The Waves Must be on Vacation

Offshore winds? Present. Sandbar? Present. Uncrowded lineup? Present. Clear sunny morning? Present. Waves? ... Waves? ... With all the right elements in place for an epic session, the most important element was absent - the waves. At least good-sized waves, anyway.

Better than I Expected

I decided to check out the Pier this afternoon since I heard that a sandbar had formed. When I got there, there was no denying that a lot of sand had been displaced. Furthermore, the waves were a lot better than I expected (although that's not saying much). I'll catch a session this Saturday (I'd like to catch a session tomorrow, but I'm paranoid about surfing right after substantial rainfall [like the rainfall we had yesterday] and getting sick).

Rained Out

"Rained out". A phrase more associated with baseball games than surfing, but that's exactly what happened to my session (or lack of) today. Actually, I had planned to go to the Pier this afternoon to test out my new digital camera, but after one look outside, I knew I wasn't going to go anywhere. Still wanting to test out my new camera, I took pictures of some of my gear.

My first shot at videography. The footage was taken in summer 2008.

One Word: Windy

I had a session at the Pier yesterday. Although the waves were better than I thought they'd be, the conditions were poor. It was very windy, which caused the waves to be really choppy. It wasn't all that bad, though; the poor conditions deterred a lot of people from going out, and the lineup was uncrowded. In fact, there was a time when I was the only person on the north side of the pier.

Tis the Season

I've heard the waves have been pretty good in the South Bay for the past two weeks. I wouldn't be able to tell you first hand; during my sessions last week and this past Saturday, the waves haven't been anything worthy to write home about. They were, however, worthy to blog about. These are pictures from one of my sessions from last week.

Here Come the Swells!

I took a look at the waves at the Pier yesterday afternoon. The waves were bigger than they have been recently; however, most of the waves were close-outs.



I caught a session early this morning, and, although there were a few nice sets, the waves had died down from yesterday afternoon. The good thing was the waves had better shape. In fact, as I was leaving, it looked like the waves had even better shape than they had when I first arrived.