Hit the dawn patrol with Lance, Jimmy and Marlon. It was supposed to be just overhead, so I brought the Dually. Jimmy brought his Astro Pop. Lance brought his 8'6" SUP. And Marlon brought his longboard. We paddled out at Chun's.
Well - it wasn't just overhead. The swell that was supposed to show later in the afternoon arrived 30 minutes after we paddled out. I saw Lance catch one that ended up being 2.5X overhead (would have made an incredible picture, but I didn't have a camera).
This picture was from early in the session. That's Jimmy behind Marlon and me behind Jimmy. This wave was an overhead gem - then almost every wave after was twice its height. Super steep takeoffs. Marlon got picked up by one and he got ran through the heavy duty cycle. His leash broke off and I paddled in to get a hold of his board. This was his first working over. We called it after this. I couldn't have taken off on any of these bombers anyways (might need to shape a 7.0'+...).
On the way back, passing Lani's it actually looked like it was fun sized (just overhead). Not sure if it was a lull we were looking at, but kept trucking. Marlon did go out later in the day to WPB to regain his confidence.
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