Wizards was one of those 'to big to paddle into sitches,' so we just went on a pleasant stroll.
I pretty much always grab on rights and thats mostly what we got. It slows me down often and/or messes up my line and the only time I manage not grabbing is if I go straight down the face on wedgy or point types where you can go around the corner. I'm definitely trying to figure out a better way to pop up on bs waves but it's kind of a comfort zone thing I'm trying to overcome.
Our itinerary was Crater lake, Klamath, Santa Cruz (We made it as far South as Mosses Landing that wasn't working), then Pacifica (Skatepark and surfed Lindamar head and half across the street) Bodega Bay Campground was beautiful, a few places in Humboldt (the stereotypes are true!) where we spent some time and camped in a redwood forest, stopped in Crescent but there was a bad vibe so we booked it up to Southern Oregon and got some fickle waves and solid skating in at Brookings and Reedsport (In my top 5), checked out the progress in Coos at their gem of a future park. Then the Sealion Caves were kinda cool and we ended it at Gasses home where we got the only stinkeye of the trip I buried my nose in the sand and it broke, Soem family stuff came up so we cut it short there. Most of the trip was an extreme north swell 11'@8s and a generally howling N wind 24/7 after Humboldt . Fortunately we found a lot of places that cleaned it up and was often mysteriously offshore.
Can't wait to skate the tron. They have really bright lights 'til ten I think.