marklukach

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I haven't taken photos from the water in almost two months, but tonight turned out to be a very good night to do it. I will be uploading pictures to my blog over the next few days, it was a bit dark but things still looked good. I'm pretty stoked on the picture I've posted here, came out better than I had hoped.

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Oh yeah. I went ahead and gave this morning a "great." Bodysurfed the middle and loved every second of it. Got the longest barrel rides I've ever gotten on my hand plane. There was a crowd in the middle and some serious shredding going on but everyone was stoked to have such fun, clean waves. Wind got on it around 9. Still rideable, but the early bird scored today!

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Wednesday 3pm - Ocean Beach, fair surfing

The anti-Monet out there. Looks terrible from the dunes, but in the water the inside section was about as fun as it gets for bodysurfing. Not a person in sight, I felt I had the whole Pacific to myself. Only a short session with a very high wave count. Looks like this turned out to be a good week for my school to have vacation. Wahoooooo!

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From the lot it looked like a Fair-, but from the water it was more like a Fair+. Some decent outside waves, a bit sectiony and weak but otherwise a fun drop. My buddy who was surfing scored some great drops, while on the handplane I had my fair share of fun walled up waves. The highlight was one wave where I hit a chop on the drop and got some air. The safest thing to do in this circumstance is dive through the face, rather than try to keep riding, which I tried to do...but didn't really succeed. All I know is that I ended up getting ejected skyward by the wave like Goose in Top Gun.

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I was at the contest in the morning, and then suffered through watching the webcast for the latter part of it. The constrast between being there and the online broadcast was so striking I had to write more on it at my blog. So, if for some tragic reason you are not outside on this gorgeous sunny national holiday and want some reading to break up your work day, click the link.

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In 1878 the King Philip wrecked just south of what is now Noriega St at Ocean Beach. The remains have been buried under the sand, but every now and then due to erosion, some of the remains are unearthed. I remember seeing the wreck in 2007, and a quick internet search shows that the last time the boat was visible before that was in the 1980s.

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Last night a town hall meeting went down to discuss the erosion at Sloat, and how it can be resolved. Surfpulse has already posted a solid summary of the issue and the different approaches discussed, thanks to them for the quick reporting. The key point to recognize is that the city council is meeting today at 2pm, and it's an open meeting for people to raise their concerns.

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Saturday 7pm - Linda Mar, fair surfing

Bodysurfed some decent waves with the sun going down, slamming pretty hard with little to nowhere to go. Got into some fun barrels but also went over the falls, which my dad on the beach happened to capture on film. Sometimes you get a good one, and sometimes you don't. Nice contrast to Judith's wave at Ft. Point today. There is a tad bit of redemption with the photo below.

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