something more

wrightsville beach flatness

farrah in the hayday, was she a nike 1.0 pro?

get up

john peck 1963 pipeline

the last few days

water logged summer

grace

the way things are going better start learning it

classic at my buddys shop

born and breed

she looks serious

love it

4'10" new ride for the boy #5 for me getting better

WOW, summer is cruising by, pain and surfing.  Can't say surf has been great but it has been doable almost all summer.  Not sure how many days it has been but we have not missed many, feeling water logged and the back is tight.  Must be growing new muscles.  The kid is loving the new ride.  A 4'10" fat bottom ride that i installed Future fin boxes in without a jig of any sorts.  Nerve racking at best.
Here's a collection of web found favorites since i haven't been taking too many photos this summer.  All (except the last one) were found on the web and I have no idea where credit belongs, sorry about that. 
Enjoy what's left of the neoprene days. 

MOndaY&tUesDay

monday

 

tuesday

 

monday

monday



monday



monday



monday



monday



tuesday



monday



monday



tuesday

monday



tuesday



tuesday

NE and E wind at 20 knots for four days, Monday was a mess but the Wrightsville Beach Pro Staff  was out making the best of what the ocean had to offer.  Tuesday, W wind and the Ocean was giving up some squishy gems. Lots of the Wrightsville Beach Loggers were out and getting their game on.  Half way through the falling tide was about as good as it was going to get.  Hope you got some.

LittLe BiTs

some of this



some of this

and some of this

Late winter and early spring have dropped some good days on us whether it's been at Wrightsville Beach or a leap across the inlet to Masonboro.  The last couple weeks the weather has been steadily improving and the water temp has been on the rise.  Most people are out without boots and gloves and the walrus suits of winter are slowly getting thinner.  Bikinis and board shorts have been along the edge of the shore and a couple in the line-up but they aren't lasting long in the 60 deg water.  It won't be long and we will all be out of the neoprene for a while.  Hallelu Jah.

D.S.T.

daylight savings at wrightsville beach.  this started friday and lasted through the weekend.
4.5'@15secs.  longer waits but uncw was on spring break so the line up was not crowded.  Saturday morning started out at 37degrees and nobody out.  Al and I had Cstreet to ourselves from 8 til 10.  fingers and feet were mostly numb when we were done.  Masonboro, sunday morning and the crowd was out in full force.  there were some sets breaking out passed the jetty,  a couple guys on longer setups got'em way outside and had some big faces to play on.  meanwhile the rest of us were scrapping it out on the inside for steep drops and trying to out run the close outs.  it is still going today 3.9' at 14secs WB has 10kt NE wind so you know where you should be.  get there if you can. later.

Winter Surfing Wrightsville Beach

Kevin on the Hot Tuna



Ian on the Simulator

 Friday was throwing up some waves as the "biggest winter storm ever"  was about to pound the Northeast (biggest since 1978 anyway).  Nonetheless, waves were at Wrightsville Beach for most of the morning and the lineup was semicrowded from Mercers to Crystal Pier.  Turns out, I knew the guy on the yellow stand up board.  Kevin was out test riding Ian Baulding's "Hot Tuna" stand up board and Ian was riding his new "Simulator."  You can check out his stuff at http://ianbalding.com/
Oh, when did we starting name winter storms.  Nemo?  what?  I don't umderstand that at all. 

wednesday storm thursday swell

shutting down on some



smaller on others

walls on others

A deadly winter storm swept across the country and pushed some hard wind out of the S on Wednesday gusts upward of 45kts.  Luckily the storm passed offshore with little ill effect on us here in Wilmington.  Thursday morning the wind rolled to the West (at 20 kt) and the temp  dropped down from the upper 70's and was now in the 50's.  Have to say it was a little hard to get motivated.  Checked  a few spots and snapped a few pics at the south end of Wrightsville Beach and settled on Columbia Street for a paddle out.  Now today it is flat again.