E's Surf Report

How easily we forget bugs, jungle and desert. Hard to imagine that at this time last year I was on a serious adventure. Just want to encourage folks to get on out there and find a different place to surf.

One thing I noticed over the weekend is that a lot of surfers who are probably Lindy regulars are now showing up to the beach. Word of advise..travel.... Surfing Linda Mar or OB during the summer daily will not get you any better but you will have more stoke than your travelling counterparts once on a clean waves.

On a couple side notes someone commented on SF surf Shop's John performance board shaping abilities. Your logic is blurred....think about it.... when was the last time you saw Al Merrick, Rusty Prodonavich, Eric Arawakawa, Mike Pang,on a 5'10" busting airs and floaters.....Having pros ride for you says and does nothing but aid in boosting your ego and maybe adding a bit of credibility...if your good at what you do it wont matter....

You dont have to be a great surfer to be a great shaper, but it is my humble opinion that you do need to work with a great shaper to become a good one. You also have to have some soul and respecrt for surfing and shaping. Just cause you surf, can shape a board and talk about surfing all day does not make you a surfer.....who is to say what makes a surfer? We all have our own criteria, but like waves I think it should be others that claim for you. Shultze is a surfer and has more soul and connection to surf than most will ever discover.

Andrew-

I am considering getting some product @ wholesale from OAM. What type of bag you interested in? Can difinitely piggy back your order with my own. Any other takers? Locals only.

Lastly-

Sorry about the long post. But I need a ride hook up from a mission surfer. No longer ahev wheels so I have been doing the muni thing. Willing to help with gas, give lessons, share bud and get you the occasional libation for trade.

I also need a longboard or soft top as I have a new student. Anyone have one I can borrow or buy?

Hit me up!

BTW E you are damn good writer. I cant even read some of the words you know let alone the definition of some.....get the fuck out of the bay!!!!!KOOK it somewhere else!!!!!! Or PAY ME TO GO!!!!!!

e, you put it all out there and wear your heart on your sleeve. It's refreshing. LOVE Rips! Keep it flowing.

sick as dog.......had to can the smc sandbar madness this morning. arrrghhhh!

not much surf again today.

Pez- gimme a call about the board bag deal, I could use a day bag for the tanker. is your cell still the same? my numbers are... maybe some rides in your future too, got an extra gear in the truck.

thanks,
jeff

Anyone know who's doing ding repair in the SF area these days? Repair guys come and go and I haven't had anyone do any repairs for me for awhile. I forgot his first name, but Pat Farley's brother in Santa Cruz does great repair work in the Strider shop kinda near the Safeway near Arrow. He was very reliable.

I don't longboard very often and if I do, and if it's at OB, my main goal is to avoid breaking my board. Breaking a shortboard isn't as bad since they cost less, but breaking a longboard hurts the wallet. So what did I do this morning in small surf, put a crack in my LB. The surf this morning was probably big enough to shortboard. I did pass on a couple of steep ones to protect my board (lotta good that did) that I would have gone on with a short board. Thanks for any help.

thanks pez and 3to5. rock!

milo - alex martins is the man when it comes to ding repair in SF.. the guy can surf like nobodies busisess too.

Alex Martins - 699-2380

Black Sabbath - the Wizard. love that song!

Alex Martins ding repair 415-699-2380

pez,
hook me up wif a half bag

I had a fun dp this am. I think I was first out at the south end. I felt really ridig this morning though. Never quite had the flow. Mostly it was noticed in my footing. Every wave I had to make adjustments after popping up. My new board really likes to have the weight forward. Moving my foot forward a few inches feels like stepping on the gas pedal.

Cool about your relationship e. A good partner is hard to find.

I wore a GoPro camera this am and now I have a big welt on the back of my hand.

Jeff-

I'll have to check at home for your number. You can reach me via email robertolopez415@yahoo.com. Hate mail is welcomed as at least I get some attention.

Milo-

Most ding guys locally are real good, but that being said they are all tooo tooooo toooo sloooow...and I mean slow. I know that Alex Martins is newer at the game but he may be the most efficient...plus he and Mark via Aqua/WISE are genuine surfer/ding repair guys. Mark has some serious longboard repair talents, but damn is he slow.

For conversation....my favorite wave last season was at Scott Creek on a day when the beach was a burly 12ft+ with no takers. Jaun let me in his truck and we were off to SC. Such a fun ride and it was cool to see Juan on a 5'8" rip 10ft+waves. Anybody else comment on a favorite day?

I spent few minutes checking Wavewatch. Amazing technology and the cam performance is rad but you can give me graphs and animated charts and rewind buttons and unicorns and rainbows all day long but still nothing beats going through the tunnel to check it.
Also my Rich Pavel 4-fin fish is being shipped today. Stoked!

Pez - Tom told me about some huge day at Rockaway that you charged last year. gnarly.

Favorite day last season?? hmm.. all the fall OB days kinda much together in my memory. Bagel and i had a nice stony session a few weeks ago. Bagel got barrelled. Tons of rides for both of us. not many people. good times.

Lerm and i scored a solo bombing point break session in Central America that will probably go down as one of my all-time most memorable sessions. Nobody for miles. Hitched in the back of a truck with chickens and bags of rice down this winding dirt road. Long-ass hike out there through palm-trees and beach. Mysterious wave nobody around. Huge swell. Scary paddle-out. Gigantic boulders jutting out of the water. Inching our way deeper and deeper into the lineup. Getting lauched over the falls on one. Some long rides. Fires on land. awesome.

Favorite day all time. A Saturday morning. Mysto south swell arrived. Friend called me up, wanted to trip out to check a mysto south spot that requires some driving and some hiking. We go.

Get out there, and it is working big time. Long long long rides, no closeout sections or mushing, just a long superconsistent wall. Maybe shoulder high. But perfect shape. Surfed for hours, laughing most of the time, just us two. Haven't scored there since.

C,

Did you know about the fish fest that's going down this Sunday in Oceanside? You could have probably picked up your board directly from Rich himself. I'm taking my Mandala quad and hope to talk to Rich about the shorter turbo quad I ordered a month ago.

Hope this isn't out of place, but niceness gets first dibs: have a 7'0 Merrick to sell. Found it in mint condition, still in perfect shape. Only kept for a short while - selling because I've replaced it w/something that works better for me. email madisoncuckoo at yahoo

shoutout to sf kneelo! That was me getting overpowered by wildebeast board on the paddle out. Got some fuuun ones yesterday on that flying brick so decided to try same channels, same peaks again. Wretched idea! Saw you and your friend snag some rides, nice.

alright ya'll wanna comment on this?

http://cyadxboard.com/

one of my colleagues got a "spam" fax from these
guys the other day. i do not know what to think, yet.

and for best day....this season...at some point in the
fall(?) i had a lot 2, south of showers sunny afternoon
glass with ck, kaiser, [a very pregnant mrs. kaiser (on the beach), ck's lady (in the water, catching muchas olas) and my lady
(on the beach runnin' and sunnin')] session. g-l-a-s-s-y,
fun peaks. long session. good times. ice cold bud in a can; drunk with noodle arms, sitting on the guardrail of the great highway afterward.

aloha.

small but fun yesterday afternoon at the beach.

favorite day of last season: with lucky timing and some knowledge scored a normally very crowded "secret" point all to myself for about 45 mins before a big crew showed up. 6-8ft+, long rides, one after another. awesome. stuck around for a while and caught a few more despite the crowd, overall a glorious day.

what's the shape like s.s.? pintail big wave or big-guy tri or hybrid thingy.
not much luck for me this morning but last night was fun on the south end in the p.m. chop. lotsa smiles!
also, i love driving down fell in the early morning hours with the lights changing right in front of me. it makes me feel so powerful!
fav day last year, meaty day in baja, where e's planning on going. out by myself on a bending sucky shallow bowl. pushing myself to personal (read low) limits of bravery and skill.

best day: checked the cam/conditions at work: overhead glassy waves, hot and sunny, minimal crowds....left the office with a buddy and got some of the longest waves all year at ob - outside peaky bombs all the way through to the inside shore-pound. went back to the office with a big smile and tons of stoke. and no one suspected a thing.

Hey there, Sharkbait!

Missed the pre-session dogs/coffee/should-we-go-out ritual. Didn't have too much time, so it was a quick suit-up and go.

Nice AM, huh? Moody moon set and sunrise. Some fun ones came through. The shorter period made for some scrambles... I can see that wildebeast board being a workout.

I was starting to think of excuses to hit it again... almost thankfully the South winds got on it. A nap sounds really, really good right now.

C

Congrats on a 4 fin from Rich. When did you order it, and how big is the board?

Any info much appreciated.

It's a big-guy-tri, steamwand.

Best OB day this last season: Early September, late afternoon. Several people in the water. Backlit so I couldn't really see to judge the size. Took out the single-fin log. Noticed that Judith, the radical body-surfer, was also heading out, just down the beach from me. Within seconds she was 20 - 30 yards ahead of me and gaining distance fast - that woman is UNREAL. I finally got past the inside churn and got my first clear look at someone on a wave; that's when I realized it was nearly double-overhead - SOLID 8 to 10 foot faces. But it was highish tide at Sloat, so it was mushy enough for me on the log - still my 7'4" would've been the better call. Got some big, suprisingly fast rides. Those waves had plenty of juice! Saw Mark from Surfline, as I was paddling back out after a wave, he looked at my board like I was CRAZY. Saw Juan just after that, with that big-toothed grin, "Fun, huh!?" Lot's of semi-biggish waves with no drama. My favorite kinda deal.

That shoulda been Mark from SurfPULSE. Think I need a nap!

korewin...that was a killer sesh for sure. beers on the guardrail is a good tradition!

as for me...my favorite wave of the season is an easy call...and it's likely my favorite wave of all time. North Shore with Kaiser last November. the swell was big (for me anyways), kaiser had already caught a couple, and i one or two. suddenly, this dark mountain of a swell appeared outside. i took a few strokes further out to position and then, without really even thinking or worrying about it (unlike my usual approach) i simply turned and went. i ended up dropping in on what is most certainly the biggest wave i've ever ridden! the drop was rampy, so it wasn't big stress, but it seemed to go on forever and the speed was unbelievable! i pulled a long, drawn-out bottom turn and watched in awe as a sweet, roping (yet makeable) wall stretched out before me. a few face carves later and i was cutting out before getting caught by the inside closeout destruction. then...the icing on the cake...a duck-dive free paddle back around to the line-up. i can still feel the stoke coursing through my veins.

btw....Dennis...i think i may have seen you. were you riding a light-blue, single-fin? if so, my lady and i were suiting up just across the parking lot. i was bummed you got on it first! ; ) i'm the slowest wetsuit changer-into/out-of ever!

ck - no. That wasn't me. I wasn't in the lot. Paddled out just a bit north. I'm slow too. Don't know why. I only saw one lady in the water this am. Asian. Was that her?

best day of the winter for me: november 5th, day before i got married, my two brothers surfing with me as well as a few other friends. really fun, peaky, hollow kelly's. not the best waves i got all winter by any means, but it's always memorable to get fun waves with your boys in town.

i also got one freakish day at the points with only one guy out that will be permanently ingrained in my mind.

Sabbath!!

Dennis...damn!...i thought i had another niceness peeps sighting under my belt! i, too, was in the pod with the Asian woman before i headed a little north for a little more space.

as for the Asian woman, no, she isn't my lady. my girl was only out briefly this morning. her leash broke and she had to swim in around 7. i was worried she was going to be bummed, but she had already caught a handful of waves and had a good time so all was well.

Re: Pavel fish
It's a 6'2" (I'm 6'1") and I ordered it about two and a half months ago. Rich was super cool and very stoked when I told him it was for a Mainland Mex trip I'm taking. He said he'd have that wave in mind when he shaped it. I wish I could travel to pick it up.
I opted to get a Pavel based on a photo I saw on this site. He also recommended the custom because I weigh 195 in a wet wetsuit. I'll post a pic before I wax it.

barbados

I Found this on Surfpulse.

Hi,

I am the skipper of YachtSea, the boat that capsized under the GG Bridge. I would like to contact the surfers who rescued Dan (crew) and myself. I am giving a talk at the St. Francis Y.C. and it would be great if they could be there. Thank you for any help you can give to me.

Best,
Joe Schmidt
josephaschmidt@yahoo.com

he might have been the owner, but weren't no skipper.

be careful of that skipper dude. might be a trap to have his lawyers fuck you up the ass. then again he may be rich as hell and give you a reward. who knows. people are sketchy.

paging Bob Carrillo.

Yes, C, would love to see the photos. 2 months wait for a Pavel shape -- consider yourself lucky! I am a "friend" of his, and I ordered my quad fish in September!!! Still waiting.....

What kind of fins did you get -- that could be my problem. I opted for the Larry Gephardt wooden ones.

Favorite day/favorite surf trip:
Central America, righthand pointbreak, sand-bottom, no crowds, warmest water ever, big south swell, late may/early june 2004. One day, I met some bros from SF. One guy said he is know as pez... PEZ is that you? Jose was chopping coconuts and I was drinking the milk. Boatload full of fresh fish.
Best surf trip ever!

I was out there around that Asian chick too in the AM
Funny marker.

Favorite day: Mid Dec Mid Day Mid Beach

best session last year: Humboldt sand bars

That may indeed have been me...was it @ Las Flores? There is a great point near by that I think you guys scored solo that day. Any photos of the surf there that day? I took some decent video of our crew and a fantastic fellow we met there from Point Arena. Old dude who just ripped it...caught up with him again in Mex where he was tradin waves with Tamayo Perry and that young Hawaiian Dizon...best part of traveling was hanging with him and others I met along the way...

Surfdog-

If your readin we should share some vid and thought wth the niceness crew. Maybe a showing party @ the FLOW SF WAREHOUSE?

awesome photos (curren, pipe, sunset) here

what is the topic of that guys talk at the St Francis going to be? How to be a moron raise insurance rates for those who are not morons?

Best day, Oregon, last fall. We get up there, it's a bit stormy but I check the forecasts and Thursday is calling for surf to 6 feet and 15 mph east winds, low tide in the am. I get there at dawn, it's about a quarter mile walk from the highway, when I get to the beach there's a perfect head high peak in the middle of the cove and no one around. I'm out for about 2 hours, don't see anyone, except for a seal checking me out at one point from about 50 yards outside. I actually get the creeps wondering where anyone is, I mean I know it's Oregon but I've always seen people at this spot, sometimes a lot. Finally two guys show up and they do something so un-Californian, they actually paddle out to another peak instead of the one I'm on. But I'm exhausted and freezing at this point, so I waved at them and headed on in.

a good day: december 21 last year. prett sure it was a fading 4-5ft, 12-14 sec swell. bars on the north end were in great shape. my friend (who i will be visiting in mex in 2 weeks) was just back in town and i was leaving to visit family back east that night. surfed midmorning so barely any crowd. the lefts were connecting to an inside section that was throwing with a bit of concave to it, sooo speedy.

Yo PEZ what up?

Did I do you wrong? Sounds like I did a board for you & took to long. I make a point of doing ALL my repairs fast & strong & at a reasonable price.
Did I do otherwise? MDA

GREENROOM BOARD REPAIR SF
mark adams 699-6713

sometimes long board repair time results from water in the foam.

patience is a virtue.

get a quiver going and you won't miss your board as much.

Does WISE do ding repair?

How long of a wait is too long??

given all the surf shop banter here, I thought some of you would like this:

http://www.swaylocks.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=209086;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

a timely discussion on surf shop politics. Sounds kind of like familiar business practice around here, if you know what I mean...

sorry --- click it.

The skipper provided his name. I wouldn't assume dark motives.

GREENROOM BOARD REPAIR SF
mark adams 699-6713

Fuck, what a day to not read E's site all day long. Sweet banter, too bad I am chiming in late on it.

Pez, call me if you ever need a ride. If I smack my dish on a rock, I know you got my back...

Best surf day.....Shit, where do I start? Korewin nailed a "Top 5" for sure. Behind some dunes, ladies chillin on the beach, mid-sesh dash to get some duct tape to stop the bleeding, wave count thru the roof, beers on ice....Sweet day!

How about mid beach, 1.5 OH and throwing on the evening low tide. Surfed the same spot with E and Lerm in the morning, Korewin and the entire upper echelon of SF surfing fucking killin it in the evening. Serious mood, great surfing, UNREAL waves, had to step the game up to even feel worthy.

BUT....I gotta roll with CK on this one! North Shore, steps away from The Little Grass Shack, swell pumping and building. He on a 6'8'' shortboard, can't remember what I was riding. Scored some of the most quality waves this day. Paddling back out UBBER stoked from a long-ass left, I see someone drop into this beast of a wave, easily DOH (can't claim more but I am sure it was). There is no way it is CK, his board isn't nearly big enough to get down the face or get into the wave. Sure enough, wave of the trip in my book and all I saw was the drop! We surfed this place like 5 times in 3 days and scored probably some of the best waves I have had there. Casulties: blown fin box, lost Quik watch....Didn't matter, we were off to Kauai.

Never travel over Thanksgiving, you never score better waves then at OB..............

Fuck that!

Good banter indeed, niiice Kaiser and CK...etc.

Sad and glad: Good sized swell that hit the coast after that Conchita mudslide. Hit a F-U-N! recently formed sandbar that peeled right with some throwing speedy sections with only 2 others, some dude and a cool girl who semi-ripped and smiled the whole time. Surfed 2+hours on the Dp before the long commute back to LA for work.

Damn, that morning was eye-opening in many ways. Hope every surfer in Conchita got those waves somewhere to help deal with their pains.

Pez, yes here is a photo of the point.

That point is in El salvador....Fun point break if you get it right....looooooong right and ripable

Another best day, just last Sunday. Raining all morning, onshore wind. Go to see some friends Westside SC to chill. Some time after 3pm the five of us finally decide to drive up north for a look. We find surprising glassy conditions, with low -tide and no one out, sun just beginning to pop-out from behind clouds. Run down to the beach and see a grey whale in the lineup that I thought was a rock? Wedging, lefthand rebounds, up to head high. I couldn't believe our little crew had this all to our heads. Later, one guy paddled out down the beach. Evryone smiling, I hurry back to SC just in time to meet mom and the in-laws for dinner at Cafe Cruz (BTW is the best food in SC!).
Ites,
-a

Check out this video of my friend's dad at the point."Chip" is a ripper at 66 years old. I hope I surf until I am that old.

damn AS i think your one of those lucky MF's of the world cheers

Rain.
Solo DP.
Juicy left, with bottom turn and lip smack.
Drift.
Another peep paddles out.
Rain.
Another left, hard to get in, then steep pitch, then hungry chomping section opens, and I cruise right on through.
Stoke.
Paddle back out.
Fast pitching right. Make the drop. Section pitching hard in front, I think I can, I think I can.
I can't. Whomped on the bar.
Wave behind it.
Whomped again.
Weird tide/rip/swell combo ensues.
Lull.
Two more peeps out. Funny, its a five mile beach, why is everyone joining me.
Few more rides.
See Wooden Danny and Kneeling Don and its time for work.
Freight train in.
Work.

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