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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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What a place to have a kid at school! I've heard the NS of the pier has been good lately!
Cheers!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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I just ran across this video of Ocean Beach in in SF from a year ago. It pretty much captures it all. Beautiful but shifting peaks. It sure strikes from chords for me of my home break.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Don't ask how many waves I ever actually caught or how many days I even managed to get outside.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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So I *attempted* to surf Ocean Beach SF exactly once. I got my ass kicked and never made it outside. It looked different than the video above, which looks great. The day I tried to paddle out, 1st bar was a completely thumping death zone. I got washed down the beach about a 1/2 mile until I came in, walked up (with tail between legs), strapped the board on the car and drove out of there. I was intimidated as hell that day.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Yeah, your mention of the side-shore rip made me smile in wincing remembrance of many an ass thumping. I still can't believe how well some people handle the whole length of Ocean Beach, even on suboptimal days. I wasn't one of those.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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As a matter of interest, the first guy in the video you see sitting up has given up paddling out and is turning around to come back to shore.
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Esparza
Trad climber
Westminster, CA
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Dec 12, 2017 - 04:56pm PT
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HB Cliffs this morning... High tide combo swell... lined up lefts/right for an hour before work... super stoked :-) then two hours of LA traffic... lament
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Dec 12, 2017 - 05:15pm PT
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Nice- TFPU
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sempervirens
climber
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Dec 12, 2017 - 05:32pm PT
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HB ?
Hermosa Beach?
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Dec 12, 2017 - 06:35pm PT
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Beautiful!
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Esparza
Trad climber
Westminster, CA
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Dec 12, 2017 - 06:50pm PT
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Semper.... That was at Huntington Beach Cliffs (between Pier and Bolsa Chica). Thanks :-)
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Dec 15, 2017 - 05:49am PT
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My right arm tendons have yet to fully recover from all the duck diving and paddling. What a great season!
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Since that last video infringed in some copyright stuff, this one is fairly representative of the surf we got on the east coast this past season. Unfortunately we're currently riding through one of the longest flat spells I've ever seen in the winter. four weeks and virtually no waves. We had one small window when the 'bomb' storm passed. And it was -7 def F this morning. No fun. Hopefully next week...
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Feb 20, 2018 - 11:50am PT
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D2R2, I'm thinking retirement in SD (Mission Beach or thereabouts) in a decade or perhaps less. However, the OBX is embedded in my soul. Used to sneak waves below the lighthouse crew by sitting wide and stroking underneath for the smaller sets. Got yelled at by 'The Viking' more than once; what a dick. Though, haven't seen that guy in a decade. Something about picking your own peak and others finding their own, too. Kind of our east coast Baja with potable water.
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Bluelens
Social climber
Pasadena and Ojai, CA
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Feb 22, 2018 - 06:50pm PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]
The Endangered Waves App allows all surfers and beach-goers to use their phone to document threats to surfing spots and coastlines.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Feb 25, 2018 - 04:14pm PT
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5-10 for me and a 9-1 for a friend
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Feb 26, 2018 - 07:04am PT
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Love the plan shapes!
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Feb 26, 2018 - 10:09am PT
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That was fun. You make your own boards too Gunkie?
Yeah and there are others on this message board who make their own, too. It's fun.
On Instagram @bonefishboards
https://www.instagram.com/bonefishboards/?hl=en
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