E's Surf Report

www.chucklantz.com has some good pic's of yesterdays low tide action

fyi: just saw a big ass fin cruise through what would normally be the lineup down here. look before ya leap...

E, isn't it great to be coming home from your girlie's house at dawnie looking and amping at the waves. I used to skate down the strand all stoked from the girl session the night before and stoked again looking at the waves and trying to skate as fast i could home to get in the water. I miss that cool ride home, but not that girl.

Just reminiscin'.

Have an IRIE and wave-filled long weekend

i didn't need to see those photos.

Clean backside long board from Chuck.
http://www.pbase.com/chucklantz/21705ob

2/17 - Pipe Report & Tiger Story -- courtesy of claudia ferrari
Another Northwest swell built up last night into this morning reaching its peaks this afternoon with 15 to 20 feet surf in certain spots.
....gorgeous sunny skies.
The $75,000 Monster Energy Pro at Pipeline,
had their debut day today, with the two first rounds of competition in heats of 6 men battling challenging conditions.
San Clemente's Greg Long, who yesterday survived a tiger shark attack here at Rocky Point, was still shaking on the inside today and was one of the early eliminations.
"The attack came from out of nowhere.
It came straight up from underneath and sent me flying. I saw the fin and started swimming away from it, kicking my feet, and kind of grazed it with my feet. Then, I just scratched for the beach. When I got to shore I saw the damage it had done to my board. I patted myself down, no injuries, and just counted my blessings."(Jodi Young/contest press release)
There are three more days of competition and tomorrow it should continuous surfing/conditions permitting.

mo pipe

fun shorey barrels last night, but it was tough with my bad vision trying to differentiate between the grey water and grey sky

how's this one?
http://i2.pbase.com/u46/chucklantz/large/39892098.IMG26752.jpg

its going off big time

what's going off?

the 8:50 a.m. reading on #46012 is 10.2 at 20.

if you surf it, go there and they will be there.

does anyone know a good website to get comparitive info on the ski resorts conditions? doesn't seem like there's really a surfline of snow. i am trying to decide which resort i'm gonna hit up tomorrow and want the one (north lake preferably) that is most likely to have fresh pow. also, anyone have an opinion on diamond peak? i hear it's really improved lately and is closest to where i'm staying.

also andrew on 57th-gotta love oakland, huh? i'm going out of town this weekend but you could probably tag along with me next weekend or we could try to work out a dp. i do one at least once a week. but i don't want grass or your ass. i'm at steamwand89 at yahoo.

steamwand, i usually go here.

on the snow

my best experience for fresh snow has been sugar bowl.

i've also been wondering about diamond peak. i took a look at the map. it is small but seems to have some challenging runs.

i'm heading up next weekend. stoked!

thanks lerm. weird that all this rain hasn't translated into more snow. oh well, can't wait to breathe the mountain air, although it looks like i'll miss some fun surf.

and for discounts. go here

Long time lurker- Finally starting to do something w/ some of my shots. Props to Mexi, Bruce, scor, seth & the rest (you too E)

Thought this crew might enjoy some of these...

View from the beach

Go Pro water shot from the outside same day

11.2 @ 20's calling:

"Step up to me - Step up to me"

fuck work... i'm gone.

artifact.. thanks for posting.. but.. pbase doesn't allow cross-linking (or whatever it's called). feel free to email me your photos and i'll post them up... or check out momentoffame.com for free hosting and cross-linking.. (e@niceness.org)

damn artifact.. your photos are *tight*!!!

nice.

steamwand: also consider mt rose -- not very big but they're at high elevation so the snow is often in relatively better shape.

and are you riding a blue board these days? think i was out with ya yesterday morn, i saw you make that late drop, niceness, too bad the shoulder disappeared before you could do much with it...

e: nice title today ... feel like dancin, feel like jumpin...

Good olas last night. I got out after work and had some fun rides. Greeted nearly every surfer in SF as I drifted north at a jogging pace. Last ride was one of the longest ever at OB for that size wave. Took off on an outsider - one of the bigger waves that came through. Fast left drop and bottom turn, pumped a couple times, cutback into the white water as it started to mushout. The it reformed and sent me flying left again. A couple quick sections and cutback again as it started to mush out. Then it reformed again and I rode it to knee deep water and walked in. Surprised and happy.

Sorry guys, it worked in the preview- I guess I'll have to rely on E for getting them up!

loon: yeah, i think we might hit up mt. rose on sunday and diamond peak monday, but we'll see. i keep hearing good things about both of them. and yeah, that's my rfs board, which honestly i have been a little bit frustrated with the last couple of sessions. sometimes it seems like i am through a turn except the board is not quite done yet, like the fin is flinging me. i need to get used to it/ride it more, but i have been loving my fish, starting to learn how to ride in larger waves. sorry i didn't say hi, i didn't see/recognize you.

b-stah, what do you think about having both the rfs fin box and a tradition thruster finbox set-up in one board and being able to switch back and forth. would that work?

cant quite pull a good session leavign at 5 from soma, at least if your me...some lovely looking waves though and trippy lighting, one guy was getting stuffed backside more than 3 times i saw..couldnt quite get into anything in 30 mins..i think bbr must have been one of the boogies out there was that you bbr, light hair? it was crazy with the lighting couldnt really see much at all when it started getting darker..i think i saw that barrel that guy got in that photo it was nice..

Anyone get the story on what was going down yesterday midafternoon at Sloat? 10 cop cars, crime scene tape on the beach, a big explosion, ...?

Just got back from midbeach midday check. Narnars on offer. Two takers on the smaller peak to the south. Did not see any rides, but only watched for a few sets.

Doof and I opted for BBQ and Beer for lunch.

Skateboarder Killed While Being Towed By Brother's Car

It got dark very quickly last night. There was plenty of light on my last wave. By the time I got home (5 block walk) it was pitch dark and raining.

just did the poop scoop up and down the beach. if you were getting really excited and trying to find an excuse to get out of work and surf, you may want to wait. there are some meaty sections to be had but it's just not quite coming together (emphasis on "quite"). hopefully it will get better later this afternoon.

steamwand -- There used to be a Surfline for snow -- crossrocket.com -- but it died a painful death. Like lerm said though, onthesnow.com is pretty good.

Cheers!

Chuck got a shot of me and a couple of my friend last night. I'm gunna toot my horn, because I've never seen a real photo of me while surfing! Inner bar madness last night!

Ian power carve!!!

nice ian! you guys were getting some good ones..nice photos chuck! some of those waves looked so good

nice style ian.

did you wind up taking any shots on thurs am?

steamwand

here's the info you want (although it doesn't have all resorts)

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/misc/SnowSensors.html

looks like no new powder at Mt. Rose

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryID?s=11706&end_date=18-Feb-2005+14:10

squaw got some though - maybe 6 inches

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryID?s=11719&end_date=18-Feb-2005+14:11

Sad on the skatin' death. That was a trick board he was on, you get speed wobbles on those at about 10mph.

Damn. That poor bro too. Damn.

big air

Thanks guys! loon, yeah I was out for about an hour shooting photos Thursday am. The current was a bit too much for my tooth pick legs. I'm definately not in shape to be out there for anymore than I was, cuz I'm really feeling it today! But of course I'll post the pics once I get them developed, if they even turned out.

occy mini-interview and cool photos in TWsurf

hey all,

i was hoping to get up to tahoe this weekend to ride but all my friends have backed out. is anyone heading up that has space for an extra person? i can contribute in any ways needed - and i know a place to stay if you don't have one.

any sympathetic folk can email me at rzadigi at yahoo

Occy

Tsunami Uncovers Ancient City in India

By Associated Press

February 18, 2005, 5:34 PM EST

MAHABALIPURAM, India -- Archaeologists have begun underwater excavations of what is believed to be an ancient city and parts of a temple uncovered by the tsunami off the coast of a centuries-old pilgrimage town.

Three rocky structures with elaborate carvings of animals have emerged near the coastal town of Mahabalipuram, which was battered by the Dec. 26 tsunami.

As the waves receded, the force of the water removed sand deposits that had covered the structures, which appear to belong to a port city built in the seventh century, said T. Satyamurthy, a senior archaeologist with the Archaeological Survey of India.

Mahabalipuram is already well known for its ancient, intricately carved shore temples that have been declared a World Heritage site and are visited each year by thousands of Hindu pilgrims and tourists. According to descriptions by early British travel writers, the area was also home to seven pagodas, six of which were submerged by the sea.

The government-run archaeological society and navy divers began underwater excavations of the area on Thursday.

"The tsunami has exposed a bas relief which appears to be part of a temple wall or a portion of the ancient port city. Our excavations will throw more light on these," Satyamurthy told The Associated Press by telephone from Madras, the capital of Tamil Nadu state.

The six-foot rocky structures that have emerged in Mahabalipuram, 30 miles south of Madras, include an elaborately carved head of an elephant and a horse in flight. Above the elephant's head is a small square-shaped niche with a carved statue of a deity. Another structure uncovered by the tsunami has a reclining lion sculpted on it.

According to archaeologists, lions, elephants and peacocks were commonly used to decorate walls and temples during the Pallava period in the seventh and eighth centuries.

"These structures could be part of the legendary seven pagodas. With the waters receding and the coastline changing, we expect some more edifices to be exposed," Satyamurthy said.

Copyright © 2005, The Associated Press

Did Occy have a new little Bambino with his wife of old or is this his second family???? Great site!!!! Especially to hear from locals about our local..thanks..:-) m

I can't believe that have that dudes brother in custody. I'm sure they were just fucking around and this went way south. On suspicion of vehicular manslaughter? That's whack. Usually saved for drunks that run red lights and kill people. The brothers gotta live with this the rest of his life. "Fuckin' cops."

Occy KILLS it! The Occumentary is one of my favorite vids.

Underwater Ireland.
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0503/sights_n_sounds/media2.html

That's so awesome about the sculptures found in India.

fun this morning. At least the current wasn't killing it (and me). Inconsistent but when they came in - whoa. One set was way outside the rocks. Go mama.

i thought that said 'skateboard killed WHALE...'

"oh, you're from seattle, doesn't it rain all the time there?"

About that skateboarder: same thing happened this year at the Point Arena 4th of July parade.

jes took a look at the bitch, too lumpy. wait for lower tide...

all i can think about is your smile,
and that shitty movie too.
pearl harbor sucked,
and i miss you...

bagel, who you talkin to?

just got back. unbelievable.