Spank My Wookie

Nothing to report from surf-land. I went and got a few utility sessions in the past two weeks. Nothing spectaular to write home about. I fixed the dings on my Fish. Everything was good, except my color matching skills are horrible. It's two tones darker than the coke bottle green I had. When I inspected it against the light, it was way darker than I'd expect. Damn it...Oh well.

I think back to all the sessions I had this year and they were pretty crappy. I got in a few fun Santa Cruz days, but most of my morning sessions have been crappy. Mix that in with swells big enough to closeout all my possible options for morning sessions, and I've been in surf hell. It's almost the end of February and I didn't get to surf as much as I wanted to. That's in addition to buying a monthly parking pass just so I can make it out more without having to pay 9 bucks a day.

Now, the winds are starting the change and those offshore winds and high pressures over the great basin has started to slow down. The Alaskan storm track is starting to shut down as well. I guess its the changing of the seasons. But that is not entirely bad news. There are plenty of options I'm hoping that will open up this summer. I'm getting much more comfortable in head + waves and can ride my 7'6" egg fairly well. There's a bunch of spots along the coast that I've been keeping my eye on as I do the 70 mile trek to Santa Cruz.

Last fall, I ended up with my tail between my legs when I went out to this one S.C. spot and took out my fish, which I could barely ride at the time. There's a bunch of reefs around the coast that look fairly fun when those south swells roll in. And to note, there's this elephant seal breeding ground I'm curious to test out as well. Well, instead of boring myself with session specific details, I'd end this post with the hopes that with the new seasons coming, I'd get to explore some of the other possibilities that the California Coast has to offer.

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