marklukach

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In 1878 the King Philip wrecked just south of what is now ###### 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 ######, 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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Hello one and all stokereporters, whether you be a reporter, a reader, a local, a newbie, whoever you are:

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Saturday 11am - Ocean Beach, fair surfing

Today's inside high-tide session didn't materialize like yesterday's. Still some fun ones, but it's pretty sporadic and at times very soft and mushy. Guys on boards getting the occasional good ride, for me bodysurfing was a lot of drop in and get pounded. Only a few that really lined up like yesterday. Still, it was nice to get wet before the rains come and really get us wet, and I also briefly got to chat with @redtim in the water....always enjoy meeting other stokereporters.

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Had a fan-frickin-tastic bodysurfing session mid-morning, catching thumping waves on the inside during the high tide. Outside was total mush burger, but the inside was heaving and offering some epic barrels if you were willing to go for it. I had a world-class wipe-out...flew down the face and saw it hollowing out in the most unforgiving way, so I chucked my hand plane and went fetal. My buddy who was paddling back out said he saw me spitting through the barrel curled up like a baby. But beyond the wipe-out some very very very fun waves, looked decent for surfing too.

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I have 4 seasons of riding big waves at Ocean Beach under my belt, and as I bobbed around in the water today, I formulated some thoughts on the big wave riding experience. I've posted a somewhat lengthy (1500 word) essay on my blog. The opening paragraph follows.

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Saturday 9am - Ocean Beach, fair surfing

I'd give the conditions good, my surfing a Fair-. My head was not into it, and in big surf, that adds up to a whole lot of No Good. Brutal paddle of about 40min at ###### St, caught one DOH right...decent. Talked to one of the notorious OB Hellmen in the water about not being mentally into it. His words: "f---ing charge it. Take your nuts out of your sack, and go." I did just that on a very big, late left and got obliterated. Free fall down the face, landed and got annihilated.
Now I'm home, nuts back in my sack, nursing my wounded pride.

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