Hopefully I’m not stepping on anyone’s toes here…I only had a couple good ones all tolled…most of them snapped in a hurry while driving.
what a phenomenal weekend, really fun surf and great company.
oh come on…paging Sra. Pato…
Had fun ,I’ll post more photos tonight when I have more time Ray
Friday night, coming around the corner at Lucia the sky was orange - and at the entarnce to Limekiln just a few miles south, this is what we saw. After setting up at Plaskett another 8 or so miles south we had a dinner with a view to the north that looked like Mordor, large flames down low and speading with amazing speed, and patches of fire all the way to what we imagined was the summit of Cone Peak with layers of smoke and fog to add to the drama. Several hours later it rained (!). Saturday morning a forest service guy said the fire jumped a line and grew 300-500 acres. On Thursday the were 300 people on the lines with 97% containment, by Saturday, 600 with 80% containment.
Saturday afternoon low tide
Low tide trapped severl large jellyfish on the beach
Marcy and the kibitzing Zippy contemplate their next move…
thanks for the photos , guys !
…any of any of you surfing , please ?
who went ?
what size did it get to ?
what boards [and fins?] were surfed ?
can we see them , please ?
photos ...share your STOKE !!
cheers
ben
Hi Chipfish -
Aside from an unauthorized downpour late Friday night, the weather was nice. The surf was clean with overhead sets at various times. Much more user friendly than the past couple of years. I think everyone managed to get out and ride a few. As mentioned, it was a super nice group.
Here are a couple of shots of unknown riders. I just stood on the bluff and snapped a few during a brief surf check. This is fairly typical of what was happening. A couple of days before it was two or three times this size. Tim Crays (Surf4fins) was out on Wednesday and I saw him catch some bombs. Tim also won the giant computer pre-shaped blank from Segway.
Jay (AKA Resinhead, AKA The Pinneped Exterminator) never showed and we were practically overrun by these beasts. Jay… we could have used a little backup. Where were you when we needed you?
LeeV obviously takes himself waaaay too seriously sometimes… jeesh Lee, lighten up would ya?
It wasn’t quite trunkable but this pair was giving it a go.
thanks john
wow that place sure holds some size eh ?
is it a deep water reef , or beachies and reef , then ?
how is the paddle out when it’s twice the size of in these photos ?
was the water cold ?
thanks for posting those .
i eagerly awaiting photos of the sways crew and their boards , good to put faces to names , i always reckon !
keep up the good work
cheers
ben
The fire looking like a volcano…
Mark and Ian checking it out…
Ian getting all hyperactive…
Awright, awright…we just got home a little while ago. Had a GREAT time at SA08 and have plenty of stories. Karen…, Mrs. Pato took a ton of really good pics this weekend. We’re beat and need some rest…poor mrs. pato came down with laryngitus (sp?) she can’t talk now…Great shots of Keith, Lee, Tim, Tyler, and bunch of others…must sleep now…night night. Will post pics over the next couple of days.
John, Thank you so much for the hospitality and the entertainment.
Los Patos
OFFSHORE , GLASSY , 10 TO 12 FEET NOT . IT WAS OFFSHORE AND GLASSY AND A LITTLE SMALLER . 4 TO 6 FEET ON SATURDAY . HAD TWO GREAT SESSIONS ON SATURDAY . WEATHER WAS VERY NICE .
THE PEOPLE WERE GREAT , I WON A BLANK IN THE RAFFLE COMPLIMENTS OF KEN EBERT OF SEGWAY COMPOSITES . THANK YOU VERY MUCH .
THEY EVEN LET ME DO THE INITIATION WITHOUT BEING BLINDFOLDED . BUT MOST OF ALL , I AM A NEWBIE AND ALL THE PEOPLE WELCOMED ME WITH OPENED ARMS AND SHARED WITH ME , AS MUCH AS I MY SPONGE WOULD SOAK UP .
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR JAMES
heya Chip 
Tuesday was double overhead easy, maybe more. No channels with continuous walls of six foot white water. The only way is around the rocks seen in the photos at the south of the cove. Then paddle into the lineup from behind. Lotsa duck diving at this spot. At the size it was Tuesday you get one shot at. Then you tuck tail, wash in and go out around the rocks again. Tuesday I got one. Thought I was outside. HA! Took three on the head, pitching the board (http://www.swaylocks.com/resources/detail_page.cgi?ID=2346)
and getting smashed. Climbed to the board and started to paddle, swung around and the thing broke on my back. Proned to the bottom, got to my feet and strong legged it with the white water just behind and me and the face just not quite attainable till it swatted me. Washed in, walk down the beach to the rocks and paddle out again to sit for 45 minutes and no set. Got dark, took a well overhead closeout in and let my sinusus drain for the night. Tuesday was a little smaller but fun and more peaky and manageable. You still had to be picky and look for the corners or the few open ones. Sometimes you could paddle back out after a wave and others you had to wash in. 1 1/2 X over head? John?? Tuesday surfed by myself. Wednesday had 3 or 4 others out for some company.
By Thursday the swell had dropped and you could reasonably paddle out through the waves. Still a lot of work. It’s a beachy. The water is like 62’ F. It’s still fall, not to cold.
those waves look totaly fun!
I mite have to be apart of this event next year
I’ll bring a big hook, me and resinhead can go fishin,lots of bait on the beach!!!..LOL!!!
I want to thank Ken Ebert of Segway Composites http://www.segwaycomposites.com for the SUP pre shaped blank I won. Someone has pics of the blank from up at Big Sur and I will be posting pics as I get her done.
Thanks Ken!!!
One of these years I’m going to make it. Seeing those shots of the cove brings back some intense memories of camping and surfing there. When I had only been surfing for a few months (and still felt invulnerable) I paddled out on a quickly building swell. Mavericks broke that day further north. After an hour of scrapping for the outside every time a set came I realized that I was the only one left on the water, and had to get in. That was the day I nearly drowned, and learned to respect the ocean. A year later I paddled out at the same spot with quite a bit of apprehension on a head high day (considerably smaller). Had the time of my life with a big group of friends who were all camping out for the weekend.
Can’t wait to see the rest of the photos.
Pat
