today as i was about to duckdive a big one, i saw a huge splash next to me
i was of course thinking a great white racist shark
but it was a pelican dive bombing
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Entire west coast about to get some action
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i was of course thinking a great white racist shark
but it was a pelican dive bombing
I must have missed the part where ElO says he's too decrepit to surf.
He's livin' the dream IMO.
Why the hatn'?
Many good nights camping there and scoring back in the day. Before people went there on boats. Had some scary moments exiting the water when it was so fogged in you couldn't see anything and just getting worked on the rocks
I never surfed there with more than the guys I went with. The road was challenging. Things change.
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was going to say all the socal vids been making my eyes hurt. just so many dudes down there with straight up bad big board style. call it bitterness over the north coast projectile vomiting all over itself with every xxl swell, but the eye test don't lie and the video evidence is ugly.
and yes btw i was amused. sort of surprised no one was making an attempt to paddle it
Exactly! Now that that’s cleared up where did you surf today? What board? Any pictures?
I had the flu once, in my 20s. Beat the living sh!t out of me. Never again. I now get a flu shot every year, IMO it helps.The flu fucks me up bad. Been hospitalized twice from flu.
drink lots of liquids….
Friend sent a clip. It looked like it was firing yesterday.
watching video of SoCal boys in bigger surf makes John John's carves on big walls that much more impressive.
watching 90 percent of pros in bigger surf makes john john's carves on bigger walls that much more impressive
What?
You do know the outer waters buoys/charts showed this swell no less than 280, which is pretty close to straight west, but not quite. The size and period is what enabled it to power in to many more south facing spots than typical.
Show your sources, if I'm wrong. Gladly want to see otherwise.
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There were some pockets of SD today that were DOH to TOH, sheet glass, and empty. If you knew where to look. Actually, those pockets were just about everywhere. It felt good putting a 7'0" off the bottom on a smooth 15' face.
That's like my favorite size/condition for that spot. 2x-3x o'head with maybe some pluses to keep you on your toes. When it gets 4x +, it gets a bit hectic dodging clean-ups.Shot this one today...........
Looks like the nasty out to sea rips have been kept to a minimum this swell? Must be the more west direction? NWer's move a lot of water down the beach and up from the canyon corner making for a lot of rips.
