thanksgiving waves

Masonboro Turkey Day

11/26.10 thigh and 15SW





11/28/10 cold sunrise

Turkey Day at Masonboro was small but when your with a good friend and nobody else out it doesn't really matter.  Friday there was a bigger swell maybe waist high sets every 5-10 mins and a few people scattered along the beach.  Carolina Beach Sunday morning I was glad to see nothing except the sunrise as it was 35degs w/ a 10KNE wind (~29deg windchill).  NOT READY FOR COLD WEATHER AND COLD WATER, but it is coming.

wrightsville beach barrel

  

        Unknown Wrightsville Beach coverup.  A rare formed left with a strong W wind and Southern Swell.
 I got some photos before paddling out for this Wednesday South wind swell.

Day after swell

The hype was up for this weekend, the Falls first Nor'easter was forecast to bring Overhead waves for the Wrightsville Beach Area (Onslow Bay).  And in a single forecast period it all changed but there was still a solid ground swell of 5ft @ 16secs.  That translated to you better find somewhere off the island to surf or your will be fighting the crowds and generally not very happy.  The waves did show and I was off the island for sure.  I had a commitment in Georgia and missed the madness.  I only had hope that some of it would hang on 'til Monday.  I got to the beach and there was still some waist high swell rolling in with some occasional bigger sets but they were closing out fast as the tide started to rise and the crowd got bigger.

Unknown SUP'er getting a nice one.

Cucalorus Surf Movie Night(s)

surf movie tonight @ Kefi's. Stoked and Broke and Surfing Through Barriers.  Proceeds go to Ocean Cure.

 

Dolphin Glide Video at Cucalorus

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Screening with the short film Treading Water

Screenings:
Saturday, November 13, 4:45 PM @ Thalian Hall, Main Stage
Enjoy the Shows if ya can.

Wrightsville Beach @ 39 degs.

Getting ready for the boat ride to Masonboro yesterday morning.  @ 0645 it was 35 deg. and N wind @ 10-15knots.  We got in the boat to head over.  Glad the water is still in the 60's.  For the first hour there were only 7 of us there.  By 1100 there were probably 15 people total in the line up that spread out over a 1/4 mile series of peaks.

002 Thruster

002: Built in 2009.  5'2" thruster for my son.  Recycled from a Becker 6' twin fin i bought in college (my first board).  It was to delaminated to repair so I skinned it and transformed it to this.  Artwork ,by my son and me,was the Revolutionary Flag.  My first attempt at glassed on fins.  Also, the first attempt at a logo.  The Masonboro Sea Buoy on regular printer paper off a Brother inkjet printer.  He rides it on glassy small days.  It is a little easier for him to paddle at only 7yrs.old.  Practice.  Practice, before I was going to buy a blank.

Wrightsville Beach Gems

waist and peeling

unknown air

Wrightsville Beach 52 degrees and 10knots NW High Tide @ 6:45a.m..  water temp was 68F. Looking fun early this morning.  Had a spot for almost an hour by myself before the beach got crowded.  More promised for tommorow and Sunday. 

A Moment Of Silence

Andy Irons
Rest In Peace

THIGH HIGH SOUTH SWELL

Finally after more than two weeks.  Some SSW winds makes something to ride.  It wasn't great but something is better than nothing.