Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Treatment for SWS
Sunday, December 26, 2010
The Other Yule
The 10'6" was waxed, finned and surfed for the first time. The second session, during the evening glass-off, provided a glimpse into the board's potential.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Logging Sin Sal
"What's in a name? That which we call a Q,
By any other name would smell as sweet."
As Willy Shakespeare once wrote in his unpublished diary,
"Keep Cyobbing and Good Things Will Happen."
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Don't be this guy....
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Monday, December 06, 2010
Counterpoint
At the same time, others might argue for someplace else where the water is still 80 degrees. Week two of a log alert that, so far, has gone largely unreported. Shhhh!
Friday, December 03, 2010
Chadrico makes his debut on Fox News
Obama made a great call yesterday when he decided to prohibit new offshore drilling in continental US waters (about time!). Detail on decision can be found here.
Not surprisingly, Fox News isn't thrilled with the decision and they asked me what we thought of the decision. Here's the clip.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4445213/about-face-on-offshore-drilling"
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
It can't get worse
TUESDAY 11/30 | WEDNESDAY 12/01 | THURSDAY 12/02 | FRIDAY 12/03 | SATURDAY 12/04 |
SURF: 1-2 ft ankle to knee high | SURF: 1-2 ft ankle to knee high | SURF: 2-3 ft + knee to chest high | SURF: 1-3 ft ankle to waist high | SURF: 1-2 ft ankle to knee high |
Minimal NW and SW swells | Minimal NW and SW swells; New NW swell fills in over Wednesday night | New mid-period NW swell tops out; very small SW swell mixing in | Mix of easing mid-period NW swell and a very small SW swell | Minimal NW and SW swells; poor due to lack of size |
I was struck by this forecast, there must be subtle differences in the shizer the
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Tan Bald Guy Talks to Pale Guy with Great Hair
If you have a minute this interview is worth listening to. I was surprised to here Slater on the Dan Patrick show, but the interview is great. Pay close attention to when he starts discussing some small waves that he was surfing a few days before the interview.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Super Santa Ana Sano
On Thursday, November 11th, a log alert was issued at Sano.
Equipment: 9'8" Harbour Banana
Surf: Waist high with reeling (for Sano anyway) lefts
Weather: Extreme Santa Ana conditions - howling offshore
Water Temp: 63°
Stoke: 9.375
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Point Break Live
Emailing: www.myfitnesspal.com
a while, the phone app is excellent as well. Not a bad thing to add to
your daily to do list. For those of us who are in the pre-walrus stage
and looking for a wetsuit that will fit, this is not a bad use of
technology.
Shortcut to: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
EDiology
Some of his research recently posted on Facebook http://acronyms.thefreedic
Represent. DWU!
Logger eyes out Cali -almost
Frozen Vagina Syndrome. Hopefully, he'll recover.
Sent from my iphone
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Opening Night
Hanging Post Game and Pre Rage with Pau
after the Lakers take home an opening night win
and their championship rings
Monday, October 25, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Chinese Log Alert!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
A japanese cobb
There is no Bushmill's in Japan, but this guy is drinking the next best thing Tory's Suntory Whisky and his glass was small, until....
Friday, October 01, 2010
Flash Cobb
A flash cobb (or flashcobb) is a small group of cobbs who assemble suddenly in a public place, to perform surfing, working out, eye checking for a brief time, then disperse. The term flash cobb is generally applied only to gatherings organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails.The term is generally not applied to events organized by public relations firms, protests, and publicity stunts.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Sano Nelsen/Lougee Log Alert
Sano Surfing 2010 from Chad Nelsen on Vimeo.
On Sunday, September 26th a Nelsen/Lougee family-wide log alert was issued at Sano.
Equipment: 9'8" Harbour Banana & assortment of INTs
Surf: Head high for the groms
Weather: Sunny & hot! pushing 100! Wind: Glass
Water Temp: 69°
Stoke: 9.2
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Hello Igor
The name Igor has meant so much to so many. What will it mean for us this week? Perhaps it will mean...
Log Alert!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Dume Alert
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Buoy, Oh Buoy! This is Swell!
After years of virtual buoys and eye-balled surf sizing, Puerto Rico's North Shore is finally getting a buoy that will provide actual real-time wave data. This info should prove useful not only for forecasting, but also to figure out which spots might work best for a given swell. I guess it's time to dust off the wave log and start recording swell height, period and direction on those epic days.
A big shout out to Dr. Miguel Canals for bringing a surfer's perspective to this effort.
To make things even better, Canals is feng shui-ing a buoy off-shore of Rincón. It should be in place around Halloween. That's some seriously localized swell info on the horizon.
Check the San Juan Buoy
.
Sunday, August 08, 2010
Say Wha?
Some ridiculous board riding from one of the masters of glide. The video title is a bit mysterious as even a French surf check would be unlikely to cover the distance from Lafiténia to J Bay. Then again...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
The decline of western civilization... or at least Point Dume
Native Point Dume surfer and author Katie Arnoldi has watched her beachfront community turn from rural, board-and-batten enclave to haute bourgeois beach club, filled with yoga moms on SUPS. She is not amused.
Her latest novel, Point Dume, is a study of the place she knows like few others. She skewers a variety of Malibu archetypes, but saves much of her venom for the despoliation of the coastal foothills at the hands of Mexican drug cartels and residential developers.
Sounds like this could provide some insight into the step behavior found in and around Malibu. Then again, it could just be sour grapes. Probably worth eyeing.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Alive and Well 10 years later!
Rage. If anyone is interested Pony and are meeting at my place at
5:30am on Monday to charge No LA solid south. The Mossi In the picture
is EPIC!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Thank You KB
For some reason, the embedded code isn't working, so Click Here to Listen To LCD Soundsystem's show. It's well worth the the time and effort. The show is epic.
Monday, June 07, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Overstoke
On the rare occasion, however, an overstoke can lead to some wayward eyes. Case in point: Steven Spielberg and George Lucas read John Milius's script for Big Wednesday and got so swept up that they traded points with Milius. They gave Milius points in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars for a piece of Big Wednesday.
Big Wednesday was a flop, and Close Encounters and Star Wars each grossed around $600 million."
Sweet eye for Milius who allegedly said that the loot "helped pay for his divorce."
Thursday, May 06, 2010
How Things Should Be
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Church Fish Alert!
Equipment: 5'6" KG Twinzer
Surf: Head high
Weather: Sunny & high high 60's: Light side/off-shore breeze.
Water Temp: 64degrees
Stoke: 7.8
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Here Come the Maloguas
Shot posted by Chovy from land o'malogua
and the Surfline assessment of the area's conditions
REGIONAL SUMMARY:
New SSW(195-205) groundswell builds in, peaking through the day. Exposures see solid surf in the head high+ zone, with sets to double overhead for top breaks.
along with the forecast
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Dry Run
Chadrico and I took the boys for some dry land cobbing. Abe's first camping trip was a great success. After hours was chocked full of yucks, magnification, strength, and cold beer. As an aside, 2 days later I surfed overhead Zeroes on the first legitimate South of the summer. I have high hopes for the M2!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Hometown Hero
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
What's your tacoshed?
The maloguas love tacos. They are also responsible stewards of our environment and seek to minimize their impact on the planet and waves we so enjoy. As such, it's important to understand your "tacoshed". What is a tacoshed?
The tacoshed, much like a watershed, establishes the geographical boundaries of a taco’s origins—the source of everything from the corn in the tortilla to the tomatoes in the salsa.
Here's a nice example pulled together by some CCA students. The taco the group deconstructed for the illustrations below was from Juan’s Taco Truck in the city’s Mission District
Even a single taco is a window into the complexities of globalization.
You can read more about the project here.