MONTARA STATE BEACH 07/14/2011
MONTARA STATE BEACH I had to fly up to San Francisco for business. When this happens, I try to schedule my meetings around the weekend so I can go up the day before and at least turn half of the business trip into a surf trip. We checked out some spots in HALF MOON BAY. Not finding much in the way of waves at these spots, we proceeded north. At a curve in the road, some waves we spotted in the distance forced us to abruptly pull over. The waves breaking here were much bigger and actually yielded a few fun rides. Unlike the other breaks in the area, the high tide did not shut down this beach. Instead, the excess water caused some nice refraction that caused the waves to jack themselves up and break bigger and steeper. The other nice thing about the session was how late it lasted, the NorCal sun being able to stay up till past 9 PM in the summertime. Add Comment Last Day of Winter - for Now 01/22/2010
During the holidays, we went up to see the family in Los Angeles. The best part about returning home is that Trestles is inevitably on the way. Below are some shots that are the product of the great Jill Sunshine who endured the cold and dark conditions to catch the action. The right here at uppers was SOLID. Despite the crowd, plenty of decent waves were to be had. A few weekends later I went snowboarding and broke my elbow on the last run of the day. Then I rode my bike home on another weekend and lost the handle. Trying to avoid breaking another arm, I fell right onto my face and broke my two front teeth. Needless to say, this has been the worst January ever. The only redeeming factors have been the steady awesomeness of Jill Sunshine and my inclusion in the band, Jackpot Junkies. I was fortunate that my injuries did not prohibit me from playing music. The injuries have, along with the bad weather, kept me out of the water but hopefully for not much longer. Until then, I’ll just have to keep replaying the rapidly fading memories of Trestles in December of 2009. Scripps Pier - Early August 2009 08/14/2009
Check out our first attempt at in-water filming. The waves started out reasonably good this day but quickly devolved into wind chop that did not want to break, let alone stay open once it did. Anyway, the process was more difficult than imagined but more rewarding than expected once the footage came back. There were actually a couple of real gems: |






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