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4th day in a row....

Class will not be held today as the teacher is suffering from serious surf depression. The lack of quality surf has left your professor to day dream about a new board, far away surf travels, and the multitude of pictures he has posted here over the last few months. Hopefully Captain E will return from his own surfing sabbatical in time to save the Surf Report from further doom!
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As you might expect, no surf for me again thismorning. That completes the 4th morning in a row of no surf. Depression expected to fully take over about 1:00 this afternoon.

To make matters worse, I have to quote Blakester: "Thursday. Winds blew onshore all night, modest onshore at dawn, hacked sea surface with short period energy. Still, late morning may bode sloppily barely rideable. The good news is that it is looking better for small "cleaner" but not clean, surf and decent morning winds through the weekend as this coastal wind gradient backs down a tad. But, no long periods in sight. No souths coming, just small sloppy surf in mornings."

So, look at the glass half full or half empty. We don't have anything good setting up in the near future but we can still surf. THANK YOU! I will do just that in the next few days or I will eat my arms off..... Ok, so the winds have been in full effect since late in the day Saturday. The swell is small but still rideable. Just be glad you don't like in Wisconson, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, etc. Otherwise, you would be bitter as hell that you missed summer in April....

Look for my final update tomorrow as I do believe E should be returning shorting and providing a much need infusion of stoke and story to carry us through the duldrums of spring and summer.

A couple of quotes that you might find interesting:
- Single-fins, Omniverse, Understanding, Love.
Seriously times have changed and in todays world we can only keep in touch with so much SOUL; Music, epic sessions with just your mates, barrels, chicks, beer and a good bloody barbie are all filthy ways, but unless you are living a nomadic excistince grazing waves sniffing soul all day, everyday how the frick can can it be like it was.

- Soul is all about your love for the ocean and your love for surfing.
I don’t believe just because somone has good skills on a board it makes them more of a surfer. For me it’s all about the love of the ocean. The love of being in the waves. Surfing is just an expression of that. Don’t get me wrong, I love my surfing, but being in the ocean gives me the feeling that there is more to the world than just us. That there is somthing bigger more important than us. I hate people that say they surf and don’t even give a shit about the enviroment. As surfers we have a right to protect it. Without the ocean we couldn’t go surfing! I guess what I’m really trying to say is that soul is really your soul and you can’t truley surf without it!


Chillin at Chopes: A little something for the ladies, a little something for the guys.

buck up, little kaiser! surfing is fun! i surfed the crappiest waves this a.m. and had a total blast.

fishes make sloppy small summer surf smackable.

Posted by: steamwand at May 13, 2004 10:37 AM

fish

egg

Posted by: man at May 13, 2004 10:41 AM

Posted by: at May 13, 2004 10:59 AM

Bruce's favorite Santa Cruz gremmie


http://bobisland.com/04-27-04/images/Nat%20Young%20(3).jpg

Posted by: tom at May 13, 2004 11:00 AM

Posted by: at May 13, 2004 11:09 AM

Posted by: at May 13, 2004 11:12 AM

word on the post kaiser. don't eat your arms off, you'll be drinking out of that half full glass with a straw.

informal poll out of curiousity: how many niceness peeps are not just members of SF, but actually active in their local chapter?

Posted by: j at May 13, 2004 11:27 AM

Kaiser - at least your not on the injured list with a brand new 6'7" fish like short board waiting to be devirginized. O well, least I can still drink (Peruvian Rum), smoke (kb), longskate (use my cast has a hand break)and f**k (yo mama). ;)

Posted by: Traut at May 13, 2004 11:37 AM

Hey, Tom, thanks for the link to Nat's pic. Geez that little bugger can surf. Nice kid, too, and a straight-A student. Let's hope having O'Neil, Oakley, and Rusty as sponsors doesn't go to his head. His mom seems to keep his feet firmly on the ground. The guy who took the shot said he got my fat butt on the green fish last weekend. I'm hoping I don't look the way I think I surf.

Kaiser- great job over the last few weeks. While I miss Ethan's psychedelic fantasy stuff your "Professor K" routine has been great.

I'm taking tomorrow off and heading south to surf some butt slappers; maybe north of town???? I'll try to post an optimistic coastal report from the drive down (i.e., I'll lie through my teeth).

Posted by: Bruce at May 13, 2004 11:40 AM

OB: it's Wednesday lite: everything the same but smaller. Smaller waves [ shoulders] smaller juice, fewer peeps. Only thing that isn't smaller are the onshores, but it isn't too bad yet. Rideable, yes. A few folks still smashed within the same 150 yards but like yesterday there's little solo nuggest elsewhere that are just a tad more annoying to reach [ via crossed up rippy inside] and pick. Not feeling too good today so I just 1/2 arsed played around, yet did find an elusive little peak when I got spun around and rode the entire wave arse first all the way down the line. Damn, not again! Next time I'll paint a face on the back of my wetsuit. Oh, and it's 1/2 sun, 1/2 fog today, keeps switiching around.

Kaiser, your posts have been mucho appreciated! Muy excellente

Posted by: s.s. sharkbait at May 13, 2004 11:57 AM

Oh I meant shoulder height tops, sorry

Posted by: s.s. typobait at May 13, 2004 12:02 PM

Hey that A frame shot is one of mine from WAaaY back in 1999. one of my first surf shots...

Posted by: mexisurf at May 13, 2004 12:06 PM

c'mon taj

Posted by: steamwand at May 13, 2004 12:08 PM

bruce post that photo when you get it.

typically posting photo's of oneself breaks the rules but for surf photog's that rule is waived since that's what they do....post photo's.

The rule is also waived for travelers in the 2 week window of their return.

Posted by: tom at May 13, 2004 12:17 PM

Kaiser....hang in there, buddy. i prescribe a slurf sesh...regardless of conditions! steamwand and s.s...nice work scorin' waves today and not letting the onshores get the best o' ya! (wish i could claim the same!) s.s....anuther butt-first ride? maybe you should patent that as a new killah move?! EG...klassic! mexisurf...sweet A-frame. when will we see that at our blessed bit o' beach again?

shit...lunchbreak is over...back to the mines. sigh....

Posted by: ck at May 13, 2004 12:40 PM

Go Luke!

Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at May 13, 2004 02:33 PM

Plenty of fun at OB. Small enough for no problem paddling out, and lots of peak-y waves every which where; I'd guess a few of 'em were near head high, but I don't know what I'm talking about. I found them hard to read, and more than once found myself paddling hard to catch . . . nothing at all (given my board and ability, to catch a wave I need to start paddling the previous Tuesday). As of 2pm (I'd been there since noon, maybe off the south end of the group sharkbait mentioned) it still wasn't all that windy. I got a couple of fun, long rides, plus lots of drops I couldn't do anything with but duck'n'cover. Definitely worth the price of admission.

Posted by: Klooless Kook at May 13, 2004 02:52 PM

Glad some peeps are getting wet out there! CK, I think you are right. Tomorrow morning I am getting on it no matter what!

Posted by: Kaiser at May 13, 2004 02:57 PM

Kaiser,
I want a full report on the egg after your DP tommorow.

Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at May 13, 2004 03:07 PM

go friendly! heh, just kidding.

klueless, i think we shared the same two-hour stretch. i just hopped out at our local break and scored a pretty decent session. particularly given what i was expecting (i.e., a long drive and possible skunking). but onshores be damned, there were waves out there! plus sunshine. plus wildlife. plus la playa burritos. this has been a perfect day.

it took a bit to figure out, but there were reliable shoulders on the sneakers right behind the biggest closeouts; you just had to be willing to sit inside (or follow the big ones in) and wait. i have to say that sitting inside on a longboard makes me more nervous than anything at OB.

kaiser: rock on with your professoring self. thanks for keeping this report alive while e was living the dream. did you pick up that robin's-egg blue egg? mercy me.

Posted by: friendly at May 13, 2004 03:09 PM

kaiser, thanks for your work. i start feeling a bit schizo just trying to keep up with the posts while working, must be freaky to be running this show - did you install a side & rear view mirrors on your monitor? and the content has been solid, with no tortuous lulls - kinda like a nearshore 5 ft 12 sec 295 swell hitting ob. not sure if i'll be as committed when my alarm goes off tomorrow, but i am currently firm on the dp for manana, see you out there.

Posted by: loon at May 13, 2004 04:09 PM

Thanks for the comments folks. I do appriciate it.

Loon, fire it up for tomorrow. With all these reports of surfing, I gotta go tomorrow regardless.

Posted by: Kaiser at May 13, 2004 04:11 PM

OB: Sunny, stomped-on blowing out version of earlier this Thurs, but there 2 hitting the water. Maybe *cough Kaiser cough* there will be one more ?

Klooless: I usually surf solo, but being at that, hrm, thrilling stage where I want to work on drops but don't most of 'em, some encouraging cohorts might do the trick. Difficult to find people around here more or less around my level. If you need some sophisticated comany to paddle out with, feel free to contact me. Friendly, you already have my # :)

ass-first board riding IS the new revolution in surfing!

Posted by: s.s. sharkbait at May 13, 2004 04:12 PM

s.s.s.: That'd be fun! I've sent an email.

Posted by: Klooless Kook at May 13, 2004 04:48 PM

ass

Posted by: at May 13, 2004 09:52 PM

I'm inspired. You all are doing it and the wind dropped to only 5 onshore knots - I'm psyched! See some hards out there.

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