StokeReport Bay Area Surfing

great surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Steamers Lane

daniel — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:52:23 -0800

Great time longboarding at Cowells Saturday from 10-3. Wind was blowing side-offshore in the morning and died down by noon. When I first got there I was 1 of 6 people in the water!? I guess people were waiting for the tide to drop even though it was still breaking and by noon there were the usual crowds. But everyone was catching waves and having a great time. I caught a bunch of half a minute plus rides. Waves were about chest high on the outside and waist on the inside. Loads of sun. Hard to beat for a longboard session.

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Tonight's Set

ob-kc.com — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:25:36 -0800

poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

lkilpatrick — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:49:21 -0800

Lousy Blown Out Slop, Look to the south for better waves.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Half Moon Bay

lkilpatrick — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:26:15 -0800

Some really nice chest high to head high waves on some sets. Lots of close out with a strong side shore wind, but the sun and the swell make it pretty darn fun.

I caught my last wave on my well loved Harbour 8'0" surfboard :( I caught a wonderful long chest high right that unfourtunatly jacked up and perled the nose into the sand Hard :( This was my first board so I am sad to see it done.

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Want Ft. Point to yourself?

King of Kooks — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:16:55 -0800

Set your time machine back to 1844 and it's all you.

Wetsuit Peeing

sharky — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:48:22 -0800

Q. Do you pee in your wetsuit and, if so, do you ever worry that it will increase your chances of being bitten?

poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

sfboarders — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:17:41 -0800

Nice day out at LM but the surf is not cooperating. Junky swell in the chest to HH range. Few workable shoulders but mostly closed out. Poor.

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Sunnyvale surfer's shorts found after shark sightings; search for body ends

sharky — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:44:09 -0800

Authorities in Hawaii have stopped searching for a 35-year-old Sunnyvale man who was last seen Tuesday afternoon surfing off a beach on the north shore of Oahu. The Honolulu Advertiser is reporting the man is from Beijing and has been living in Sunnyvale. Authorities in Honolulu have not identified the missing surfer.

surfing conditions at San Mateo - Half Moon Bay

tehdely — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:50:14 -0800

It's beautiful and sunny out @SMHM. The waves are chest-high, the surfers are friendly, and the children are above-average. Get some!

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Surfing's newest trick: recycling

grumpleflump — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:58:38 -0800

ake a junky surfboard that's been sitting in the back yard all winter. Grind it up. What can you do with it? Turn it into street pavement? You can. You even can turn it into a new surfboard.

poor surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

duckdive — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:50:20 -0800

It's a beautiful sunny morning at ocean beach with clear skies and a light wind out of the north. Conditions are similar to yesterday: we've got a fairly junky swell producing a mess on the inside bars with rideable shoulders on the outside. It's in the 2xOH range, and very shift and sectiony looking. It looks like a lot of work to hunt down a rideable shoulder. Overall it looks like a surf day, but perhaps OB isn't your best bet. Poor+

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Surfing’s Next Generation Takes to the Air

burro — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:38:20 -0800

Last spring, on a green wave in the Mentawais, a chain of islands off the west coast of Indonesia, Jordy Smith performed the most sublime aerial in the history of surfing, a back flip while spinning one and a half times. Video of the flip, known as a rodeo clown, went viral when Yahoo posted it in June.

Storms all day then during the last 20 minutes, this...

ob-kc.com — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:25:31 -0800

West Coast And Hawaii Weekend Surf Forecast

burro — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:43:06 -0800

There is still some good news in our North Pacific forecast…the storm-track still has enough energy for at least one more “winter-size” WNW-NW swell before really starting to close up shop. The storm that will be sending this swell is actually start to develop today but the main portion of swell generation is going to occur as the storm peaks late Saturday night and through Sunday morning.

ASR's new reef in india. [video]

kool-aid — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:28:05 -0800

follow up on the Bournemouth reef post.

fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

Jesse R. — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:00:46 -0800

poor+ (circa 7 am) to fair+ (in between 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.). Rising tide cleaned it up, off shores groomed it up, and there was a magic half hour or so where every wave seemed ride able. the rain is steady. I heard more "oh yeahs!" than I have in a while. My best surf in March for sure.

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Mi quiver es tu quiver

Sea-spout — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:24:55 -0800

To the indefatigably stoked crew:

I'm land bound till at least August because of surgery. In the meantime, I've got a quiver of boards sitting around like bird dogs with no quarry. They're pent up and need to get wet. If anyone's going on a trip, just wants to try something new, or has a friend from outta town hit me up here, on email or twitter.

fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

hasbro — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:45 -0800

Fun morning with long period swell and steady offshores. CH to OH depending on where you paddled out.. The usual closeouts on the chunkier sets, but the inbetweeners offered up some shoulders... Spotted a few OB SR refugees out there as well...

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poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Half Moon Bay

lkilpatrick — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:15:53 -0800

It was ok at about 7:30am but the wind shifted onshore at about 8:15 and it started to blow out. I nailed 1 really fun waves and bunch of smaller stuff. CH to HH+ on some of the sets. Tough paddle for the jetty. Shoulders if you really look for it. Have some video of mike almost making a few waves to load in a bit.

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The Perils of Bodysurfing

marklukach — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:38:12 -0800

Just a heads-up to any whose interest I have piqued with regards to bodysurfing. Early this morning I had to head to the ER for a badly throbbing foot infection, one that left me basically immobile. It was drained and was totally gross and I'm off my feet for a few days.

cdip 142 offline

stokereport — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:10:09 -0800

** Update CDIP142 is back. Thanks to the awesome cdip team for getting it back online so quickly.

The CDIP 142 buoy that we use for all the front page graphs and data has drifted offsite. According to the activity log, recovery is in progress so hopefully we'll see the data again soon.

Shark Bus [pic]

sharky — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:43:28 -0800

heh

fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

duckdive — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:17:45 -0800

We've got a nice morning with cloudy skies and offshore winds. There is a powerful 16-18s swell in the water producing waves in the 2xOH range. It's still a little mixed up looking, and the inside is mixed up and junky, creating challenging paddling. There are some bombs from time to time on the outside making it (maybe) look worth the effort. fair-

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Tonight's Set

ob-kc.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:34:19 -0800

A sushi sting worthy of an Oscar

burro — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:27:09 -0800

Sounding like something straight out of Hollywood, the covert operation that busted a SoCal sushi restaurant accused of selling endangered whale meat involved a popular eatery, a film director, undercover vegans, text messages and a Mercedes. [Tip to the LA Times]

40 Great Surfing Posters [pics]

grumpleflump — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:24:49 -0800

poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

Jesse R. — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:52:53 -0800

Fair around 9 am but poor by noon when I got out. Very variable, but most consistent from TB to the showers. North end had a few nice waves early on, but the paddle:fun ratio was all out of whack.

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Powerlines Footage Screening @ THE WINE BAR

chris wilson — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:43:53 -0800

Click on the photo/flier to get the deets on time and location.
This is a small setting and we will have like two different group screenings. The producers will be on hand to answer questions.
Thanks

Sharks hamper search for California man who vanished while surfing

sharky — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:11:34 -0800

Fire rescue crews say tiger sharks are hampering their search for a missing surfer on Oahu's North Shore. They believe they spotted the California man's body off Papailoa Point Wednesday morning, but several sharks in the area prevented them from getting a closer look.

fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Half Moon Bay

gamed — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:38:53 -0800

Fair, possibly good with a bigger board. Great day, clean conditions, few folks out.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

greacen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:19:08 -0800

I went for a few of those mid-beach close-outs that @lkilpatrick mentioned without too much glory. Paddled down toward boatdocks and found a gang of people working a nice waist-high wave. Lots of fun up there!

Overall, a beautiful morning. Would have opted for a post-session nap on the beach if I didn't have to knock things off the work to-do list. Should be a really nice afternoon on the beach though.

Finally recognized @hasbro as @hasbro. Howdy!

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

lkilpatrick — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:37:31 -0800

There are a few decent shoulders in the chest to head high range if you can be in the right spot. Closeouts as usual but low wind offshore and clean lined up conditions don't suck. I am paddling out.

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surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

sticker — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:26:37 -0800

Good exercise but not much else for this guy at SFOB. No wind, clear skies, 1.5x+ outer bar if you could get past the 1.5x inner bar sla ...

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poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

daniel — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:22:03 -0800

Dawn patrol sweep from LM to HMB this morning. LM had maybe 6 guys suiting up but the 2 guys who were already out there at 6:45 looked to be getting worked taking solid OH closeouts on the head with little reward to show for it.

Montara looked way better than I have seen it in a long time but there was nobody out. Burly DOH waves would occasionally peel for a nice left at the north end channel. The paddle out didn't look impossible.

HMB had too much tide with lots of reflections. 3 guys out and I didn't see a ride in the 10 minutes or so I was there.

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Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles

burro — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:32:32 -0800

The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades.

poor surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

duckdive — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:34 -0800

Thursday morning brings us clear skies, light winds and surf in the 2xOH range. It's looking pretty ragged out there, with funky, sectiony surf breaking up and down the beach. The paddle looks pretty challenging and the surfing opportunities few and far between. If you are feeling really desperate you might find something to slide down, but I wouldn't bet on it.

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Don't write off Baja just yet

chrispy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:20:49 -0800

Remember when we treated Baja like a suburb of Southern California, when you only had to point your compass south to quickly bask in sunny climes, otherworldly scenery and a tinge of the exotic? Then came the great drug wars, with the first gruesome headlines coming out of Tijuana. Suddenly, anyone contemplating a trip across the border was placed on suicide watch.

poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Half Moon Bay

Jesse R. — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:05:10 -0800

Wind and tide conditions less than fair at 4:30 pm - sunset but at the jetty and a few hundred yards further south there were make able corners now and again.

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Tonight's Set

ob-kc.com — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:58:52 -0800

Seal Rox. Amber Lamps. Mike Hotel Six Five Charlie.

Goose alert

ob-kc.com — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:58:44 -0800

USGS was out today installing pressure sensors in the surf zone between Rivera and Taraval. They are a couple hundred yards apart and stacked 2 deep. They are marked by a ~6, spring loaded orange pole and will up until March 26.

What is the most pointless surf accessory

DropInTheBucket — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:30:04 -0800

This was inspired by the wax removal rant. What is the wonkiest surf "accessory" you've seen

Exhibit A: Power Balance's holographic balance stickers

Bournemouth artificial reef 'near impossible' to surf...

H20MansLibrary — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:57:30 -0800

Locals in Bournemouth, England have begun calling the recently-finished artificial surfing reef "the beached whale." The reef cost $4.5 million dollars and... it's not working. Article link is below. Also interesting are the reviews of the world's other surfing reef experiments: http://oceanswavesbeaches.blogspot.com/2009/08/do-artificial-reefs-work-...

fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Half Moon Bay

lkilpatrick — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:51:42 -0800

Some blowing wind but it side or a bit offshore at the jetty small waist to chest high sets and way cleaner than I expected. Also checked montara, GWC and Linda Mar, all which are blown out and unsurfable.

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Wax removal devices... [video]

H20MansLibrary — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:54:15 -0800

I'm a big fan of the Pickle (http://www.picklewaxremover.com/) for getting the final bits of wax off a board, but I've always struggled to find a good way to get that first chunky layer off. Over the years I've used spatulas, wax combs, random plastic, etc. but haven't found that perfect device. Maybe the Wax Buddy works (see video). Anyone use it? Anyone find something really effective?

Deal on the GoofBoard [video]

lkilpatrick — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:29:25 -0800

Hey Stokereporters!

As some of you may know I picked up a GoofBoard last week and have really enjoyed it.

First Aid and CPR classes

whatupwilly — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:51:54 -0800

An earlier rant turned into a good discussion on CPR (http://stokereport.com/rant/blacks-surfer-comes-back-life).

I took a first-aid certification class ($50 bucks) at Bay Area RedCross and that was informative but it didn't cover CPR. But good overall material and they also have separate CPR classes (I think $65 bucks): http://bit.ly/9A7zCl (I think their site is down right now...?)

Gerry Lopez & Herbie Fletcher Talk Story

H20MansLibrary — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:26:03 -0800

More like Cheech and Chong really. I'm a huge fan of Gerry Lopez and Herbie Fletcher, but in this video they both seemed like a couple of stoned teenagers. Even so, if you can get past the dazed and confused banter, there's some amazing footage of Fletcher driving his jetski like a madman...

My photo on the 'Top 20' photos for the month of Feb. on Surfline

vonstanger — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:26:43 -0800

I got one of my photos picked as one of the top 20 for the month of February. My photo is the first one (number one). To cast your vote, follow the link and click on the the thumbnail photo to the right of the page. Enjoy

poor surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

duckdive — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:26:03 -0800

It's a beautiful clear morning at Ocean Beach. The NW wind continues to rage producing whitecapped, completely blown out conditions. It's a total mess out there. Bring a kite or or stay at home. Poor-

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A few photos from today.

tcannon — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:42:40 -0800

Not much of a surf day so @lee and I took to the air. I pushed airplane buttons. He pushed camera buttons. I think it worked out.