StokeReport User Surf Reports

fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

chezwhitey — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:55:15 -0700

Woo! Small enough for me. Soft, but see prior sentence fragment.
Got my quickie/nooner. Definitely one of those [frown -> hand waves upward over face -> smile] sessions.

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great surfing conditions at Tahoe - Kirkwood

chezwhitey — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:38:54 -0700

Long time no post. (Ira Glass effect?)

Plenty of Steezy Pie on the frontside. Morning started with chairs 6 and 11 open, minus Sentinel and beyond. Got a few laps of fresh and then went off to find that steep spot on lower Chamonix.

Speaking of which, that spot yielded my best fall ever. Got caught up making a turn and went over the handlebars and into two and a half somersaults. Neck's a little sore from the whomp that stopped me, but damn that was fun. Unfortunately, no GoAmateur footage of it nor any witnesses.

They opened up Sentinel and Palisades after lunch, so I lapped it for the rest of the day. Enough peaceful semi-fresh turns to wear me out before my last successful charge down Chamonix to end my day (and season?).

Thank you, Kirkwood. Lover, it's been too long.

Bonus--picked up some new vocab:
gank [gangk] v. 1) to fall
ex: Ski Killebrew or Mott's in the morning? You're gonna gank.

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great surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

chezwhitey — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:07:14 -0800

Pastryport: The frenchy bakery had no fewer than 6 bear claws at 2pm!

Grabbed a few as I was headed Tracey's office. Figured that might make up for:
being stanky from surf in an office environment,
not working today then watching others work,
drinking some of said office's adult beverages.

Bear claws were well received. As was the eclair.

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fair surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

chezwhitey — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:55:55 -0800

Peely and weirdly peaky at a place that often isn't. A little soft, but I'm a big boy who can will myself into waves with the help of my trusty steed, right? Off-crowd fun.

Messed around with the goAmateur wrist mount. Interesting way to critique my footwork and front arm form.

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fair surfing conditions at San Francisco - Ocean Beach

chezwhitey — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:09:25 -0800

Clean, peaky, rampy, (and crowdy) fairplusness from about 11-12 yielded some extreme schralpy logtastic gnar for yours truly. (Read: This has been a good day to ease into OB with minimal beatdowns and several [!] waves.) Didn't push my luck and got out after a performance that, if I must say so myself, was tasteful, understated, and modest. You're welcome.

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poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

chezwhitey — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:05:27 -0800

Out from 2-4ish, pleasant. Enough to keep me busy. Nothing spectacular, just par. On the cold side. Got an ice cream neck ache. Feet are no longer numb.

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fair surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

chezwhitey — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:50:09 -0800

Small and not too crowded. Got my fill. My agent neglected to inform me that they would be shooting today, though. I'll have to give him what for!

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great surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

chezwhitey — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:31:39 -0700

PastryReport:
Headed to the west side to #####'s [my censor] for a bear claw and an eclair (for any lucky lady who might cross my path with a hankering for a 6-8hr old, melted eclair.)

Kinda vanilla and crumbly on the outside, but totally sweet and almost opiate-like on the inside, and generally consistent, with a regular 5 claws to a set.

Took my 1 and done, as the claws were probably done around 1:30.

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good surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

chezwhitey — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:23:27 -0700

Played the part of the sacrificial lamb today and surfed so those working didn't have to. For several hours I endured paddling into peely waist-chest rights for some yawningly long rides. Be grateful you were at your desk typing a lot. Went after mostly shoulder head high set waves early on so all you sinners could take er easy earning your bread. Thank God that's over.

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Tosh to grant redemption to the ever-so-pitted brah?

chezwhitey — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:15:53 -0700

http://tosh.comedycentral.com/blog/2011/09/26/preview-surfer-fails-web-r...

poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

chezwhitey — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:02:23 -0700

I was out for an hour or so as the tide bottomed out and reversed. Fair fun to be had if you weren't too picky. I'm a dirtbag. I'll ride anything.

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poor surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

chezwhitey — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:46:07 -0700

Tiny, infrequent, waist high on the 1-2-wave sets, yet somehow super fun and great wave count. Poor+ conditions, fair+ stoke.

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fair surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

chezwhitey — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:28:34 -0700

(Personal tiny victory + objective poorness) / LM = fair-
First session in 2.5mo a few weeks after recovering from what I can only describe as a frozen shoulder made it worth it. So far, not reinjured. Tadaaa.
Sunny... Trace & Slaw were out. whee.

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great surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

chezwhitey — Sat, 21 May 2011 01:19:08 -0700

as large as i've seen at this spot. better-than-me's were ripping it up at the main peak. Redeemed (http://stokereport.com/rant/michel-junod) by re-meeting Spicoli's shaper, Michel Junod. Got to ask him if he remembers it's sweet checkerboard pattern. (nope.) took my requisite mushy long ride around the corner and got stuck behind sets paddling back for about 30. left immediately. Bear Claw.

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poor surfing conditions at San Mateo - Linda Mar

chezwhitey — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:21:41 -0700

Better than working. Desperado.

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fair surfing conditions at Santa Cruz - Other

chezwhitey — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:45:55 -0700

Fun out there mid morning. Predictably nice stuff to work with. Got a few fun drops a little too deep to make the shoulders, but also lined up section after section for a marathon, victory wave around the bend.

Toes froze, so I'm warming up before taking out my other board that hasn't seen daylight since June.

Did I mention it's clenchingly cold?

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great surfing conditions at Tahoe - Other

chezwhitey — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:38:43 -0700

Nice day trip to Sugar Bowl. Thought I was done for the season, but it keeps on storming. I rocked the one-piece, which is superb in the pow, but unfortunately less than ideal in the stall.

Wasn't too deep today, plus it was a whiteout, so only great minus. Still, it was my first time at SB, and I likes what I sees. Especially a bunch of the steepies we weren't allowed to go on today.

I'm going to go eat the rest of my Ikeda's blueberry cobbler now.

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Amazingly Accurate Animated Reenactment of GGB jumper [video]

chezwhitey — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:49:45 -0700

NPR Story Gives New Meaning to Location Turtle

chezwhitey — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:53:23 -0800

Apparently baby turtles can estimate their location using the earth's magnetic field:

great surfing conditions at Tahoe - Alpine Meadows

chezwhitey — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:32:45 -0800

My third powder day in a row. Managed to get over to Sherwood chair shortly after they opened it and got more fresh turns. Lapped it about 7 times, and my performance diminished as it got more chopped up. Still awesome. I'd get down to the lift to meet my pow buddy and I'd be more and more snow-covered each run due to more and more epic blunders. Best was when I misjudged a dip/jump near the runout and ballistically launched headfirst into the deep.

Thorough day 3. Uber satisfied.

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great surfing conditions at Tahoe - Homewood

chezwhitey — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:37:42 -0800

Knee to waist high. Got my first First Chair today! Thawing toes now. More PM gnar-ging to follow.

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fair surfing conditions at Tahoe - Alpine Meadows

chezwhitey — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:52:31 -0800

Skied Alpine Saturday. Spring conditions, and not intolerably crowded. Made sure to turn in the sun and expect crispies in the shadows. Spent too much time bombing down Summit and way little time on bumpier steeper stuff. This is largely due to a mix of a low urge to explore and a sense of loyalty to ride w/ some friends of the single-plank persuasion, who of course don't take kindly to bumps. Made a single trip down Scott Chute to end the day. Big grins. Should have lapped it a few more times, though.

All in all, I think I need to get to know Alpine like I do Kirkwood.

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fair surfing conditions at Tahoe - Mt. Rose

chezwhitey — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:44:31 -0800

Friday I opened my '10-'11 season skiing Mt. Rose. Unfortunately, the Chutes were closed all day, so instead I eased into my season with a bunch of groomers and a few bump runs. Stokage courtesy of warm spring conditions and the monster deal I got from liftopia.com: lift ticket + $12 lunch voucher for $33.

Someday I'll get back to those Chutes...

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Beached whale near Alcatraz?

chezwhitey — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 14:52:46 -0800

A few days ago I noticed a dark mass on the surface of the water about 100yds westish of Alcatraz. Doesn't look like a boat, and through my crappy binoculars it seems like birds are landing on it. Has anyone else seen or heard anything about this? It hasn't moved in several days.