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I grew up spending my summers not far from there. Father bought potato fields on Ninigret Pond around 1971. Potato point. Bought two lots. One for his bachelor pad and the other for his father. Two of the first houses on the block before the area got developed. Him and his buddies who were all masons dug the foundation and laid the block for the original cottage. He met my mother before he finished and never got to use it as a bachelor pad. The area has changed a lot but man do I love it. I've been eating seafood out of Ninigret pond my entire life. Blue crab, cherrystones, oysters, you name it. Trips me out when I go to oyster bars here on the west coast and they feature ninigret pond and matunuck oysters on the menu.
It was easy to find a photo cuz a few years ago Taylor Swift bought the house right in front of the break. Most days it's a body surf/shore break spot but sometimes it breaks from the point to the right of the frame and runs down toward the beach in front of the house.
Salve Regina? Ruggles?I looked that one up. I went to college not too far away but never did get to surf there. Loved the time I spent in that area though.
Man, this tells a story. So many layers. Great shot!Always felt this shot I took of the jetty I grew up surfing summed it up nicely. Cold, wet, gloomy and so much fun
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Very likely. When I was older (16), I was the one with the white Buick Regal. I didn't see many people there back in late 80s/early 90s. My parents had a boat across the street which we spent a lot of time on. Kind of funny in this day and age but my parents were very trusting, no helicoptering. Since was 10, would walk across during dawn patrol, spend a few hours in the water, and come back at my leisure, then grab the skate and head to Harbor Mart to play arcade games. Good times.Spent most of my JH and HS years at your latter to Ventura Harbor, especially before I could drive and the parents would dump us somewhere along that stretch before work and pick us up after. It's likely me and my buddies were in the water with you on more than one occasion.
Most time for me was Ventura Harbor from S jetty to the (then non existent) rivermouth, then Shores, less time at Hollywood. But the 80s/90s seemed to have more consistent/better sand down that entire stretch before Oxnard got that near shore trench and Ventura harbor stretch got more angled and the new jetty and extension sorta f'd things up (and the s jetty wedge lost). Yeah, and each of those 3 spots had a shopping center to entertain ourselves between sessions.Very likely. When I was older (16), I was the one with the white Buick Regal. I didn't see many people there back in late 80s/early 90s. My parents had a boat across the street which we spent a lot of time on. Kind of funny in this day and age but my parents were very trusting, no helicoptering. Since was 10, would walk across during dawn patrol, spend a few hours in the water, and come back at my leisure, then grab the skate and head to Harbor Mart to play arcade games. Good times.
That little stretch of Hollywood was more off the beaten track. The veil came off at least 10 years ago, unfortunately, and it's as crowded as most beachbreaks these days. It's been a while since I have surfed up there - last time was with hallucinogenic_toreador (whatever happened to him?) several years ago.Most time for me was Ventura Harbor from S jetty to the (then non existent) rivermouth, then Shores, less time at Hollywood. But the 80s/90s seemed to have more consistent/better sand down that entire stretch before Oxnard got that near shore trench and Ventura harbor stretch got more angled and the new jetty and extension sorta f'd things up (and the s jetty wedge lost). Yeah, and each of those 3 spots had a shopping center to entertain ourselves between sessions.