OLB was going off today! Screaming and threatening to run a dude over in the lineup and getting shit talked in the lot. Hilarity. Homie needs a deep tissue massage and a few xanax real bad. Anyhow, the lot peaks were packed, but there were some fun uncrowded ones a few minutes up the beach. Shoulder highish with a few head high ones on rare sets. Soft as usual, but not closing out. OB looked fog locked and kinda hacked by afternoon, but Linda stayed close to glassy, sunny, and hot. No complaints.

"5 thumbs up and I'll post his pic so you all will know what to look out for..."

"4's enough for me... He's the dude drinking the beer. Ironic f'king picture, but that's ..."

"If any of you have anything to say to me come see me and talk your tough guy talk to my fa ..."

"That tattoo didn't turn out so good. Still, could be worse: http://stokereport.com/rant ..."

"That photo has "online dating profile" written all over it. Ladies beware!"

Highway to the danger zone. Some of the worst board ditching and body flailing I've ever seen was going down out there this morning. TOTAL SHIT SHOW. Multiple collisions, double to triple burns, and a large pack of clueless guys on big, hospitalizing boards. Pretty sketchy in regards to saftey. Definitely some fun spring style shoulder high lefts running for a while if you found a way through the shooting gallery gauntlet. Loving the frat boy sponge crew in the lot. One fella put his suit on backwards.

It is April, right? I'll take it. Shoulder high with a few sets pushing towards head high. Real clean with subtle offies in the a.m. Got a few fun ones that lined up and allowed multiple turns. I couldn't find any, but I did see a couple elusive, small barrels. Definitely non-threatening and very user friendly, which in combination with the weekend and weather, brought out the crowds. The wind and tide switch started killing it around twelve or twelve thirty. Good times overall.

"I caught it from 10:30-1. That first hour and a half was sick. I think I missed the mornin ..."

"aye morning was fun until the crowds showed up. i hit ob early then lindy at ultra high ti ..."

"Good times this morning. Took my newly acquired funky log out (Was a 9, now it's 7'4?). ..."

Woke up with a gut feeling that paid off. Headed down south to a spot that's normally reserved for logs. It took raging NW winds and a massive out of control swell and groomed it into blissful, overhead left walls that were lining up from way outside all the way into a shore break closeout. OB lateral pull paddle training came in handy due to a substantial southerly current. There were a few soft sections, but racing highways outweighed the slight jams. Barrels for those in the know. Yeah, there was a crowd, but I got plenty and everyone in the water was keeping it posi. Amped with jello arms and a burnt up face. Easily my best session of the new year.

The ole' southerly wind safety bet. I caught it at high tide after work and had a decent time. The gromathon on the inner peak inspired me to paddle outside, where there was surprisingly hardly anyone sitting, and wait for sets. Inside was running in the waist to shoulder size with the outside pulling head high. Although there were a lot of super soft ones that required hops, there were definitely some fun lefts with lengthy (in terms of LM) speed sections into an oncoming right closeout. I generally tend to set my standards low when I paddle out at Linda. Today exceeded them.