E's Surf Report

yeah,e ---appreciation of ocean dwelling life is one of the joys of surfing...was down at the PP in SC county over the weekend frollicking with the otters feasting on cracked crab while doing the back float.

Munoz story in TSJ -- enviable lifestyle

Hmmm. I wonder how similar the West Coast US geology is to the West Coast EU at the same latitude? Those pics look somewhat like SC County. Oh Mr. Wizzard!

yeah. took me over an hour to get to work. muni. sheesh.

rains coming. good for tahoe. bad for surf.

buckethead tomorrow night!

The dolphins this morning were amazing. I too had never seen them so close up. Really cool.

A Minda Lar Tale
So, 6 weeks ago I head down to Minda Lar as the mighty OB is showing it's game face. I catch a few closeout lefts and a few fun rights into the South end. I notice the water is a bit dirty but pay no mind as I've been surfing there off and on since I was 15 (sheisa, that's almost 25 years) with out getting sick. The next day I feel a sore throat comig on and by the next morning I'm flat out raging sick. Off to the doc and I'm put on 1000 mg Amoxicillan for 10 days for a serious case of strep throat. Brutal regime of interior body bacteria kill-off and general malaise for 10 days. So I come through it and itching for a surf I head down to Slozzle st and once again the game face is on and there is no way to tame the beast that is our beach. Once again I head down to Minda Lar and it's pretty much exactly the same as it was 11 days prior, so I paddle out and catch a few lefts, rights etc. Refreshed and happy after missing 2 weeks of surf and finally getting free from the antibiotic smackdown that is Amoxicillan, I head home thinking in the back of my mind that it wasn't the water that made me sick the first time, just the natural cycle of sickness and health that is life etc etc. Next morning I awaken to this funny feeling in my head. By the end of the day I'm full on raging sick again. Off to the doc and it turns out that this time I have Bacterial Influenza. Another 10 days of antibiotics (Omnicef this time) and the heaviest gnarliest dry-cough headache fever induced reality I've ever experienced (not to mention missing this great stretch the last week....bummed). Is it just me or are other people getting sick from surfing there?
E, blessed by the Delfinas this morning....awesome!

My first surf after becoming a father I saw a baby dolphin for the first time. They are sooo cute.

e, thanks for the Jamaica 411 yesterday. crossing my fingers my ocmpany gets the deal and i get to go.

Anyone surfed Peru in June? Any recommended spots/thoughts?

i got sick right after surfing the jetty the day before the mavs contest. it's god's way of calling me on being a pussy.

andrew, I swore off surfing down there after my eyeballs started feeling goopy and itchy after every sesh - and that was nowhere near rain. Disgusting. Some people have stronger constitutions, lucky them. Me, I have to find cleaner water and or risk serious yuck factor. It's not just you.

Was there really a gas explosion? Damn bean burritos. Methane production in the Mission is at an all time high.

dolphins are the best. that jolly family made
it by me as well. if you ever get REALLY close,
give 'em a look in the eye...so much like a human
eye it will freak you out.

the dolphins were almost more fun than the surf.
square waves are tricky.

I got a weird rash all over my arms once from the Mar. Now I try to keep as far away from there as possible. San Pedro Creek is particularly filthy. Everyone probably knows about this "Water Quality" site, but here's the links anyway:

Mar:
http://www.earth911.org/waterquality/default.asp?beach_id=1073&cluster=6081

Beach:
http://www.earth911.org/waterquality/default.asp?beach_id=49&cluster=3

cc- I've been there in June and recommend it. Anywhere but where the north coast where it turns and faces north will work. Towns and landscape can be a bit a bit grim and it's foggy a lot. Also, you'll need a fullsuit so it's no tropical getaway like indo. Nonetheless, if you like left handed points....

speed-thanks. 3.2 or 4.3?

I have a dilemna. Long time Catholic, and I have a hard time confessing my sins to a priest who I just discovered is gay. I know that they can't get married, and I respect their need for sexual outlet, better gay than with my son, I always say, but if I am feeling a little confused as to my own sexuality, wondering if it may be a bit sinful, will confessing it to my gay priest expose myself to a come-on?

check out a great live camera of Scripps Pier

http://surfingsandiego.com/cams.asp

Scott

cc- 3.2 will do the trick.

I also just got over the flu. It fucking sucks to be sick. There are so many other options when OB is big, you rarely need to surf there.

Last year, I got stank ear from lmar. Took 3 months of goop and ear drops to get rid of it completely. I wonder if that stuff works on arm pits???

Isn't Linda Mar posted year round for contamination??

I always see the SP Creek as being posted right at the beach.

I think one of the coolest things in nature is to watch other animals like dolphins or birds surfing waves. It always reminds me that we're just another animal on the chain of evolution, and that maybe our life's pleasures aren't so different than any other inhabitant of the earth.

Anon,
ask him if being gay or bi-curious is a sin. then ask him out on a date.

Never fear my son, I shall be gentle

Sweet morning...the dolphins brought an amazing vibe to the water...they seemed more playful and interested in hanging out than I've ever seen them. One just floated on the surface for a few minutes. Another set up this amazin launch out of the face of a wave. The wave was lit up with the rising sun, the dolphin embedded in the wave, moving FAST, and it hucks out of the wave in the open-face. Definitely made me want to grow fins.

Amazing parking lot scene too...pre-dawn light, suiting up, I hear a honk...I look up and see a gray Audi idling (or trolling the lot for somebody to check him out) with a longboard on-top. As soon as I look up, the audi hammers the gas and (almost) screeches into a parking spot two over from me, blasting some sort of euro-trance tunes. The guy has got J-lo glasses on and is looking real-sweet...I chuckle and hope my buddy arrives soon to enjoy what I think we're about to experience.

After my buddy arrives, the poor guy gets out of his car, takes his LB off the roof, leans it on the side of the audi. Proceeds to knock it over "SLAM" once...then picks it up and drops it again "SLAM". Ouch...I cringe, feeling for the guy. After a minute or so of dancing around his car, getting amped up, I guess, the guy (in his Addidas jump-suit and French accent), runs over to ask us how the conditions look - and to tell us its been a LONG time and he's really nervous (keep in mind that the biggest waves today on the rarest of sets were maybe...maybe...shoulder-high, and the ocean surface was glassy and clean - dry-hair paddle out kind of day). The entire correspondence was very 'not-real'...it was hilarious.

The waves were small so we told him it was an ok day to get back in the water. So he gets suited up and runs off down the beach.

My buddy and I decide that its probably best to avoid his general area for safety reasons, so we head a little north of him to paddle out.

Then...and I feel bad about writing this, 'cause the guy was genuinely stoked, but it was SO funny to watch...he walks his board out about 30 feet, finds a tasty-looking six-inch wall of tapering off whitewater, jumps on his belly, paddles like hell, jumps up and stuffs the fin in the sand. DOH!

At that point, my buddy and I just kinda let out a sigh and some cackles and proceeded with our morning of mediocre small-surf and happy dolphin parties. We didn't see him again (car was gone when we got out).

He could easily have been a character in a Ben Stiller flick.

Dolphins were out surfing and launch airs last night too. A friend of mine who was learning to surf was totally in awe.

Pant's on fire!

Today was bike to work day you fat fucking slobs!

shit! i always miss bike to work day! i suck!

WRONG! Bike to work day is in May. Although I bike to work everyday.

Lance, why did you break it off with Sheryl Crow? did you see her in the Kid Rock video or something?

Jenn, I just wasn't strong enough to be her man.

elias, kore wanna meet for another ti chi match? im out right now..

Jenn, you are so last season...

Becky at Maxim

You crack me up e. Every time you get hazed and come back with a "your right, i suck!" i just almost piss myself.
also that green left is basically a perfect wave in the sense that we probably surf more days like that then we do of the pictures of day's when there is not actual perfection. sometimes some lump or twist is what you need to creat the sections to freelance as sometimes a perfect wave can be too boring, racing to make it or just the same over and over again.

With dolphins in the water, we'll no doubt have a rash of "shark" sightings in the coming weeks.

Does anybody actually like Kid Rock? I think he's the most untalented celebrity ever. He seems like a person I'd just like to punch if I met him...

Yo Dennis,
Kid Rock is actually an extremely talented musician. Writer, producer too. He play's it all and listens to it all.
He's just one of those guy's who is enjoying his fame and the rock star lifestyle.
Now don't get me started on Bono or Mick. When are those self centered bastards gonna go in to hiding.

Or McCartney....still playing weak assed concerts for Geriatrics.

I like the picture of the breakwater.

scott stapp rocks!!

hey church confessor homo dude, keep your sweaty rocker fantasies to yourself

Kaiser, Sactomex POINT DUTY!

Dolphinas were charger's this am! Jumping surgfing the whole bit. I saw the baby to--caauuuute
good stuff

I've only seen Kid Rock sing/rap - if that's what you call it. He sucked bad.

Comparing KR to McCartney is like comparing me to Satriani.

yeah we can't do that dennis...

you have too much hair.

You know how it is Dennis.

"by the way which one's pink" pretty much say's it all.

produce and packaged, photo shoot, payola and voila.....ya got yourself the backstreet boys.

Satriani rocks. Kid Rock doesn't.

This guy totally rocks the guitar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwWIBY-P490

Just watch it till the 2-3 minute mark.

satriani?
how old are you?

Jada Picket Smith is in a new band with the drummer from Fishbone. She looks damn good here too. it's a metal band.

http://www.wickedwisdom.net

Long time reader, first time poster. I just wanted to say that I love the energy and humor all you surfer guys exhibit. This site definitely helps me get through my day and is much better than the sewing blog that my coworkers enjoy. Enjoy the weekend and keep up the 'stoke'!!

here's a pic of me on the job

Kaiser, I'm HOT.

Kid Rock has more money than Satriani and is 20 years younger.

They have the same job so? Who rocks?

Kid Rocks.

Kid Rock used to rock back in the yoddling in the valley days.

Where is Kaiser?

I'm talking talent and your talking cash.

>satriani?
>how old are you?

Older than Joe.

ewwww....manimals

Everyone uses their talents to make stacks of cash.

More talent, more cash stacks.

are they still saving up for the other twin's boobs?

yawn

to hunting the skies: here is a little something i posted late a few nights ago. just a little theme I've been working on with the recent rise of "cobstah" and "tomato face" posts. nothing really complex, but then again, this is a love story...

------------------------------------
It was a night of heated debate - technical analysis of OB sandbar formation -versus- the role of SF surf art in an unappreciative community.
7 wheat grass shots later and Cobstah takes one up the ass from Tomato Face.
After nine long months a nasty feud turns into unconditional love....
It's a love for their baby, their baby BobCobStah!
And for a brief moment, my friends, OB glassed off...and there was peace on earth.

In the other room, a baby BobCobstah cry is heard. Cob wiggles out of a tight spoon. He whispers to the man lying next to him, "Shhhh, no no no no no, you sleep, my darling, it's my turn to get up............And I want you fresh in the morning. You promised a DP"

feeling sleepy

For all you guitar (and other stringed instrument fans), a browse through the inventory at Gruhn Guitars is always a worthy diversion on a slow afternoon...

http://gruhn.com/

tattoo paintings

this thing let me post here

If only a guitar could talk, this 1953 ES-175 would have some amazing tales.

After surfing for a week in the OC, this place rocks. If it were this "big" down at the OC there would be 500+ people out. Today I surfed with 2 people for over an hour, nothing to complain about here.

Raggamuffins tomorrow...

oooooo!
that guitar is purrrrdy!

My Kid Rock close encounter.
I lived in Santa Monica for a year when I was finishing my Masters at UCLA. Me and a bud were surfing Old Joes right in front of Malibu colony. We were in the water when we saw this stacked blonde on the beach sun bathing with some guy. When we came in we saw who it was. Pamela and Kid Rock.
That whole stretch of Malibu is like celebrity surfing craziness. Over the course of that summer after graduation, we also ran in to Rick Fox out in the water at surf riders beach, and I borrowed some wax from Brandon Boyd in the Malibu point parking lot.

you guys have BVB right here in the hood and you're talking bout Kid Rock?

I'm a cowboy baby

You might be hot but we can't tell with all those clothes on. You know the drill.....

As for the Idol Sisters, I am back from a long lunch. What can I do for you honeys?

is that kitten up for adoption? my chick wants him.

It sure is sunny today

Buckethead in T minus 30 hours!!!!

Farking psychoided!

I just got out of a 3.5 hour treatment for my surfitis. It's a debilitating disease that prevents me from going to work on certain days and can only be treated by immersing one's self in the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, the side effects of treatment include hunger and thirst, which I will now be forced to treat by eating a hamburger in the sun at Zeitgeist. I'm gonna have to save my receipts and send them to my health insurance.

I saw no dolphins.

anyone have any extra tickets for the upcoming Arctic Monkeys show?
I have tons of other tix (CYHSY, Snow Patrol etc)to trade or will pay cashish or nugs or whatever.

arctic monkeys are so HOT right now.

Shut it Cafafer.

Dear Needles aka C-CM - Corn-Cob Master.
You sound worse than the sick fuck that I am. YOU ARE A SICK FUCK.
Aside from the cob fetish (btw - you're banished to Cornholes), I sense a disruption in your psyche. I am not a professional but...
you seem to suffer from lonliness and the ills of envy, avarice, and a sorry ass guilt.
Seek a life, then a wife...
Rather we surf on Rapestah's swizzler than the cob. Adeiu.

CLAIMERS ALL SHUT IT

I think Kaisers betty of the day has a chancre on the top of her right breast...

Yeah you claimers - keep Malibu a secret!!!

Part of the goal is to out all of you cube claimers. Next up: Cadaver; unless he prints a retraction and apologizes to the home boy crew. We know who you are and we're coming after you. Sactomex - is there anything you don't know?
How is it that you claim the beach?
Every report, every mention of the beach, every photo is another nail in the coffin of this place. Your internet habits ruin everyhting. Since when did computers become synonomous with surfing waves?
E, you forgot the mermaids!

-Since when did computers become synonomous with surfing waves?

Dude! have'nt you evern heard of "Web Surfing"!

what?

WTF, what is up with the repost bullshit? You want props for posting your CobStah stuff?

Here: PROPS

No need to repost. That might be worse then claiming, "claiming by repost".

But, that was some funny ass shit. In fact, where is CobStah? Must not be much happening on the corn front.

While you were all complaining about surfers and not surfing, I went home sick and visited the low tide. Less talk, more surf please.

the sound of the internet clapping is often very hard for your needy insecurities to hear. reposting does not make it louder, but your insecurities are more noticable.

WTF is that!! Is that a deer fucking a dog? That is totally fucked up.

I'd much rather turn this up, er, on the internet

Sacto, I see flap...We needed that yesterday.

What is that Goonies kid up to these days?

oh yeah, I'd like to shove my nose in that last little nugget of Sacto's - I bet you that has a nice aroma

Two good guitar shops:

Gryphon guitar in Pala Alto -- decent selection of acoustic guitars (Larivee's, Taylors, Martins).

My favorite, Island Guitars on Oahu: www.islandguitars.com; they had a very EXPENSIVE Martin DX-50 last time I was there: the guitar had mother of pearl inlays, solid Brazilian rosewood for back, sides, neck, stock, aged Cedar top, ebony finger boards, high end tuners, etc... it was a beast. Price? $50,000.

What a 50 grand guitar looks like,

yabba dabba doobie

Sunrise with dolphins. Sunset with dolphins. Awesome day. Here comes the rain.

ahhhh...

but, no dolphins.

Hey hey now! Woo Hoo Hoo to you. Bad Vibe here!
I'm going to be your new surf report, hourly conditions, beach interlock butt master. Each and every day ( if E doesn't 'black hole' me ) I'm going to give each and every one of you the daily, hourly, up to the minute surf report! Plus soon* you'll be able to call me in my new SUV as I cruise the grt. hwy!
I have to set up a new 411 WAVE # for ya'll...

'Alright BAD VIBE! Way to fucking go' - I can hear it now.
Consider it kind of a 'surf blotter ' too - where I will access and diseminate my uberknowledgeable beach prowess and bless you with my oneness.

Here goes...a wrap up...

Today under PERFECTLY Killer conditions OB served up yet another stellar day of small fishable longboardable gunnular ripable waves. Picture a perfectly cylindrical mini-Pipe. All the avenues crystalline. Magic on the
Nor Cal coast - gliding upon clear blue near Springtime water. Dolphins and E swimming with them. I said, ' E! maaa'aa'n, why you be swimming with the dolphins? Where is your board mannnnn???- [sign] "puff puff"
How's da mermaids'?

Many rippers out today. Pro's and novice surfers alike enjoying the crafty peaks.
All the winter shallow leftover sandbars were firing. Waves for everyone. No heavy vibes just killer 1'-3-3 to 5-7 foot occasional slots.

Forecast for the weekend. YEEEEEE HAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SIZE.
Quick rising swell outta the SW. South winds and heavy rain. Could be good at Rockaway!,
Pacifica, - the Pier, Morey's Point - you know - Montara etc. etc....linda marvin...
I'll brush up on my stuff over the weekend but rest assured that by monday you're going to receive the rippingest surf conditions/wave and wind report ever!
(In the works: Rincon daily!, who needs a wave cam when you've got BVD!!!?)
Ride On MY BROTHERS.

PEACE OUT.

Fired up! We finally converted ODB and brought him to the "other side".

It was just a matter of time before he caved in.

Sweet - are we all gettin cool art-sy trucker hats too?

so what do the waves look like right now?

hoo ray for BVB

PEACE OUT to you Un-Conditional Wave Whore

t o m a t o e f A C E

MEET YIU AT TARAVAL BRAH!! BRO!!!

DA FORT TOO FLAT

HANG 5

HATE CURATE REGULATE MASTURBATE

Sad to say I haven't surfed under the bridge lately. But I will again and I hope to meet our special friend. Before I go, I'll drop a dime to some blue suit friends and have them on standby. Maybe, just maybe, the little jerk will throw a punch and "Mr. Local" can spend a day or two downtown. Wouldn't that be sweet? I'm sure he would meet friends who share his aggro values.

any hope of wind dying or switching direction today?
reports from the front?
what happened to SE wind forecast? shit was onshore as soon as the fog lifted.

BAD NEWS/GOOD NEWS:

Bad Vibe Bob was hit by a car 2 weeks ago,
but did not survive the accident. All posts
to this board since have come from a paid
stand-in living in Turlock, according to a
stipulation in his will. Another odd, but true
request of Mr. Carrillo was that his body be

dressed by Mexican/Jewish butchers, accor-
ding to strict Latino-Kosher standards. His
meat, in various cuts from round tip to flank
roast is now available to surfers at a reduced
rate and will be auctioned online on a first
come, first served basis.

BVB has earned it. MORE!

okay, i've been coming on this blog for about a year now, and i'm still wondering, who is this BVB dude?? is he just a characterization of all that is bad about surfing in the Bay Area? please enlighten me.

incoming swell tomorrow, but the winds will FUCK it up. gawd... it's either winds, the rain, or crappy swell.

He's *HERE*

This photo taken seconds before he exploded into a rage, skulled the beer in one swift movement, and bludgeoned the photographer to near death with the empty bottle.

All without setting his board down...

no way, what?? you're definitely joking, right??

no one jokes on the internet.

wait a minute, they do too.

it was surfable before 10, then too much southwest wind.

Tired- I can't see how these guys would help you entrap the surfgod for a measly dime between them. I happen to know they charge an ounce minimum and for a kook like you they'll want at least twice that. How's that Costco funboard work at B**td**ks?

..RESULTING
IN VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON THE COASTAL WATERS AND EVEN IN THE
BAYS.

Berkley Marina is bout to go off.

HHEYYYYYY NOW!
I'm still in one piece - whew - what a night!
Here is your surf report for Sunday morning.
GET UP SLEEPY HEAD! Time to put on those soiled BVD's where your sphicter pinches the fabric as you clench your ass facing the ocean from the dune.Grab those funky smeeling tennis shoes, white tube sox and the Nor Cal Hoodie and hit it!!!!!
Under mostly chilly overcast skies the waves at OB are an occasional 3-5-7 feet with double overhead sets - crazy. Watch and wait for a minute then a fatty'll come in. All bars are open - nearly empty...
Sloat has 12-14 wave hungry big wave hellmen all sitting on one peak in front of Macho Mans red Vanagon. A real pig pile. For my money I'd take the peak just south of the pile - out near Cornholes where Houman Pirdavari aka 'Cadaver' will be relegated to surfing the whole of his entire sad ass surfing life.
Waves are forecast to come up with an easterly wind in the offing.
I'd say load up the truck or Pathfinder and make the drive up here from all directions.
It's going to be a great day of perfect waves.

Lates My Brothers!

I don't ride a funboard. I used to hang at aggroville but now I inner tube for inner peace.

sorry to disturb all the negativity but here's something to feel
good about

GIF89a¯

Wow, that wasn't very nice. First you guys continue your unprovoked attacks on BVB and now you're making fun of a kid with autism? How do you live with yourselves?

that report is wrong ocean beach is pretty small still and the local swell is not going to hit till tonight i write this from my phone near the showers

Uhhh, yeah-right. And like, baking spoons on the stairway are making raccoons install doorknobs on my nephew's gunrack!

Dude, I'm sorry for peeing on your shoe and to anyone else I've ever clowned on here or given stinkeye in the water, I'm sorry. To all the self-proclaimed fully actualized humans that inhabit this blog, I've seen the error of my ways and the great value in yours. I am humbled in the presence of your collective higher consciousness. From now on I will strive to truly embody the principles of niceness. One of first things I must do is arrange to repay my employers the TENS of thousands of dollars I have stolen from them surfing the web while on the clock. Oh shit.....wait a minute.... that's you guys, I work for myself.

bvb?! why you hate me!?

Hey Double Standard - no offense, but I think you missed the point of the autistic kid video.

after the fact- Don't you just hate it when someone misconstrues or takes something you wrote out of context? That was the point of the post. No offense, but it went over your head.

I stand and fight with BVB.

Anyone, Anystyle, Anytime, Anyplace.

I am a tongue-fu master and I too will stand with BVB and trade barbs and insults against any number of his detractors. Better hone your "yo' momma" skills.

that autistic kid vid was cool. so, does that mean he will go on to play more bball?

on a side note, my weekend dating adventures were a pretty depressing experience. Bay Area women are pretty fucked in the head. call it being liberal, feminist empowerment, or whatever other euphemism they use in place of just being a WHORE, but it's sad when the women i've been dating have bigger dicks, figuratively speaking, than most guys I know. all these girls know how to do is eat out, drink alcohol, spend dime on clothes, and try to meet a rich doctor. it's sadder still when everyone one of these girls i've met don't even know how to cook, or have any hobbies besides watching reality tv shows. fucking depressing.

It's true, a misogynist can't find a decent girl to grind underfoot these days.

word anon, haven't had too much luck in the singles scene either lately - just don't get bitter and angry - that will really ruin your chances.

I don't think its feminism, its reverse femenism - they all want to become soccer moms, drive big suburbans, live in big houses, have perfect little kids, spend the day at the country club and complain about the kitchen remodel. Expected price for said lifestyle in the Bay Area - $250k/yr. Good luck with that.

Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of great women in the area - but they're all hitched. The rest are single for a reason.

But I guess I'm single for a reason too.

A weekend without surf caught me off guard. Nothing to do. I always forget how lame it is 6mo of the year here. Guess I'll have to dust of the ol' bike and join the minions peddaling around the greater area. sweet. not.

Fucking pissing rain

I have a girlfriend, but it seems to be alot of attractive woman here in the city. I would think it would be easier to meet more chill down to earth girls in SF.

As for the girls in the techy industry they are f'n lame. They have been trying to get rich out here for so long and have unsuccessful. All they want is someone to hand them some money and now they are just like the pretentious manhattan-ites. They don't surf, they want to learn but do not have the will.

I've found that you can meet very different sorts of girls if you are willing to consider nuns. They are kind, gentle, dedicated, and out of the mainstream. Takes a little work to get them to give up nunning, but then you have yourself a real doll.

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