high wide

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thornton dial and two of his works above

movie at uncw, patrol boat river (pbr), works of Thornton Dial an Alabama man with some crazy talent. 

tropica storm sean swell

 



ts sean pics and some light at night

 a late tropical storm (sean) and we get a nice swell at Wrightsville beach yesterday, after a bunch of NE wind blasting the beach.  gale force W wind pretty much killed any chance of getting some seconds, though there was something to get after the tide fell out a bit, but i had to work all day today anyway.  the moon jellies were still on the beach but not nearly as bad as Monday.  water temp has dropped to 64 and it is suppose to drop into the thirties tonight.  some real neoprene is in the near future and i can't wait.  later

wrightsville beach and north wind

Wrightsville Beach, N.C. some nice waves to be had with some drift and slightly chopped up faces.  Sun was out and low 70"s but the moonjellies had taken over the beach and the line up.  every other stroke and you were hitting one or ten of them bastards.  shit was driving me crazy and after an hour i bailed to take some pics and hit the road.

today the fish are safe and the surfers can only wait for a wind change or get on the road and find a spot somewhere else.

wrightsville beach, still going

after a week and weekend of rain and some  swirling winds, the swell started rising saturday morning.  you had to get out early or you missed the wind window.  yesterday morning the swell had increased and the wind was light and slowly got up and freaked everything out.  overnight the wind was S and at 5:30 and 7:30 it was still S.  when i got to the beach it was NNW and light.  this is what was there, with only 3 guys on the South side and no one but me on the North side for about 30 mins.

pre maria wrightsville beach

post katia and pre maria saturday morning sunrise.  thigh high two kids out at the pier getting all they can.

sunday morning best day yet



5'5" and catches'em like a dream even an old bastard can get it on 



Saturday night I got a call from my boy AR (rooster shack).  AR, his wife, my son(8) and me short boat ride, secluded island, sunrise of purple, blue, orange and red, empty beach, perfect green waist high walls left and right, paddling out with two great friends and my son, sons first two waves unassisted (he paddled for an hour to get'em), riding a rooster shack minisimmons (pictured above) til my arms fell off.  no camera but it's all burnt in the grey matter.  10 years ago not a great day in the USA.  But Sunday September 11, 2011 one of my best days ever.   

Never Forget what has gotten us where we are and those that gave up life and limb to keep us here.

hurricane katia wrightsville beach pt3

10' at frying pan and 3.9' at 41110 slow grind on the bottom killing the swell

not exactly head high

old neighbor ruling the line up on his SUP

closing on the pier

hey look out

Lots of people were let down as they walked out on the beach before sunrise.  The head high swell was getting killed before it hit the beach.  It was 10' at Frying Pan Tower and 3.9 at the Masonboro Buoy.  Still fun and it lasted all day.  There were some (long swell period) big sets and some nice little barrels for the ones in the right spot at the right time.  Life at Wrightsville Beach.