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July 31, 2007 (Tuesday)
Post-session
Better form and conditions. About the same size. Inconsistent, on-off, with fun sets interspersed among longish lulls.
Posted at 7:37 PM
July 30, 2007 (Monday)
Post-session
Slightly smaller but with better form. It has potential--good angle/direction. Crowded.
Posted at 1:20 PM
July 29, 2007 (Sunday)
Post-session
The Right-hander looks good--consistent and nice form. Everywhere else is about the same.
Posted at 1:06 PM
July 28, 2007 (Saturday)
Post-session
Bigger. Boring. Crowded.
Posted at 7:04 PM
July 27, 2007 (Friday)
Post-session
Bigger. Extremely weak. Crowded.
Posted at 1:19 PM
July 26, 2007 (Thursday)
Post-session
Same. A few rare, head-high sets. Slightly crowded.
Posted at 12:22 PM
July 25, 2007 (Wednesday)
Post-session
Slightly smaller.
Posted at 1:21 PM
July 24, 2007 (Tuesday)
Post-session
Better conditions but pretty much the same. Agonizingly weak and slope-y.
Posted at 6:58 PM
July 23, 2007 (Monday)
Post-session
About twice bigger but weak and sloppy.
Posted at 1:10 PM
July 22, 2007 (Sunday)
Post-session
Better. Kinda what yesterday should've been. Small, mushy wind-swell with the inside end-corner bowl working and mushburgers pushing all the way to the terminus.
Posted at 1:08 PM
July 21, 2007 (Saturday)
Post-session
Extremely disappointing. Expected more--not necessarily bigger--wave action. It was weak and dribble-y. Not until the end of the session were the waves standing up and showing some wall.
Posted at 7:34 PM
July 20, 2007 (Friday)
Post-session
Windy. More wave action.
Posted at 1:06 PM
July 19, 2007 (Thursday)
Post-session
Don't ask.
Posted at 12:28 PM
July 18, 2007 (Wednesday)
Post-session
Worse. Gosh-awful.
Posted at 1:19 PM
July 17, 2007 (Tuesday)
Post-session
Small and weak. Some occasional do-able ones. Slightly crowded.
Posted at 7:23 PM
July 16, 2007 (Monday)
Post-session
Worse--smaller? International Association of Kooks having their annual convention.
Posted at 12:56 PM
July 15, 2007 (Sunday)
Post-session
Slightly bigger. Faint signs of new energy. Rare head-high. Nice conditions. Crowded.
Posted at 1:02 PM
July 14, 2007 (Saturday)
Post-session
Miserably small.
Posted at 7:42 PM
July 13, 2007 (Friday)
Post-session
Really. Bad.
Posted at 1:07 PM
July 12, 2007 (Thursday)
Post-session
Small and crowded.
Posted at 12:30 PM
July 11, 2007 (Wednesday)
Post-session
Early one before work. It's quite bad.
Posted at 9:08 AM
July 10, 2007 (Tuesday)
Post-session
Smaller. Crap. High tide was killing it: very weak/slope-y.
Posted at 7:51 PM
July 9, 2007 (Monday)
Post-session
It's smaller but still fun. Windy. Not crowded.
Posted at 12:24 PM
July 8, 2007 (Sunday)
Post-session
About the same.
Posted at 1:30 PM
July 7, 2007 (Saturday)
Post-session
New energy. I don't know where this new swell came from, but it's frickin' going off.
Posted at 5:31 PM
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
But not in that order. My new board is fo' real, my friends. Muhjeek.
It's funny, though--ain't it?--that no matter how well a board might be able to perform, its functionality is limited by the ability of the user? Board is what rider does. (I've been struggling at times the previous few days.)
And the Vector II 437s in Black Stix that I'm using seem to be the summit of existing high-performance shortboard fin technology. Could they be the perfect setup? I think so. For now. To all you guys still stuck with FCS or using any other Future models: you're missing out on increasing your board's potential.
Posted at 11:30 AM
July 6, 2007 (Friday)
Post-session
Worse. Smaller (but not as windy). Crowded--Kook City.
Posted at 1:13 PM
I Need This...
...Like I need a hole in my head (to borrow an overused phrase): Surfboard with GPS and Radio.
Posted at 8:42 AM
July 5, 2007 (Thursday)
Post-session
Much smaller with marginal conditions/form but still some occasional fun ones. Not crowded.
Posted at 11:26 AM
July 4, 2007 (Wednesday)
Post-session
Smaller. Fun. Windy. Not crowded.
Posted at 1:30 PM
July 3, 2007 (Tuesday)
Post-session
Better form. Some bigger sets as I was leaving.
Posted at 1:28 PM
July 2, 2007 (Monday)
Post-session
Awesome! Insane. Best one for me so far this year. It looked out of control, and one of the regulars who had just gotten out said it was un-doable and caught only two waves in one hour. So I was pessimistic.
When I got out, the bigger sets were closing. But once I found the bowl in the middle area (as opposed to waiting on the outside) soon thereafter, I caught waves non-stop for about two hours. It was a machine. Solid 1-3, lined-up walls breaking in the same, exact bowl one after another. I'm not kidding. And it was a blast because it was also challenging: choppy (and windy) with lots of push and steep/double-y.
Finally near the end of the session, several regulars came out, and it got crowded. For the last hour, or so, my wave count slowed, but I was still snagging stuff at least every few minutes. By the time I went in, I was burnt and surfed out. Three hours of continual surfing.
And what totally enhanced the experience was my new board. It's magic. I know, I know: whenever I get a new stick I get hysterical. But truly this one *is* it.
Posted at 6:35 PM
Ready
Just picked up my new board. Nothing different: same model and dimensions.
Heard that a certain spot in Waikiki was going off this morning. Solid 2-3, lined up, and not crowded. I asked the guy, "So you was killing it?" "Schmall kine," he replied with a big grin.
Yee-hah. Bring it on.
Posted at 12:30 PM
July 1, 2007 (Sunday)
Post-session
About the same size with better form. Not crowded.
Posted at 1:29 PM