Monday, December 30, 2013

A WINDOW, SUN 15DEC2013





Loc: Manhattan Beach
Crew: Tom, Calvin, Toru, Bri
Conditions: 3 FT, offshore, warm, sunny, walled.

     Bri and I check the local surf at first light, and the surf is walled again. Instead of paddling out and waiting for the surf to change, we head back home and postpone our session. It’s looking like a gym day, so we eat breakfast and watch some older episodes of The Walking Dead to fill the void. Of course, this is when the texts start coming in. Dave T. says that the surf is getting better, as well as some other surf buddies. Bri and I look each other and feel it’s worth the drive to have another glimpse.
     It’s the late morning now around ten o’clock, so the beach is already getting crowded with non-surf, Sunday day dwellers. Lucky enough, surfers from the first and second shift are leaving, timing that awards our recent arrival.
     In the lot, Tom and Calvin have just finished suiting up. They say they’ll meet us in the water. Even Toru has made a late arrival.
     It’s a typical, Manhattan Beach day with blue sky and blue water. In front of the brick house breaks a clean right-handed peak about three feet. With the tide going down, the shape is much more negotiable for at least a turn if one’s lucky, so it’s a no brainer for us to paddle out.
     Bri does decent as usual, getting some long rides, but she gets a little worked when the sets start coming in.
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     And I can’t remember much else for this session. It was a while ago. Bri went in early because she was tired from the day before. Toru left shortly afterwards, and then Tom, Calvin, and I went in at about the same time. It was a decent Sunday session but nothing spectacular.

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