Hey what's happening? We got a good bump come in Saturday. Left home it was still dark and 34 degrees. 10 minutes later on the beach and it's 45 cause the water was warm. I had a 3/2 with light boots and a hood to keep my ears and feet warm. But the water warm and crystal clear. I jumped in before the waves turned on cause my feet were stiffing up on the cold sand. Waves were waist to chest. A little slow so having good float was helpful. I rode an egg. My get up an go was a bit off. I blew a couple of take offs at 1st but still managed some sweet rides once I got my feet right ( and warmed up). Couple of nice turns per wave. Long boards were on it too and it was easier to get waves on those but it was more fun to work the wave with a shorter stick generating your own speed. I did switch to the LB to up my wave count at the end. If you can't beat em kind of thing. Honestly there was just not enough waves for the amount of surfers. I hadn't surfed in a bit so my arms were burning. I got one in and bailed to do some yard work. Weird that the trees still got most of their leaves and the Butternuts and escarole are still going. Ended the night with a blaze and few different IPA's. Fell a sleep at 8. Hoping the extra morning daylight and the swell we're supposed to get line up tomorrow.
got a repeat of Saturday this morning. Pretty much the same except for a little more consistency of good waves and less people. kept with the egg and got my fill of glassy workable faces before the tide started swamping it. I had better foot placement today so my turns felt more fluid. It's better now but I can't go until later on and by then it will be dark. Oh well, hope for it to hold until tomorrow morning. Think I'm reaching the temp limit on my neoprene thickness for early morning. If it was newer I'd still be good. It's not the water temp. It's air temp and wind. If the swell doesn't hold, there was some life in the water. Saw a few of the old salts dragging fish. Good for them but I'm furious.
Excellent color CJ , surfed in LB s territory today . Long racy rights , pumping with am epic crowd . The freaking current was epic keeping the crowd in full a paddle mode .
That's your Kid right? Ripping. Had another early morning surf todayon the egg. Good angle, chest high, with just a touch too much west in it. You had to hurry and it was ribbed but if you did right you had a 100 yard screamer. Maybe more. No time for anything too vertical and a couple rides ended when I cut back too far and just couldn't recover. Had a couple of good ones before the sun peeked over the horizon. Just a few heads in the water and then the wind turn on more west. Finished on a halfway descent one that bent me weird. Had enough time for a cup of joe on the beach and cast a diamond jig for a bit. No dice but saw one come out. I will get one. Going back tomorrow. Finally feels like fall around here.
The barrel shots and a lot of the stuff I post is my kid. The sunset speed blur is a local ripper named Nate Garza.
Made a trip to Tybee island Georgia and to my surprise found some surf. So ..me being totally unprepared for surf I figured I could tough out the colder water with no rubber I went to 2 different surf shops and couldn't rent a board( even though the signs says Surfboard rentals here) Ended up finding a POS on the third try went to the main break just past the Tybee pier and got plenty of waves albeit gutless. There were a few fun ones though. I got out about an hour after getting my first wave and man..I was cold all night! Anyway if any of y'all have an opportunity to surf Tybee ....don't. Jk. It's always good to log some wave time
That's awesome you scored Antoine, even a knee slapper somewhere different can feel adventurous. Glad to report I actually got some today, very unexpected. I have my kid, and it's been 2 days of volleyball tryouts for her, and this league is no joke, hope she makes the cut. Then grocery shopping, laundromat, and too much time dealing with work and customers for a Sunday. But I drove by the spot real quick, almost hoping it was flat, but it was chest at least and looked fun. Damn. I told the kid I needed water therapy, brought her out for the last hour and a half of light. I usually don't do this, I value my time with her and feel surfing can be a little selfish, plus she's 12 and I don't feel comfortable leaving her alone for more than a half hour or so. A little more texture at the very end but still fun, after the crowd thinned out I got a bunch of nice super long rights. She was a trooper, took pics and vid and looked for cool rocks and shells. About to do homemade cheeseburgers with fried potato slices on the side. Microwave the potato's until soft, slice into thick pieces, season them up then fry them in a pan. I love adding chopped up mushrooms and onions with the ground beef for burgers, just like my mama did. Mama burgers rule.
That's the good stuff. You made some good choices . Back home in FL today and scored super clean and long peeling waist high lefts and rights. A little stall at the top helped line the wave up. Took the 9'6 lb out for some groovy lengthy rides.
Slice them about 1/4" thick longways... toss in some olive oil, garlic powder, S&P, and thyme... and throw them on the grill.
Didn't get to score friday during lunch hour, cuz this dude's in the office til 5. Leaving up to Raleigh this Friday early for a wedding, may get some waves if low tide and wind cooperate up in IOP. I kinda doubt it, but should be lingering around Sunday on my way back down. May run to Wilmington, 2 hr trek from Raleigh, to catch dropping lo tide (hi tide 9am Sunday i think). Still looking to buy another board too, so may get to score on both (crossing fingaz)
Went out for a DP sess this morning, buddy joined up as well. Scooted to 13th by Washout, took the LBs. Not a lotta ppl in the water, kinda surprising cuz it was expected clean and waist hi. It was stomach to chest, long lines, crumbly so a bigger board would be the call but with the right volume on a short stick it would have been fun as well. Put on the 4/3 and booties, and had a nice right, right off the rip, to drop the shoulder and glide/hands on the wave. Seemed to be the start of what was a nice hour sess. Some wahines in the water but they weren't doing well and the couple guys were not doing much either - one shorty, one LB. My buddy had plenty and so did I, left feeling pretty good before hitting the road later today. Talked to a guy who has some OFishL fins I could buy. Hoping to hear back from a guy in Wilimington with a 6'6 board I'd like to get my hands on. Still hoping Sunday turns up over there, bring on the wknd!