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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Dec 31, 2013 - 03:27pm PT
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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We have had no shortage of waves here on the north shore but we have also had a pesky onshore wind turning the ocean into a mixed up mess. I guess we are spoiled with all the great conditions that we have had so far this winter season.
Yeah Studly, Martin Lenny is a great guy. I see Martin, Kai,and Ridge quite often. They're a great family!
>North shores – A lower medium northwest swell arriving Thursday, sticking around through Friday morning. The surf will peak out Thursday in the 2-3+(Hawaiian) range. A larger northwest swell will arrive during the day Friday into Saturday. A new north swell will arrive Sunday…followed by another new NW swell by Monday into Tuesday. Back to back swells, as is classic during this height of the winter surf season…or at least the beginning.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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zuma!
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speelyei
Trad climber
Mohave County Arizona
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Does climbing have a movie equivalent to Runman 69?
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Got six days of pinner glassy waves after four perfect days in Josh.
Two great tastes that go great together.
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speelyei
Trad climber
Mohave County Arizona
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Drljefe, that is awesome, but my heart is breaking.
I want to do that exact trip so bad, but circumstance seems to forbid it.
Every trip I plan gets derailed BIG TIME.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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It'll happen and will be all the sweeter.
And let me tell you, there is nothing like a backlit green wall bending and growing before you.
Uncontested glassy point surf, aquarium like clarity, and friends to stare at the horizon with.
On this trip I did a route off the couch that I was pretty proud of but it didn't even compare to that first bottom turn and racing down the line on a measly waist high perfect wave.
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speelyei
Trad climber
Mohave County Arizona
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Since moving to Arizona, the closest I've got to surfing (ha!) is a trip down to Rocky Point.
I keep planning to take a week off, and head to San Diego, buy a $100 beater longboard project, surf a few days, and then hit up Joshua Tree on the way back home, and give my rekindled climbing dreams a jump start.
Then when I get home, restore the board and be up and running agin.
I've even scheduled time off twice, only to have the trip evaporate before it started... This is particularly poignant, as this has happened a third time... I have all next week off, but the $$ have blown to the winds.
In Oregon, it was so damp and cold that building boards and doing major repairs was a real pain. I once re-glassed a 7'10" semi gun, but we got hit with a cold snap and torrential rain. I couldn't get the garage warm enough, and the resin never kicked. In the spring I had to basically scrub the whole board with acetone, lay it in the sun, and re-do it.
I saw an old bashed up Bing on San Diego cl for $200. Sigh....
Someday soon.
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speelyei
Trad climber
Mohave County Arizona
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Plus, lets talk about wave size for a moment...
The biggies get all the pics and the ooh's and awww's.
But the days I remember most were waist to head and glassy, combed, just endless waves rolling in.
I like seeing the big wave pics, but it's like another sport, another world. Thats why I always like watching Joel Tudor videos... he surfs all sorts of waves on all sorts of boards. For the average mainland schmoe, the likely-hood of a knee to thigh high day is pretty high.
we had this sort of thrown-together group in Oregon, The North Pacific Log Club. A couple times we picked a nice swell, the interval was double the swell height, and had a campout. Everybody brought their board down and threw it on the beach. You could just swap and try boards to your hearts content. Most were old and funky... longboards of every description and fin configuration, old fish shapes, and 7' singlefins with rails you could cut your hand on.. It was a blast. No leashes either! I had a few Pina Coladas and stayed out until well after the moon was up. It was probably my funnest day surfing, and there wasn't a wave taller than me probably.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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early morning's the best time...
19 degree's but 50 in the water so nice and warm.
soo many rides i lost count.
zuma!
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bob
climber
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I should be surfing right now, but I'm stuck in Colorado. Luckily my friends own a SUP company (Badfish) and my bro has his shop downtown!!!!!
Well, if I can't be surfing right now, I might as well be making a surfboard to try when I do. Here is what I have come with so far. I'm putting the fin box setup in late this morning, then start glassing in the evening, or tomorrow.
Its my new fun board. That is, unless it surfs like sh#t and goes on my wall as a "nice try" kind of thing. Sure is a good time though, and I think I'm learning more about surfboards in 3 weeks than I have in 15 years.
Love all the photos to keep the stoke folks. Thanks!!!!
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speelyei
Trad climber
Mohave County Arizona
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Nice channels! You gonna do a thruster or bonzer fin configuration?
Also, I must be old or lazy, 'cause that board looks about 3' short to be a funboard to me!
The board I built:
The one that never "kicked", after reglassing in the summer
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bob
climber
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Thruster. I don't have the measurements, but its more of a modern fun board. Its wide as hell and holds a lot of volume. Instead of stretched out its stubby (at 6'3!!!) and is thick. I will post accurate measurements once I f*#k up putting the fin boxes in. Ha!!!!!!! I designed the board to be a bit less bulky than my Hynson White Knight 6'6 which has just a bit too much volume for my light ass.
Cool fish!
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Some Random Guy
climber
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ocean beach, san francisco going triple overhead+ on the same swell that lit up the pipe masters a little while ago
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bob
climber
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SICK ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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