Fun to watch pro surfing's most colorful character, Matt Wilkinson, get a taste of some hard-core local characters. From his blog www.out2brunch.com, which is definitely worth checking out.

"Saw him up early filming on the beach nursing a cup o joe. Complimented his backside atta ..."

"We're gonna get F**Ked up. With some beautiful women. Classic "

"Those beautiful women really have to look good in hoodies, and sweaters, and flannel cuz r ..."

"Our brrrr beach climate makes it SO much easier to watch the Rip Curl Pro SF at work than ..."

"haha, So no "soft focus" shots. A definitive advantage indeed."

I saw 5 this morning out in front of the event site:
Brett Simpson
Taylor Knox

"I saw Kelly Slater lingering around the public bathroom at ###### trying to score a hot da ..."

"Saw Julian Wilson, the Gudauskus brothers, and quite a few more this afternoon. Shame ther ..."

"Parko, middle beach for the evening session."

"I know where the babushkas hang out when it's cold and dreary if Kelly wants some tips."

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Matt Biolos of Lost posts a nice back and forth email chain between him and Lewis Samuels, a surfer and journalist who I believe is from Bolinas. Lewis really captures the essence of Wintertime surfing up here. Check the link for the whole thing, but here are some nice snippets:

"Sweet find. I can dig it...and that left is what it's all about after you manage to get o ..."

"Ha! that's right. I am an expert paddler.. Surfing, well, there leaves some (much?) still ..."

"He pretty much nailed me TBH :) I ain't going to say I shred. But I can make it to the o ..."

"Yea, when you spend 99% of your time paddling to stay on a peak or make it back to the lin ..."

"He's got that right. If you can surf the beach, you can pretty much surf anywhere within r ..."

Nooooo! I haven't yet gone in the water when the CSO warning is flashing. Anyone have experience paddling OB after an overflow?

"I do it every time. Never an issue. #KnockonWood #UnknownLongTermEffects"

"Oh, fudge!!! It's supposed to be fun tomorrow, too. Watch out for needles, saw one at ### ..."

"This might be a location exemppption situation, I dunno, maybe it's my bad."

"Oops, bad phone"

"The first time surfing after a large rain went in blissfully unaware of San Francisco's no ..."

Anyone out there have suggestions for a killer short and stubby board for OB on smaller and mushier days? I like my Flyer, but I've been riding it for a while and those newer shapes look really good! Anyone have experience with any of these:

Lost Rocket

Went to ###### this morning and it looked beautiful. Clean, with HH+ A frames coming in and detonating out the back. I grabbed my 6'6" step-up (currently my biggest board) and went for the longest paddle of my life. I must have covered over 200 yards during three separate paddles. Trouble was, it was almost all lateral, with very little forward momentum. It was so frustrating being stuck inside with so many beautiful waves just out of reach. I should have headed to ###### instead of stubbornly keeping on at ######, but oh well. And then I had to get to work. Still bummed and frustrated.