Unfortunately for the contest both the surf and weather define mediocrity. The contest is/was taking place on 1st taunted by musky onshore winds, little 2-3 foot mushy waves and mad inconsistent conditions.
However, early morning wins. The fog was burning off, a moderate offshore wind, and inconsistent mid-tide 2-4ft waves. When I first got into the lineup (empty) I look over in the direction of LA proper and see a sun teasing the world. Beams of gold streaking past the clouds, transforming the glassy ocean with its sparkling orangish yellow hue. There was a surprising crowd at first, but less than a dozen between 2nd and 3rd at 7:00 (I decided to sleep in a bit!)
While the waves offered nothing inspiring, there certainly were quite a few fun ones. Unfortunately the "consistency was shit" quoting the already-corrupted-by-Southern-California ripping 8 year old. There's the occasional shoulder high wave then boom, nothing for fifteen minutes. Quite surprisingly my best wave of the day was a left between 2nd and 3rd. I genuinely don't remember exactly what I did, all I know is that it was 1) steep 2) a good long ride 3) there was a well placed wrap around cutback 4) nice long (~10sec) floater... 5) no one dropped in on me
Basically life rocks...and then the wind picked up and waves disappeared for 20 minutes = I call it quits on the short session of the week.
Summary:
Surfrider, Malibu
7'6" Al Merrick M13
6:45AM-9:30AM
2-4ft, ~15sec
Offshore-> onshore
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