Fall Surf Report

[Doc]

[quote="Hump"]Did someone remove the pic of big Westport for some reason??

Apparently, Westport is a secret...

Doc

[buoyhead]

A secret? I think not. Everyone knows Westport is the small Oregon town where one can catch a ferry to cross the mighty Columbia river to the Washington side. A fickle break, it takes a massive N.W. swell to work its magic. Beware however, the local crew (mostly Knappa ex-pats) that dominate the lineup when its fireing. They are a surly bunch.

[Bubalus]

Pulse last weekend brought some dangerous conditions. Anyone have word on the fallen soldier Sat. in SS? Broken back?

[smithgrind]

Pulse last weekend brought some dangerous conditions. Anyone have word on the fallen soldier Sat. in SS? Broken back?

Here's all the poop worthy of reading - http://www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/n ... -accident/

[Hump]

Geeze that guy got beat all to hell it sounds like.

Gotta hurt a bit eh?


Take care

[Bubalus]

Man, that's brutal. Glad he's recovering but sounds like he got pretty f'd up. Those rocks do not forgive and are always hungry.

[Bubalus]

Guess it coulda been worse, he's better off than Kirk Passmore...

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/2396 ... -foot-wave

tis' the season for scary shiiit...

[Tex]

Went hunting for surf Dec. 6-9 up North at spots that are usually firing this time of year. Got completely skunked, everything went flat as hell. Lots of hiking in the snow though....

[Bubalus]

juicy yesterday, boards were snapped.

[coalbank]

ok, i know this board is a bit slow these days, and I've never been a huge contributor, but i felt the need to share my stoke from yesterday. I have family, etc, now, so if I surf more than 10 times this year it will be unusual, but anyway, back to the stoke: got the family in the car by 9ish, fueled up a Grand Central in P-town, arrived Hug Point at 11. Made camp. I looked a bit there, but given my lack of surfing calluses and general ignorance about that stretch of coast, ditched fam and scurried up to SS. Zero wind, air temp 55 ish, water not as cold as I expected, not a cloud to be seen. Charged into the whitewater, almost gave up with noodle arms, saw heads nearby, charged again with renewed courage, arrived at green water. Caught my breath, looked about. Lovely. Chest to head to slightly overhead rolling through at a decent clip. Rested, observed, gave thanks. Paddled in to a nice little wave, up, down the face, trimmed and then was reminded why I love to surf - a stretch of walled green water in front of me, and the quiet of a nice ride. Pulled the best cutback I could manage, kept going. caught a few more like that. Wussed out on a head+ wave that I want back. Scurried back to Hug for tidepooling and creek engineering. Good stuff.

[SlimVest]

Nice. Days like that will get you back sooner than later.

[X-squid]

Been stuck in Iowa for two weeks on business. Home tomorrow night. Paddling out Saturday. Can't friggen wait.

[Doc]

I just twitter inane BS nowadays...
Between surfing and collecting watercraft...
What is it now?
15 surfboards...
5 SUPs (including Gaz's)...mostly flatwater if you're worried...
A Bark prone...
3 kayaks...
I heard the Queen Mary was for sail...
I should buy that.

Doc

[smithgrind]

Super Surf Sunday. Seems like I've scored good surf on stuporbowl sundays for years and years.

[coalbank]

found myself in Ilwaco late this afternoon. took a quick look at a nearby and easily viewable creek mouth. found small peeling lefts and two actual surfers in the water. hustled out. the wind was blowing pretty hard from the east, and I couldn't get my schuler to stay on the water, but the sunset was beautiful and the locals didn't seem to mind, including the big bull that kept popping up and scaring the bejeezus out of me.