who here has been surfing this week?

YO I was there!! Surfed between class had a little over an hour to surf. Went from about 10:45 - 12:20! Stoked on it I kinda hit the low tide so it started to get really drifty for a bit but when I first paddled out it was a lot of fun. I like how that wave breaks man been meaning to get up there more. What time did you get those shots? Wish I was there then...

 

Ok, this is crazy. I'm not a great story teller but this is a good one. Was having a rough morning. Only had about an hour to surf. I decide I'm just going to suit up and go to save time since I was running late. As me and my buddy climb over the dune we see what looks like rocks littering the shore line and chest-shoulder high sets peeling perfectly. We start running down hooting and hollering. As we get closer we realized these rocks aren't supposed to be here. What's going on? We than realized it was frozen blocks of sand. Completely solid. Then we see them floating in the water. Crap, this is getting sketchy. So we paddle out anyway. The frozen rocks of sand were in the shore break to. Had to watch where you were stepping as well as watch out for incoming icebergs. Once out in the line up we realized there's allot more out there than we thought. The small ones were baseball/softball size. The big ones were like a foot-foot and a half wide. And like I said they were solid. So I decide I'm going to get one than get out. I'm not looking to get knocked out today. So I paddle for a few chest high waves and get to far inside, almost got out. But than told myself I'd be kicking myself all day of I don't get one. So I paddle back out. Catch a shoulder high set wave. Nice steep drop, first section stood up and was super fast, than it got soft and teetered out. Called it there. Not going to lie, the icebergs scared the hell out of me.

Never seen anything like that before. Really happy I got my one wave. It's pretty damn good out there. Just watch your head

 

Can't claim it was me, Killa. What new stick did you pick up?

 

I check a few spots and ended up at the pier around 8:30a. It pretty much looked good everywhere so I just got dropped off at the pier and did the drift thing home. It was super drifty, even at a higher tide. The pier can get really good but I generally try to avoid it unless it's a really long period swell or the dead of winter. There's quite a few spots around here that can get as good but with hardly anyone ever out. I love this place!!

 

We only surf the web.

 

Went to wave works. Got a killer deal on a solid o'hara, 73' throwback. Fish shape at 5'10", 21, 2.5. Has a 3 fin option that I am experimenting with but can obviously go twin fin or single fin. Quite corky since it's epoxy.

This should work in the gutless surf we see a lot here. I need something to keep me off a long board and in the water. It's a responsive, hardy board and worked great last 2 days. The cold limits abilities no doubt but there is much potential.

I highly recommend wave works to all in the vb area.

 

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yea good sh!t guys. looks like WB was awesome!
NicaFiend sweet shots man, props if that's you mid-roundhouse!

 

congrats on a good session.
you have such a GOOD ATTITUDE toward surfing.
when i consider it - due air/water temps/wind/ice/blizzard insta death.....
its with a bit of trepidation, you know?
i still might go today if the wind doesn't stuff me..
anxious.

 

Will check them out next time in VB. Pretty cool that you picked up a new stick in the dead of winter AND took it right out to winter surf the Atlantic.

 

Got out for a short session Saturday at CB before the wind completely turned everything to sh!t. Paddling over a crest the wind picked me and my board up, and over and back we went! Caught a couple waves; my wife actually saw-- and she took an extremely grainy, blurry, fuzzy picture of me that made me look like a Sasquatch surfing.
45 minutes is all I could handle... It made me feel as if I deserved Bloody Mary's and All You Can Eat Oyster then High Gravity beers.

 

Late afternoon Delmarva today. Sunny, light wind, clean waist high a-frames. Surfed about an hour and a half. Lots of ice in the water...football sized chunks and bigger, but not a issue because they were all pretty soft.

 

I love this thread. Haven't been in the water in quite a while and I love to read the accounts of yalls sessions. Keep it going and believe that when I finally do make it back out I will post an account of that glorious day. Thanks PJ, for a great thread.

 

Today was sick. It was the good 'waist high' ... some solid juice on those little guys.

I wanted to wait out the low tide, but I wasn't sure the swell would stick around, so I headed out mid-day. When I got to the beach, there was nice sets coming thorough, but everything was shutting down.

I decided to take a walk and check on the other jetties. It was so sunny out, I was relatively toasty, as long as I stayed off the snow. I ended up watching a couple of dudes surf a nice little left while the tide came back in. It's been a while since I got to enjoy the beach in pedestrian mode. These days it's usually surf, freeze, and go home.

Anyway, the swell was still alive, so I walked back to the first spot, picking up some garbage along the way. The wind was onshore, and it was a little chopped up, but there were still quality waves to be had. I paddled out and caught one that reformed to the beach, then another that walled up on the inside and gave me a fun little backhand shutdown.

Each flush was costly. The water was ridiculously cold, though iceberg free. I managed about two hours by pouring hot water into my boots and draining it twice. Thanks Iceboy (or whoever recommended that).

The Bay was frozen over out here too. The wasteland is growing tiresome ...

 

So yous guys saw ice bergs??

Checked it this morning- perfect little A frames, checked the wind forecast and figured I would wait till after work.... Well wind switched but it was still fun waves. Got a new (used) board and took it out-loved it!

Feeling a little disenchanted and maybe dissolutioned by other surfers lately tho- maybe you guys could help... Went out and three other guys where out that appeared to be friended. I don't think I appeared to be a threat to their waves, was super friendly and didn't paddle around them. But I noticed they kept jocking position for the waist hi waves... And the same guy always paddled around to the peak- past his two friends. Seriously- what kind of friend is that? I wouldn't want to surf with someone who can't even share. So anyways these guys totally had an aggro vibe... I get a good wave and one of the guys is like 'better watch out my friend on the peak was gonna go' I was like what ever dude- your friend didn't go. So I went.

Anyways their vibe totally killed it. Really made me think back to the day when it wasn't like that. Also such a contrast to the guy that I bought the board from- he was totally mellow and cool. I'm not sure how surfing can make someone aggro - it just doesn't add up

Anyways- what's your thoughts on how to handle these types of 'surfers'? Am I just getting old? I would haves picked another spot but I thought 'it's only 3 guys and I surf this spot regularly'

Ok- sorry pj, rant over

 

went out today all the websites were calling offshore but it was blowing on... wasn't too crazy though with some good size in some the water. had a couple surprisingly heavy wipe outs, couldn't find my groove... went suit got flushed a couple times, which sucks. nothing really to complain about, wasn't all time but it was alright. saw an iceberg yesterday when i was out on my log, cray cray s##t. also those dudes sound like idiots, there were plenty of waves for 4 guys in 1 spot

 

Yep. It's my main surf vehicle. It ain't pretty and it ain't fast. But it's more reliable than a Toyota, and the on board entertainment is free.

Who went surfing today?

I woke up stoked on yesterdays swell. Only four more weeks of winter surfing left, get it while you can! Here's to another week like the last one, before winter's out.

 

Anyone been surfing? This is swellinfo.................