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Even though I had surfed the week before, I was still not satiated (actually, when it comes to surfing, you never really are). I yearned to bodyboard specifically at Pipeline, where the waves just ent...
Whoa, how close to shore does that wave break? I'm always intrigued by pictures of fair sized waves breaking close to shore on a (looklikea) beachbreak, waves of that size would break very far fr...
1/25/01 O'ahu, South Shore
I haven't been out in so long
Perhaps shortboarders are the ones who don't need leashes. They tend to sit closer to shore anyhow.
O'ahu
It has been F-L-A-T on the south shore. Don't think I have had a good session since October! I am not a happy surfer.
Soooooo ... just as Neal judges his summer by how many tim...
Took a Rollerblading tour of the South Shore coast on Friday. Here are some pics: http://www.opihi.com/sponge/photos/kakaako.htm
Hell, from what I heard it was good to Boston too, head-high and peeling on the N and S shore!
Boston: the best-kept secret surf city in the US!
Thanks guys,
Julie and I will definitely look in the eastern shore area if she lands the job (hey, we might even be able to purchase that sailboat I've been pineing for!). I'm not worrie...
...r something similar. Heard that someone once tagged a tiger shark off of Oahu. The guy cruised the North Shore, then swam all the way to Kauai (100 miles away), before the tag came off. Territorialism...
I just talked to my friend on the North Shore of Mass. who said it was absolutely firing up there this morning, solid overhead to double-overhead on the biggest sets. Best swell of the winter.
KR,...
...hat just about or more than double OH!
When I was little, I remember endless splashing around in the shore dribble..what would be my waist high or less at the time. Lots of putting my hands on the...
...oming on the trees. And only 4 of us surfing. You're right..you head directly for the rocks and the shore, but it's possible on certain tides toride down the line and miss everything.
On...
...e undertow likes to play games with you. There were a few OHH waves that crashed relatively close to the shore.
How often do you go to the jetty? When is usually the best time to go?
Pete...
Coming out of lurk for this one. Haven't been in the water for a while but one of the last times I was, a few years back, was in a heavy fog in northern Oregon. Too foggy to see the lineup, but c...
... is true, except my name and the type of fish. I didn't know for sure so I asked a fisherman on the shore what was running that day and he said Spanish Mackeral.
On a good day, it's tota...
...dissapating after a brutal winter. Nevertheless, we still have ice shelves along much of the Great Lakes shoreline. A few guys were out at the south end of Lake Mich today and reported some slush boul...
...to go out despite my body aching. Surf was much smaller then the days before and breaking much closer to shore. Big, clean, fast closeouts, no long rides, just big drops. Tried to pull into a few tubu...
...ped on to dad's back. it died there and had to be cut off with bolt cutters after they swam back to shore.
as far as i know we are one of the few father-son shark attack victims around!...
Half pipe in Des Moines is much more difficult than full Pipe on the North Shore. By the way, do you know how to swim? That's one differece from skateboarding. Oh, and the other thing as a test, ...
...could make or break ya. Even though it looked like they were breaking pretty far out, it was basically a shore break since it was so shallow (at least for the past few days, other days, the waves *do*...
...... sigh ...
On the positive side ... it is winter and there isn't a LOT happening on the south shore ... and ... I am just starting a new quarter at work and have some challenging classes to...
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Anyways.. some pics from Avalanche (Ocean Beach, California), 7+ high tide, 4ft+ sets, and nothing but shore break. everywave ended up with someone eating sand. Was a blast! (a couple of pictures fr...
... the past only accessible in periods well between launches. mind you, this beach is the northeast facing shore of the cape, it picks up swell easily. the very tip of cape camaveral has been totally of...
...d as you go up the bridge over the inlet
you slow down to check out the surf. Damn small but wind offshore.
Another beautiful day with warm water and nice weather, in the low 80s.
Get the ...
O'ahu, south shore 6:30-8:30 am wind - almost none! set waves - waist to chest high
I woke early and halfway thought of going down to Lighthouse so I could drop in on Neal's nemesis ... ...
Saturday January 13, 2001 10:00a-1:00p Avg wave face 6-7 feet Sets wave face 8-9 feet, occ lil bigger Offshore & clear; Later became onshore & raining
Headed out mid morning with MM, looki...
...d busses and Amtrak trains chock full of surfers, and of course, chartered 747s coming in from the North Shore via Honolulu, and of course Sydney. I know that I may have betrayed the local surfing com...
...this year. Conditions : For the first 40 min of the session the sky was overcast and the wind was a side shore wind that made the waves a little choppy. But then, the wind died down, the sun came out ...
Dear Jeff!!!
I am thinking very much about your Dad & you & your family tonight. I will continue thinking the utmost of positive thoughts about your Dad's speedy recovery & about ...
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