E's Surf Report

unreal wipeout sequence

I made it out with only 8463 duckdives! Unreal ratio of paddle difficulty for wave size. Traded boards with Dennis - we both have comparable sized Merricks, his had original fins, mine has rotating rail fins. So, today, I got to see how the other half lives. Caught bunches of waves, mostly lefts, and ended up with a 4 block walk back to the starting point. Weird combination of swell, sandbar, and tide.

great second pic
fat bottomed fisher person
witnessing awesome clean peeling right and
probably not realizing the potential that exists
especially to those with the rotating fin set up
where is that unpopulated beach ?
is it on the namer's list?

You suck? No, I suck. One not so good wave under my belt this am but it was on the rotating fin board. Not much of a test with the one wave I caught but it had a unique feel to it. I guess a bit more free. To me it felt sorta like a single fin but more drive off the bottom.

Anyway, I got hammered by an ousider and whacked my mouth on the board again duckdiving! This time though I had a mouth piece to protect my glued-in front teeth. Teeth are still in place but I got a big rasberry on my bottom lip. That made me gun-shy for the rest of the morning and I bailed a bunch of times rather than risk the inevitable. I need to go out again tonight and battle my demons.

I took my rotating fin bourd out at F***Y** and had a jolly good time. Definitly a big improvement over my traditional boreing bourde.

I'm looking forward to an arvo session on my roating fin board!

>>Whatever the perfect conditions were at every wave, that's what would be happening at every moment.

wow. no matter where you go, remember, there you are.

deep, brah.

New skateboard design
break-through:

THE ROTATING TRUCK
simulates the feeling of a wave!

rotating kooks in here, simulating the kook thoughts of actual wannabee kooks.

my car has rotating tires.

My first skateboard circa 1964 had fixed metal wheels. Wow, now they have rotating wheels? That's cool. And those suckers look like they're made outta rubber.

aie carrumba (sp?) its stone b-stah day. what the hell have you guys ever invented?

I love the stoked expression on the kids face in the last pic. That is the last word on surfing.

Question for the average-intermediate weekend warrior surfers: would you rather surf a spot infested with clueless beginners or ripping angry locals ? (same number of peeps either way)

I fit that description for sure anon. I get way more waves with tons of beginners. No brainer.

programmable fins with satellite uplink to a real time gps ocean topographical system that reads the undulating surface of the wrapping waves as well as bottom contours and initiates a list of selectable turning and riding options for the ride to choose from via a dick tracy wrist watch that flashes surfline ads and bouy readouts and webcams shots of your last ride. beta testing now. rotating fins is just so simple as to be gimmick.

The rotating discussion got me signing:

Rotating head, keeps on the right side
Colied up and tense remains on the lookout
Expects to be shot or get given the bullet.
Rotating head tries to look on the bright side of things.

Rotating head, friends in high places
No need to guess what he's got in that briefcase
A mind like a gin-trap, one swollen ankle.
The rotating head tries to stay on the right side of things,
On the right side of things.

Name that tune, band and who opened for them at the SF civic in Fall of 81?

This has nothing to do with surfing, but I thought it was funny as shit:

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The author of a new state law that allows felony charges against owners of dangerous dogs was hospitalized over the weekend after his own dog attacked him.

Bob Schwartz, who also is Gov. Bill Richardson's crime adviser, was hospitalized at University of New Mexico Hospital on Sunday night with bites on both his arms, said Pahl Shipley, a spokesman for the governor.

A hospital spokeswoman declined to release Schwartz's condition, but Shipley said Schwartz is "going to be fine."

3to5 - Part 1: The English Beat
Now idea about part 2.

Beautiful mid-morning by the shower. Relatively easy paddles (??), scads o' peeling waves. So much fun.

English Beat

Oh yeah - Rotating Heads is part two. No idea about part 3, I mean't to say.

oh, and as someone who aspires to mediocrity, i prefer competent surfers in the lineup so that the only ineptitude i have to worry about is my own.

i'd choose all beginners in the lineup.. go immediately to the top of the pecking order rather than pick and choose for scraps with the rippers.

i feel a long lunch coming on, thanks kloo

and ill say thats a tough one anon..but for now, and given recent events ill say angry rippers

clueless beginners are far more dangerous and irritating to surf around than angry ripping locals.

i rotate my penis among the lady clan.

Ha, ha! I love this place. I get pure enjoyment out of it. Keeps me coming back everyday!

*CLAIM

3to5, I can't answer your trivia question, its not vogue!

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I surfed this morning and had fun.

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I posted on E's at 11:45.

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I prefer to listen to BVB some days too! Believe it or not, I think he occasionally has something valuable to add.

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Grab a stone!

ooh, kaiser makes a strong bid for top 10 post of the year!

Was it Bow Wow Wow opening for the English Beat?

This site is like surfing, it all comes down to entertainment, from both the ranters and the inspirers. Even "namers get owned" adds to the entertainment, as long as he/she doesn't over do it. I myself have taken different sides of every debate, depending how I feel.

Definitely beats craigslist rants and raves, given its more specific focus on things that interest me.

Mmmm, the possibilities are looking endless for this weekend, with the exception of wide open west facing beach-breaks, as long as the south winds stay off it.

Kaiser: Wow man, you're too much. YOU'RE GOING TO END UP GETTING JOHNNY BOYED BY JENNY BOYD JUST KEEP IT UP; I thought that maybe you were cool but reading your posts is revealing a bad apple. Ick. Heich reich...
Kneeboarders are cool - old school yes.
Getting deeper than most stand upppers.
Why post segments of my interview - click on over and read the whole deal on your own rather than bore us with your need to cut and paste buttfucker me again and again and again.Yes to everyhting.
And to the little guy at such and such last night - you had it coming.
I ended up with a Masters in English Lit. Right now I'm studying to be a flight nurse out of New Zealand if everything works out. Send funds to me directly.

Surfer stable after shark bites leg

Michael Cabanatuan, Chronicle Staff Writer

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

(10-19) 12:15 p.m. BODEGA BAY -- A surfer at Salmon Creek State Beach near Bodega Bay was bitten in the leg by a shark this morning and taken by helicopter to a Santa Rosa hospital.

Lt. Roger Rude, spokesman for the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, said other surfers reported the attack at about 11 a.m. The department sent its helicopter to the scene.

The injured surfer was reportedly a man about 20 years old. Rude said he could not yet release his name.

The surfer was in stable condition at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with injuries to the leg, but no further details were available.

The incident took place in an area where previous shark attacks have taken place, Rude said.

"It's unusual, but not unexpected,'' he said.

Rangers, lifeguards and sheriff's deputies were advising people to vacate the beaches from Jenner to Bodega Bay, Rude said.

I've got a hard-on for Jesus.

BVB, call me anytime, we can sort out your miss-understandings very easily. Those that you know who know me have my number. Feel free to ask them for it. I'll expect a call.

As for my comments, believe it or not, I got some respect for your angle and your takes. You bring experience that not many people (including myself) around here have. If anyone disrespects you for that, then fuck them.

If you can't respect that stated above in this public forum, fuck off then. I ain't gonna sell it to you. How you intrepret something is your deal, not mine or anyone elses.

For all your other bullshit, keep rolling with it, man! You bring some insight into some otherwise boring accounts of this and that which repeats every 4th day. Name this, claim that, surfed this, poked that.

...and for what its worth, I thought that whoever posted segments of your "interview" with E did you a favor!

I'll be waiting by my phone. Dial the number.

Now all this stone talk got me singing; Glass House by Peter Tosh.

Just had a lunchie at Menlo (this is why i'm so into skateboarding, easy access, and pure stoke) grabbed a plate lunch at J & J. for a wednesday at work.....this ain't bad.

i'm claiming.........a nice afternoon.

hope you all can carve one out too wherever your ass is planted.

speaking of stone. In case you didn't know, Bouldering is the new surfing. Endless new discoveries waiting. secret spots. style and burl.
and you will never be out of shape for the rare good day. thank me later.

only thing i'm carving while i sit here at the cubicle is a bit of code and some music on ye ol' headphones!! Headphones make computer work not only tolerable... but.. enjoyable even!!!
thank you headphones!!

Get on with it!!

Kaiser it might be a good time to post some pics of supermodels and empty lefthand pointbreaks.Maybe a pic of gas prices when they were 89 cents would be nice as well.

Just in case we have forgotten to focus on whats REALLY important here.

is it just me or does the drummer of Mars Volta's head look larger than the other guys heads and he's further back? that coupled with the fact that the picture is cutting everyone off at the knees makes it look like it's a group of midgets...maybe it is just me...

nah, it's just you

Yeah, bouldering has definitely exploded recently. I was at M-----n C----s last night, and the crowd was out of hand, fell trying to finish a V5 and almost hit a chick that was just chilling there on the mats. But, the huge options for outdoor climbing, and the much wider range of acceptable conditions, mean it will never experience the same crowd issues as surfing.

Plus, the only feeling that surpasses riding a slightly over-head, glassy, peeling concave wave is pussy or a good bj.

bouldering is for wannabe climbers who are afraid of heights.

V5???

You couldn't pull a transexual at Lindamar on a 3 foot onshore day let alone pull a V5!!!

Me Romo. Me monkey. If anyone drops in on me I will step on your testicles pull down your wetsuit and f you.

how unimaginably cliche to make 'afraid of heights' comparisons. 5.13 trad lead climbers boulder too. who gives a fuck what bolt clipping sport kooks do.

farting is the new bouldering AND you can do it while at work!

just gotta keep em quiet

check the caption

Alexandra, wondering where to paddle out on the North Shore of O‘ahu. Even though they fit perfectly, I bet her father hates those shorts.

Hey who is liquid. He is the guy from florida who has that surf camp in jamaica right?

yup, mofo.. that's the same liquid.

Floater, 360, kickflip, and the newest of moves a "transexual'??????

WTF!!!!!!!!

People, work with me.

(10-19) 14:29 PDT BODEGA BAY -- A 20-year-old woman surfing at Salmon Creek Beach near Bodega Bay fought off an attacking shark this morning but was bitten in the right leg and taken by helicopter to a Santa Rosa hospital.

Brit Horn, a lifeguard at Sonoma Coast State Beach, which includes Salmon Creek, witnessed the attack while off duty and surfing at about 10:30 a.m. with about six or seven others in an area known as the Boardwalk near the south end of the beach.

"I heard her scream, looked over and saw a very large fin, and saw her go under water,'' Horn said. "Then the fin disappeared and she popped up along with her board.''

The woman told doctors at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital that she was lying on her surfboard when what she believes was a great white shark hit her. She fought it off, at one point while on its back, hospital spokeswoman Mary Brighton Borrelli said.

Horn and three other surfers rushed to help the woman, whom Horn knows only as "Megan." She was screaming, he said, and there was blood in the water but not very much. She did not appear to have any life-threatening wounds, he said.

Megan paddled back to shore, accompanied by the other surfers, who helped her to the beach and applied towels to dress the two wounds on her right leg, both of which were bleeding lightly.

Another surfer ran a half mile to the nearest road and drove to a phone to call 911. Bodega Bay paramedics arrived soon after, followed closely by the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department helicopter. Horn said the injured surfer never lost consciousness.

"She did very, very well at keeping her cool,'' he said.

The surfer remained in stable condition at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with five serious lacerations to the leg, and was undergoing tests, Brighton Borrelli said.

The incident took place in an area where previous shark attacks have occurred, Rude said. A shark attacked a Santa Rosa man in the same area about three years ago, Horn said. He said great white sharks are suspected in all of the attacks.

"It's unusual, but not unexpected,'' Rude said of the attack.

As a precaution, rangers, lifeguards and sheriff's deputies advised people to leave the beaches between Jenner and Bodega Bay, Rude said. The beach closures, which are standard after a shark attack, will last for five days, Horn said.

Neither law enforcement nor hospital officials would identify the victim, and she and her mother were declining to speak to the media.

But Horn described the woman as "one of the local female surfers. She's been surfing out here for a couple of years at least. I've seen her here surfing in the past, and expect to see her here in the future.''

Saw a "longboard with oar" guy out in the middle about an hour ago - longboarding with oar is the new bouldering

Flap: climbing a V5 indoors is like a V3 outdoors. If you've been climbing more than 2 years regularly and can't finish at least a couple of indoor V5's, you're either under 5 ft, or really uncoordinated.

Also, never seen a tranny at lindy, as far a I know, I'll though I'll be the first to admit I would rather surf a 6 ft day there than a 12 ft day at OB.

Also: I get the feeling that E denigrates his own ability, from what I've seen he's been surfing almost every day at OB for the last 3 years. I bet he shreds. Fuck, I wish I had the time and will power to get out there every morning.

I guess megan named that spot she was at.

I despise those climbing gyms. Packed, loud, smelly full of spandex covered posing people. Then some 10-year old kid breezes up something you just grunted and struggled to make. "It was so gnar, did you see my fingerbar to V0 layback twist" Ug

Or maybe it's just cause I've never been a very technical climber and more enjoy the solitary experience of the mountains

Fortunately only small % of those gym sport climbers will ever grow the nuts to go climb a real trad or alpine climb. But even then it's getting crowded, and an interesting twist on localism is growing. The idea of style and ethics is more prevalent in the climbing community than any other.

Bouldering can be pretty fun and committing though. A very pure sport. I know almost as many people who've been fucked up bouldering as climbing. (Although usually you live)

is that chick in the lower right his spotter?? LOL. "catch me!"

those guys are nuts.

Mundaka's back!!
http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=97111

Now you are dealing with danger.
I am extremely uncoordinated.
I like the pretty color tape that marks indoor v5's.
I have climbed for 5 years.
Outdoor V3's are for pussies, Indoor V5's are the new surfing.
I have seen a tranny at lindamar.
I have surfed OB since 87
I'm over 6 foot.

E shreds too.

absolutely nothing to do with surfing

I should have had a V8

Don't get me started on rotating V8's

*news flash* go surf

i was hoping you'd skool and silence us on the climbing boom artifact. i'm such a dork climber.

my climbing shoes went with me to Cabo last trip. there is a huge wall close to where i stay. i thought i'd do some traversing on the outgoing tide. i hiked the beach to the wall, but had so much fun tripping around the tide pools that i just blew it off. it just felt wrong to put on shoes at the tide line. have you done any bouldering/travereses after a surf session?

i like the climbing gym too. mainly because it's fun, and i enjoy fun.

there's a decent bouldering/top-roping wall at the south end of stinson. I've seen people scaling up it while nice little glassy waves peeled right behind them. pretty cool. My climber friend says it's pretty legit.. am i naming??

oh yeah.. and to answer the question.. yes.. i really truly painfully suck at surfing!! still can't rip after all these years. (started surfing at 16 and will turn 31 next week!!) I'm a fucking uncoordinated, gangly, tranny kook wannabe suckoid!! I totally suck!!!!

but still have fun.

Flap: "now you're dealing with danger"? I hope that's not an internet threat, because those are very funny and very sad at the same time. If it is, squeal away, I'll never meet you, whether you're 5 ft or 7ft.

All I was trying to say is that it was an indoor V5, which isn't all that impressive. I may be competent in both climbing and surfing, but I would never claim to be great at either. Good on you for surfing for 20 years though, and climbing for 5. I can only "claim" 10 and 2 myself.

I do try to climb out doors as much as I can, but haven't since I tore the ligiment in my thumb about a month ago while bouldering at C---- Rock. Friggin made me miss that huge south swell that hit, never forgive myself.

I agree artifact, the climbing gyms can really suck, but its still the most fun indoor sport around IMHO. Something to do when its dark out (besides the vertical bop, of course). Also, some of those chicks look pretty damn good in sweaty spandex.

Bouldering is for gecko's.

many handles = lame-ass troll

e- don't worry, the Stinson boulders aren't kind enough to worry about naming. Actually, I've never even heard a naming debate around climbing, although I haven't been doing it very long. Goat rock also has really fun bouldering and short top-roping. Saw this core bro free climbing 40 foot 5.10c's, unbelievable. He also surfs all the mystery spots up that way. Very cool guy, was smoking us out and giving us tips on the problems.

Also, I think I might know that meggan chick that got bit, although I though she was older than 20. If its her, she's very cool, and rips really hard, harder than me for sure.

E, at least you are committed enough get out there waaay more than I and probably most people do. I don't think a master hacker is gonna fool anyone into thinking they are uncoordinated. You were in the bouldering mecca a couple of weeks ago.

Stinson is legit, a bigger secret to the nudists than the climbers. Probably the closest thing to what you're thinking 3to5. Most of the seaside cliffs around here are pretty chossy and eroded caked mud etc. Next year we'll head to the granite hills.

A V5 is like a 5.12D I couldn't get up either even if all the combined sharks at Stinson were chasing me up it- and I've been climbing for 10 years.

Yeah I always rip on gyms then go straight to outdoors trad and then am like- "Oh shit I should have gone to the gym more" Actually some dude fell like 90 feet from the top of MC's the other night- anyone catch that?

Let the good vibes come back. How's that for a troll?

p.s.: How do you post pics here?

(I be compewter eliterate)

90 ft at MC? Did something break or was he not harnassed in right or did his belayer fuck up?

whoa did MC expand i thought they topped out at 65 ft. which scares the sh*t outta me.

As someone who avoids angry locals like the plague, and in general, other surfers, I found surfing this past weekend at Lindy to be a bit of an eye-opening experience. Main things I took away from it is 1) way fewer landlord jitters with other surfers around 2) way more polite surfers with cute girls around 3) being able to go to take a poo in a clean bathroom is probably worth $3.

In other news, surf movie at Red Vic at 7:15 and 9:15 and Big Lou's Polka Casserole is playing Toronado's Octoberfest ($2.50 pints until 6). Angry locals who don't like crowds should avoid Toronado.

I also think blakestah is very brave for going near dennis. Either that or he has a good orthodontist. Dennis has bad dental karma; after reading his posts I brush my teeth with 4 leaf clovers.

I'm not really sure (2nd hand story the dude almost landed on a buddy) the guy fell from the top (probably at least 50ft). I think he didn't fully threaded the figure-8 and when he weighted the knot to be lowered it pulled through. (last Wed?)

i vote andrew in alameda wittiest (sp?) poster.
"brush my teeth with 4 leaf clovers" HA!!

www.gdradio.net

Looks like some posters on this blog have a oxytocin deficieny, as well as many Santa Cruz locals:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20051019/hl_hsn/hormonelinkedtoaggressioninmice

is it worth leaving work to rush out to the surf? i'm dyin' in this cube!

"SAR-CHASM" Mr. Flabby handles.

I would never threaten anyone, anywhere, even here. I simply don't need to.

Except, I would threaten someone with "dryhead".

And missing glassy surf because of 2 broken ankles from bouldering seemed about a stupid as anything i could think of. It broke my heart. I climb for fun, not to spout off "V-claims".

Ratings in gyms are arbitrary. Some v5's are easier than some v3's. Doesn't really mean anything unless you climb a level on a regular basis. Outdoor bouldering is a totally other story, you have to add about 2 or 3 levels to what you're climbing in the gym.

went out south side of playa. fun and a bit tantalizing tried to fish it again and again the wrong board choice. dolphins and smoothness. Utter beauty ad not unlike a lovely woman left me frustrated and wanting more.

e, you stole *my* title again, barring the "surfing since 16 bit!"

If climbing gyms added some guys sitting on the roof pelting climbers w/pebbles [ an occasional boulder and rock slide for variety ], fluctuated the daily indoor temperature between freezing and blazing 100 plus , featured occasional rain and lighting bolts, and loosened -at random - some holds , heck maybe add a rattlesnake or two... that would put a wrench in the rating system, not to mention add some variety ;)

But this is a surfing forum. The 2 sports are very similiar though.

Surfer chick got bitten by a shark today at 11:30 at Salmon Creek Beach in Sonoma County. I was watching Riding Giants and then realized how fucking pussy i was for being afraid of an 8 foot face in comparison to these guys and riding 60 foot faces. Damn man.

brian,

no shit I get freaked at DOH OB and these dudes charged 30 footers on longboards leashless in the fifties!1 Its humbling when people in their 80's or long dead have surfed bigger and badder waves than I will ever comtemplate stroking into.

I'd like my 1037mb high pressure right below my 958mb low pressure system at about 305 degrees on... let's see... how about 12 UTC on the 21st, thank you.

i would not want to ever go over the falls while climbing!

dano, stat please?

Anyone been there? It would be nice to get out of the wetsuit smoke some bud and hang out Thats always the problem with traveling.. Central America stuff is soooo bad, I can barely tolerate it. Mexico sucks for that stuff.

When Locals attack.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/12943319.htm

I looking into getting a board grown from GMO Yellow fin stem cells that hugs the rider like a lover while paddling out and can outswim the fastest predator.

Andrew - funny. My teeth are laying in a patch of four leaf clovers somewhere. Good news. Surfed tonight and still have the rest of my teeth.

One time at Salmon Creek i was trying to get over to the right side of the peak on a fat outside wave on my longboard and just flipped over backwards with the board on top of me. uggh