E's Surf Report: head-high... offshore..

pretty fun this morning.. offshore winds blowing nicely.. small groundswell sets of 4 or 5 waves arriving every 5 minutes or so.. The waves were unusual for OB in that they were often long, unbroken bands of mature wave-energy.. looking a bit like the beach-wide closeout walls of Linda Mar. They did offer a few punchy, groomed shoulders, however.. I caught about 7 rides in 60 minutes.. nothing amazing. I almost completed a long, drawn-out floater but instead wimped out at the end and just slowed and sank on the top of the wave instead of leaping back down with the falls and trying to land the floater. I felt the sensation of ripping down the line, then steering up and on top of the lip.. floating on top of the wave with a bunch of speed.. but.. i didn't really pull it out.
chilly but beautiful out at the beach..

this weekend saw some good surf in the mornings.. but blown-out conditions in the afternoons. i surfed all day on saturday.. 2.5 hour morning sesh and then a stony hour long arvo sesh in some seriously compromised conditions.. big/thick/chunked/blown/cavernous/ugly walls of mayhem.. I had been feeling kinda lonely the last few days.. soo.. i wanted to surf anyway and just headed out.. I was all bumming because i basically haven't interacted with an intelligent/styly/cute/single girly in about 3 months or more.. starting to get me down.. soo.. i come out of the water as the sun is setting.. parking lot is packed with saturday sunset-watchers, etc.. i start to put my board on my car.. and this car full of ladies is kind-of looking and snickering at me.. umm.. ok.. start to get out of my wetty.. and.. huh.. they're basically waving at me.. hmm.. soo.. i walk over to see what's up and they just want to say hi, blah blah.. they're from San Luis Obispo.. yadda yadda.. they want to know what's going on tonight.. hmm.. dunno.. they kick me their number and tell me to call em' in a few hours.. ok.. one of them is really bold and extroverted and friendly, she's the main instigater and flirter.. then her friend is super cute and stylized and cool.. hmm..
so.. cruise home and play some music.. then give them a call and head over to their friend's house in the sunset.. about 6 people there, artists and musicians, etc.. pretty cool scene.. both of the girls are there.. now it's obvious that the extroverted/obviously-flirty girl likes me.. but she keeps it kinda mellow.. but.. her friend is borderline heart-stopping.. and she's demurely flirting with me as well.. but there is also this other guy who i can sense has a crush on this girl... soo.. all of a sudden it's a bit of a complicated multi-sided flirtation circle.. and i'm this random-ass newcomer who these girls picked up at the beach.. things go well, though, good vibes all around.. we go out.. the extroverted girl doesn't get up in my face or anything and leaves me with this girl that i'm crushing on.. so.. we chat it up for a while.. but... i'm not sure what the deal is with this other guy so i stay super mellow.. But at this point it's just me and her chilling and talking and sharing space.. she gives me a few long, deep eye-contact looks.. i hint that i might come down to SLO soon to surf Hazards and camp at Montana de Oro.. she says cool and that i should stop by and say hi to her when i'm down there.. and that she's moving to SF in 6 months.. she was going to give me her number but we had no pen.. then the rest of the posse returns to the table and everyone interacting instead of just me and her.. end of the night comes and i never had a chance to get her digies, because it would have been weird in front of other peeps (or so i thought).. and then i went home.. huh.. soo.. at least vibing with an attractive/intelligent/stylish girl pulled me out of my spat of feeling-sorry-for-myself/heartbreak/love-dispair. but.. now what should i do?? i can get her number by calling her where she works.. hmmmm...

anyhoo.. then i climbed up Mt. Diablo yesterday... so beautiful up there.. especially during the golden hour when the sun was setting.. really beautiful..

peace.. e