The Stoke/Frustration Thread

Frustration:
1/4 tank of gas

Stoke:
It's a new E Class

 

This photo is EASILY in the top 3 of all time East Coast. Everything about it. Again- Rad capture. Thanks for sharing.

 

i'm stoked my new board arrived this morning. bummed that i have to be in richmond, va for the next two days.

 

You sure that wasn't April 17th?

G0d Damn, beautiful F$@kin' waves!
Jersey is legit, I've surfed some good swells in Jerz.

Or is that Bill?

 

Frustrated that I'm missing tomorrow(thanks for your thoughts in the other thread koki), but I'm over it, there will be more...

but my frustration was compounded on my walk in to work this morning as I got stuck behind this fat f**k of a coworker as she waddled down the hallway with a tray full of coffee making me even later. God I hate when people move so slow.

 

Good stuff Gaff, glad you're back in. Aside from the temp change, same as it ever was?

 

I'm absolutely frothing for tomorrow. I can't wait to get out of work today and get all my gear ready and packed for the morning. Seldom I feel your pain, especially the day to day bs in the office environment. I'll catch a good one for ya tomorrow and when I kick out I'll yell that was was for you seldom!! haha

 

Just like Willis Reed coming out of the tunnel for game 7, Gaff. The crowd goes crazy.

I bet it felt great to be back.

 

Thanks amigo much appreciated. Ya never know, maybe this place will be closed tomorrow.

 

Get a few for me too, my dumb ass scheduled important meetings for tomorrow a couple of weeks ago…dang! Hopefully the evening out going tide will have plenty to offer tomorrow nite. Also Zombie if you are headed to the island, look for a well exposed jetty to surf near. There will be a ton of close-outs early tomorrow morning.

 

You got it hombre, and already a step ahead of ya! I'm goofy foot and plan on hitting up a jetty down south on the island that just loves to peel left on good SE swells

 

yea that was the april 17th swell,i typed august for some reason.

bill was big,biggest I ever seen,but didn't have good shape.there were lots of closeouts,even at the spots that can handle the size and long period.

 

Hurricane Bill.... O mannnnn that was a phenomenal day!!!!! hands down 10 out of 10
I surfed **ig**t**e with one other buddy. I will NEVER forget that day as long as i am alive!

 

[video=youtube;wjUzYMOSTU4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjUzYMOSTU4[/video]

First time in my life I paddled out undergunned. 6'3 Rusty. Cant remember the dimensions. Board died on a trip to Costa the next year. (airlines, not beach break... ugh) Still got a couple of good waves, and still have not gotten a gun, or even a mini gun. The 24th was the best day of surfing I've ever had. Bill.... my god I remember you like it was yesterday.

 

its crazy how storms move.august 23rd was the day in nj,I think it was a sunday,and the next day up in new England it looked like this.idk how u paddled out on a 6'3 I would've been terrified on such a small board.i had some epic footage of bill on a camcorder with one of those little tapes that u put in a big vcr tape to watch on tv.would be cool if there was some way to put it online.i remember I thought it looked like sunset beach Hawaii where I was out,i never seen waves break so far out and the longest lines I ever seen

 

[video=youtube;u-PvEvxXwa4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-PvEvxXwa4[/video]

this is some good footage of sandy in long beach ny,before sandy hit ofcourse,and u can see how the waves go from epic cane swell to death on a stick swell.i didn't surf sandy as im sure most people in the northeast didn't,but even if I had the chance no way I would paddle out without a ski.u lose your board that far out theres no way ur making it in.

 

Gaff, that is awesome! I am happy for you, my friend...won't be long.

Seldom and Sniffer, I second what Zombie said...I'll be yelling both your names.

Cep, I knew from your description of the tornadoes, that day was epic.
I got my a$$ handed to me that day, I was a little out of shape at the time.
It was really too down here, but nowhere near as beautiful as that pic you posted.

Scobes, hope everything's going good for you out on the left coast.

Bill was a great swell.
My buddy and I paddled out during a lightning storm...I pretty much said F it, there was no way I was missing that Sh;t!

Crazy thing about Bill was the violent ragdolling I was feeling everytime I went underwater.

I am so amped for tomorrow!!!

 

Dude, I just got some new work pants so I actually have a pair to sacrifice...but I think I woulda got fired if I wasn't here yesterday, only guy from our department here and my boss had to call me for a couple things. Kinda shot myself in the foot last tuesday for that windswell. If by chance we get another Bertha-esque storm before August is out I will not miss it, come hell, high water, or sh!tty pants.

And you're welcome good sir, methinks it's always that wet

Thanks Koki, much appreciated!

Cep, that was cool Sandy footage. We were out the day before, found a little nook that was just pushing HH-OH...had to gas up before the trip home and took me a while to find a station that actually had gas, funny now but I was slightly concerned at the time.

 

Stoked isn't the word I'm sure, elation...

Happy for you man, long time coming