10 highlights from 1995 via Friend #1
***Sun Jan 1
11:00 – 2:00
Overhead, offshore Stinson
Rode Blue Vinson & some on Doof's Zinger. Backside Tube ride on the 9’4” Vinson. Then, the coffin ride from a close out tube.
SW Swell
Thu Jun 15
6:00 – 6:30
The end of the White Knife. First wave at Kelly’s broke it in two. Rode with Doof on Zinger, #2 on FunGun in stormy overhead surf. Big South swell beat by N.W.
Sat Jun 17
8:30 – 11:00
Rode Blue Vinson w/ Doof on Zinger &…my wife on Freeline. She’s Back. She rode 2 long waves. Didn’t want to push it. Oh, we were riding the XXXXXXX on the last of the Big South. Shoulda been here Fri or Thurs. But still fun. Lots of long Rides. Long Paddles. Rubber Arms.
Sat Jul 1
8:15 – 10:00
Rode Blue Vinson w/ Doof on Zinger. Butt-high XXXXXXa (only break working today, glass though small). Board takes a tumble and ends up straddling the centerline of HWY 1.
*Sat Jul 15
8:00 – 11:30
Rode Eaton w/ Doof on Bonzer in head-high fun peaks, some outside and some inside.
6:00 – 8:30
Rode Stewart for evening glass-off. Some fun rides. One screaming wall curving in front of me at sunset.
*Sun Jul 30
7:30 – 10:30
Rode Stewart alone at overhead XXXXXXXXXXXXX. Started on the outside. Winter-like over-head & a half slow motion drops. Then rode the inside walls. Rode ~ 20-30 waves, some pocket rides. Caught a right from behind the peak & drove it with two guys down the line grinning. “That’s why I’m here. That’s why we’re all here.”
**Sat Sep 23
11:00 – 2:00
Rode Stewart w/ Doof on Zinger on double overhead XXXXXX in SC. About 10 rides, extra-long. Probably 7 Double-O’s. Two real big drops from behind the peak. One just barely made it in and drove it all the way from behind. 20 sec period. Surfed w/ Bobby Owens.
Sat Oct 21
8:00 – 11:00
Rode Stewart w/ Blake & Rick & my wife on Vinson at Church (San Onofre). Those three traded boards around. Swell was very small and Point was crowded. High-tide killed it. Fun to surf with the whole gang though.
*Sun Nov 19
11:00 – 12:30
Rode Lil Miller w/Doof on Bonzer at Double-Overhead XXXXXXX. Hammered on the paddle-out, almost turned back. Got 4 rides, no wipeouts. Concentrated on getting up. Last ride I figured out that turns are faster. Had to duck-dive under two Longboard/Guns. Whew! [Opening Day] 10’ – 14 sec. 20 minute paddle-out
*Sat Dec 9
4:00 – 6:00
Rode Stewart w/Doof (arrived later) on Bonzer at shoulder to head high XXXXXXXXX. Offshore & glassy, got two right tubes in a row. Tons of great rides. Birthday surf was one of the best sessions in a while. 5’ 10 sec.
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