E's Surf Report

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Hey, what's with the Survivor Bashing?

Jeff is a good guy!

I looked at the waves around 6:40 AM on Sat. I was trying to dicide if I should take my 6'1 shortboard or 6'8 mini gun. Quickly ruled out the 6'1 as I saw a nice OH set come through. Then I looked at the tide charts and saw a 6' tide swing in the am. I figured I'd use my 7'6 just cuz of the currents. Glad I did.

Did anyone get out Sunday?
I failed to penetrate due to my weak shoulder muscles and shriveled lung capacity :-)
But I watched from the Bluffs
As triple overhead A-frames exploded on the outside with long workable faces. Dudes just gouging backside and fading into the barrel. It was EPIC!

Who won the rugby match this weekend?

Who won the rugby match this weekend?

double post

Oops!

Made it out Sunday.
Surfed Mid-O-Beach for 3 hours only saw 2 others.
It was tough to get out, harder on Sat late afternoon.
it was epic.

I made it out Sunday, but then ruptured my rectum.

Ok so Sat was pretty epic

But Friday was damn fun too!

Hero cam fun

i somehow made it out with dry hair on sunday at sloat, then got stuck in a rip which sucked me pretty far out and south down the beach. finally got back in, got one shitty wave, and dodged sets for a while. then all the sudden i got solid barrels in a row that have put me in a good mood all week.... i hear saturday afternoon was better but i was perfectly happy with what i got sunday.

didn't make it out over the weekend
couldn't get past the beutiful scenery on the beach

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nice Artifact!

Sunday OB

Artifact, ship those pics to nicholas at goprocamera.com! Give him the dates! Can't believe you paddled out with that thing on your wrist! Nick will be stoked.

i love all the local OB photogropher homies, but im giving this swells documentation award to artifact. sweet.

thats photographer!

'i somehow made it out with dry hair on sunday at sloat...'?
I assume you are bald?

It's just too weird to try getting water shots at The Beach, paddling around on a shortboard out there is sketch enough. On sizeable days I often get sucked out to sea in the rips and end up spending as much time paddling to get back in to the lineup as it did to make it out the back. I don't know how that Judith lady does it, she must be nursing just a slight death/suicide wish.

don't know how how it happened, but it did... i got plenty worked on subsequent paddles though...

Gracias! Those hero shots are from Fri not Sat- I never even considered paddling out with that thing on Sat. afternoon as I needed all the paddling help I could get.

I still managed to bruise my hand pretty good on a duck-dive (top of hand wedged against camera) and get sucked over the falls on an ill fated one handed duckdive- trying to get a barrel shot.

Anybody know what the deal is/pics from the Oregon tow contest on Sun?

bbr - I may have seen one of your barrels. Big left and deep, in and out twice around 11:30 AM on Sat. Was that you?

Artifact - you took those with a gopro? Mine is not nearly as clear.

Yep gopro hero cam while surfing, w/ 800 fuji superia film- scanned the negs and used noise reduction. When I used 400 speed film before it was blurry

ARTIFACT!
SICK PICS!! Its great to see the high rez shots on your pbase site.

Yo Niceness..

I only have a few minutes left on my internet time here, so..

Any one have some recs for me where to stay on the Gold Coast. Looking for cheap lodging or if anyone has friends out there.. I'll clean their house for a place to stay etc etc.. I know someone has the hook-up out there..

email me if you do aloha2ian@yahoo.com

THANKS!!

just got back from portugal, and paris is really cold..

Wow, super shots, artifact!!! Me, I ended up spending a couple of hours stuck......to the wall, watching. Congrats all who can paddle/surf those things.

Our local bodysurfer doesn't have the surfboard aka handy floatation device, but she also doesn't have to deal w/dragging said floaty anchor through the inside. She can dive under the sets a lot deeper than boarders can. Of course the 99.9% of us who have broken our boards and leashes know this already. Bodysurfing big OB is still one helluva swim.

Thanks Antman for the reply last night. I'm posting this again to see what others think:

anyone have any experience about the mandala 6'2" quad fish? I've been a log rider for the past year and I am looking at getting one of these.

thoughts?

i ride a 5'6" mandala fish and i love everything about it. manny rocks! the only thing i would say about a 6'2" is that if you go too long on a fish then you risk not getting the best benefits of the fish. it should be ridden significantly smaller than your average shortboard. so a typical squash tail thruster i would ride is around 5'10". so my fish is a 5'6" and i probably could go even smaller. i highly recommend mandala shapes. doesn't get any better quality or a better guy.

oregon tow pics on surfline

wormhoudt bros won it

Nice shots, Artifact!

A couple tips on the Hero Camera - I've used mine quite a bit. I'm also a close friend with the inventor and have received heaps of tips from him:

#1 - wax the lens to avoid water spots? That is the biggest cause of blurriness.

#2 - 100 speed Fuji print film is a really good film choice. 50 speed slide film is THE BEST.

When I got my first quad from Manny he spec'd me a 6'1", which was great on smaller waves (I am 6'1" and weigh 170 lbs) but too floaty. After about six months I was ready for something smaller and I picked up a 5'9" quad at the fish frye down in San Diego. It paddles well and I surf that board on rampy and steep waves up to head high. If anyone is interested in buying my 6'1," drop me a line at hindmansm at y a h oo dot com.

What's up with surf humor? I dropped him a few e-mails but no response at all. A niceness regular told me that he was doing a local type thing. Can I get some love please? Miss the photos....!

Surfhumor Lot Lizard pulled the public site down as some peeps were complaining about the exploitation of Steamer Lane and other spots. I said it, Steamer Lane! Seems like a joke that people would think he is exploiting places like.

Don't know all the details but he moved it to a private site.

Enjoy the photos above. I am sure you will hear from him on the link.

kaiser is going to get owned!

I have to say there are alot of asshole brats at OB that are always giving the stink eye. What the fuck? I say "Fuck em all"

That's the kellys cove local boyz. and they need to take that shit back to kellys cove!

give them all a hug and tell them everything is gonna be ok. if they persist, beat their ass.

Saturday midday was a nice easy warm-up to size with the incoming swell. I felt at ease on the 8'10".

Too bad my Sunday began at 3:30 with me catching a handful of vomit. Xmas party kid germswapfest on Saturday night, and the whole family went down. Me and wifey weren't throwing up, but we weren't feeling right either.

About the time I started feeling up for the paddle, the winds had come up from the north, and that tore it.

Still some lingerers out there with dead winds.

Wake up, surfhumor?...
The Matrix has you.
Follow the yin yang...

Oh, and nice shots Artifact.

Doof/Duncan had his out at lunch today, we'll see what comes out.

his go pro that is.

pwned by consumerism

its 4:20 where's my nugs?

When Kelly's gets shitty they move down the Beach.I have never seen begginners or mellow souls harassed by the Kellys crew.Trouble finds trouble.Act like you do when you travel and you will always have a great time.

Well I can sympathize friend #1. Saturday was great. Sunday I had to follow through on a promise to go ice skating at the Embarcadero with a couple of 3 1/2 year olds. It was hella fun but I didn't get back to the ocean until late and it was hacked.

Shoulda been nice out there for Doof today. I was out this morning and there was definitely swell but too much water.

Oh yeah....love that Lane shot at the top Bruce. When it gets big its all left. I'm always a little uncomfortable heading right for the cliff on a macker though.

give me a D

give me a R

give me an I

give me a F

give me a T

Hey Friend #1,

What are the full dims on your 8'10" and how much do you weigh?

There is nothing worse than being off of work, a good swell out there, and puking from the flu. So pissed and bored at home. This flu is rough.

I have a 5'7" quad( i'm 6'2 175) and love it. It paddles well and holds in bigger waves than a typical fish, or at least the only experience i have is the one i shaped, and i guess that isn't saying much. Fun board though. All the fun of a fish with the extra hold on steep walllls.

GREAT pics yesterday by all!

what is Bruce's secret code to see his cool pics?

I have seen mellow surfers harassed by Kelly's WCove locals. Here's the very funny story. Early fall, Kelly's Cove was best of beach. I met a friend, he is not so experienced, so we moved a good 200 yards south of KC and had a not nearly as good peak to ourselves. One of the KCLB comes over. He grabs a wave, and tries to run my buddy over. For real. I'm wondering WTF. He could have gone around him easily. I mean, we're talking shoulder high waves! Anyway, he missed. But I could see his aggro streak, so I paddled outside him to avoid the noid. My buddy unwisely stayed inside.

Next set, I grabbed first wave, KCLB grabbed the second. He made STRAIGHT for my buddy again, to run him down. This time, when he got close, he dove directly at my friend headfirst. WTF? This is lunacy, dive-bombing a beginner instead of surfing. My buddy, not knowing, chucked his board fins up, and dove to avoid contact.

The KCLB took a fin to the ear and sliced his ear half off. WTF? It was bad, he had to leave. His board was fine, his ear definitely needed stitches.

I was chuckling for the better part of an hour after that one.

Just say you're fourth generation Western Addition (they'll never know, they're all from nicer neighborhoods and WA is close enough to the Richmond to count) and that your great grandparents helped pave the road that they now drive on to get to their precious cove. When they ask you your parent's names, make 'em up. They'll never know: "Yeah, motherfucker, my father is Roscoe P. Coltrane and he surfed this place for 30 years before you were an embryo!!! What, you never heard of Roscoe??!!! Well, you better ask Truelove and Schoffield for a history lesson because he makes those guys look like ninny muffins in comparison!!! He and frickin' Enus used to rule this side of town with an iron fist, so watch your mouth Donkey Boy!!"

Don't worry, they're too young for Dukes of Hazzard references anyway.

http://www.sima.com/

That KCLB story was the shit. That's funny, man. Hahaha!

Tuffy for pres

Art, checked you site... SICK picks!!!! You've got some winners there.

you guys all suck, meet me at the windmill for some butfukin. Just wait till leather wetsuits come out mother fucker. I'm down with those cove niggas, but don't fuck around behind the windmil nigga. Unless you markin up to get a d in the a.

when is the 5th annual middle of the beach cornholin and bond fire?

Christ, now we have jr high students writing in the blog.

Ha blake's site is back
That didn't take very long
Is it just me or have the crowds been a non-issue since his site has been down?

Hey, I had this great image. All the local scientists, professionals, contractors, craftsmen, executives, managers, and other bloggers show up at a local Safeway. They bring their partners, wives, kids, coworkers, dogs, and all the friends that make life worth living. In the parking lot there?s a guy they know who spends his life behind a computer spreading negative crap all in the name of protecting the purity of surfing.

So the negative guy is surrounded by a hundred people who don?t hate him but have grown very tired of his behavior. What would they say? What would he say? Could he respond to other humans? Would he write angry messages on post it notes and hand them out? Would he run back to his room to type out more anonymous messages?

I?m not sure if I dislike this guy or feel sorry for him.

Well waddayaknow, an OB surf blog full of nothing but trannys that whine about the asshole locals and make up stories about how they got the best of them, and you wonder why you all get stinkeye. This blog only escalates the tension. Paddle out with Tuffy's attitude and get what you deserve.

ok tough guy

PS - you are pathetic. Try that act somewhere that is really localized.

spoken like a true bottom

OK tough guy, let's fight. You want to bring your crew down my way?

You talkin' to me?..........You talkin' to me?...........You talkin' to me?.........Well who the hell else you talkin' to? You talkin' to me?.........Well I'm the only one here.

Brandon, I WILL CHAIN YOU TO A PIPE IN A CRAWL SPACE IF YOU DON'T GET ON THE BAG!!

Will Ferrell's a tranny too.