Well a bit pessimistic, but feeling a bit like the sun is setting on the surf season.  With this being the last week of the Eddie waiting period and only another month for the Mavericks Contest the lack of fair conditions is already apparent at my local break.  

Rain, yes, which is good, but also wind and just wrong conditions.  Such is life this time of year.  March rolls around and its more common to see waves in the sand than in the Ocean.  Hope there is still some love left in that big ole’ North Pacific.

After a very frustrating bout trying to upload a higher quality version to YouTube I have given up for now…so bare with this low quality version.  It still may be a bit entertaining with the right perspective.  All the world is green after all!

So unlike other surf vids, mine are kind of slapped together.  I hate using a tripod, cause I am usually surfing when its good and so the video becomes an after thought.  I have to try actually to take my time on the next one, maybe use a tripod, get a higher quality version going, maybe spend more than an hour editing it.   Or not.  My vids are kind of like a brain dump….just spur of the moment, slap stuff together and see if it sticks.

What is unique about this one is that it was shot almost exclusively with the Go Pro.  It’ll be interesting to see how creative people get with their own GoPro’s.  Every time I paddle out I see someone with a wrist cam or plate on their boards.  So much good footage out there I’m sure.  I kind of like the quality too, almost super 8 ish.

Well anyway, enjoy if you can.

Is anyone else out there a fan of Tom Waits?  Brilliant is the word that comes to mind.  Sort of like the experiences we seek everytime we suit up and paddle out.  Some can be beautiful, magical and others dark and painful…grueling even.  At least here at OB.

The site has been down for the past couple weeks due to some mischief makers, which gave me some time to think about improvements and play around with some old video from last month.  

I was able to pull out some cool frame grabs and then tonight put the finishing touches on a shaky, but interesting session…well couple sessions…from dawn to dusk.  I believe it was around January 18th when we were blessed with summer like weather and big swell.  Got a dawn patrol, then an afternoon sesh and topped it off shooting some video with a bottle of wine up on the dunes for the evening sunset sesh.  

Coming soon…the first video I’ve produced in a long time…tripod free and shaky as usual.  Need to work on that.  Stay tuned.

Well I was happy to see the winds die and the sun come out.  Hope for a surf after what feels like months of not having gotten wet.  Then we get a poo spill.  A massive one at that.  I read in a couple places 3 million gallons, but most sources are only reporting half a million gallons of sewage.

No mention of whether or not this has made it out to my local break, but was kind of hesitant with all the run off from the rains we’ve been getting for the past couple weeks anyway.  Now this.

I walked out to check the surf this morning and it was about head high and offshore with about ten guys or so scattered along the mile stretch or so I checked.  Braver than me, that’s for sure.  I think I will give it a few more days before I jump in.  It wasn’t that good anyway.