Irene

Hahaha. Ummm . . .NO!

 

Any one else getting excited for the impossible paddle out?

 

Lol Some good stuff here.Doesn't Laird where a jacket?

 

21 ft. by sunday??! lol...... Well I know that there will be alot of sand moving... but not allot of surfing going on.

 

He does while tow-surfing 50 ft+ waves.....

 

In that case Jettyface is good to go.

 

Someone should call 911 as soon as he hits the water

 

the storm is going to be too close...VAS conditions while its here, and it wont be sending us any waves after it passes. it might be rideable for a bit before theres no swell left, and thats hoping it passes during the day

 

If this swell goes down to knee high by Monday morning in Jerz.... I'll eat my shorts!

 

if they start evacuating do you guys plan on staying and waiting for the wind to change?

 

i'm thinking about parking where i can see the water and bringing a camera and just watching. after the storm passes the models have 40kt offshores - not rideable at all. you wont be able to paddle back in

 

dude brah shred rip gnarly

 

Don't do it man, not if you like your windshield and paint. A sand-blasted windshield really sucks

 

That was a good one.

 

UMMMMM yea, just call the coast guard and let them know where your going to b surfing, with a little information about current strength, direction, and wave height they should b able to figure pretty closely where youll wash up... unfortunately you could strap yourself to a 55gal drum full of helium and a 20 ft wave will still pound you. even with a vest if you go over the falls on a 20 ft wave and land in 3 ft of water thats asking for a broken neck, a lifejacket will just help ur body float and make it a little easier to find. I really am not hating but i worked as beach partol and 5-7 ft waves can get hairy, ive seen great surfers get hurt. you gotta b a strong swimmer and KNOW YOUR WATER. if you think thats what you got and a half mile swim is doable with no surfboard give it a go!

 

Who else here is going out at 6 am on sunday morning to catch the 10-15 foot chops?

 

i think a dawn patrol on saturday is my best bet looking at the forecast right now, then we'll see what happens

 

Ugh, I'm more concerned about the flooding that's going to happen here in the VB area. My wife works this weekend downtown and I probably have to take her to work. I'm looking for a good route to avoid the many flood zones there.

I can forget about surfing this weekend, but there may be some surfable post-hurricane waves on Monday. I remember last year during the Labor Day weekend, we had a good window of nice waves after the hurricane (Earl?) passed and dissipated.

 

It looks like that window will be on sunday. It gets pretty clean at about 7 am on sunday.

 

everyone keeps comparing irene to earl, but it seems to be escaping everyone's notice that irene is a LOT closer to the coast than earl was. the winds are going to be far less favorable & a lot more intense & the waves are going to be bigger, but largely unridable. i really don't think we're going to see much, if any, surf from this system. by the time the winds back off & it cleans up, the swell will be gone. it's just too close to the shore.