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[PapaW]

Another 4hours+ sesh at CITS yesterday. Big tides made it quite phat for the place but was good fun 3-4ft mostly set of the whole length of the reef, solid 30sec rides. great for practicing DK more.

[Driftingalong]

surfed today, right after a northeaster (2nd best to hurricanes, sometimes better). However, I should have waited one more day, I was off on my prediction. And by I mean I was off, I mean that NOAA sucks. A lot.

They said 5 to 10 ENE, it was 25-30 NE......


So it was blown out, I surfed like crap. Comes in second to last place in all my surfing experiences. I think I got like 3 waves.....and all that was was a bottom turn and a pump and a close out.

The winds were deffinately lighter up in MD. I was out from 4:30 to 6:30pm Mon. It was pretty fun...solid waist to chest/shoulder on some sets.

[Ellie]

do you reckon it'll be worth it tomorrow? SecretSpot seems to think so.....

Just to confirm - I AM A FLESHIN KOOK!!!! Nope, SecretSpot weren't totally off on there 3ft and clean forecast...it was last weeks that I read!!!

Ahem, anyway. So...no surfing for me...

[PapaW]

More sweet reef action yesterday avo. dispite the lumps CITS does its thing of cleaning up0 more than jsut the wave. 6ft bomb walls comming through still makable and very launchable on the outside section. Great fun!

[essex sucks]

went to hot pipe brighton last sat with thaya and it was not bad but not great we had 2-3 ft cleanish for about 2 hours then it went down to about 1 foot as the tried went out. at first we turn up on high tide and no waves at all but as the tide went out it started too get better
this was the first time i had been there and it was not bad spot cheers dbb

mark

[PapaW]

A Small 2ft average session at CITS today. Just me out ,blazing sun, NO WIND! glassy.
The ewater was so crystal can see everything your surfing ove. Great and not so great sometimes :pI can;t belived how often I've scored this place in the last 2months. Its almost a years worth! Mind you its all relative as ceriad hasn't turned on anywhere near as much yet.

Emmer took a bit of footage with her new cam but we've not got a tripod yet so its not usable. Good to see myself for the 1st time tho!

Heading to ceiriad tomorrow to catch the last of the swell.

[PapaW]

Just managed to catch the end of the swell at Ceriad 1st thing this morning.

Very fresh out after the clear night but soon turne dinto another blazing sunny day. super warm!
Just me and steve out catching the 2-3ft wedge walls. By 10-11 it the waits where getting pretty long between the sets but was still a good sesh on the lowtide banks.

[sal]

Had the best surfing ever on Saturday! (only started in July! )

A friend and I went to Barmouth where the waves were about 4ft ish with a lovely offshore so it was really clean - the best conditions i've surfed yet and having never experienced the joys of an offshore before i lOVED it! Also put shed-loads of wax on the board and didn't have my usual problem of it coming off after about 20 mins! Some comedy wipeouts from both of us, and some awesome rides! We then went home and watched Point Break and read our new collection of surf magazines and books!

He He - quality surf weekend!!!!!

[Phil]

had my best sesh ever on saturday at saunton

still thinking about the waves i had now

matt, aaron said to tell you the keeping your head down when paddling worked

i take it you got the van started and got back ok in the end?

[drowningbitbybit]

While I had my best session ever on sunday at Saunton


Friday and saturday were really good too - but it was sunday where it all came together for me, and I got some top waves. Linking the moves and turns was very satisfying

Van got me back with no problems (although I had to fill up with fuel without turning the engine off, which made me a bit nervous).

Absolutely fleshed today

Good job that aaron was getting some waves - top bloke.

[FishKid Wales]

What a cranking weekend,friday was so sweet 6 of us in the water a real good vibe and so many waves (caught about 25 in 2 1/4 hours), whilst paddeling out I put my hand on a seal which scared the $hit out of me at 1st then the thing rolled over and swam off which was pretty cool

Saturdaywas also amazing managed to string 2 bottom turns and a top turn together which i was so chuffed with, also caught some really nice lefts by grabbing my outside rail on the popup.


Soooooooooooooo sore sooooooooooooo stoked.

[tomcat360]

surfed today, right after a northeaster (2nd best to hurricanes, sometimes better). However, I should have waited one more day, I was off on my prediction. And by I mean I was off, I mean that NOAA sucks. A lot.

They said 5 to 10 ENE, it was 25-30 NE......


So it was blown out, I surfed like crap. Comes in second to last place in all my surfing experiences. I think I got like 3 waves.....and all that was was a bottom turn and a pump and a close out.

The winds were deffinately lighter up in MD. I was out from 4:30 to 6:30pm Mon. It was pretty fun...solid waist to chest/shoulder on some sets.

Good thing ya'll got some, sounds like everything from here south got nothing but wind. Apparently Hatteras sucked big ones.

I got two days worth of surfing in this weekend, Saturday was very very nice conditions, a steady offshore breeze the entire day. Got some good rides in, almost some tubes, but couldn't get quite far up into the face with my really soft railed board.

Sunday, the winds completely changed. Big bummer. Strong NNE wind all day, but I found some protection from a jetty. Had some decent ones. For some reason, it was good when I went out, got crappy for a while, and then got better...went out about right at low tide, so it was a consistent changing tide....who knows. Also kept getting dropped in on by this older dude on a longboard, I thought he would know better. I don't think it was a respect issue or anything, he seemed real nice. Accidentally speared him in the back with my nose as he was taking off in the closeout I was about to hit.

But anyways, very fun weekend, I learned that I push off the ball of my back foot very hard, considering now it's hurting.

[tomcat360]

Oh yeah, I did real good with sunscreen Saturday (I get burned very very easily and it's something I have to work very hard about keeping up with) but then Sunday, I completely forgot til I was talking to a guy in the line up and he was saying "We're gonna have some funky tan lines on our wrist from the wetties..."

So the side of my face I had facing the sun is rather burned, and the other side not that bad. Still not as bad as I would have guessed.

[PapaW]

Ah, one of thoese sessions to fill you with lot of :D:D:D

CITS dawnie on thursday, I knew it was goin to be good but not that good! Got there at first light 7am to be greeted by 3-4ft perfectly clean, sweet! got in just me steve and another local.

It just got bigger and bigger, solid 6ft walls perfectly clean tickling off the lip. Lauches, and kegs where had, and only 5 of us out all day unitll 12 when the winds switched and the storm blew in.

Man It was soooo good! Got my first DK barrle to, made it out then the next section smacked me in the side of the head! very :D:D:D:D:rolleyes:

[gdude335]

hit ocean beach today.

thats not me on the picture just the place. i wish i could do that.

ive only been surfing 2 months and the waves were huge (for me). They were hitting 8-9 feet. It was soooooooo scary. I got machine washed many times and getting out was a pain. It was a 4 hour session with my friend. soooo much fun though.
I actually tried a wave and failed, its really extreme for me, the biggest ive ever surfed is 5-6 feet and not that well.

[IdRatherBeSurfing]

totally totally awesome sesh at lifeboats yesterday, i think the standing up has been pretty much cracked now and im now trying to learn to turn - its hard lol

paddled for this wave which was about 5ft face and bottled it when it came to popping up and dropping in, so dropped in still lying on my board and yelled fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck till i hit the bottom how the hell i didnt perl it i dont know. it was like dropping in at jaws face first

really sore today and still stoked to hell

[PapaW]

Super sweet sesh at a rare breaker dawnie sunday morning. Long rides, kegs and bad bruises allround

[el_timmo]

nice little sesh on my mate's mini mal. Waves were quite small, and not perfect, but I wasn't expecting better to be honest. After all, it was at Boscombe Pier. Good thing I brought the mini mal, cause I would not have had fun on my shortboard!

[thawkwood]

Dawn patrol (my first ever) on Neptune Beach, FL two weeks ago was an experience I'll never forget. First thing's first I cooked breakfast around six o'clock, scrambled eggs and toast, then strapped my Premier 7'2" MiniMal to the roof of my car with the wrap racks, the wind gusting like crazy. I zipped up my hooded sweater and finished strapping my board before heading down towards Neptune Beach.

I'd left my new 3/2 milimeter wetsuit at home that day, didn't even get a chance to break it in. I just wore my rashguard and my swimming trunks.

Parking was easy to find, compared to how it usually is scarce in Neptune Beach on Saturdays, and I headed down to the beach, fighting the wind all the way. The waves were crashing into the shore with a heavy chop as I put my leash on and put my board into the water.

Paddling out there was a kick to the teeth, I lost three feet (even duck diving or what passes for it with a MiniMal) for every six I travelled. I got a few knee rides and a standing one in. I spent about two and a half hours out there, paddling and being washed Northward before drying off and going out for my kung fu lesson for the morning.

The water wasn't cold but the air sure as heck was by windchill. My hands shook when I stopped off at a local coffee shop to warm myself. Well I learned something from the first dawn patrol ever.

1) Paddle like a madman, but one can gain the most headway after diving under a wave.

2) DO NOT FORGET WETSUIT FOR DAWN PATROL.

3) The water may not be cold, but the air sure as hell can get cold.

4) Bring a thermos of coffee or hot chocolate next time.

Well, I know that I'm going to have a few sessions on the dawn patrol in Neptune Beach, but I will go about it as a far wiser man...

[Dec]

Monsoons have finished here....Flat...

I'm hoping for one last swell before the beaches pack out with tourists. grrr