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jbaker
Trad climber
Redwood City, CA
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Wow! That takes me back. I used to body surf that back when I was a kid, and may still be carrying a little sand. But spent more time at 17th St. Thanks for posting the video!
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dogtown
climber
Cheyenne,Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 5, 2009 - 01:04am PT
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Man, you guy’s need to think? What is the best spot between OC and SD? Oh, and it doe’s get big there with a reef break?
Shoot me a E-mail Lynne I will call!
Bruce.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Swamis.
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dogtown
climber
Cheyenne,Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 5, 2009 - 01:09am PT
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Good spot but No! This is not that hard. LOok at the photo. I just hope I hit it with a bit offshore wind.
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rincon
Trad climber
SoCal
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Trestles of course, but I think slater's talking about the first pic that looks almost too good to be the wedge. It could be taken at some Indonesian reef break.
Where's all the spongers? Don't look very steep.
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rincon
Trad climber
SoCal
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Here's the way it usually looks on a big south swell
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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trestles, swamis's ....lets go surfing now everybody surfing now come on the safari with me....God what a grate life. We be blessed.
Edit: pro too darn high for Cali, Rincon...where up ???
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Fogarty
climber
Back in time..
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The WEDGE THE BIGER THE CROUD THE LARGER THE SOUTH SWELL.., I know this is a climbers site but it sure brings back great times, the point,56 street jetty & river jetty, 25 years of epic fun, friend waves and HOT chicks.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Fogarty ... super pics...ones with the ice plant look like So Cal... near San Onofre.
Thanks, dude for the share. Life ...the now, the back part and the tomorrows are so for enjoying....Peace and Joy, lrl
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rincon
Trad climber
SoCal
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Nothing like being sucked back over the falls when you get caught inside, and are trying to punch through one of those monsters, been there done that. Lost a few fins the too, sucked em right off my feet. people use leashes on they're fins there.
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Fogarty
climber
Back in time..
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RINCON, NICE PHOTO, THAT LOOKS LIKE IT TOPS THE PHONE POLLS ON THE JETTY, THE WEDGE THE ONLY TIME I WOULD WERE A SPEDO ON A BIG DAY, IF NOT YOUR SUIT WOULD DROP TO YOUR FINS!!!! (VIPER FINS IN THE DAY)NOT TO SAFE...
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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I've gotten pitted at cylinders, the right...
I'd rather just watch the Wedge- best show around
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dogtown
climber
Cheyenne,Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 5, 2009 - 01:53am PT
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Rincon; you said:
Here's the way it usually looks on a big south swell. True! Spring or Summer? The shot I offered was in the winter at high tide. That day one could surf in the mouth of Newport harbor. It was a bit of a freak but it wasn’t the first time I saw the Wedge break outside in the thirty years I lived near there. ( just up the beach a bit.)
Cheers,Bruce.
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Slater
climber
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Not the Wedge, but pretty damn good! Yes he made it! and won the contest.
Photo Tom Slater (c) Slatervision.com
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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51st at NB was our regular haunt.
we'd hit lower numbers since that's where the hotchix were.
wedge was big/reputation in the 80s. you body or even boogied that and you had skillz.
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Double D
climber
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B'chin!
Here's a little NorCal action at the now closed (to tow-in) Ghost Trees...
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Dogtown, of course the pic was Trestles, but you asked for the best break between OC and SD. I've had rides at Swamis that were at least as good as anything at Trestles, but 2-3x longer.
Never got out at the Wedge when it was big. I grew up in Torrance, so spent more time at the further north, winter swell version -- the Redondo Beach Breakwall. You sometimes get a similar bounce peak. The difference is that the main break is further out in deeper water. You do still get a nasty shorebreak however.
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Hand Jammer
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Used to hang out and body surf in NB in my high school days late sixties. Good days/nights of Led Zepplin blaring and smoke wafting from the beach rooms. Never quite had the sack to brave the those big days at the Wedge when those waves come up from nowhere and slam into the sand. One had to be careful of not getting slammed into the jagged rocks of the jetty with the angles there.
One day I was there watching when a group of Marines - probably from ElTorro on the way to Nam - went out in a rubber raft. A huge wave came up and threw them & the raft far and wide with bodies flying in all directions. The raft washed up on the shore and a lone Marine who had managed to hang on for dear life meekly peered over the edge wondering if it was safe to come out now.
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rincon
Trad climber
SoCal
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Jul 24, 2009 - 02:32pm PT
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Just a heads up...The Wedge is going off today!
South facing beaches getting pounded by a stong southern hemi.
http://www.surfline.com/surf-report/the-wedge_4232/
"8-12 ft.
3 ft. overhead to double overhead + with occasional 15 ft.
and fair+ conditions.
This morning's dawn patrol: Marine layer is making it difficult to get a look at. Expect solid wedges in the double-triple overhead plus zone. Mostly shutting down."
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Jul 24, 2009 - 03:06pm PT
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I grew up in Costa Mesa and knew enough to stay away from the Wedge. There must have been a general understanding about 17th, because that's where I usually went, maybe because I typically went with my sisters and they wanted to check out guys. I always found lots more women up north near Prospect.
Anyone been to the Beach lately? I have to drive down to OC next week and was considering checking it out if I'm around in the late afternoon.
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