Evening Surf Session - 8/14/2025

Noe left today to go back to school... and La left to take her.  I took them to the airport and traffic back towards home was not terrible (because it could have been).

I got home with just enough daylight left to get some paddling around in.

I brought the Sweet Potato out again, but this time placed the Tappy Quads onboard.

Truthfully the surf was too small to really get a feel for these (or any other) fins.  I did catch a handful, and even got a few turns in - but realistically the surf was too small for this board.

I miss Noe and La already (and wind and good surf too - but these not as much as them)

W:55/FD:103/PW:19/S:6

Evening Session - 9/27/2024

I am back from a business trip - it's been a week since I've been in the water.

The wind was up and down - but Marlon had the intent to go surfing, so I also went to surf.

He ended up taking pictures instead. 

I had heard there was a swell in place - so I brought the Seaside and Beyond.  I should have brought the longboard.

But I did manage to get some decent rides!

I caught 5 and called it.  I didn't want to overexert myself the first day back.

Surfing is not easy -

Roland was out also on a surfboard.

Prayot and Duke came out later on prone foil gear.

It was really nice to get back in the water!

W:121/PW:2/FD:67/F:4/S:19

Evening Session - 7/29/2024

Small surf this evening.  I came out late - Duke was standing on the beach.

He said he hit a tiger with his foil - he was kinda freaked out (I know I was when I hit that big hammerhead outside Firsts).

I said I was only going out to catch a few - 

But it was really hard to ride any of the handful of waves I caught because I accidently brought the Hammah Fish (I thought I grabbed the Boogie Fish).

I did get up a few times, so I guess I'm counting this session - 

If I had a longboard, I think things would have been different.

W:94/FD:52/F:4/S:14

Evening Session - 12/28/2023

I took a nap when I got home from work.  When I woke up, Marlon and I headed to the beach.

The surf was even smaller than yesterday... Surfline had today at 4kJ.

I brought the Viking again and caught my share.  The Viking is definitely a session saver.

Marlon brought Jackie and used his new Velzy fin (he likes it).

Derek, Eddy and Norm were out on wings.  But by the time I got out there the wind was already flukey.

Norm said he had 40 minutes of good wind.  Derek was coming in as I was going out - he said earlier was fun.

W:126/F:109/S:60

Evening Session - 12/27/2023

The surf was really small today.

I decided to bring out the Viking -

This board can catch and ride anything - including tiny stuff.

Surfline was calling the surf 3 kJ - but I had some really fun rides!  Sticking to the pocket, riding the tail of this board and feeling like I was riding a much smaller board.  If I had been surfing one of the shorter boards I've been using this season, I don't think I would have been able to get in - didn't even cross my mind with the Viking.

Tomorrow the waves are supposed to be twice as big!

W:126/F:109/S:59

Evening Session - 10/10/2023

Got in an evening session after work - sometimes just swimming around in the ocean after a long day at work is good to wash off the work day.

The tide was dropping and the waves were about waist high.  The wind was up and down, and it did have more North in it.  There was a winger out in front of Campgrounds - they looked to be powered up and on foil.

I brought out the Boogie Fish!  I placed the True Ames Hess Noriega keels.

This board is different than the other boards I've been using lately.  The end result is this board is really skatey (compared the more drivey feel I get from the Sweet Potato).  This is especially noticable when completing a top turn and redirecting - slides a bit more at the end of the turn.  This is likely due to the bottom deck elements  - some spiral V and concaves that have an edge on the rail side of the feature.

I think the best way to describe this is "fun"

It did seem like it wanted more energy to open up and run.  The waves today did not have that much energy behind them, and it was good to find the low end of this board's range.  Going forward through the week, the waves are supposed to pick up. What a convenient excuse to keep using this board!  

W:103/F:93/S:43

Evening Session - 9/14/2023

Evening session was smaller today than yesterday.

I caught some fun ones, but with the higher tide, the backwash was raging.

Prayot was out using the Eagle 990.  Roland was on the P140.

I have the P170 dialed in again for sure - not messing with this anymore as it is optimized.

W:92/F:88/S:35

Dawn Patrol - 2/19/2023

 Dawn patrolled with Marlon today.  The lineup was much cleaner today, but the swell size dropped.  It was still big enough to foil and the tide was dropping from a high of 1.5' (it was 1.3' when we paddled out).

Same gear as Saturday.

The waves were easier to paddle into and ride.  I picked up several doubles and got to crank some 180 redirects.

 

Fun session!

W:16/F:9/S:12

Sunday Evening Foiling - June 21, 2019

The forecast called for miniscule surf, but I headed out anyways.  Marlon came along, but just to swim (and take pictures of me to get paid).  I caught a few waves and got some decent rides, but it was small.  I breached on the first wave, but was able to correct on the follow on ones.  Before I headed out, I pushed the foil forward in the box - way forward.

Coupled with the 5'6", I could catch and ride less than thigh high (didn't I say that in the last post).

Getting wet is better than staying dry!

Afternoon Surfing on a Really Small Day

I took Marlon surfing yesterday afternoon - it was the only time all weekend that I could because of time commitments and when there was any surf to speak of.  It has been quite the small summer surf-wise and on this first weekend of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, that streak continues.  I didn't even bring out the GoPro thinking the surf was too small (this picture is just thrown in for attention - it was from a session earlier this month).

Hopefully there will be surf sooner than later...