E's Surf Report

Ohh, ooh, ooh, that foam board joust thing! I recall hearing about that. I giddily look forward to seeinging this joust event for myself. Good luck finding water wings in this city. Lowest proportion of kids in the country. This might be one occasion where me being in Walnut Creek is an asset. My roommate has an inflatable canoe from Target...we might need that too.

Just get an anchor for the canoe and have judges sitting in the same spot in the boneyard. Work is so fuuuuuuuuun! J, great job on the substitues substitue.

Thanks, j--great work this week!

Couldn't surf this morning. So...epic, right?

sweet guys im in. and good job J.

cadaver, good too see you last night. nyuk nyuk

bummed i will miss it if it's on the 18th. i'll be tearing up the shore lappers in sunset beach, nc. i coulda been the first woman ever to tow in on an inflatable kayak while wearing water wings, give keala a run for her money.

surf was fun this morning. too bad i suck. don't you hate when you do a cutback, but you're board doesn't.

your board (in case we have any grammar nazi's around)

nazis ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

crazy shit in pacifica again...rememebr the semi truck that tried to drive off the pier?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/10/BAgunshop10.DTL

Caught this on Conan last night, pretty funny stuff. Nice and long, (10 min.)helping Friday disappear into the weekend.
http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0G6RC5WH1ODBL2KKU214SP1JV7

Niceness crew: I am a surfer from LA who was been reading your stuff for a few years now (is that right??) There is a surf blogger from down there who is a relative newbie (his blog is called confessions of a novice surfer) who insists on posting pics with reports and names at lesser-known spots in the LA area (yes, we still have those). Some people down here aren't happy. If any of you want, feel free to weigh in on your opinion on his site, as I feel it would be nice to have some more voices on the subject.

Here's the addy: http://novicesurf.blogspot.com/

Burn that dude.

Holy crap- that shit woke me up this morning- a stones throw from my apartment.

Damn, Guns shops shouldn't be in residential neighboorhoods. I guess I can see their choosing that location: perfect for Pacifica. Walking ditance between the Octopus lounge, Winter's, and the trailer park, yeah!

Good sized 1.5 OH south swell lighting up Hawaii. My sister just got back from bodyboarding Waikiki and said it was huge (well, for her atleast).

Is this south anywhere on the horizon for Nor Cal? Man, i'm dying for a good south to light up Santa Cruz.

Scottyp, you gotta take the Kazaa strategy of flooding the board with fake surf reports, like this one:

I surfed LMNOP this morning, waves were overhead barelling over the reef, winds were 5 knots offshore, and a container filled with Haggen Daaz appears to have fallen off a passing ship littering the beach with pints of Almond Mocha Fudge and dark chocolate vanilla bars. Luckily, the local bikini model's union had organized a beach clean up, and were undertaking the task. I also hear they will have a post-party. It's also sunny and beautiful, so please remember to wear your sun block.

bagged a few south of town this am glasssy peeling arrrghh right
great sub in j

what's interesting about that guy's secret spot is that apparently the lifeguards found it and put a tower in! damn those lifeguards!

Missed waves again this mornin', damn...shame on that last Tequila. It looked the best it has o'er the last 2 weeks from my vantage point. Now I'm trapped in a cube. Flags waving in the wind tell me it's pickin' up so no chance today. Anyone know what how the winds are forecasted tomorrow a.m.? I've got a new board that's itchin' to get wet. It's gonna start yellin' at me soon if it don't.

I'll bring some of OB's finest fresh fried sand crabs to the potluck. Dip 'em in egg batter and bread 'em with cornmeal and jalepenos. MMmmmm, yuck!!

Steamwand, you must have been just out of site this dp? Within eyeshot it was only me and a dolphin enjoying the glassy knee high mackers. Sorry 'bout the 25th :P - we picked impersonally according to #'s.

Andrew: definitely bring the inflatible canoe. Some of us want to work on our tow in surfing.

I went for a marathon 30 minute sesh this AM, I was on my way to work and it looked kinda fun, caught 3 and made it to the parking lot as the bell rang... Guy on a red LB was getting tons of waves, shoulderless little nubbies.

That pic was taken using high speed scala BW slide film, super grainy stuff. I think it is Matt Warsaw in there, it was him and Alfaro out getting super deep pits,

fisherman -

paddled out at this am after politely wating for the fisherman to cast his lure , as i'm paddlin' he's reeling. then plop right over my head he casts again,i look back give him the niceness one finger salute and continue into the line up, feel my self getting no place fast ...the sonofabiatch has snagged my leg rope...wtf, circle back unhook his six inch long quad triple hook casting weapon and give him the double salute.....fun peeling waves though, caused me to forget the incident until just now ..beware of hipwader wearing al qaida members firing weapons of mass destruction on 8 lb. test

leaving after work for my brother's graduation from UCSD then to Rosarito through wednesday just in time for this lil south heading our way... so so amped to get some waves down there

yo bbr, enjoy the south and the fish tacos

I got to the beach pre 6 am today. Made the 3 mile drive turned around and went home for coffee and a blanket. It looked ok but I needed more. The waves looked better as I drove to work. Is it cuz'a the tide or the fact that I was going to work?

Surfed Lindy last night. It was actually kinda glassy. Caught a few fun waves before Team Mar got on it. As the tide changed, the takeoff zone shrank and the crowd grews. Ah the sound of banging boards and screaming groms. The water had loogy sized clumps of algae and a couple dead birds floating around the linup. Today I have a little tickle in my throat.

I usually go outta my way to give the fisherman their space. I've been targeted but never hooked.

Should have cut his line. I always carry a knife strapped to my leg when i surf.

My mom lived in Rosarito as a teen and was Miss Rosarito in 63, but thats not saying much Back then I think there were only about 100 girls in that town.

have fun bbr, your stoked

bbr, have fun man. That'll be a good time. Dennis, of course it's cuz you were going to work. Just like when you are at work, your friends always call and tell you how epic it was. Kiedis, when is Point Break 2 coming out? I've been writing to the producers for some time now trying to push that film.

i grew up surfing the "secret spot"...umm wasn't much of a secret back then either.

I've been out of the water so long that I feel like i'm turning into a piece of dried up turkey jerky!

On a completely different topic...anyone else have arm/shoulder pain that they attribute to using their computer? Suggestions for combating? Aside from the obvious...gawd i wish I could unchain myself from the PC. Have a good weekend peeps...nice posting j.

jdz, it's not that the spot is secret. It's just that he is providing the name, time, and location in his report about a lesser-known/checked spot and has stated his intention to do so in the future whether a spot is secret or not. If you grew up surfing there, you know there are some finds around that area on the right swells. Personally, I don't like where the guy is going with this.

I'm not talking about s-t's either. Last time I checked that spot on a big swell there were 30+ people, video cameras, and a hell of a lot of photographers.

Fun smooth surface surfing this morning. Sure was nice to actually "surf" a few waves today, been way too long. Made it to work only 3 hours late. Wind was picking up when I left at noon.

I am in on the contest/party/joust. Sounds like a fun time.

used to be jealous of ian, now i'm jealous of bbr...WTF?

dennis, when do you head for japan? i'm out next thursday. it'd be rad to meet you at the beach a 65,000 locals.

rad!

WITH 65,000 locals. and i am a grammar nazi. rad!

just wanted to say it one more time.

i'm in for the goon squad bash...

wish i was going to baja, mainland or other sothern climates but i'm heading to seattle to hang with the parents. at least i'm moving 5 blocks closer to the beach next week.

jdz,

I am working through shoulder pain that I first felt at work, but which got worse from continued surfing. Mine is caused by my shoulders rolling forward, which constricts movement and causes inflamation and scar-tissue build-up. I have reduced my frequency of surfing (glad it's spring), I am now doing back exercises , seeing a chiropractor, and getting shoulder massage every week, all of which have helped reduce the pain.

Send me an email for more info. (downtheline at gmail.com)

man that blog sucks compared to e's. I stopped reading after this line...

"I'm currently stuck with my funboard as my Kingfish is in need of fixing, I haven't had an opportunity to drop him off at Aquatech yet and my HIC is not a summer swell board by any stretch."

Love that Oregon pic. Good job J.

scottyp...point taken. No point in broadcasting a spot...secret or not. I used to love that place.

steve-o...i will probably shoot you an email in the near future...i'd be interested to see how the massage therapy has worked. Would give me a good excuse to get massaged regulary!

steve-o - that is a common surfer's shoulder. The chest and lats strengthen and shorten. The traps and rhomboids weaken and lengthen. Then you impinge. Then you get supraspinatus tendonitis. Then you get neck pain at the C6-C7 juncture. Then you sit out for months.

You need to work the shoulders with the two acromions back and up. The shoulder stabilizers need to be able to keep the two acromions back, up, and stable when you paddle. If you let it get to bad tendonitis you will sit out a long time.

It affects you at the computer b/c you already have inflammation and you sit there with your acromions slumping forward all day long. Keep em back!

Any excuse to get a massase, is a good one. =-O yeah

I've been putting off the shoulder surgery for a couple years- one more dislocation and I'll be totally convinced. Massage helps but a temporary solution at best.

Hey has anyone had shoulder surgery with John Belzer CPMC, any comments? Seems like a top guy and I've heard good things about him, but still hesitant on the whole thing.

Friendly, I'll be arriving on Friday June 24th. Probably be settled in enough to hit the beach in Shonan by Sunday or Monday after that. Probably be sufing Chiba on the 28th but not absolutely certain.

Shoot me an email jdmcquoid at msn.com. I'm taking my laptop so I'll have internet access while over there.

Blakestah, I don't think it's appropriate to be talking about another mans acromions on this site ;^)

Is it surfable now?

Ian, were working on it. Trying to get Bob Carillo to write the screen play.

no, unless you have kite.

Friendly, I meant shoot me an email before you go. I'll give you my cell phone number. That'll be cool catching you there. I'll be the white guy on the beach ;)

haha! I do have a kite...got it in the mail yesterday. It's retarded how much equipment is involved. I gotta go bolting crap to the board when I get home tonight. It's a far cry from carving out a board from a sacred tree. I'll keep the blog updated on my injuries as they occur.

Target souless-consumer-whore report: no water wings, but they did have a big ass raft they called a "floating dock" which would be just perfect for Ocean Beach (I resisted the urge to buy it). They didn't even have a freakin' beach ball. My other idea is to play Marco Polo, starting at Sloat and Cliff House of course. On the land side of things someone has got to bring a slip-and-slide with enough green garden hose to run across the great highway. Also, sand castle contest.

funny, HB

Blakestah, how do you find time to surf when you obviously spend so much time reading books or whatever it is you do to jam all this info in your brain?

blakestah - we need a diagram! we need a diagram!
Seriously, good advise. Nancy Bel would be proud of you! ;)
I ended up needing surgery a few years ago to releive severe impingement in my right shoulder. It got so bad at one point that muscle spasms in my neck would pull my chin down to my chest involuntarily - scary shit when that happens as you're driving over Devil's Slide in the fog! Regular exercise is a must for me now to prevent the impingement from returning, or happening in the other shoulder. Over the years I've put together a routine of upper-body, core-strengthening and yoga that serves pretty well to keep me in shape without over working any one area. Just the same, sometimes I over do it - stay out in the water too long, greedy for "one more wave"; over-stretch doing yoga, trying to show-off how flexible I am for an old guy; or power-out doing chores with a shitty/uptight attitude - then I pay.

TOH OB has nothing on 7th grade on the last week of school... aaaaargh

artifact - Belzer was my guy. Did a GREAT job. I was back in the water 6 weeks after his arthroscopic version of a "Mumford Procedure."

haha i believe it mexi

Thanks, bird. Dang the gol-dratted wind.

At age 42, I've never had a single surfing injury. I probably should write up my secrets someday, but in retrospect I'm pretty sure the big one is "start at 41".

Jimmie - here's a diagram for you.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/980215ap/fongemie.html

s.s. - yeah, i was on the north end. a ways out of eyeshot probably in the fog.

is it ironic that scottyp posted the link to that blog to raise awareness of someone revealing "secret" spots thereby revealing the secret spot to another whole segment of the cube locked surfing population? i would never have read that blog if it hadn't been linked to and they're lucky i avoid la like the plague or i'd be jumpin on that smooth left like white on rice.

Thanks Jimmie- I'm really glad to hear Belzer worked out well for you! 6 weeks is pretty fast.

does anybody know a company that makes something for floating a keg? i mean..umm...not that i'm looking for something like that to purchase....just curious what they look like...

Steamwand: Damn. You're right. But hey, it was a sacrifical offering. Just as long as the guy doesn't post "my" secret spot, which is just a little bit north. Or is that south?

j
try b.f. goodrich
pump a truck tire tube and float the river on a hot chico summer day

Friday afternoon
time for some of those Kaiser reef pictures

oooooooh, damn, check that thong!

Secret spot? Looks like the place I shot that stinker of a movie, 1941. Remeber the house/set where the tower is now?

Double overhead sets today at Ala Moana Bowls:

Mike Ho doing it:

nice shots msg. thanks. and have i told you you go great with sweet and sour pork?

I think thats Derek ho, Mike is regular foot.

i think those waves are pushing triple on the takeoffs....

It's "jump the newbie" on that blog. Surfline's got a cam at the other end of that bay and you can practically see it. Those photos were posted hours after he got out, from what I read.

I saw someone wearing a pair of those flip flops. They have a bottle opener in the sole. Really. I thought that was a bit ridiculous.

I'm not super interested in rubbing the beer I'm about to drink all over the sand stuck in my flip flops but whatever.

pffff those shots are nuts... never seen that angle before. oakland airport here i come...

Now, you guys have to promise me that the whole Goon Squad deal is not just some appropriately named but lame attempt to lure me and all my hodad friends out to some secluded spot for a good old fashioned beat down.

spidey - can't promise that...

fanning interview
http://surfermag.com/magazine/archivedissues/mickfnninintrvu/

"What they do with it is they slice the back of your arse open and peel it back. Then they drill into your arse bone and put, like, a grappling hook in there. It’s so strong the doctor said he was lifting me off the table just with the hook. And then they sew the ligament onto the grappling hook. So for the first six, eight weeks, that’s why you can’t do anything—it’s just the stitches holding it together. And you’ve just got to wait for the scar tissue to grow over the grappling hook."

Oops, sorry bout that guys, Mike Ho is the bald guy on the bottom. Derek is the guy on top. Yup, and MSG tastes good on a lot of stuff, it's just too bad MSG is also bad for you too. I guess it's that yin/yang thing again.

From what i've been hearing, Sandy's is CRANKING right now. It's going to be cranking all weekend long. Man, I hope that south hits us this weekend. I think it's hitting So Cal tomorrow.

Ouch, Fanning designed that sandle with the bottle opener.

On further inspection, it appears that is Mike Ho, in the bottom pik, and Derek Ho in the top.

The newbie guy is asking for it.

Awwww... Sandy's.. That's where I grew up. Anyone remember those photos of McNamara towing in out there? Crazy. Those Town photos are ridiculous. I bet people are used to getting waist-head days there, even with a decent swell. Starting to look like small pipe. The water looks way more green than usual though.

Dennis - Thanks for the pretty pictures. Shoulders are incredibly complex structures.

aargh. Nothing worse than sussing it out but getting cross threaded schedule-wise. Now it's gusting 40 at the airport - adios

Boy do I hate how Surfer and the other Magazines have become total pimps for their advertisers. That article must say, Fanning is reputed to be the "fastest" surfer at lest a half a dozen times. How many of us would describe what we do as "fast". "Boy J, you were really fast on that one", "Nice fastness, BBR", "Jimmie pulled a fast one", "I thought I was fast today, but Ian was way faster". Fast my ass. Odds are the print version of Surfer has got one of those inane "Mick Did It" nitwit in a neck brace ads stuffed right in the middle of the interview.

shut up

Dennis and Blakestah,

Thanks for the info. I will be doing as many exercises for my back (posterior serratus is the one I've been told to focus on) as I can this summer. I have a prescription for physical therapy, which I may actually use now.

Turns out you can weaken your shoulder's tendons by sleeping on the same shoulder year after year, which I have been doing at my wife's insistence (to keep my snoring under control).

This is pretty funny. I found someone reppin Brigade on wannasurf. Seems they get around online.

"Brigade Blows into Town by Looking for Lost Rocks in the Brigades' Carpet
22 Mar 2005
The Brigade really Rocked SF!!! MAl 'P' is till feeling the effects of The Brigades' 'White Tornado Rock-A-Thong'!!! Jimme sniffed a few bonzers and then stripped down to flap his white cheeks and still the local St. Theresa Chixxxs are rubbing their gums wondering, "WWhat was that 'White Tornado'?" Florida, Newps, Mal 'P', SF---The Brigade is Blowing Down Doors, sniffing it allll, and beating a$$, asking questions later, if we can still sit down!"

arcade fire, haiti

listen to it, its working for me right now

Gosh J, you almost forgot to invite The Brigade!

We are not too amused at how much flap lip is spouted by wanna-be's on this site, and how little is served in person. The Brigade dominates A-Town and beyond. Like this morning at Kellys and later today we'll be at The Hook The Brigade also knows the Lower Haight and Outer Sunset as well. The people know, the people respect. If someone has beef with you, you go pound him, real simple. Some SOB was jousting with the brigade in Mal P., and after on some barn-o website. We know who you are. Next time we will deal with you Brigade Style! No problem, keep mocking the Brigade on this and other websites, it will be your only chance. A-Town style doesn't involve guys wearing g-strings or cooking up rock, all we do is throw buckets and turn heads both in and out of the water, 100% A-town Brigade, bringing it Brigade style. We'll see respect at your BBQ. Yah!

Almost no one out this morning. ??? More waves for meeeeeeeee.

With respect, mind you, where is A-Town?

Who's the barno spouting drivel?

Anyway does anyone know who that cute blonde surfer chic is in that picture from the other days blog?.....she looks familiar.

If any of the brigade members need to carpool let me know...lol

Nice thought. But that�'s really not going to be necessary since their moms will be dropping them off.

snake

I was out at Kelly's the morning of June 11. Be very afraid of the Brigade - I think I snuck in under their radar but I witnessed multiple beat-downs in between their lip bashing, toob riding, and landing aerials.

Yay - some size again at OB. Trippy cross energy. Kind of like a mediocre porno movie though - stand up, then go flacid. Yo "brigade" homie - guess you couldn't make it through the whitewater at kelly's eh? Some advice - wait for the lulls. Then you can get outside, kick ass, take names, yada yada. The guys out there were cool, and the waves were good enough. nuff said.

Ha, banjo. Yeah, waves was kinda weird; some nice chunky ones, though, if you had the time and patience to wait (I mostly didn't). Just like yesterday I was out by my lonesome, this time at the showers, on a sunny, windless, overhead, low-tide morning. One other guy paddled out with me (and got out well before I did, the fucker), but I didn't see him after his first ride. Some guys heading out as I headed in . . . but a much funner weekend than you'd think given the near total emptiness.

Baja is a place:

Yeah, I was out at Sloat today hanging with my cousin and saw some OH surf out there. It was really crossed up, and no one was out, but I saw lots of surfable waves. I saw this one peak near the shore that was heaving and spitting out some bowls. Damn, I shoulda brought my board.

salut.. je suis simo du maraoc j'aime le surf et moi joueur du surf alors le pics de maroc c'est mal mes je v'ais a la australie pour jouer bien
c'est le probleme la paoion du voayage je me puus pas ok merci bey