Best Wave of The Year (so far)

Discussion in 'All Discussions' started by sisurfdogg, Jan 25, 2017.

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  1. Jan 25, 2017 #1
    sisurfdogg

    sisurfdogg Well-Known Member

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    Jun 17, 2013
    Yesterday was a sweet day of swell and head high liners, with some nice peaks and long rides. Saturday was good size and good form too. Yesterday afternoon at the Zoono Pier, on the incoming push, I dropped into an OH right peak, one of those against the grain steep peaks, and hit the bottom and shot back up and slammed the lip in front of a dude sitting on the shoulder, threw lots of spray. I was on my round tailed round nosed 6'6" Natural Art and it turned real smooth and kept speed. Made the ensuing sections easily, hitting the lip a couple more times with a cutback to get into the shorebreak, and then kicking out the back of the closeout shorepound very casually. Best wave of the year for me so far. Nothing epic in terms of size, no six second barrel or double doober tuber, but it sure felt nice. You?
     
    sisurfdogg, Jan 25, 2017
    sisurfdogg, Jan 25, 2017
  3. Jan 25, 2017 #2
    JayD

    JayD Well-Known Member

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    No blow out dude? Man...this is cool. Hopefully every Sweller gets to post a 2017 claim this year. Good thread. I hope to catch it cause I have had some ****ay sessions so far..no claims yet. Digging the stoke SIS!
     
    JayD, Jan 25, 2017
    JayD, Jan 25, 2017

  5. Jan 25, 2017 #3
    sisurfdogg

    sisurfdogg Well-Known Member

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    Time to get the stoke on and keep the forum awesome! The year is young.
     
    sisurfdogg, Jan 25, 2017
    sisurfdogg, Jan 25, 2017
  6. Jan 25, 2017 #4
    red dog

    red dog Well-Known Member

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    Mar 6, 2015
    jealous! good for you man, love the stoke!
     
    red dog, Jan 25, 2017
    red dog, Jan 25, 2017
  7. Jan 25, 2017 #5
    kidde rocque

    kidde rocque Well-Known Member

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    Mar 6, 2016
    Pix or it didn't happen.

    Just kidding Dogg, I'm stoked for you. I had so much fun in glassy head high 47 degree surf today, I think I drove my wife nuts on the drive home repeating myself over and over again: "It was *so* much fun today."

    It's days like these that we live for as surfers.
     
    kidde rocque, Jan 25, 2017
    kidde rocque, Jan 25, 2017
  8. Jan 25, 2017 #6
    252surfer

    252surfer Well-Known Member

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    yesterday in buxton. got one basically standup barrel i came out of. backdoored it and came out with the spit. after three hours of looking for the one, i got it. need more barrels soon
     
    252surfer, Jan 25, 2017
    252surfer, Jan 25, 2017
  9. Jan 26, 2017 #7
    Zeroevol

    Zeroevol Well-Known Member

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    Jun 22, 2009
    Yesterday work was awesome! Ha. Glad ya scored Sidog!!
     
    Zeroevol, Jan 26, 2017
    Zeroevol, Jan 26, 2017
  10. Jan 26, 2017 #8
    DawnPatrol321

    DawnPatrol321 Well-Known Member

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    Congrats on your wave dude, it always feels awesome with a propere kick out at the end.
     
    DawnPatrol321, Jan 26, 2017
    DawnPatrol321, Jan 26, 2017
  11. Jan 26, 2017 #9
    Betty

    Betty Well-Known Member

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    Great story! Showing the kids how it's done... :)
     
    Betty, Jan 26, 2017
    Betty, Jan 26, 2017
  12. Jan 26, 2017 #10
    frothy cheese

    frothy cheese Well-Known Member

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    May 6, 2016
    No barrel = no respek

    Awesome threade. Not sure if i have a wave of 2017 that really sticks out yet, got my best sessions in the end of 2016. Hopefully i can add to this after the next time its pumping!
     
    frothy cheese, Jan 26, 2017
    frothy cheese, Jan 26, 2017
  13. Jan 26, 2017 #11
    sisurfdogg

    sisurfdogg Well-Known Member

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    Jun 17, 2013
    I agree frothyc, must get barrels. It's just starting to ramp up here for the winter spring season, I'm not posting aboot another wave, till I get shade.(you may not hear from me here for a month hahaha). In the meantime...looking forward to some tall tales of shredding the gnar.
     
    sisurfdogg, Jan 26, 2017
    sisurfdogg, Jan 26, 2017
  14. Jan 26, 2017 #12
    fl.surfdog

    fl.surfdog Well-Known Member

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    Shredtime for sisurfdogg, way to go brother... Saturday was really good up here to....tore it up!!!
     
    fl.surfdog, Jan 26, 2017
    fl.surfdog, Jan 26, 2017
  15. Jan 26, 2017 #13
    sigmund

    sigmund Well-Known Member

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    Dec 7, 2015
    I had a contender yesterday. It was big, in the well-OH range, and I dropped into a right that was already in the critical phase. I side-slipped down the face already tucked, and was prepping for a serious barrel. I could see the section in front of me starting to arch over, and could hear the caged thunder behind me as the barrel approached. However, I had a bit too much speed and never got fully covered, and my survival instinct stopped me from stalling in the pit, but it was intense nonetheless, so much friggin power.

    On a side note, I took some rib damage from that session. A mutant wave imploded in front of me and I tried to duck dive it and hold onto my board, which was dumb and the thing just flogged me. Still hurts to breathe in, might have cracked a rib, yanked a muscle, not sure.
     
    sigmund, Jan 26, 2017
    sigmund, Jan 26, 2017
  16. Jun 15, 2017 #14
    sisurfdogg

    sisurfdogg Well-Known Member

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    It's been a pretty meh year so far for me. I got a good one Friday at the same spot, on the same board, but a backside left, not as steep, but very hackable, I could see spray as I blew my fins out the back on a couple of them. I got into a rhythm and kept spanking it maybe seven or eight times, no cutbacks, just off the lips one after another, and the roundtail is so much smoother than my normal swallow.

    My buddy texted my pics from Eleuthra and PR, so much better than here, but that's all I got so far. five and a half months left to top it. So all is goode.
     
    sisurfdogg, Jun 15, 2017
    sisurfdogg, Jun 15, 2017
  17. Jun 15, 2017 #15
    sisurfdogg

    sisurfdogg Well-Known Member

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    "Caged thunder" will do rib damage bro, hahaha

    I'm sure someone here has gotten a decent wave since January, no?
     
    sisurfdogg, Jun 15, 2017
    sisurfdogg, Jun 15, 2017
  18. Jun 15, 2017 #16
    DawnPatrol321

    DawnPatrol321 Well-Known Member

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    Sounds gay.
     
    DawnPatrol321, Jun 15, 2017
    DawnPatrol321, Jun 15, 2017
  19. Jun 16, 2017 #17
    kidde rocque

    kidde rocque Well-Known Member

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    Mar 6, 2016
    Actually, no. A handful of decent days since April, not even close to what we were getting in Dec and Jan.

    Hope springs eternal
     
    kidde rocque, Jun 16, 2017
    kidde rocque, Jun 16, 2017
  20. Jun 16, 2017 #18
    Barry Cuda

    Barry Cuda Guest

    It was flat in NH yesterday. Is siggie away somewhere??
     
    Barry Cuda, Jun 16, 2017
    Barry Cuda, Jun 16, 2017
  21. Jun 16, 2017 #19
    DawnPatrol321

    DawnPatrol321 Well-Known Member

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    He said he was headed to Nica soon but don't think he's there yet, could be wrong.
     
    DawnPatrol321, Jun 16, 2017
    DawnPatrol321, Jun 16, 2017
  22. Jun 16, 2017 #20
    sisurfdogg

    sisurfdogg Well-Known Member

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    Jun 17, 2013
    I blasted some big airs and a floater this morning.
     
    sisurfdogg, Jun 16, 2017
    sisurfdogg, Jun 16, 2017
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