BSA Surf Trip 2010

Playa Saladita

I arrived a week late and missed surfin with all the crew, but at least made it for the group photo!

Casa Verde in all it's splendor

Jeff walkin out after a session at the Ranch

Lunch time! One of the best parts about the Ranch!

Greg and Sam making use of a post rainy day in Mexico...time to make the folks at home jealous!

Blue water turned Brown...not the best look...

A little Sunset dinner near the house

DK, doin it!

Me snaggin one on the 9'0" Walden Magic

Greg Rachel on a wave that took him all the way into shore!

Sunset

Surfing Camp Corky Carrol on a sick overhead wave.


He's still got it!
Yes he made this section, and took this wave left into the bay until it reformed and took him back Right and dropped him off on the beach in front of the house 15 sec. later...It was Sick!



Ed Prudhomme workin' the inside




Inside on the Rasta Fish


Now for the Twinzer to put in a little work!
Twas a fun trip with Goodtimes had by all..can't wait till next year!

Another Saturday at 1st Point! 4/17/10

Got my New Surfboards!

Don't ask me how it happened, that after working only 4 months this year and I managed to get a fat tax refund but i did! So of course I had to get a new surfboard! And this time thanks to local shaper and long time LA resident Tim Phares I could afford to get 2!

On the left is my 6'4" Hynson Twinzer Clone. Tim's been shaping for a long time, and he'll be the first to tell ya he's one of the few who can do it by hand with no machine cutting. so figured I'd give him a try and to this point I'm not disappointed. I've gotten the Twinzer out twice and it's a really fun board. To be honest it's a bit thicker and wider than i would have wanted but It's hard to complain about easy paddling and the ability to get into waves waaaay outside....However it's not gonna help with me already feeble duck diving skills.

The Rasta board is a 6'8" clone of a Griffin Mod Fish I bought last tax season and split in half within 8 months...Oh well! Any way I've yet to take her out yet, but can't wait! It's got a bit more tail rocker than my old one is a bit wider in the tail, which Tim says will loosen things up a bit. So I'm curious to see how she handles. But with tons of big swell hittin' the coast this week I'm sure I'll get my chance.

Offshore Peelers at Sunset

Another day of Great Surf as the Winter of 2010 dishes out more perfect waves. DamienB-Caught on film tuckin' into one

Sunset was firing not too crowded and the winds were howling offshore...Pretty much the perfect setup for my 30lb-10'0" Stewart Hydro-Hull.

Lot's of people were having a tough time getting into them with the strong winds blowing like they were. It only took a quick glance at the faces of each surfer in the line up to know who had figured out the fickle wind blown waves and who hadn't...









It was either an ear to ear grin or a pained look of frustration, and not much in between. Luckily for me after three hours, and many long rides of peeling perfection, guess i don't have to tell you which group i fell into!

Staircases

Sunset

I went back to Staircases today. But probably should have stopped at The Chart House! Waves were rollin in but really hard to get into. And the strong off shores didn't help. But when they finally died down there was a window of waves and i scored a few. Stopped at sunset on the way back, but my buddy Dave couldn't convince me to get in...The 3 hr session wiped me out.

The Christmas Swell Finally Arrives

It was OK..there were definitely waves coming in problem was everyone was in the water trying to catch em! Regardless me n my boys loaded up the van and headed north.

















We took a look at Zero's but the angle wasn't quite right. Drove up to County after that and the crowd was daunting to say the least! I can usually pick my spots there but with 3 to 4 people corner jumping down the line it didn't seem worth the effort...






Instead we drove down the road to Staircases! Half the crowd and the waves looked better...Unfortunately the tide was dropping and that killed the shape. Got one nice long one and 2 throw aways and that was about it. Stephen snagged a bunch with his new Stick though!

















Went for a second session at Sunset on the way home. Waves were rollin in kinda inconsistently and the crowd was nuts! Too many longboarders and stand up paddelers for the Zippi to really make a difference. But i did manage to snag a few fun ones and my dreaded 4/3 kept me warm so can't really complain...sorry no photos, but here's a shot from Malibu on the way home yesterday...