E's Surf Report

first post suckas

any takers on what time it'll clean up today? 12? 1?

it never cleaned up yesterday. started smooth when i checked at 9am. surfed at 10 and it was wild and not very clean.

new swell should be arriving today. it's large on the papa buoy.

HELP!!

On Sat I Got up at six and loaded up, told the wife I was going surfing and she said, "What! no you're not." I was stunned, this had never happened before. I did go surf, and got some fun ones. But still a very scary few moments. Is this the beginning of the end??

oh look, more perfect waves in socal somebody kill me.

Geezus, what a windbag.

daniel barley photo
reminds me of how often i see betty's rythmically kicking their lower legs when they paddle...i don't understand it but it's a beutiful thing

Drove the coast to Nepenthe yesterday. I claim my wife and own my car.

I got to the beach at something like 8 AM on Satuday morning...no one out surfing. I wondered why. Waves looked to be shoulder high, clean on the outside if not a pain to get out from the inside. Tide must be real high, as it looks like there is only a narrow strip of sand. Then I see some guy walking by who is really tiny...oh wait, my whole sense of scale was off. The man was normal sized, beach was normal size, waves not shoulder high. I tooled around on the inner bars for an hour...I wasn't going near the ourside. As I was leaving I saw some guy climbing down the shore protection south of the zoo with what musta been a 9'+ pintial. Large.

not clean? huh?? yesterday afternoon and this morning had insane conditions and dredging barrels where i was at, yesterday afternoon in particular.

insanely clean session yesterday late morning not to many people out, sunshine, shoulder to head high peeling left and right...one of the best days i've seen at the break i was riding. not ob

To weigh in on the "allowed to surf" conversation, I do not own a car of my own. However, I was blessed with a wonderful girlfriend that sleeps until 11AM and has a car with a rear seat that folds down. If she ever breaks up with me, my personal ad is gonna look like this:

m,28, seeks female with car that has car with roof rack, house with garden hose and clothes line. Location near ocean and narcolepsy a plus. Age, looks, weight, employment, personality not important. Also, I frequently smell like low tide.

nice lookin' wave at Black's.

Look, some people got waves!!!!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...........

I surfed this weekend too. It sucked. But I can't tell you where I went 'cause then you'll know! Might cause a crowd.

Sweet info huh?

I got munched yesterday. At least it was sunny....

Andrew, that was me with my 9-6. It was a very tough paddle, especially on a board so thick. Very fast north rip. 10-12' faces out there, maybe some bigger. I caught one wave and got a serious cramp in my side. i no longer judge the conditions by the size of the waves but by the difficulty of the swim. End of session.

Yesterday mid afternoon at the zoo was pretty nice. ENE wind and some clean sets. Dry hair paddle from my secret spot.

Spent the morning at the De Young for family day. It's a fatanstic addition to SF. I do miss the grand scale of some of the rooms in the old one and the old SFMOMA.

Hope you all got some surf. My back is really sore but I'm planning on surfing no matter what. Please pass the ice and ibuprofen.

Oops. Me above.

"bout time for some wicked weasel innit?

i prefer delante or whatever that is..

i likewise got munched yesterday. Lerm and i got friggin slammed upside the head trying to surf the the north end late-morning. Some serious foamy suckouts and just crazy-ass mayhem happening. not many rideables. but caught a few!
first rides of 2006!

I wish I was getting munched. Spent the weekend at home nursing some funky rhino virus that's been tagging along with me for the past two weeks. Hopefully, this weekend I'll be back in the saddle again.

Mexi - I'm afraid the "oh no your not" will most likley return. Once that move is applied with success... :^)

steve powers

can i get one of those for my office?

You're going to need to find another SO, Mexi. Don't worry though, you will not miss this one the way you miss a surfboard you wish you never sold.

For bagel's office...

Took the family on a walk on the seawall right before sunset last night. It was gorgeous out, but the water looked rough, especially on the inside...just a lot of current messing things up. As we approached the north end, half-a-dozen fire-trucks came roaring up. Immediately a guy jumped out of the first one with his binoculars, then some others posted up on the wall looking out to sea. The rescue-swimmer was in his suit and ready to go for a swim. I overheard the dispatcher on the radio saying they tried the person's cell phone again, but got voicemail. Seemed like a pretty serious situation until I overheard a concerned citizen ask one of the firefighter's what they were looking for?

"Somebody from the cliff house called to say they saw somebody floating in the water, clinging to a board."

Lots of heros joined in on the search, identifying the lone soul in the water - on a sponge kicking into steep close-outs.

Doh!

That'll be $25k in municipal funds for a false alarm caused by an Oklahoma tourist who mis-took a body boarder for a ship-wreck survior clinging to a board. Almost immediatly, all the trucks packed up and sped back up the hill...heads shaking and the swimmer bummed 'cause he's gotta get out of a dry wetsuit.

Bummer on the mistake, but impressive response by the SFFD.

Here's a legit resue story from the Chronicle:

Rescued woman spoke to dispatch via cell phone
Suzanne Herel, Chronicle Staff Writer

Monday, January 9, 2006

(01-09) 11:24 PST STINSON BEACH -- A 24-year-old San Rafael woman who drove her car off Highway 1 was rescued after talking to dispatchers on her cell phone for more than an hour early today, authorities said.

Miranda Leigh Banes was flown to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek and later arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, said California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Land.

Banes called 911 around 12:20 a.m., Land said.

"She couldn't tell anybody where she was other than that she was near the coast and she could see the ocean," he said.

Dispatchers were able to narrow down her location to Marin County, and a helicopter crew spotted her 1993 Honda down an embankment off Highway 1 just south of Stinson Beach around 1:30 a.m.

Banes will face charges of driving under the influence after she is released from the hospital, Land said.

No one else was involved in the accident.

i was the only person within visibility on the north end last night right before dark so i'm pretty sure Q's first story is about me... hehe sorry fellow taxpayers :)

just got back from a couple weeks at an island group in the south pacific (at least some of them) that like these north swells. By the time they get there, they are long and groomed. What a surf fest. It never got below head high, never more than double over. The funny thing is that after all that talk a few weeks ago about Brazilians and what dicks they are, I basically surfed with Brazilians. Totally cool little group, mellow and polite. Must have been we were all over forty, and just wanted to relax and groove on some waves. Anyway, made some great Brazo friends.

oh yeah, and they fucking ripped.

Seems like car break-ins are down recently? Is this the case? Anyone know what happened? I checked e's community watch page, and it looks like we've been clear since November.

bbr, I would have to agree with you and I've just been checking the cam from abroad. It is definitely dredging right now. looks very soild. good for the boogie, indeed.

Hey mexi, did you score in Peru recently? how is their summer surf (swell wise)? same as europe or shit ass norcal? is it consistent?

yer next Andrew!!

Re that rescue story - had the same thing happen to me last year at sloat.

Was out on my own on a big day, no one else daft enough to get in the water I guess...snapped my leash on a big close out...so played around in the waves for a while then bodysurfed my way in. Picked up my board (sponge) and walked up to my car.

Suddenly GC helicopter arrived right over wear I had been surfing. A worried feeling came over me. Which was compounded when two high speed GC boats pulled up. Then the parking lot filled up with park rangers, cops and a fire engine. Crazy scene to say the least.

A skulked over to a cop, and yes sure enough some women had called them on a pay phone (I am guessing the ones by the toilets) and reported someone out in big waves (presuming she thought I was drowning!). Although never connected the fact that I had a wetsuit on with that fact I might be pursuing some sort of physical activity in the water!

Guess a tourist or the like wouldn't have any idea , no doubt she thought she was doing a good deed.

Anyhow the response from the GC was highly impressive to say the least. Was an embarrassing scene, with the parking lot a buzz with talk. Funny how things work out. I was loading my stuff up and I heard someone on a cell phone saying there had been a shark attack. Another bunch I talked to said the person was still out there, and tried to point out some kelp as being a floating body!

Anyhow once I had given the official word to the cops I made my exit. Not sure what I could have done to prevent someone who wasn't aware of the water from calling something like that in. But impressive to see the GC in action.

Peru was super fun, shoulder high little nuggets, surfed with between 4 and 10 people, right reef love. Chile was a tad smaller but fun and empty. The best was Brazil, cool people, suprisingly empty warm waves in the AM, crowded after 10am, and there was a swell running.

Last year a friend and I were waved out of the water by a frantic beachgoer who claimed that sharks were approaching us. We got to shore and saw he was wearing an "Im from Kansas" cap then looked at where we were surfing only to see a dolphin swimming around.

Mexi, when were you in Peru? i just got back from Lima last week. nothing great this trip, head high at best, surfed a super super agressive left beach/reef called puerto viejo, i have never seen so many people paddling for a waist high sectiony peeler.

Sunday I decided to paddle my brand new 12'-6" Parmenter ''Mav's" Rhino chaser. I had it shaped mainly for 30' Makaha...
Imagine my surprise aside from seeing the usual suspects but I spie none other than Hackey and Sackey sitting left of the pit!
I rode almost every wave and kicked out at the jetty. Each time paddling back out I saw Hackey and Sackey charging the chargeable lefts switch-stancing and sharing the open faced waves. In the lot we shared a Chirstian moment together clasping hands, hugging and kissing our fellow surf bretheren. Amen.

Parmenter is such a bitter old man.

nice score-age Web!

HA! nice one Dickey. I heard not only do Hackey and Sackey pull in on huge pits, but also pull in on the hottest of babes.

Yeah - having a brain that functions outside of surfing realms is lame.

Babes pffft - goes without saying Bro! At Princeton Cathedral by the Bay of Latter Day Saints there are several hot worshipers in the mixed congregation of sinnners. Mind you talking to them is not sex related but more about impregnating them in gods way.

i got a bad case of the post turkey sleeps

oh my god that cute SF State intern is still here in the office and she is SMOKIN hot!

she just asked me about surfing and that she wants to learn.

i kid you not.

THe only thing better than a dry hollow barrel is the anticipation of taking a nice large shit.

wetsuit update: no word back from oneill, but i bought an x-cel and it's warm and snug and light as all hell. i'll be busting airs in no time! only problem is there seems to be no key storage pocket. only thing i can find is a little loop near the neck zipper that I could probably put a key ring onto, although i'm not sure how that will feel against my ribs. anywho, that's the boring update. thanks for the advice on the x-cel, whoever that was. i like it! and it was a better price than the other suits. and it has no pink on it. yeah.

I got back last week from SA last week, but surfed Peru a few eeks ago. Again, nothing epic but fun, all around town.

Hey steamwand! Key around the neck...I double check the little chain or line every time. Don't even notice it while surfing. Never lost one yet - miraculous, considering. ps: lost your new email, resend?

allow me to rant here:

I bought one of these overpriced Apple Laptops last summer. Thought it would be perfect to use to edit videos of the kids and I wanted to get that Apple "experience" that Mac Users tout as the greatest thing next to a night on Heather Graham's yoga ball.

well, in the 5 months that I have owned my Powerbook, running the latest Mac OS called "Tigger", I have crashed it (hung the system so that it needed a power cycle in order to come back online) no less than 4 times. Shocking that the superior Mac OS operating system, with all of the built in iFucking-Am-iBetter-than-Windows software is so unstable.

so, then on Saturday, i load a CD ROM that came with my $300 "AppleGayCare" support contract that would supposedly cover the product that would never crash. well, this CD-ROM was supposed to check my Maccy for any errors in the memory, processor, and Hard Drive. I ran it, it took 3 hours, and guess what, it found a couple errors that it said "i will just go ahead and repair those volumes on your disk". I said OK, I mean this CD came directly from Apple, it has an AppleCare logo on it, and it says on the box "Compatible with OSX Tigger".
Well, since I "repaired my hardrive" it hasnt been able to boot up. I took it in to the 'Genius Bar' at the Apple Store at the mall, the 'genius' said it was corrupted and pretended to not have seen this problem before with CD's that APPLE sends out with it's support contract. PHUCK!!!

so, he told me it would take 48 hours to rebuild the drive, and guess what? I lost all my pics and files. KILLER!!! Macs rule

PHUCKING PHUCK!!

for the record, I have been working on more Windows machines than I can remember over the last 15 years and have never had this problem. laptops and desktops. IBM, Gateway, Compaq, Toshiba, Gateway, even Dell. i've beaten the crap out of them, and never had a bad drive.

I trusted Apple, and they let me down. Phuck Apple! this "superior OS marketing hype" is just that, hype.

i had most of my shit backed up, but i hadnt backed up my christmas photos yet.
here is a hint to all of your mac users out there. BACK YOUR SHIT UP, MACS ARE JUST AS UNSTABLE OR MORESO THAN WINDOWS MACHINES!!!!!!!

Ok, i'm done ranting. i had to get that off my chest.

I just got an Xcel Infiniti wetsuit just recently while I was down in Hawaii. It will replace my Oneil wetsuit. The Infiniti was about a hundred bucks cheaper than the Oneil, and it seems to be better so far.

streamwander,
that little loop should be close to a small opening or pocket, just put your key on the loop, and then slip it in to that little pocket. seem like it would bug you sitting right below your adams apple, but you wont even notice it. congrats! Excels rule!

steamwand89 at yahoo
do you mean just like a cord or string or whatever, not connected to the wetsuit at all, with the key attached?

Jah, steamwand, my choice is a longer chain, not attached to the wetsuit. Hits about 1/2way down between the ribs. You can also spin it around so the key rests against your back. But...to each their own.

how deep is mavs?

hey what are your guys suggestions for traveling to Mexico with surfboards? How much does it cost to take your board with you ? any other suggestions ?

hey what are your guys suggestions for traveling with surfboards on planes ? how much does it cost ?

I agree with the Mac user's pain. TOO many little hiccups that completely render the machine USELESS until taken care of. I'm over it.

But I'm also stuck with it as all my vids are made in iMovie.

Funny post by the Mac hater. I relate.

Hey Steam - Excel suits...There is a little slot on the inside of the flap where the zipper is. At least there is for mine. I didn't find it for months and then stumbled on it.

I had oneils and rip curls before that, and my excel is lighter and more flexible than those and also cheaper. Frickin' walking advertisement, and it seems to fit us skinny wirey type people more than anything. That's where the Rip Curl didn't work for me.

My experiences jive with "Mac is Hype." Although Mac's are prettier, i'm an avowed PC user thanks to all the Mac-related heartache and bullshit over the years. I'll never buy another mac.

I use a G4 with an external firewire drive. I use it to manage my 8000 song collection plus use it for all studio recording running ProTools. I must be lucky because I love it, never had any crashing problems, stability or anything. I was actually thinking of switching everything over to Mac. Hmmm
get wet or get lost
egp

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/060109/480/nyet27501091906

:(
i bet the namers get owned guy is feeling pretty owned right about now. ya.

Mac OS 9 blew chunks...

The mac iBooks are not so durable.

But with a Mac on OS X you
!) never get a virus
2) never crash the operating system
3) get a more functional Word than you get on Windows
4) have a Unix backbone, so when an app crashes you can drop to a window command line and kill it with extreme prejudice (and it dies)

But the thing that always gets me is the lack of crashes. Whenever I need to do office-type stuff in Windows I can't stand the crashes and lockups.

Many workplace have one admin for every 20 Windows users, and one for every 1000 Mac users. Mainly they do recoveries on virus infested machines.

I know this has been asked many many times before......how do you post pics?

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anon,
never say "never'. viruses for macs will come as soon as they start having more than 6% of the desktop market.

why do you think there has been 4 "security updates" from apple in the last 5 months? and before i switched to apple, i was told "there will never be viruses, and you dont have to do those stupid Windows Update kinda thingys"

i've only had word crash my system a couple of times, but never had as many lockups as this friggin mac. damn.

see you guys at macworld. i'll be wearing the fitted black turtleneck and jeans.
maybe a beret

viruses are for operating systems with no concept of permissions

Maybe with your crashes you need to learn how to open a terminal and type "top" and "kill"

Hey, we have message boards too! www.apple.com

my new boss insisted on a mac although the rest of us are on PCs. in the beginning i'd send her reports and she'd say 'there's something wrong with that file. you must have a virus. macs don't have viruses.' turns out it was user error. over and over again. her computer regularly crashes and the tech guys are more than tired.

my office PC has never crashed. and my five-year old PC at home is still running strong. crash free.

i've got no problem with macs, just the users who claim superiority.

i feel like i've said this before....

"never" = it will happen.
you watch.
as soon as Mac OS starts to get a real piece of Windows' 94% market share.....
no use writing viruses for such a small percentage.

i dont know if the femm-bot mac guys will be able to handle a virus. "oh no, they told us it would never happen. what do we do now, uncle steve???"

solution for viruses: stop browsing porn.

anyone ever surfed in thailand? I might be heading to Phuket and might try to score.

yawn,
you summed it up perfectly.
mac users tend to blame ignorance/inexperience on PC's or PC 'viruses' instead of assuming that they themselves, or their beloved Mac's were the guilty party. i see it over and over again with my friends that are Mac to the core. they tend to have money too, so buying an overpriced Mac is "worth it" for the quality.

there are waves in thailand but i wouldn't bother bringing boards. wannasurf breaks down the spots. there's a surf shop in phuket that rents boards. i've caught decent waves in the gulf and on phuket.

but you're surely not going to phuket for surf. you dirty man...

Steamwand - not to brag or anything like that, but it was MY suggestion - MINE. It was ME!

bullshizt Dennis, i told her to get the Excel

porn keeps the internet alive

yo!!

nice choices on the images today, e.
went to the chicago art institute yesterday
and saw many many iconic paintings "in the canvas".
picasso, man with guitar, american gothic, van gogh's bedroom, many, many by john singer sargent.. a few winslow homers. homer's oceans are amazing. the power and the isolation. stunning.

it is 38 here FOR THE HIGH and they say
it is a heat wave.
be glad ya'll are all there. sounds like the
surf is pretty damn fun. lake michigan was
0 > 1' with 2o mph winds and upper 30 water
temp. did see an ad for a surf shop on the west coast of michigan. can't get there this time.
would love to shoot the shit with the crazy
bastards who surf around here.

cheers.

Mmmmmmmm.....Strawberries

Better school for surfing:

UCLA or USC? How about better school for biking, or do I need to own a car if I am in SoCal?

complete bs on the pc vs mac call....

Macs are not immune, but viruses play 1/100th the role in machine maintenance that they do on PCs. I work in a large mixed computer workplace with admins that maintain the PCs and Macs. There is a completely disproportionate amount of time spent on the PCs. This was not the case a few years back when Macs used to get viruses too. The Mac OS was designed before the internet, before viruses had an impact.

Today, either the workplace maintains a rigid set of policies on machines, or there are admins running around fixing Windows machines everywhere. You cannot even put a Windows machine on the network to download the patches, it will be infected before the download is finished! The amount of infrastructure required to maintain a Windows workplace is ENORMOUS, and good luck finding a sys admin who administers a mixed workplace who disagrees.

The problem is that Windows enables users to have permissions and open services BY DEFAULT. Mac OS does not allow open services or permissions by default, and makes it really tough to enable services.

This is a basic infrastructural rule of security. Secure by default, and no more permissions than are necessary for the user or application at the time.

Microsoft can and will fix this whenever they start losing market share. Until then, they will continue to market anti-virus software to get even more money per client. They ship a broken product and expect you to pay to keep it fixed.

And that aspect doesn't really bug me. I turn off all non-essential Windows services, disable ActiveX in IE, and secure my machines properly and I do not get viruses on Windows. MOST PEOPLE WILL NEVER DO THIS, which is why it is a problem in the workplace.

The lockup problem is one I cannot fix, and it pisses me off to no end. I wish there were a solution that let me use Word and a browser half a day without locking up. Frequent rebooting quit being a way of life when I started using a Mac whenever possible.

And you know what?? The Microsoft Office on the Mac works BETTER than the Office on Windows!

Of course, I also use Windows. When I have to. I backup my data on Windows 10 times more frequently and am still more likely to lose it. Windows locks on me 10 times more often, even though I use it 5% as often. Its a great OS, with a few, VERY FIX-ABLE problems that the monopolist will fix quickly just as soon as it impacts market share.

Until then, live with it.

Andrew, UCLA over USC, but UC-Irvine or UCSD are better than either.

SoCal is a car-place. Much tougher to live there without a car than the Bay Area.

UCLA is closer to good waves and the bus on the north end of campus will take you to three different right points and it runs every hour.

i ride macs at home and pc's in the office.

if it's clean offshore and hollow, i dust off my commodore.

TRS-80 all the way baby!

At least until you forget to fast forward past the leader on your cassette tape, and so miss the first few lines of your program.

Man, I hate it when that happens.

Ah, the Trash-80, that brings back memories...

I never thought the unix (Mac) verses windows conversation would come up at Niceness...its like comparing crowded OB verses crowded Steamers, they both are frustrating yet if you are dialed in to the break, its all good.

Lastly, I am still missing the mind numbing perfection of November 2004 four week long glass festival at OB.

Word associations...
Ocean Beach:Anchor Steam
Linda Mar:Budweiser
Salmon Creek:Arrogant Bastard Ale
Greyhounds:Boontville IPA
Rims:Smithwicks
Fort Point:Guinness
Montara:Pete's Wicked ale
Grey Whale Cove:Saint Pauli girl (clothing optional)
Ana Nuevo aka The Buffet Zone:Hubsch Sudwerk Dopplebock