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Daunting, overhead bombs could be seen cresting and feathering from 10 blocks away. I didn't check it so i don't know the real skinny. 11ft 17seconds at the SF buoy. Light wind. No doubt spots will be firing. Most of the long period swell is coming from around 286 degrees. Blakestah has his Rhino image up... soo... might be a day to bust out the 9'6" triple-stringer you have in the back of the shed.
Good luck out there.

I watched Broke Down Melody last night. Definitely one of my top three all-time. Heaps of unreal Slater and Machado footage. Maybe a bit too much body-surfing and mellow/folky acoustic songs. The scene where Slates tows into a massive, previously unsurfed right in Tahiti is seriously unsane. The wave just builds and morphs and collects-on-itself over the reef and it's hard not to get butterflies in your stomach just watching it.. then you see Slater just fading and fading and stuffing himself way the fuck back into the pocket and then just getting barrelled off his skull. It's impressive. He takes some diggers too. Slates basically rules the movie, imho. He surfs this one shallow, rifling lefthander in Indo so aggressively it boggles my mind. I watched the wave and thought about the line i'd take.. Probably pretty conservative.. trying to just make the wave and stay ahead of the gnarly-ass lip.. maybe even pigdogging and trying to get a brief cover up.. meanwhile Slater is thrusting vertically up through the pitching lip and launching fins-free off-the-top and then air-drop-freefalling down with the section.. then barely recovering and then accelerating like a maniac off the bottom and absolutely destroying the next lip... playing with it like a plinky little Jetty wave or something. Guy is incredible. Tons of slow-mo and grainy/stylized 16mil footage. Some good Curren. Some great CJ Hobgood cutting-edge stuff. Good-vibey Jamaican surfing scene. Gerry Lopez. Jack Johnson ripping in Chili. Jon-Jon Florence Backdoor drainer. great flick.

E's current Top-5 surf flicks (in no particular order):
5th Symphony Document
Searching for Tom Curren
A Broke Down Melody
September Sessions
Punk Rock Surfers


Found some uncrowded point-break surf over the weekend. Lots of driving but good times and mellow vibes. So fun to try-to dial-in a wave and then take-off as deep as possible. I kooked on so many but succeeded on a memorable few. One time i knew i was a little late with the spin-and-go but i went for it anyway.. got lip-launched superman style and then regurgitated with the crashing wave.. held-down pretty good.. then started swimming up as fast as possible.. only to bonk my head on the bottom of my board.. hard enough to draw some blood and leave me with a little swollen egg on my forehead.. d'oh. It's such an insult to injury to go through a bad wipeout and then konk your head on the board upon resurfacing.

George Burnes photos



Simba photo

Couple of Seth pics

I took a nock on the forehead yesterday as well. I took off on a big un, made the bottom turn, and headed for the lip, only to see a wall of green and white foam coming straight down on me. I dove off the board to try and make it through the back, but got sucked backed and came down forehead first (lucky I was wearing a hood) on the my board. Miraculously I only left a scuffmark on the board and my head ached for only 5 minutes...

Posted by: steve-o at January 31, 2005 10:09 AM

I'm calling it 3 OH+ this am. Waves were breaking a mile off shore early this am when the tide was about +3.

Took a ride down south to Santa Crazy yesterday to find not so crowded conditions for a weekend at the ****. Waves were really weird though, not quite breaking through the slot and really shifty peaks. Kinda fun though and the ride was nice. Sort of like a mini-road trip...

I was surprised coming back home around 1 pm to see almost nobody out. Then I got a look at the inside shore pound - oooogly. I watched a young guy get seriously pounded for about twenty minutes while making absolutely no progress. I couldn't bear to watch anymore so I left.

Posted by: Dennis at January 31, 2005 10:51 AM

seeek

Posted by: bagel at January 31, 2005 10:59 AM

Did mid-beach yesterday something like 12:30-2:00; just a couple of others out. Pretty darn junky, and maybe the wrong tide, too; outside was crumbly--a longboard might've been fun. I had more luck on the inside--a couple of wacky, speedy rides though mogul fields.

Posted by: kloo at January 31, 2005 11:10 AM

anybody have recommendations for power tubes for my Fender Concert amp?

i'm going with Sovtek 6L6 5881 WXT right now.

Posted by: e at January 31, 2005 11:15 AM

Posted by: modest mouse at January 31, 2005 11:27 AM

Getting mixed reviews of the conditions today. what is O b3ach doing now? is it worth blowing off commitments today?

Posted by: Que Ola? at January 31, 2005 11:32 AM

I read bad things about the Sovtek 5881 (" The Sovtek 5881s that come in these amps are cheap and sound like it. Change ALL tubes. Get a Sovtek GZ34, Valve Art or GT KT66s, and Ei Gold preamp tubes. Rebias the KT66s to around 40ma at idle. Do not get Sovtek or "Golden Dragon" KT66s, as these are not KT66s and don't sound like KT66s.")

This guy has good NOS tubes.
http://www.nebsnow.com/LordValve

Posted by: steve-o at January 31, 2005 11:40 AM

Looks like it is juicy today!

Got some waves this weekend as well. All in all, it was a pretty funky weekend. Maybe the swell was a bit funky, the tidel swing a bit funky, etc. It was nice to have some clear, mellow skies yesterday as the beach did its best to clean up somewhat.

I headed out for session #2 of the day around 3:30. Outside had all the potential if the winds weren't onshore. Big, sizeable waves. But, the pesky onshores had a bumped up too much. The inside was ridiculous....Totally crushing.

Anyway, this week looks like a steller one! Let's hope it all comes together.

Congrats go out to CK! Nice work. Taking the charge....

Posted by: Kaiser at January 31, 2005 11:47 AM

i'd say doh today. some nice looking backless waves at some place along the beach today. spit factory. mush factory. for ob with some size i give it a 6 out of ten. a bit all over the place with some potential if you have patience.

surfed yesterday at this awesome surf spot... lindamar. so sick.

i agree with e's recap on BDM and raise it a sick bird. but definately not as good as Big Wednesday.


Posted by: elias at January 31, 2005 11:57 AM

steve-o - what tubes should i get?? My amp-guy recommended the sovtek 5881 wxt.. they seem like the standards.. for better or worse.

Posted by: e at January 31, 2005 12:22 PM

Surfed the same spot as Dennis on Saturday and Sunday. Pretty fun. A few organics on the site, if you're interested. More tonight.

Just drove to the Doggie Diner for lunch. No one out but the outer reef (near Bum Luck Egypt) appeared to be breaking consistently. Great photos George, Seth, Simba.

Posted by: Bruce at January 31, 2005 12:26 PM

RE: The tube question: Sovteks seem to be widely used. I have some Groove Tubes that sound great in my Fender Delux. (Fender Concert is a sweet amp, too). Natural distortion. You could call Hal (at Guitarworks?) on 9th St. (right around the corner from Guitarcenter) and get his opinion. There might be some online schematics for your tubes that could help solve that technical difficulty.

This weekend I saw the guy that wiped out into my board last weekend. Gave him a nickname: "The Kryptonite Kid" due to his neon green Gordon and Smith board and his ability to bum me out and turn the waves to sh*t. Saw him almost decapitate one surfer with his over-the-falls wipeout--longboard sailing through air. I realized that he probably didn't understand my cursing last weekend as he speaks a different tongue than I. More proof of his otherworldly Kryptonite antics.

Posted by: amigoism at January 31, 2005 12:27 PM

sucks about the kryptonite kid, amigoism.. sounds like your arch nemisis.

thanks on the tube tips.. you mean Hal at Guitronics.. yeah.. i'll cruise by and ask him today after work. good idea. there are so many differing opinions online about tubes.

i like this one Bruce

Posted by: e at January 31, 2005 01:07 PM

LOL amigoism. Great post.

E, check out this 6L6 taste test page: http://www.rru.com/~meo/Guitar/Tubes/MooksTasteTests/tt-6l6.html.

He favors a (NOS??) GE 6L6. I am lucky enough to have the original RCA and GE 6V6s in my Deluxe Reverb, although I have a Chinese rectifier tube that I probably should replace.

Posted by: steve-o at January 31, 2005 01:10 PM

Posted by: e at January 31, 2005 02:08 PM

what long beautiful lines

Posted by: cadaver at January 31, 2005 02:25 PM

OB: There are some very crumbly, shifty, low income housing buildings out the back, but the paddle looks dreadful. Just gloriously gawdawful. Ocean Beach is so great. If the wind cooperates, outgoing tide, time, and poking around might find a lost channel and/or some crazy rides. Recommend wheaties and an oxygen tank. Cheers!

Posted by: s.s. sharkbait at January 31, 2005 02:38 PM

After getting denied (drifted from the dunes to seal rock) on the DP, i saw a charger snag an amazing stand up barrel from shore. He was out with another guy (1st guys out at VFW). Way to go if your reading this. Saw someone with a camera nearby. Maybe they got it on film.

Posted by: traut at January 31, 2005 02:48 PM

To barrel or not to barrel?

http://www.surfhumor.com/ps012105OB%20154.jpg

Posted by: Tube stoke at January 31, 2005 03:11 PM

In Kimball pic #3 the guy on the left makes the picture look like Mexico. Shirtless and the sun protection via a wide brim hat. The guy on the right makes the pic look like Oregoin coast. I think this pic was spliced.

Posted by: Dennis at January 31, 2005 03:11 PM

thanks traut. That current sucked. Happy to get the handful I got.

I'm selling a couple boards, both in great condition.

6'1" Surftech Taj Burrow Webber - Only surfed about 10 times. Too big for me.

$375 or best offer. Cost $555 with tax, new.



7'0" x 18.25" x 2.25" Senate
Clean board, no dings. Good mini gun.

$250 or best offer.


Email me at lewissamuels @ hotmail
Thanks E.

Posted by: Lewis at January 31, 2005 03:59 PM

Its after 4:00, the kids have gone home from school...

Posted by: Kaiser at January 31, 2005 04:06 PM

Posted by: Kaiser at January 31, 2005 04:10 PM

Hey Lewis, what's up with the lay-away? Kaiser.. thanks.

Posted by: Ian at January 31, 2005 04:29 PM

"In Kimball pic #3 the guy on the left makes the picture look like Mexico. Shirtless and the sun protection via a wide brim hat. The guy on the right makes the pic look like Oregoin coast. I think this pic was spliced."'

my guess is that it's 60 degrees in the pic, the guy on the left is from oregon and the guy on from the right is from mexico. thus, oregon guy thinks it's hot out, put on the sunscreen and is loving life whereas mexico guy thinks it's wintertime.

big thanks to kaiser the onionfarmer.

Posted by: j at January 31, 2005 04:35 PM

butts rule.

Posted by: e at January 31, 2005 05:11 PM

Haha J you're insane..

Posted by: Ian at January 31, 2005 06:21 PM

those kimball pics are sooo good. Repeat precision stackolas - got to be one of the best points period. You surf that and quit, cause it don't get better than that(well, maybe tack on a few feet, a little more throw inside, but hell, details man). Not so clean was Mav's. Funny, even with the rights too lined up on lots of them there appeared to be few takers for the left. Just the surfline dot-cam? Gotta appreciate the dedication of those guys jousting in less than stellar tri-quadOH Meanwhile back at the ranch...tomorrow?

Posted by: banjo at January 31, 2005 07:07 PM

All the pics were taken in Northern Baja... sorry

Posted by: mexi at January 31, 2005 07:14 PM

the third one of those George Burnes photos looks an awful lot like "southern OB" down in Dago.

Posted by: cosmo at January 31, 2005 08:24 PM

George Barnes lives in the other OB. He's a good dude, really loves his photography, and is good at it.

George Burns is a dead comedian. Say goodnight Gracie.

Nice work this morning, Lewis, my neighbor got denied twice but witnessed the barrel. He wrote this:

"Denied x2 this am at VF--2 guys made it and watched one get pitted on a scary top-to-bottom DOH bomb. "

Posted by: blakestah at January 31, 2005 09:02 PM

To that guy with the green Toyota thundra.
Stay at the kelly's cove you fucking barnacle.
The next time you give me some attitud I will trash you so bad, you won't be able to surf again..
fucking kook.

Posted by: psycho at February 1, 2005 09:16 AM
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