who here has been surfing this week?

Ah dudes that water sure was toasty this weekend..Probably warmer then the air if you were surfing Saturday evening dusky

Hey Radley Bradley were you surfing near a cottage this weekend?

Had a fun sesh up in MOCO during high tide Saturday..headed to the shorey spot for some wedges from that NE push and scored a couple handful of waves before a hoard of barely speaking English Asians decided they were going to cast out at me

There was confrontation..they left..my stoke was killed and the beers flowed

 

I'll second that for southe Jerz. Chest to head high peaky bombs. Not very lined up but there were plenty of fun lefts to be had in OC. Water was back into the 70s with the NE wind the past few days. It was a great morning to be out and not crowded at all.

 

Fun ones on Delmarva this weekend. Waist - Chest high with late afternoon cleanups yesterday and today.

 

Wow nice summer waves down there in the Delmarva!

Water is still super warm... Went out tonight in the chop and had a blast with a few friends!

 

Nantasket was surprisingly decent today in spite of the forecast. 3+

Saw a dude wearing booties. in August. Mystifying...

 

The first time I ever saw a guy do an air in person was Joe Grottola at Poverty Beach in Cape May... he was wearing sneakers. I thought the same thing... "mystifying!"

 

Paddled out this morning on the 8'3" V bottom. Thigh to waist high, kinda closey outey...or at least, very fast breaking, but clean. Got a couple decent rides but it was basically, get to your feet and race the section as far as you can before it blows up on the inside. Not really ideal conditions for that particular board but it was alright.

Had two kooks on costco foamies get in my way on takeoff on what would have been a really nice right. They made zero attempt to move so I pulled back and was a little pissed. So I told them to watch out, and that they made zero attempt to get out of my way. One responds by saying, "sorry man. Didn't know we were in your way. We were just cheering you on". OK. I don't need a cheering section, I just need people to stay out of the way, or at the very least, try to get out of the way should they find themselves in the way.

Got a couple more and decided to go home to switch boards. Went home and grabbed the 6'8" single fin egg. Return to the beach to find it even more crowded and way less consistent. I got some alright ones but it was long waits between sets. Eventually I found I had drifted down to the main peak, which I typically avoid because half the people don't have any idea what they're doing, and the other half know what they're doing but don't care enough to use basic ettiqette.

But it was a lot more consistent so I stayed down there. Big mistake. Got a couple decent ones, but the drop in artists were all freaking over the place. Saw multiple collisions. Groms burning the **** out of people with no regard for anyone but themselves. One in particular, is very bad about it. He's well known in the Jax area and is quite good, but a total brat. Burned me twice and snowballed the section in front of me both times. I don't think he caught a wave where he didn't burn somebody. By this time the swimmers were out in full force and every wave was like slalom surfing, so I decided it was time to leave.

Really makes me look forward to winter and some cold water.

 

I've been avoiding this tread cause it's been flat so long down here, and I didn't want to start hating on everyone who has been surfing. Today i surfed for the first time in at least 2 months.

It was knee to thigh, very clean, crystal clear water, only a handful of guys out and well spread out. i kept it very simple - a 9'0" single fin no leash - and got lots of long long rides with some cutbacks and off the lips to keep it flowing.

It's hard not to get a bit philosophical after such a long flat spell. Surfing is such an awesome sport and artform. The feeling of glide is magical, even on small waves. The colors, sounds and smells all seem way mo betta during a surf session. I now feel totally in tune with nature. That's it for now. Peace and waves ya'll.

 

Anyone else looking forward to winter?!?

There have been a lot of fun tiny longboard mornings.. Have been just getting out at dawn for 45min and no one is really around... Get a few nice ones. Warm bath water and boardshots! Stoked!

Although miss the actual sizable waves... But will take the mini waves and warm water and have fun!!

 

When i get board I pick a random page on this thread and start reading. 100+ is sick.

 

Not yet. Still enjoying the 80-plus degree water.
Wave-wise, most of this summer in VB has been a bust. Although I have not been able to get out in the mornings - my favorite time. Only a few waist-chest high bumps here and there. Most recently a few days ago.

 

I got inspired by SISURFDOGs post on the forum about surfing yesterday after a month of flatness. I read it last night and out loud said, "Phuket, I am going to skip work and go surfing in the
morning" . On short notice I rustled up a buddy to meet up early.

We weren't disappointed. There were waist high sets, medium intervals, and some plus sizes rolling through for the two hours we squeezed in before going late to work. It's the first sizeable wave since my new board. Took a while to get used to that but got some very fun super fast rides! There was electricity in the air, mostly great surfers out who had hunkered down the past month until the swell started yesterday. The guys were super nice and called out my waves!

It seems so much sweeter when you play hooky to surf. Was totally worth it. Thanks SISURFDOG!

 

doesn't happen often, but it was even tiny at my spot this week. Mostly weak and crumbly knee-thigh high windswell with the rare waist high set I'm guessing came all the way up from TS Hilda. Never seen so many Wavestorms. Looking forward to the kids and tourists going back to school next month.

 

I always look forward to fall/winter, more because of traffic and crowds than anything else.
The last two months have been about as good as the first two months of summer get on the Delmarva...warm clear water mostly 75+, not one upwelling event, consistent waist high waves 2-3 days a week, afternoon sea breeze destruction for some reason not as prevalent as most years.

 

^^^ I've been surfing every week and having fun but definitely looking forward to Fall / Winter. My favorite time of year for many reasons.

 

Sorry Jawnd... I was at the little beach club with the family. Surfing watchin the kids and drinkin, sure was fun. I hope you get the stoke back, violence always kills it for me too.

 

Did it look anything like this?

http://www.gulfster.com/Daily/2015PictureGallery/081115ec/index.html

 

And bingo was his name.

 

Similar, almost as good nice photos

 

Good stuff Betty! Looked nice on the cam. Glad you got it and were able to put your new boarde through it's paces. I still haven't had a chance to get my boarde into some decent waves. Swell Info promised us some knee high surf but that didn't happen. I think I'm just gonna pretend I don't like to surf for another two months.