Friday, April 10, 2009

Dolphins are crazy sons of guns

Summary
Ouch. My head hurts. Moderately fun surf. There are actually some photos of Eric and I at Westwards on one of the surf report sites. Pretty sick.
Waves
Westwards was decent size 2-4ft quick shoulders, fast, rather hollow, surprisingly fun. As suspected, a little too steep for a twin fin. Everyone needs a little reality check every now and then, and this reality check hurt pretty bad. The board whacked me in the head pretty hard.
Zuma was much smaller, much slower, but still surprisingly fun. Both of us had better waves at Zuma, although the conditions were significantly better at Westwards. Must have been the dolphin pals.
Crowds
Not. There was one guy getting shacked hardcore at Westwards, no one else out at Zuma.
Weather
Chilly, cold, spring time early morning session. To be expected.
Forecast
Looks poor. Storm incoming. Plus my head hurts pretty bad so I'm going to say I'll pass.
Eventful Stuff
Dolphins. Lots of dolphins. Paddling back out after some mediocre wave, about to duck dive under the oncoming wave, there were three dolphins swimming right towards me, surfing the wave. Eric who was farther inside screamed something unintelligible, I was scared and bailed (not wanting to get pwned by half ton dolphins), but they swam right under me then disappeared.
Wave of the Day
Lefts at Zuma. Both Eric and I had sick ones right after one another. Super long ride (relatively) with a steep drop and a few turns, probably almost chest high wave. Eric's was better though.


Summary:
Westwards / Zuma
5'10" Southpoint
6:30-8:45
2-4ft
2/5
Eric B

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