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east side underground
climber
Hilton crk,ca
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Nov 21, 2014 - 07:18am PT
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got my arm out of the sling, hopefully back in the line-up in a few months
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Nice little video Charles. Classic California.
Keeping with my recent theme of posting up guns, here's 10'0" I shaped for Eric. A lot more guys out in the water on the big stuff now days. Anyone else here? Post up some shots of your favorite spear. Anyone on any modern Brewer's or (Gary)Linden's? It's called inspiration; never know where you are going to get it from.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Dec 16, 2014 - 09:45am PT
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Garrett Mcnamara at Nazare with his Brewer. Just dug this up. Elliptical tail, not just for Rawson any more.
And, it sounds like Wavejet is done for the most part. Too bad. I got to help build some of the prototypes about 10 years ago.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 20, 2014 - 04:15pm PT
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^^^cool
surfline claims Ocean Beach SF is 18'-20'. Yeeehaaaa. Should be an easy paddle out, eh?
I just watched "Chasing Mavericks" from Netflix. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was OK. It's NOT a documentary and seems to have contrived sentimentality, but it has some OK surfing. I've watched way worse movies. I wouldn't mind hearing what the Santa Cruz locals have to say about it.
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Man it's been too long since I've surfed and I'm not sure when/if it'll happen again. Catching those web cams when a set appears on the horizon, my heart still goes pitter patter, and then POUND POUND POUND. But it still works on me.
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Jim Clipper
climber
from: forests to tree farms
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Dec 20, 2014 - 04:44pm PT
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A few of the big wave surfers in the area have come by our office. They seem like normal people, until you see them riding a wave.
Also, the surfcam at Mavericks was pretty impressive this afternoon. It was hard to appreciate the size until someone was in a wave.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Sunset Cliffs local Barry Ault dies of Staff infection after surfing throughout the last storm. Be carefull when and where you paddle out. This guy was 70 and went out all the time. A real inspiration for everyone else. RIP Barry
http://obrag.org/?p=90568
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Yeah, very true, skcreidc. Staph btw. as in Staphylococcus
A friend of mine, a renown Malibu surfer nearly died from surfing dirty water coming out of the San Lorenzo River here in Santa Cruz, forty years ago, back when it was not so widely known how polluted most of rivers et al are after big rains.
We all surfed these spots back then and only partly understanding how high the risks were. It was just unlucky that Lon got sick or perhaps that the rest of us were lucky to have not sickened! I remember a couple cheapo plastic septic tanks bobbing around in the surf after one of the bigger rains, even.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Thanks Peter. Spelling has never been my strong suit but I try to work on it. Prolly spelled "suit" wrong. ;)
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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^^^^^^ that puts those boys at Victoria Beach to shame!
Peter, thanks for that last post. That stuff is something to think about. In my 30's, I picked up a case of viral meningitis surfing during and after storm events. Nasty stuff.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Jan 20, 2015 - 04:02pm PT
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After watching the skimboarding vids, I thought you all might get a kick out of this. Pretty damn cool and inventive stuff. Hope you enjoy. Love the way the guy uses a SUP to lanch off into the wave from.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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^
That's pretty sick. They seem to be finding a fair number of those type of breaks around Oz.
Me...I'm headed for a warmer and mellower. Leaving for Troncones next Wed.
Stoked for lots of waves and cerveza and ceviche on the beach.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Feb 23, 2015 - 07:22am PT
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My buddy Toby is hanging out in Nazare for 3 months. He's starting to get a feeing for the area and even made an (albeit small) entry in the XXl.
Soon, this place is expected to go nutz.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Feb 27, 2015 - 06:46am PT
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Compared to the shot above, this video makes this place look kind of out of control. The submarine canyon that feeds this place doesn't seem to filter much out. The nature of the swell seems to have a larger impact on how clean it is I guess. Even without this wave, Portugal seems like a real surf mecca. Video is a from a gopro. If you are interested in this spot, it's worth a look.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Costa Rica wins the gold and takes the Aloha Cup in the 2015 World Surfing Games.
Pura Vida majecillos y majecillas!
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