February's frighteningly fridgid and frosty foamers

[Gazsurf]

Chilly closeouts with a few decent walls in the spray of east wind gusts, later afternoon glass in hidden corners looked good from the drivers seat.

[Friend Of The Hawk]

Good clean fun at the downside of the tide the last few days..........

[Spent]

Chilly closeouts with a few decent walls in the spray of east wind gusts, later afternoon glass in hidden corners looked good from the drivers seat.

I'll echo that, minus the chilly- got to love a new wettie... I was going to paddle over to say hello Gaz, but I'm so out of surf shape I didn't want to burn any unnecessary energy on formalities. Still the ones that held up were mighty fun.

[pra_ggresion]

So far this February we¨ve been surfing twice a day and every thing from doh point break without a lip to heaving beach break to sh glassy tubing olas. Think I going to have a frozen coconut with some rum til I fall asleep in my hammock. Oh yeah the waters 80 degrees farenheit. Take it easy. I know I will. Pics soon.

[Doc]

You ever have one of those days...
Where there's a solid groundswell...
The sun is shining...
The wind is offshore...
And not a drop of water is out of place?

Yeah, that wasn't today for me...
The first 3 parts were there...
But duckdiving, much paddling...
Chunky, bumpy & always just out of reach...
Seemed to be the order of the day...
2 hours of thumpings...
Yielded maybe 30 seconds of waves ridden.

Doc

[Scottnorby]

Nice day.
Francis was ripping his 7 foot Tom Scott Quad.

[Doc]

Triggered on Thursday...
Despite workload & deadlines...
1pm arrival with lookers no takers...
Pretty solid, HH to OH sets...
But unpredictable...
Some corners but lots of closeouts...
Some guy finally nutted up...
And made it past the inner bar detonators...
I'd seen enough so suited up & joined him...
Even tho I never saw him get a wave...
I only had a 9'6" (I'm smart like that)...
So knew I'd have to pick my route wisely...
Waded out to waist deep & waited for a lull...
It hit, I scrambled outside, dryhair paddle...
First wave (like the 2nd) I went left...
But aside from the bottom turn & 1 off the top...
(Nothing to vertical I assure you)...
That was about it...
Then, stuck on the inside, getting hammered...
Bellyed in to the shallows & walked back to my spot...
Made the scramble back out and saw a promising peak...
Went backside (right) and hooked into a lined up one...
It was a pretty bumpy ride overall...
Mostly a 10 toe grip survival ride (not that I'd have died)...
But lotsa warbles & bumps that the Hynson smoothed out...
Kicked out and found myself in a deep water pit...
No waves, just swirling havoc...
Paddled sideshore til I found footing...
And walked back up the beach to paddle back out...
Was hoping for another good right...
And some pretty rocking sets rolled through...
But all pretty much offered the promise...
Of sacrifice and flagellation...
Paddled for a couple, halfheartedly...
Only to turn and scramble to make it over the top of the next...
Finally, went on one...
Again, bottom turn, line it up and...
The lip pitched 20 yards down the line...
Game over, swing towards shore, belly in...
Bought a beer, soaked in the February sun...
Chatted with the head local...
All in all, better than working.

Doc

[Tatonka]

I fooled myself into think that the cold water had cured my hangover, but by hour two I realized it had only numbed my head, at least today I had a reason for sucking.

[Wilbur Kookmeyer]

anybody getting any this weekend?
obsessively checked the forecasts buoys and reports friday night hoping it would calm down. early morning saturday was 9@10 but the cams looked small. brought the log and found bigger than expected surf but fun. lots of long shore current and paddling to keep in place but some overhead sets were had. sunny with clean waves couldnt ask for more (maybe warmer water).

I was gunning for heading over on Sunday AM but was out too late and was too lazy come morning. After hearing about the fatality on 26, and seeing the deeply minus tide...I was glad I stayed home.....

[Tatonka]

sat. pm was just what the doctor ordered, first decent waves in weeks for me. After a hiatus from my normal spot I was glad to be back at a more familiar lineup and was pleasantly surprised that the small and cleanish conditions on a sunny saturday had not drawn a crowd. Shared the peak with a few others till they went in and had it empty for a while before calling it an evening. Nothing great but lots of long shoulder/head high mellow rides in a low stress enviro...missing winter already but nice not to get cleaned up once in a whole session for a change.

[Quad Head]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GgQ5BJTSv9U#at=10