Evening Session - 1/9/2026

Marlon and I headed out to surf pretty late in the afternoon.

Low tide, almost no wind and waist high surf when the sets came through.

Marlon brought his newer longboard.

I brought the Firewire Sweet Potato (regular Helium 2) today and here are the heelside fins from the Ryan Burch Asymmetric fin sets. 

These fins did not have a lot of drive - or maybe the waves didn't have any tappable energy.  But when I took off, I was not able to get to the pocket.  These being designed as heel side fins, their function may be maneuverability and not drive.

I caught six in an hour - they were still fun (but yesterday was much better).

I may start using the different twin fins sets again with a small trailer.

PW:3/FD:2/S:3

Evening Session - 11/11/2025

I hit the beach after work expecting fully developed ENE trades.

The wind was actually down... actually it had more north in it so there was good texture further out.

I did not feel like repeating yesterday, so I decided to run a couple of errands and then switch out the gear for a surfboard.

And the waves were on the smaller side, with chop and general chaos.  So I figured the Asymmetric Boogie Fish would be good.

I caught probably seven waves in 45 minutes - and three of them were really good!  Fully standing and driving into big carving turns... so much fun!!!

I'm glad I found surfing again - focusing on what is immediately in front of you and trying to make the most out of what you have... definitely helps to cope with life.

Oh - and if you are a veteran - Happy Veterans Day!  I hope you did more service today and also got a few minutes to breath in the air, remember some friends you served with, and enjoyed living!

W:58/FD:129/PW:64/S:15

Evening Session - 11/7/2025

There was pretty much no wind today thanks to the low pressure system hanging around.  But the reports were saying a small bump up surf wise on the south facing beaches was starting to show.

I figured it would be a good opportunity to take out the Asymmetric Boogie Fish!  Good thing I waxed it up yesterday.

This board is just as fun as the other Boogie Fish I have - but with this fin set up it felt looser.

I actually caught a couple of handful of waves and most were super fun.

Welcome to the hanger!!!

W:58/FD:128/PW:62/S:12

More Surfboard Setup

Before we bought the Album TT, I went ahead and sold/traded a few boards to get the quiver back to some core boards -

But I couldn't help myself when I was offered a trade for the Toots Asymmetric Midlength - I got another Boogie Fish

But this one was setup as a Regular Footed Asymmetric!!!

I set it up with the Ryan Burch Asymmetric fins from True Ames

Knowing the inbound surf is not likely to be optimized for the Album TT, I may end up surfing this board first!

I love the Boogie Fish twin I already have - so this is going to be interesting comparing and contrasting the different fins!!!