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Eastside Surfblog past entriesRead 09/03/09 entry Useful linksWarp 11, the Surfblogger’s new favorite bandVideo of the bigger skate bowl Nosara Wildlife Jupiter Inlet Juno pier IOP pier surf cam Favorite surf forecast site Click here to e-mail the Surfblogger. | 09/10/09 How did we manage to get three weekends in a row with great surf? Several weeks ago, I considered recruiting Vinnie to help me burn a surfboard as a sacrifice to the surf gods, but I never got around to it, so I can’t take any credit for it. All I know is that this was the first three-day weekend I can recall where we had excellent surf all three days. Add that to the past two weekends, and I’m darn near euphoric. One thing I can tell you, though, is that because surfing is an addiction, the euphoria wears off pretty quickly and enough is never enough. But we did have so much surf that I actually took my shortboard and my longboard to the beach with me and rode one and then the other. When do I ever do that? Usually, I just trudge over the dunes and gratefully ride whatever slop is served up. We actually had so much surf that I even experimented with different fin setups. And to top it all off, the rights were breaking at my spot so I went backside a bunch of times. Great googly-moogly. Somebody slap me, I must be dreaming — of course it’s flat now. And that means I’ll soon be pacing around waiting for something to happen. There is Hurricane Fred out there, but he’s a strange one, that Fred. As I write this, he’s meandering around way out there with 115 mph winds. Hate to be in a ship out there; makes me want to hurl thinking about it. What makes Fred difficult to fathom is that, without a clear track, he could just stay out there and spin until the steering currents materialize — and who knows where they will send him? One thing that caught me as strange this past weekend was how uncrowded it was at my spot for the dawn patrol. I think it had something to do with the lack of media attention on Erika and a whole lot of the beginning surfers just didn’t know there would be waves. The number of people who have surfboards now is remarkable, and everyone shows up when there is a hurricane swell in the news. I think last weekend kinda slipped under the radar for the vast majority — at for least the early sessions, which were the best by far. So it was a lucky combination of circumstances all around. As for this weekend, the swell model shows something in the rideable range on tap. It’s hard to tell what shape it will be, but today’s wind model shows Saturday with some onshore wind in the 10 mph range. That shouldn’t mess it up too bad, but it will still be closeouts. Now, Sunday’s model shows the wind switching around to slightly offshore around 5 mph, which could improve it a bit. The swell period gets longer on Sunday, too, so that might be the better of the two days. Low tide is at 8 or 9 on Saturday and Sunday, so no need to get up at O’dawn-thirty. This might be one of those midmorning sessions. Call it “brunch patrol.” Of course, you should probably go check it for yourself because, as Mr. McKevlin used to say, “You ain’t never bun know.”
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