E's Surf Report

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Hey 1st, what does v70t5 mean?

OK, I didn't catch as many but I gotta say that this morning far surpasses last Saturday AFAIK. Thicker, faster, more lined-up, explosive detonation on the bombs. Surface bump was starting to appear as I left. The northbound river was in full swing.

Whew.

"conpsire for a blessed moment" --indeed they do. brillant E!

kdalle, don't you mean "still on the smaller side, somewhere between chest to head high, and pretty much swamped by the tide"? looking at that report and the buoy made me scratch my head.

My favorite E passage yet:

Years of preparation, intrigue and love.
Hours and hours of video.
Yoga, pilates, diet and skating.
Conspire for one blessed moment.

Grommetsurfstyle mission statement:

To serve and to pass on a tradition. The sport of surfing is evolving from an alternative activity into a noticeable trend in modern days. Those who have led us to such an exciting phenomenon are passing on their skill and love for selling out the sport. Grommet, a newly formed clothing line was simply designed to hand down the laid back, casual style to the next generation of sheep. Once a tool, always a tool. It is not only a sport, but a mentality, a lifestyle, and a persistent passion; those of us who embraced it late in life know best, and we also know those are the values we wish to exploit.

Nice Lerm! I predict we'll be seeing grommet clothing all over the Marina district beaches and Seadrift in no time.

"Opportunities for glory".......and that there were this AM. Amen.

second jaques comment. beautiful e. thanks.

That pic above with the dog and the guy tucked in the lip is dope.

The buoys and reports have been really wonky . After watching the sun rise and the waves reveal their true nature, another neighbor and I decided to just have contest "rides" around the inside. As luck would have it at one point realized that if I kept paddling I would easily make it outside. Being a very dumbass idea I came to a halt and moved elsewhere. But it was interesting - even w/the heavy incoming tide, the channels and rips were working and with so much water being sloshed around, if one waited on the inside you could be swooshed into one of them. So the paddle can be impossible or easy, depending on timing. Which is spooky if you don't want huge monster bombs landing on your head.

big shoutout to Traut who went all the way out via the route I turned tail from. I'm gonna CLAIM some whomping, throwing, nasty DOHs for him. Wave size guarranteed because I saw another guy taking off out there. Yeah Traut!

Krispy Kreme was looking better then the surf to me this morning.

I opted for a dozen glazed, a fresh cup, 2 sugars.

Stoked with my decision.

Once again - what a difference a day makes! Late yesterday afternoon I was out in chest high peelers havin' tons o' fun catchin' lots of little waves on the log and watching the wildlife (still lots of dolphin activity). I just drove past the beach around 10:30 am - on a work related errand, of course - and must concur with kdalle. When the tide drops it'll get REAL interesting.

The SF bouy this am was 6.6' @ 16 seconds. I would interpret that as at least 10 to maybe 12 foot faces and fairly heavy.

it's also possible that I can't read before 6:30 am!

E rocks. Today's post is a classic.
Poetry about my passion.
Pics from an exotic locale.
Got me thinking about blowing off work today for a session somewhere not to be named (or claimed) with Antman.

As E says....Surrrrrrrrrrrff!

Has anyone else noticed that we've had pretty much non-stop wave action since Blakestah left? Sure, today is a little heavy, but damn, it sure is pretty. Coincidence? Are the surf gods happy he's gone or has Blakestah made the ultimate sacrifice?

I know the waves are usually decent when I head out of town, so I'm leaning towards the sacrifice angle. In any event, thanks Blakestah!

Surfed yesterday in the afternoon, fun fishy little waves, thought it would be getting smaller today, so I have my longboard with me. I need to start paying attention to the buoys and not the forcast sites.

HB, don't know about you but I had my second fin break off on them old Lockbox fins. Chanel Islands fish, it may be the glass job, but two in a row. At least this board was old enough to have preasure dings.

frick i saw some dude about 30 yards north of me get absolutely plowed by the two biggest set waves i saw this morning, both of them broke directly on his head. he took a looooong time coming up after the 2nd one....

ive missed so much surfing cause of this damn job. shit.

was it crowded this AM? i pulled a short surf around 1pm yesterday and it was 3 foot and packed near the promenade. It always amazes me how a 3 foot day brings out every surfer and his buddy no matter what day or time, but soon as its 12 foot you are out there alone or with maybe 2 other guys. where we all those guys saturday afternoon?? or sunday morning?? probably driving like hell to find something in the shoulder high range.

It's rocket science dsx, big waves = less crowds.

Finally these forecasters are getting it right! Hopefully next HH-OH perfection they will be calling it DOH-TOH.

Sat afternoon was 7.5 at 19 when I checked.

Anyone try one of those new Rip Curl F-bomb suits, my Xcel is done.

that was me

I understand size effects crowds. what gets me is that on a wed. afternoon mid-week there was 50 guys out. on a weekend with some size no one for 100 yards.

Artifact - my friend just got one and loves it. He's picky about his equipment too, so I guess it's a good suit.

Hey, I can't get my RAW files downloaded from my 20D. Wassup wit dat? I've upgraded to photshop CS2 and downloaded the correct plugin. It's making me crazy.

Please email me with any suggestions: jdmcquoid at msn dot com. Thanks.

the surfpulse report today said chest-to-head high. WTF?

big waves=more beatings=less pussies

oh...

The surfpulse report is looking mainly at the north end of the beach I think. The cove was barely breaking at 9AM.

The surf was bigger then 3 ft at other locations yesterday afternoon. And, if you don't like crowds, go surf somewhere where there isn't one. There were not a lot of people surfing yesterday afternoon.

There were even less this morning. Not many people out at all. Those that did paddle out had some nice "river crossings" to get out. It was kinda funny watching Johnnie Nuetron try to get out at VFW's.

Mexi - Sucks about Loxbox. I think I have a dude's email from there. Otherwise, contact the guys directly at Moonlight Glassing and tell them what the deal has been. They glass most of those boards (I think we talked about this in the past). They will know what the deal is. If you need a contact, let me know.

its alwayse shoulder high to the surfpulse guy. he must be really tall.

Surfpulse isn't the only one that got it wrong. Sponsler is calling for 5.0-5.5 ft. I'm guessing the biggest sets I saw had 12+' faces easy and they were thick, pitching and moving fast. Maybe its the angle or whatever but there are some freighttrains out there. Where I was there was only one guy out and later a couple more. No one at the other end and I saw two starting to paddle out in the middle as I left. That's it. So much for the crowds.

been awhile since a post... but
these type of waves make for good times.
YEEEHAAAWWWW!!

also for those who like to learn.. Fiberglass Hawaii is doing a workshop about shaping and glassing epoxy/eps boards. Sunday.

mexi, artifact, and mexi's friend. your photos make this little stretch of beach look way too good. nice ones!!

Nice pics Matt the top one is a sweet last ride.

Holiday reading, looks pretty interesting! Chouinard is the real deal.

Mexi, email lokbox@sbcglobal.net

Be detailed, specific, and send pictures. Tell Jimmy I sent you.

Today's swell has less short period mixed in and is coming from about a 10 degree better direction.

-Dave

Thanks Stah and K, I do think it is more a glassing issue than the lockbox fins, but I'll let em both know. CI was nice enough to replace the first board. Alex is fixing the board and is reinforcing both fins with extra glass. He does brilliant work.

Is Blakestah relevant now that he's a val? Is he still the shepard to the sheep? Is he leading the masses from Missouri on their oceanic vision quest? Will rotating fins catch on in the heartland?

blakestah.com is forecasting again - not sure what reports you all are referring to but if you have questions about the blakestah (now G) forecast, send me an email

G, prepare for the shitstorm.

Hey Elias

Any details about the Fiberglass Hawaii
eps/epoxy workshop? Start time? Duration?
Location? I'm assuming Santa Cruz, but
could be off by hundreds or thousands of
miles...

Mother ocean is angry......too many crab pots, too many crack pots.......get ready for her wrath~~~~~~~

Why is Kellys the best spot? What makes it so much better and localized?

You are high...

Does anybody REALLY believe that Kellys is the best spot during any given swell, along the entire three miles of Ocean Beach? As to why it's localized ... well that's for others to discuss. I'm just an old kook.

it's the smallest. it's the wussy boys who act like aggro assholes. the real surfers know they can get waves, today tomorrow and the next day for the rest of their lives, no matter who's in the water.

Really fun at Kdalle's Spot.

The river was running south at Lunch though.

Doof was fooled by the reports and had his 6'10".

He did make it out though, and caught two.

I was more comfortable on the 8'10" (oh, and Steve, I don't know all the measurements but it is 19.5" at the wide point).

I caught more than two.

Woman surfing well to the North on what looked like the Brown turd board. Anastasia?

Paddling, paddling. Got past the rip, finally.

She took off on one and was gone.

There are so many people taking pictures now, that as I was riding deeper than I normally do on a left, I actually thought to myself, "Hmmmmm, I hope someone is taking a picture right now."

What a slut.

eric... yes.. Santa Cruz.
Sunday morning... i think 9 or 10
831.476.7464 is their # give em a ring for the details.

maybe see you there? that is if I go... hmm..

Interesting Mexi. I had a fin rip off mine too as you know but I am 100% sure it was from sliding over a rock at low tide. That sucks man. I do see now what you meant by the screws loosening after a couple sessions. Never noticed that before because I would switch out fins anyway. Not really a big deal but good to know.

I like how they named a new street Argentina up in the City.

Swells, swells, they are a stackin'.

Seen Chin?

I wouldn't mess with g-money. Wait til you see him in person. He uses my size boards as shortboards.

i like kelly's better than most of the beach on windswells, combos, souths and smaller groundswells... pretty much anything except a medium to large groundswell

Thanks for the shout out sharkbait. My only claim for the AM was that I got my ass handed to me on my first wave after trying to make a turn at Mach 7 and that I was way undergunned on the 6-7 squash (note to self - big burly monsters at OB in the winter - always bring the gun!!)

Hb,
They want $50 for the Animal Chin DVD....It's a farking re-issue. I was bummed that they have priced it so high. I think I'll just give Cab a fiver next time I see him schralping at Sunnyvale.

Alex Matins in the Mavs contest!!!!

sweet! congrats to alex.

im with choda boy on the kellys issue. furthermore i think its localized just cause its the closest thing to a landmark that OB has.

kelly's isnt that localized. if you are smart and treat kellys like any other place in the world that you surf with respect, then it can be a killer place to surf.
this KCLB club is crap, they dont surf very good anyway, it's all just hype. most of the cool-guy bravado bullshit happens in the parking lot.

dont buy in, kelly's gets good, and you can get great waves there if you are smart.

I just got out of the water at Pacheco, by the way. It is still offshore, and going off, if you like it bigger. thats right, i named it, bizitches. whine all you like, or delete the post, whatever makes you feel better. it will be dark in an hour anyway. if you are reading this, you missed it. also, quit looking at prono.

hey, we made it on the map, yah!!!

http://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/KellysCove.shtml

Naming streets don't make me feel so bad...my only complaint is the photos with "OB" written on them.

Last Saturday, I saw the surf report said "good" when I rolled outta bed at 10 AM. Fearing my local would be too crowded, I went down to Empty Street. To my surprise, two guys were getting out of the water, I surfed alone for 3 hours, and when I got out, another two guys were getting in the water. I'm not liking all this crowding at Empty Street...I came very near to having someone surf almost at the same time and place as me.

Is "localized" a fancy way of saying getting 20 dorky stickers printed up and giving them to your friends?

NICENESS BLOG LOCAL BOYS!!

i am getting the stickers printed up now. who is in?

make it boyZ and sign me up..

I hate clubs, frats, all that bullshit for people who need approval from others.

Kelly's Cove Insecure Little Bitches!

I surf Kelly's about twice a year.

I only surf there when we have ____________ swell and the wind is coming out of the _________. Otherwise, I would rather surf other places along the beach.

WHO THE FUCK CARES! Besides, the rock is chalk full of bird shit.

Congrats to Alex. That is sweet.

Please do print up those Niceness Blog Local Boys stickers and make it a little easier to identify who keeps posting all the pics (thinly disguised or not). It's one thing to anonymously slam the locals from the safety of your keyboards but the local picture posting has gotten way fucking out of hand.

Ever wonder how many hits a day this blog gets?

seriously though, i wonder if there would even be a rock there if someone decided to clean all the shit off that thing.

Good cheap quick friendly place to print stickers:

http://contageousgraphics.com

$65 for 500 2.75" x 2.75" high quality waterproof vinyl.

how will the sticker read?? Kelly'z Boyz Rule!! ??

All you Kelly's cove haters, why don't you come down to the cove with that talk and watch as you get buttfucked. You won't be laughin when you see a grown man hittin you missionary.

Hey Adolf go talk to wannasurf, surfline, surfpulse, wavewatch, wise. Ok the beach gets good like 2 weeks a year- so does every damn beach in the world.

Since blakestah's report went down and the other local reports have been getting it wrong, the crowd has been down 400%

Obviously Chuck Lantz et alt. and the surf photogs that name, probably don't even surf and may not realize this. Each day there are 10 more with new digi cameras as the technology gets better.

So you gonna go fuck up their cars. If I ever catch anybody touching my shit a serious beatdown will occur that will make triple overhead beach look like a day at the park. I guess you just never know who you are messing with, keep that in mind when you decide to screw w/ someone's car.

Local photogs posting un-named stoke photos days after a session 30 posts down in a random blog are never a problem. I'm sure if they were taking photos of you, we would be hearing your praise. But you were probably sitting on the beach with the rest of the kooks tail between their legs

Yea! I'll fuck your ass so hard youll taste shit!

I'm soooo looking forward to getting buttfucked missionary the next time I surf Kelly's.

This is gonna be rad!

sometimes you're the bug and sometimes you're the windshield.

Meet me, the bug.

Wait, there are local photo sites besides Chuck Lantz, Artifact, and Paul Ferraris? Please let me know where the are so I can see pictures of my ass out style!! I may suck balls, but I surf every day. Someone HAS to have a photo of me out there somewhere.

Drop the negative stuff. That person you're dissin' may save your life some day. Why visit a niceness blog if you don't like posting with nice people?

Shit, I can't stop thinking about that missionary buttfucking. That's gonna be SICK!! I hope Truelove is the one giving it to me, that hairy thick little troll.

Shit, remember when Chuck took those pictures of that boat capsizing by Ft. Point? That was rad.

http://www.pbase.com/artifact/california_surf_fall_2005

is he a local??

speaking of stickers... let's all remember why we're in san francisco, shall we?

http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingstuff.10966862

SHARKS!

Well, to some those are sharks. Who posted that? Fucking exploiter! You exploit the mammalian faction you nitwit.

Of course that is said in jest.

One thing I learned today: From the posts on this message board, some people that frequent Kelly's cove are aggressive homosexuals.

Thoughts: Hey, thats cool I guess.....

Another thing I learned: Photoslut had a good take that didn't suck!

See ya at the beach in the morning!

man, I haven't listened to Jim Rome is a long time. Those were the days - surfing Blacks, Swamis or somewhere in between, cruising the pacific highway waiting for the big call of the day. Bliss.

Now I just work and read people bitchn' about the most uncrowded spot in California.

Did you know you can pick the Jim Rome show up in Baja. Pretty far south too depending on topography. Just hit the scan button on your AM dial between 9 and 12 and the only thing you'll get will be the jungle.

Photoslut you assume alot. I would never fuck up anyone's car and beatdowns are so passe, don't you agree. I would just stuff you any opportunity I had. Since you're the one threatening beatdowns why don't step out from behind your computer,post a picture of yourself so i'll know who to drop in on and you can take it from there. I'll bet you don't.

man, i did a half ass try this pm after working for 8 straight days and nites and with a nasty flu and got the door shut in my face and TOTALLY pussed out! The northbound current was like a river and I didnt want to do the sutro paddle in or have Mitch from baywatch rescue me in a hellicopter so I bellied it in. Saw some badasses make some huge drops south end. Days like today separate the men from the boys and that puts me in about 3rd grade.
pattern
Antman working - perfect 3-6 ft
Antman off- DOH and heavy

Sorry Andrew. I couldn't resist.

That was me.

your so owned dennis.

I'm one mellow dude until you fuck with me or my stuff- we're talking self defense of my person and property

Respect gets respect

Disrespect gets....

Come and get it, I turn green when I get dropped in on

How the hell do you post pics anyway?

thick and glassy lefts

Photoslut, I couldn't have put it better myself. Disrespect gets.....

Neither you nor any of these other tranny bloggers can say whether all these photos and claiming and backslapping truly impact the OB surfing experience in the long term because you have no history here, no pride of place and no respect for those that came before you,

Incidentally, there are no local photographers here.

adof, tell us who do you respect, who came before, describe your training and indoctrination so we can follow you

the Power Squadron, act like you know. Don't want or need followers, just sick and tired of outsiders that show up here, bring nothing to the table but their fucked-up sense of entitlement.

entitlement is a funny feeling, crops up in all kinds of places, and it isn;t where it seems sometimes. what gives rise to it, are we talking about birthright? is there an old aristocracy of ocean beach

Ironical isn't it? The sense of entitlement I speak of is when one brings one's set of values to a new locale with utter disregard for the values already firmly in place.

Birthright is entitlement.

Need some Humility on this blog

Jeezus, you kids GO TO SLEEP! IT'S LATE!

Born in SF Gerneral

Mission Baby

Moved to LA

Raised in East Los Angeles 15 years

Moved back to SF 18- Inner-Sunset

Mexico City 1 year

Richmond district 15 years

Twin Peaks 2 years

Living Large in the Parkside 1 year

Learned to surf at VFW's

Local to nowhere, can care less

Don't hate the KCLB at all, know most of em and I try not to name or post right after a swell, although I have...

Peace out I'm off to Peru tonight

this place is so entertaining sometimes,
thanks E.

Some percentages...
the plague of the 1300's killed between 25% and 35% of the population.

20% of accidents involve teenagers.

95% of the things I post on here i regret

Alex got 30% of the votes for the Mavs contest...

Just to shed light on who shoulder hops on this blog:

Chicago 2 years
SF Presidio 8 years
Palo Alto 12 years
Mission District 3 years
Santa Cruz 0.5 years
San Diego 1.5 years
Cole Valley 0.5 years
Outer Sunset 0.5 years

Not the most distinguished resume but hey, I didn't have much of a say to where my parents lived.

I don't see much disrespect out there anyway. I've never seen a fight or at least one that got out of control. In San Diego and Santa Cruz though - I've seen some ugly shit. OB will probably get like that someday, maybe soon. Oh well.

Us tranny kooks are everywhere. If you believe that we shouldn't be surfing OB then the Kelly's Cove local boyz and other locals better start laying down the law. Just don't talk shit on a blog - that doesn't scare anyone. Beat down someone in the parking lot, do some time in countty jail - take one for the team! That will stave off the masses for awhile. But eventually -we'll have Hunington Beach. Its just too long a stretch of beach to protect, 3.5 miles.

Anyway, Good luck with the localism guys!

Im gonna get buttfuckedddd

18 years in San Diego
4 years in the Sierra
1 year in Tucson (not my best decision)
3 years in Medocino/Humbolt
27 years in San Francisco
Local nowhere, respected most places/ tolerated everywhere else.

Go home tranny.

Born @ Children’s Hospital (cal pacific)
Distance from The Beach less than 20 mins: 36 years. Includes 8 years on Great Hwy.

Here's a fucking stat that matters:

Mavericks Surf Ventures is pleased to announce the final five competitors who will round out “The 24” competing in the 2006 Mavericks Surf Contest®. The five were determined with input from the public who voted in a poll at www.surfermag.com. With an overwhelming 30 percent of the vote, Alex Martins was a shoe in. He’s joined by other poll favorites and Mavericks standouts Grant Baker, Josh Loya, Danilo Couto and Russell Smith.

“The poll results really showed who was serious about getting into Mavericks this year,” said Contest Director Jeff Clark. “These guys not only had the desire to get in, but they rallied, got the word out and got their friends and family to vote for them.”

ITS CALLED RESPECT! Alex has it. Good shit. I guess he is "entitled" to surf Mavs even though he didn't grow up on the same block as Clark.

Good shit! Glad he got in and didn't get jobbed by the marketing powers that be. Props to all that voted for him to get him in. I am sure he is stoked and his roommate is stoked for him!

Born in General Hospital. Don't take no shit.

Fuck with me or my car you get a serious beat down.

415/650 for life.

Damn transplants piss me off sometimes, but I'm learning to control my anger. Push the wrong button and it's time for your dirt nap.

Yeah

smc 18 yrs
sd 5 yrs
maine 1 yr
back of the truck in ca, wa, bc, + winters in tahoe 4 yrs
sf 1 yr and counting

part of the problem or part of the solution?
entitled loc or tranny bitch?