Summer has been SWELL

Discussion in 'All Discussions' started by DawnPatrol321, Jul 15, 2013.

  1. bushwood

    bushwood Well-Known Member

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    Jun 4, 2010
    The past two weeks I have scored waves in Rodanthe. This past weekend Saturday was fun with Stomach high sets and occasional Chest High peaks and always the waves had some @$$ to them. In town (nags Head KDH,/Kitty Hawk) it was barely rideable, well work the drive for sure. Its been pretty much waist to stomach high since June 28th in Rodanthe, I haven't scored this many days of waist high plus surf in July in a long time. Buxton saw Shoulder to Head high waves a couple of weekends ago also.
    Honestly I have just been lucky, had the week of the fourth off, so scored waves almost 9 days straight, then both days this weekend were fun, a little smaller yesterday but the waist high sets were fun once the tide got off the bars.
    Yes wasit to stomach high waves in Rodanthe are fun, plenty of power down there to enjoy waist to stomach high surf.

    Lee- I haven't surfed VB since mid June where it was over knee high.
     
  2. Kahuna Kai

    Kahuna Kai Well-Known Member

    Dec 13, 2010
    DP's stoke is strong like bull. Summer 2010 was ****ing rad. This summer has been pleasantly consistently surf able. More so than I can recall anyway. Someone is always gonna be a contrarian. PJB is always weird and often verbose.
     

  3. Paddington Jetty Bear

    Paddington Jetty Bear Well-Known Member

    Apr 23, 2013
    Hey how'd you do on that test you had a month or two ago?

    Weird? Dang right, man. I am no commoner.

    Verbose? Well, there's alot floating through my brain waves, hombre. I have to be excessively wordy.......using too many words. Dude, five words submissions are pointless in my world. Plus, man, Spicoli's got me beat these days. I'll have to become more verbose........excessively wordy.......using too many words. Ha.............

    Yeah, summer 2010.......and fall of 2011. Winter 2012-2013 was a bit overrated in my book.
     
  4. blankp

    blankp Well-Known Member

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    May 31, 2009
    It's nice when ya heading down and have no expectations waist high set every once in awhile stomach high sets would roll in nobody in the water except a couple of kooks and used a new board which work well
     
  5. Zippy

    Zippy Well-Known Member

    Nov 16, 2007
    I'm with you on this. I have a great time in waist high waves, even smaller if its really clean. You do need the right board to have the most fun. I am not a long boarder and ride my 5'9" in everything under chest high. Even caught and passed a couple of log riders this past weekend that dropped in on a right when I was on the left side of the peak. Guess they didn't realize I was going right, either way you can't ride a true short board unless you are a 110 pound 14 year old. What a great weekend for warm fun waves, I surfed 7 hours on Saturday.
     
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  6. SHREDSLED

    SHREDSLED Well-Known Member

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    Feb 6, 2012
    PJB, this is great stuff, I actually laughed out loud on this one.
     
  7. grom-ajb

    grom-ajb Member

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    Jun 13, 2013
    Checked the webcam early Sunday morning. I chose not to believe what I saw with hopes that the waves weren't ankle-high breaking on sand so I drove to the beach. Stupid webcam was spot-on. Hung my head, sniffled, shed one tear and drove home. I get one fun session a week in the summer...f***ing way she goes. One is better than none.
     
  8. DawnPatrol321

    DawnPatrol321 Well-Known Member

    Mar 6, 2012
    Damn that sux, you'll be rewarded just for going, wave gods won't let that act of faith go unnoticed, just hang in there Bub
     
  9. mOtion732

    mOtion732 Well-Known Member

    Sep 18, 2008
    just enough here in nj to stay loose and paddle around in boardshorts
     
  10. 15stwr

    15stwr Well-Known Member

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    Oct 5, 2010
    i for one have loved the the heavy marine layer every morning in NJ obscuring the cams and keeping the casual surfer at home and our dawn patrol sessions crowd free.

    south jersey was real fun for a couple of hours on sunday morning. waist with plus sets, glass and nice peaky waves...
     
  11. seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

    Aug 21, 2012
    Yes the fog in the morning has been awesome.
     
  12. Kahuna Kai

    Kahuna Kai Well-Known Member

    Dec 13, 2010
    Still studying and still being a ****, sorry. Overrated? Compared to? I beg to differ, this winter was the best I've seen in the last 5 years. The waves weren't all that big, but super consistent. We scored big time and it was pretty mild as far as the air and water temps.
     
  13. Peajay4060

    Peajay4060 Well-Known Member

    Nov 14, 2011
    I hope so. That was a great summer. Lots of big named storms giving us days of head high and much bigger waves each.

    This summer has been good. There's been something to surf almost every day. Sat and Sunday showed chest high waves with some push. Nothing epic but surfed all weekend and not really crowded.
     
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  14. GoodVibes

    GoodVibes Well-Known Member

    Jun 29, 2008
    Was on vaca last week and had some descent waves all week.Took my brother outlaw for the first time in like 10 years for him and he was killin it.Glad to see someone else stoked.I had my first triple sesh so that was pretty cool.I think one of my next goals is to go skiing and surf the same day.
     
  15. EmassSpicoli

    EmassSpicoli Well-Known Member

    Apr 16, 2013
    Descent waves as in they went down? More stoke, brah! We don't want more less stoke!!
     
  16. EmassSpicoli

    EmassSpicoli Well-Known Member

    Apr 16, 2013
    Sick winter and consistent, yes. Mild temps? No, no Brazos!! Guess we aren't in similar spots. Air was commonly 8-18 degrees and water a searing 36+ w/o windchill. Can't even remember what it was like by now since I'm going in just baggies no top now but I do know it was cold as balls. But stokey!!!
     
  17. DosXX

    DosXX Well-Known Member

    Mar 2, 2013
    It was fun yesterday (Monday) evening around 6-7PM off VB (Dam Neck). It was only 3ft, but an improvement over what we've been seeing the past several weeks. We'll take what we can get.
     
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  18. GoodVibes

    GoodVibes Well-Known Member

    Jun 29, 2008
    Yo Brady,Goodwaves indeed = Goodvibes=stoked
     
  19. seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

    Aug 21, 2012

    There's a pretty cool write up-on it on surfline, in the swell stories section I think...wasn't it Felix that stalled and sent solid groundswell for over a week? I know Luis is special for me, that was my first introduction to sizable point surf, never forget that day. And agreed on Saturday, pleasantly surprised.
     
  20. bonzer5

    bonzer5 New Member

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    Feb 13, 2013
    ahh, summer of 95 . . . 5x/wk all summer as I recall, a miracle I kept my job that year