clean hed-Hi OhBee

 
Super fun session, first time out in a while. Was in DC for the last week on business, and it's been raining all the time so I haven't been going out much on the bodyboard. I used Rube's batwing board with my old leash from when I was 11 or 12. I like the way the board rides, it's an easier time keeping the rail set than with the old BZ. Wind was offshore and waves about head high today, some standout sets and clean barrels. Took lots of pictures and caught a lot of rides, probably 6 waves in my first 20 minutes out there. Plenty of hollow ones to pull into, and on the bodyboard you don't have to make it out clean to continue the ride. I drifted pretty far north, getting out at Lincoln after a little over an hour. The creeping tide was making it wonky and the winds started beating it up. Played fetch with Gus on the beach for a while and headed home for some of Joan's awesome Indo turkey chile. Now it's off to get groceries and run some errands.

Man, it's nice to be home. Every time I return to SF after some time away I'm reminded of what a great scene it is here and how lucky I really am to live so close to OB.

From OB Saturday 2.28

my favoritest meal after surfing

is a carne asada super burrito and a negra modelo. at least since moving to cali. back in nyc after surfing i'd usually either get pizza or wendy's (spicy chicken). i imagine if i moved to indo my favorite post session grub would be mie goreng (fried noodles indo stylee).
"There is some complexity and depth here but the flavors are very delicate. They are obliterated by the aggressive flavors of the Mexican food that Modelo is often served with making it a sweet balance to the savory and sometimes hot cuisine."

K street dawn patrol

Nice to be back in the water after too many days of early meetings. Swell is small, but some punchy waves, lots of doubled up closeouts and short rides, but fun. Looks like tomorrow might be offshore and marginally bigger, I'll probably hit it again.
 
 
 
 

Sunday at Ft Point

Ft Point

Fort point pics

http://picasaweb.google.com/joanpranata/FtPoint11809#
We rolled up to check the surf at fort point this morning, and Gus spotted another dog. He got so excited that he jumped out the window of the moving car! We were going slow so he didn't get hurt or anything, just scared the shit out of the lady who was walking the other dog. Crazy Gus...pretty agile for a fat little thing.

Bad vibes Bob!

 
 
 
 
These are some photos from lat Sunday that I just got around to uploading. It was pumping! If you haven't checked out the sailboat washed up on the beach down by Pacheco, it's a trip. I saw today that there is some new graffiti on the boat, so it no longer reads 'Bad vibes Bob!'. I guess Bob is a shitty sailor...

Towards the end of the slideshow there are a couple pics from the evening low tide session with Mark. The backlight was too strong and the surf was breaking really far from the beach though, so it was impossible to keep track of Mark and really get any solid shots. I'm hoping this weekend will be just as good if not better than last Sunday, stay posted for more action shots from this weekend.

Bad vibes bob!

offshore Judah dawn patrol

 
 
 
 
Karl's disappearing act...

Met up with Karl and Mark for a little dp action at Judah. Swell is building, but waves are still pretty small. Offshore breeze is holding it up nicely and there are some barrels to pull into if you're in the right place at the right time. Caught a handful of fun rides, still really amused by the boogyboard. Compared to a surfboard, it's such a bouncy ride going down the line, and pulling into closeouts it really forgiving. Got a nice right that barreled over me, got smashed by the lip but held on and basically ended up riding sideways in towards the beach. Fun stuff. Had an opportunity to capture Mark pulling into a nice closeout barrel, but the camera batteries weren't happy with the cold, so I missed it. Gotta charge em before the next session. On my way out I saw Mark catch his last wave, a nice set wave that he ripped a few turns on, hit the lip and then proned out to the beach. Nice one. I'm looking forward to a weekend of building swell, more photos, and hustling people in bumper pool...

Update: Swell filled in nicely, check out some pics from sunset -

OB Sunset 1/16/2009