good surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

I, alas, found the un-channel, big as a football field. Bee-atch paddle! But I made it out and snagged a few big ones. Woot!

Indeed it was good, but man it was getting kind of stuffed. And too many dudes on rhinos :\
Oh well, I got one from the pack, and took my ball home.

hollow and pitching with the negative low tide about sunset. watched a few fellows get shacked while I sat on the shoulder

Pretty easy paddlle out, big ol sets rolling through, crazy strong current pulling south! Yeah good times...

If by south you mean north

@piss If you can't beat 'em join em.

Fun session for me as well around 1 pm.

I'm learning. Shorebreak was plenty strong enough to practice pop ups. Then I found a channel and decided to go out, stay out of the way, and watch the big boys play. Unfortunately, I had trouble getting out of said channel and ended up waaaay out the back. After I paddled South for 25 minutes I was in the same place. Rip must've gone out and then North. My arms were completely shot. So I got beside my board and started using my legs to head straight in... that is, until I felt something pull slightly on one of them. Then, don't ya know, suddenly my arms had a lot more strength! When I finally got back in I noticed a 3" zig zag cut all the way through my wetsuit on the leg I felt a pull on. Looks like someone took a steak knife to it.
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Days like this make me think maybe I should've just bought a bike.

walk it off

just kidding. i too have felt the "slight pull" that has no name. also got crab-pinched as well this year, a new one. glad you got the gentle version; we are all interlopers out there.

hehe. More like swim it off. I'll be out again for sure. On the plus side, I did get to see a few guys get barreled really clean. Can't do that on a bike. I shouldn't have let myself get that far out. No need to interlope more than I have too. I just need to get my arms in much better shape first. And get the wetsuit fixed. And health insurance.

I felt a "slight tap" on my back in the parking lot...It was seagull poop.

And yes, where I was out the current was pulling south.

The damage. I'm confused because I have no cuts on my skin. I guess the tear could've been there already, and I could've imagined the tug. But I spent years in the water growing up sponging. Something definitely grabbed pulled at my leg enough to freak me out. I also take care of my suit and examine it pretty closely when I rinse it off, and the last time I did that was the day before. I'm 99% sure that tear wasn't there. But who knows...

Plover