who here has been surfing this week?

Love reading your write ups toonces. Next time I'm up north I'm giving you a shout and hopefully you show me some spots. Only been to RI a handful of times. But man i love it there. Such a beautiful and interesting coastline. Maybe diffrent for locals, but i feel like there's much exploring to be done. Iv only surfed 3 spots. Well known spots. I like trying to figure out the spots your surfing but i never can. Leads me to believe i gotta get back there and explore.

 

What a day! Hope everyone else got some, there was plenty to go around! Still able to trunk it, as it was a pretty warm, unseasonably warm day. Took a ride to Cape May and surfed there with my best friend and some of his buddies that live in the area. Surfed from just before 3:00 PM to right around 7:00 PM. Cape May doesn't always have surfable conditions, but when it does, it's on! Some spots right down the street, just a few blocks over were completely flat. And it wasn't even crowded either! I think most people were surfing the cove LOL. Totally oblivious to where we were today. Just a few of us and that was it.

Head high early on, then dropped a bit by dusk. It was high tide when we got there, probably would have been even better at low tide, but this was good one for sure. I'd like to provide a write up like Toonces, but the surf beat the **** out of today and I'm low on energy! Still in trunks, maybe this was the last time for the year. Never know, I thought last week would be my last day in trunks until next June? Maybe next week, never know when I'm gonna get a day off....

Hope everyone else has been scoring! Sounds like they have been, as it's been a good month. I've only gotten to surf 2 times in the last 2.5 weeks though.

 

There were still a few cats out n trunks today but I was pretty comfortable in e 3/2. Tuesday the full suit felt warm...maybe a bit of upwelling today.

 

Rhode Island? I'd DEFINITELY already be in my 3/2 if I were up there! When I was a young man of 40? Probably not. Now in my late (is 46 late 40's? sure don't seem like mid ) 40's, I'd be close to shivering!

I probably would have had my 3/2 on today, if not for the warm air temperatures. Water was 69 in Cape May today. Air temp might have been 85 today. It's been a warm September. By how cool it seemed to be getting in late August, I never figured it to be such a warm September. There were nights in late August when I wanted to wear a hoodie and put on some pants. It feels like September has been warmer than the last half of August, especially at night.

 

winds cooperated a little this afternoon, and Hurricane Maria is still throwing back some swell. Quick sesh after work. Water is still warm..was comfy trunking it.

 

Nice! Looked a bit like what I had today! Nice stuff from Maria! It was exactly what I needed, with about 3-4 very stressful days coming up!

 

Nice!...missed it yesterday.

 

I lied, shoulder is too stiff and a little swollen. Gonna take it easy today. It felt great until I went to sleep and woke up.

 

First day not surfing since last week...and last week we had 5/7 days of extremely surfable conditions. And the week prior to that...3/7 days.

Just wanna thank mi hermanas muy bonita Irma and Maria y hermano muy loco Jose!

All in all an absolutely funtastic September! Oh, and still trunking it here in No. FLA!

 

also - the longer you delay surgery, the more the scar tissue around the tendons will build up and impinge your movement, weaken the muscle and cause more and more intense pain, not to mention you will start to lose cartilage- to the point where you wont even be able to wipe your ass without intense pain - let alone surf.

 

Yesterday was a memorable day for sure down my way. A couple of breaks around town were the best I've seen in a decade or more and it was good from dawn until dusk.

 

Good points, thanks!

 

Got out this morning. the session can be described in one word: REFRESHING.
The air all morning was crisp, cool, and refreshing.
The sky was clear and the winds were slack: refreshing
The paddle out was easy and refreshing.
The waist high waves at just the right tide was refreshing.
Catching waves after wave after wave on the fish was refreshing.
Having it all to myself for the first 90 minutes was refreshing (more on this in a second...)
The waves we've had on this run have had that high intensity vibe that we crave. It was gone today at least where I was.

 

Thanks for sharing the stoke brother!

 

Soooo, 90 minutes or so into this Zen-like go out, another surf pilgrim appears on the beach and make a bee line paddle out right towards me. There's no one else around and plenty of other peaks up and down the bar. In his defense, I was sitting at the best left and most walled-up section.
Now, when this happens I don't get mad right off the bat, I don't stink eye or turn my back and act like the offender is not there. I always give this type a shot. After all, they may be able to smoke me out there so you never know.
Well, this dude, old head like me, on a longbort, makes it over the last swell, and paddles right at me with a giant smile on his face. I'd never seen him before. He says, "How's it going man? Is this the perfect day or what?" I smiled back and told him it was pretty darn close to perfect, after all, I could be at work.
We then exchanged waves for over an hour, he always giving me priority even though he was damn good on that log and had style to boot.
As the tide filled in, it started to get too deep and the wait became longer and longer. So I bid my cohort goodbye and caught a crumbling left in. Sitting on the beach eating my PB and J, I pondered the day and figured that it was a perfect Coda to the run of swell we've experienced and how good it is to be able to surf, or better yet, to experience the ocean in all its variances.

 

This is beautiful. While the winds haven't been quite as favorable down here, the last six weeks still pretty much feels like a dream, and this sums up a lot of my thoughts looking back on it. Day after day after day of head high or bigger and some degree of rideable. I would never believe jersey could get consistent swell this good for this long if I hadn't just seen it with my own eyes. And with plenty of daylight and warm water no less. So stoked right now, even moreso after reading that.

Haven't been out yet today, but already gotten the feeling that it's gonna be the encore on an epic performance. Will absolutely be paddling out after work regardless of conditions (though I'm pretty sure they will be fun), and again in the morning if there's anything left. After everything this run of swell has given me, there's no way I'm not gonna see it through to the end.

 

that may all be true, what's the basis of your statement? did it happen to you or an acquaintance?

Surgery, itself, can cause more scar tissue...and the more surgeries you have on the area, the more scar tissue builds up. Surgery can also initiate osteoarthritis and the formation of bone spurs and other painful joint problems...then, post-surgery, a crappy physical therapist can make things even worse. It's a gamble for anyone, but some people's body chemistry is more prone to complications than others.

If I were having any joint issues that kept me from surfing, I'd probably take a chance on surgery...but it really should be avoided whenever possible.

 

This afternoon...went in town, a bit of chop, but fun...solid waist-chest. When was it last flat? Can't remember.