Tulan and the acclaimed dish called "scurrying rat w/ bamboo shoots." Good stuff. Try the lightly braised cockroach with duck meat at House of Nanking next. It's ono-licious.

Hey another day of random complaining by nom-de-plumes on the bloog -- gorgeous. Pound sand much, anyone??

Looked like a classic day at the Jet. It all comes together with that wall bounce. Will be back in December. Keep pimpin'

egp

A day in the life thus far

5:45 Daughter wakes and comes in our room, into bed between, start to get up just before 6:00 Alarm.
Up onto the throne, clothes placed the night before.
Dress to dogs smiling chops thrust into my face. Kettle on for tea, coffee maker turned on, dog watered and fed, cat fed, milk with a little bit of prune juice for the kid.

Dog walk drenching down a couple blocks on the promenade and back. Pack up the car and off to Spot X 15 minutes late to meet up with Doof, off to spot X+1 and he is out already.

Surf with four dudes I have surfed with for the last 5 to 10 years, and a couple others I have seen in the water for that past 5.

Head to work a little late, use some floating holiday. Finish off a big Public Notice for a proposed Source of Toxic Air Contaminants located within 1,000 feet of a School.

Head to Lunch at Toranado & Garamundi's. Got to pay back Doof for gas money. Beer for milage through 3 counties. Then back to work for some Quake diversion.

(Insert Self here).....

I have backed out of countless waves that Kdalle was already on, and I don't think I have ever been called off. No need. Your steely determination combined with adept positioning has always said volumes more than any verbal utterance might offer.

I'm always more convinced by the 25 pound super board approaching me at critical velocity and the fact that he never blows a takeoff.

not to be a dick but, "who gives a F"

yours,
betty duball

E- check out the album "Going Latin" by Ramsey Lewis. Not the most sophisticated of jazz but a feelgood timepiece of the era. I have the vinyl and the album cover is classsic homage to benefits of the Jet plane .

Hooting is cool but I prefer telepathic communication while in the surf

Cool it dudes. I don't want the brigade gunnin for me. Blow any more smoke and e might ban me!

Milk with prune juice?! Eeeew. My daughter likes PB&J with a slice of American Cheese on it. Go figure.

Howling barrels are my preference.

Damn Kdalle, what are you riding?

>A lifetime of surfing, a lifetime of idiotic arguments.

That is pretty funny.

I had the option of a 7'6" squashtail thruster, or a 9'6" singlefin longboard. The two guys out (-Stah and Doof) were having trouble getting in (on their sub 7' boards), and Kdalle shows me his replacement for his old 10' "crowdpleaser". I figure I have to try and keep up with him and opt for the tri-stringered LB.

Kdalle was on a 9' plus Twinzer.

Sun Goddess by Ramsey Lewis. Beautiful album.

and the prune juice is not her choice, Dr.'s orders to prevent the hard poops from too much milk.

"...25 pound super board approaching me at critical velocity and the fact that he never blows a takeoff."

Moses never blew a takeoff in the ark either.

Dennis-I'm easy to spot. The small guy that is waaay overgunned. The new CrowdPleaser™ is a Coffey 9'-6" x 21.5" x 3.5" Twinzer with two T-band 5/8" stringers, 6/6 glass on top, 6 on bottom, widest point forward of center, bottom has chined rails up front going to a double concave with V in the back, rounded pintail, fla rocker with flipped nose, 22.5 pounds.

No duck diving, no tricks.

hope that milk is organic. else soy.

Yeah, I guess it's time to dust off my 9'er. It likes biggish bumpy sloppy shifty surf. It's knda heavy too but I don't thinks it's 25 lbs.

Though I am an ordained minister, I don't have a real deeep knowledge of biblical history. That being said, wasn't it Noah in the ark?

Kdalle. That's one helluva stick. My 9'er is a traditional longboard-gun. Wide point 6" forward. 16x21x13x3 single fin with side bites. Slight vee. 2 layers of 6oz S-cloth x 1 6 oz S-cloth on bottom. It's got the Roger Hinds double stringer.

I'm very busy here Dennis, I don't have time for details.

You don't want me to go spouting off all your strange little perversions now do you...?

Bless me,
God

Organic all the way, BAY-BEEEEE!

Word to ya mutha.

Prepubescent chicks? whatever
Wicked Weasel, dog mug, stretch mark, ingrown hair close ups? fine

But this is no place to discus the density of your kids "poops"

i tried to ban somebody one time.. but he kept coming back.. it's tough with dynamic IPs because the only way to ban is by name or ip address, but if the IP is always shifting. it doesn't work.

Kdalle's board sounds a bit like BVB's big red.

surfboarding.

woo woo news report on kron4

AWESOME!!

moses' ark?!

Bubb Rubb Rules!

more bubb rubb

moron silverback

Friend #1 - please tell me more about your daughters poop. The Potty Prowler

I thought this board was cool but...Bub Rub was like so last year. Where have you guys been?

hey kdalle, why not just surf windsurfboards without the kite and straps? sounds a bit like the dimensions you describe

Dude, woo-woo is classic. that is what West Oakland is ALL about, idiots spending money on worthless cars making them even more worhtless.

toddler poo talk on niceness. Sinners REPENT!

Hey, pointed logs, screw the windsurfer, let Laird eff with that-my next board is gonna be 300 cubits by 80 cubits by 40 cubits.

er, that was me.

he said cubits...

All hail King Neptune

Surfers repent and bow down before him

Put your damned hand into the face...suckha!

Cool story about Puerto Rico surfing and the environment..
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/08/samurai_surfers.html

Please discontinue the reinforcement of Buzzy's views on this blog. Disparagement of certain type's (surfers, others) is not constuctive and it contributes to spot naming....

controversy #1-leash or no leash - leash
controversy #2-twin or single - single
controversy #3-booties or no booties - no booties
controversy #4-shortboard or longboard - shortboard
controversy #5-hooting or no hooting? - hooting

my buddy was surfing a secret spot near scotts yesterday and a shark was seen lurking out the back. everybody hustled in, but the place was going off, sunny, glassy, head high righthand tubes. they watched for ten minutes and paddled back out. would you?

A guy told me this morning about his hardcore surfing buddy who continues to go M*ss L*nd*ng, despite the fact that his car has been broken into 3 times in the past two weeks! Sounds like he would, but I wouldn't.

A guy surfing alone at the mouth of the Klamath was hit by a shark on Friday. The semicircular bite was 16" across. The guy survived and drove himself to the hospital. The swell will be 7', the wind offshore and the peaks mostly empty today.

FUCK YOU BANDITO
FUCK YOU STEVE

The Scumbag's toyota celica is spray painted black. New license plate 5psm617.

He is staying around Darien St. in San Francisco. Up by St. Francis Woods.