In classic spring-shorts season fashion dusted off the skate and wobbled out in the flats on the neighborhood mini after a nice feeling front-side grind...... went over the falls and rolled out of it, but jacked my sholder pretty good
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20+ years ago woulda been fine.
So suffice to say didn't surf much last week, but we did roll down to ye ole stomping grounds and favorite coastal hideout esp on holiday summer weekends. Left sunny gotham and hit the marine layer Fri afternoon, which took some getting used to after weeks of classic sunny weather. The ocean was greybird glass, waves small, and stopped along the way searching for the Orcas. Recent reports had put them in the vicinity bouncing between a bay and river mouth, so we were hoping to get lucky and catch them in between, but no such luck.
Went to sleep to the sounds of the creek flowing and hoots of the Northern Spotted Owl echoing through the old growth. Slept like a baby and woke to a wet and misty quiet Sat morning. Checked a few spots early, one packed nicely with sand with just a two heads out. Glassy WH-CH weakish wind swell beachie peaks. Pretty utility so passed in lieu of a family adventure and shoulder injury otherwise would of splashed. By afternoon skies cleared, sun popped! and wind machine cranked. Went back to camp and hiked to local beachie where we chilled by ourselves on the exposed sand for low tide in the lee and out of the wind
Sunday just adventured on foot. Wife and I did an 8 mile loop and did get a glimpse of the spot along the trial that had most potential for conditions. Looked like a little more swell, but wind was up and no one was out or even around. Decided it was time to test shoulder, so got up early yesterday and paddled out hans solo around 7:30. Beautiful clear sunny morning
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Wind was already up and probably never stopped, but this spot can handle a bit of that. Tide was a little high, but put together a utility session on the Mid. Fluffy windswell and tight interval made for some inconstant weak running rights and shorter bowly lefts amongst the consistent closeouts. Water was as clear as it gets, a turquoise green color and scenery epic as always. Couple nice heads eventually paddled out for a crowd of 3 on a holiday
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Good to be back in the water and in this zone in particular. Classic start to the summer.
Routine is a vampire. Manu Chao-