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***Official 2021 Community Surf Journal***
- Thread starter jkb
- Start date
I saw a bumper sticker up here that said
"Jerry's dead. Go take a bath"
Best GD sticker of all time
"Jerry's dead. Go take a bath"
Best GD sticker of all time
Another afternoon session at the local, mostly some shitty warbly and windswept peaks with a couple little running tubes on the inside and a couple other decent wedges into nice walls. Crowded and it was definitely smaller than yesterday, which suggests to me that tomorrow's swell is overhyped.
There's a drone that has now started to appear and fly low over the lineup for most of this week, but it beat a retreat when some of the boys started launching boards up at it to shoot it down. Some of them then got really good waves and then said that they hoped the drone at least got that one. I do not share this latter sentiment. I do not give a fuck if the drone caught any of my barrels or filmed me smoothly linking a set wave all the way through. I want the drone to go away. I want the footage the drone shot to never be uploaded to the internet. I want the drone operator to accidentally tase himself in the testicles, unless the drone operator is a woman in which case I would like the drone operator to be bitten on her labia by an angry raccoon. I do not want the drone operator to suffer a heart attack and die, like the other gentleman that accidentally tased himself in the testicles while attempting to steal a portrait of Tip O'Neill from the Capitol on Wednesday, as this would be disproportional to the infraction, but I do want the drone operator to suffer some temporarily debilitating injury. At the very least, I would like an overenthusiastic young pit bull or mastiff to chew the drone until it becomes inoperable, but I worry that the operator has it insured or can otherwise afford a new one and this will not forestall the future menace. I daydream impotently about being able to do an air like the pro surfers I would have a hard time giving less of a sh!t about, an air so high and mighty that it majestically launches all the way into the drone and destroys it while retaining me the dividend of plausible deniability. I cannot boost an air like that. I cannot boost an air at all, unless I simply launch over the back of a large and closing out wave. The drone will likely remain safe from my surfing. I cannot say the same for some of my compatriots.
There's a drone that has now started to appear and fly low over the lineup for most of this week, but it beat a retreat when some of the boys started launching boards up at it to shoot it down. Some of them then got really good waves and then said that they hoped the drone at least got that one. I do not share this latter sentiment. I do not give a fuck if the drone caught any of my barrels or filmed me smoothly linking a set wave all the way through. I want the drone to go away. I want the footage the drone shot to never be uploaded to the internet. I want the drone operator to accidentally tase himself in the testicles, unless the drone operator is a woman in which case I would like the drone operator to be bitten on her labia by an angry raccoon. I do not want the drone operator to suffer a heart attack and die, like the other gentleman that accidentally tased himself in the testicles while attempting to steal a portrait of Tip O'Neill from the Capitol on Wednesday, as this would be disproportional to the infraction, but I do want the drone operator to suffer some temporarily debilitating injury. At the very least, I would like an overenthusiastic young pit bull or mastiff to chew the drone until it becomes inoperable, but I worry that the operator has it insured or can otherwise afford a new one and this will not forestall the future menace. I daydream impotently about being able to do an air like the pro surfers I would have a hard time giving less of a sh!t about, an air so high and mighty that it majestically launches all the way into the drone and destroys it while retaining me the dividend of plausible deniability. I cannot boost an air like that. I cannot boost an air at all, unless I simply launch over the back of a large and closing out wave. The drone will likely remain safe from my surfing. I cannot say the same for some of my compatriots.
2dipshits followed me to a non-wave i invented surfing (to escape crowds)
one of em was on my ass like a velcro dingleberry all session
sucking sh!t at surfing did not stop him
one of em was on my ass like a velcro dingleberry all session
sucking sh!t at surfing did not stop him
Body surfed fun sized close outs by my self with a couple of good shoulders in the mix. Good for the mind.
Chee-to, if you're in San Diego I know what you are talking about. That drone has been there a bunch and is annoying as hell.
Chee-to, if you're in San Diego I know what you are talking about. That drone has been there a bunch and is annoying as hell.
Big Surf in the bay area today. Sought refuge south, a bit out of town. Not many people out (~5) at this point that was sucking in a good amount of swell. Putting the 7'0 ...lost retrogun through the paces, guy beside me is on an 8'6 haha. A few big sets rolled through and mowed down everyone. Got 4 or 5 set waves over the course of a few hours and decided to call it a day after all the paddling.
Driving back up the 101 I saw a helicopter lowering someone down for a water rescue at mavs? Hope he/she is ok.
Driving back up the 101 I saw a helicopter lowering someone down for a water rescue at mavs? Hope he/she is ok.
I've been trying to track it and it looks like it will start to hit mid-morning and then peak later afternoon.
Week of work landlocked in oregon it was nice to get back in the water today. Decided to test the upper limit of the mitsven bonzer egg.
Overall tough session with lots of paddling but I got 4 really fun waves. When the board locks in, it's just absolute hipster gold. A few nice top turn combos and a killer downturn made my day happy.
when is it gonna warm up again, fgck! I'll take anything over 50!
Overall tough session with lots of paddling but I got 4 really fun waves. When the board locks in, it's just absolute hipster gold. A few nice top turn combos and a killer downturn made my day happy.
when is it gonna warm up again, fgck! I'll take anything over 50!
Yeah, lots of paddling today.
rode one of my stamps and felt like I was playing a video game without the cheat codes compare to the blackbird at similar length.
half the swell and twice the current.
rode one of my stamps and felt like I was playing a video game without the cheat codes compare to the blackbird at similar length.
half the swell and twice the current.
Couple at retodd's super secrete sand bar(aka: where the sewer meets the sea)
stood up a couple times, better than not surfing
stood up a couple times, better than not surfing
I was stocked I got to see you up close retodd. I was really cold wading without a wetsuit though!
Why are you still laying down? When the wave starts to break, stand up
Well, pretty sure I got my worst session of 2021 out of the way early. Despite the swell, haven’t surfed much the past week with work busy. Negative low tide this afternoon at reef #1: got the green light while the kids were napping. Chest high rights that looked fun but were actually backing off and pretty hard to catch. One of those days where I was just out of rhythm from the paddle out. Mis-timed it and paddled right into a set. Managed to lose my grip duck-diving and the nose smacked me in the chin, let go the other rail underwater, board flipped and fin sliced my thigh (couple inches from the family jewels and femoral artery). Earned KOTD before I even made it outside.
Couldn't catch a thing, always in the wrong spot, lots of paddling & waiting and finally managed 3 weak waves in almost an hour. The whole time I was thinking: I could be taking a nap in my nice cozy bed right now!
Some days you're the hammer, other days you're the nail. Hope somebody scored today
Couldn't catch a thing, always in the wrong spot, lots of paddling & waiting and finally managed 3 weak waves in almost an hour. The whole time I was thinking: I could be taking a nap in my nice cozy bed right now!
Some days you're the hammer, other days you're the nail. Hope somebody scored today
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