Riding the "Shortboard" SUS

I hope the abreviation changes to SUS, "Stand Up Surf" for us who surf on our stand ups. I will be honest, dropping board size has been a challenge for me. Many good days and bad or should I say good/bad balance days. The over all surfing is always better or more "FUN" for me on a smaller board but the difference is like learning how to SUP or SUS all over again.The balancing act for me has

NW Swell Backing Down; Still Pretty Big

What a difference location makes. I surfed a two hour session this morning at the lower reefs in head high to double O peelers. Meanwhile, up at the west end it was booming at up to triple O with 12-15 wave sets that spread white water all over the half mile playing field.

Actually, surf and conditions were a lot like yesterday. I left the SUP at home and grabbed the 6-10 Power Biscuit with the quad set-up again. I had so much fun with it yesterday I wanted to keep the good times rolling. Parked in the big lot at the end of the avenue, arriving earlier today than yesterday. I didn't want to miss any daylight as I knew it would be overly populific again this Sunday. Still, even though I paddled out at 0625, there was plenty of light. I could have gone 10 minutes earlier.

Waiting for a paddle out lull, I watched Kirk rip by on his little black sled. If he surfed any faster he'd get friction burn. He knows how to get every bit of speed out of that line. One of the funnest guys to watch surf anywhere.

I started at GDubs, caught a couple, then shifted down to Casa Roja. Caught a few there, mostly there...then down to Sarges for a couple, back to Casa Roja and out. My hands were really cold today. Couldn't get the fingers to stay together after about an hour and a half.

The swell is slowly backing down. It's amazing how much swell angle factors into wave size and energy. Up reef it was big and burly, down reef much, much smaller and more manageable. Another good day of surfing, even if the crowd is thick as fleas on a dog's belly.

November 8, 2009 (Su) Fin set-up: Quad with Rainbow Speedwing fronts and SB1 rear.
Bathymetry: Rock reefs
Deep Water Swell and Wave Face Heights CDIP Archive
Buoy: NWS (Farshore #1-Nearshore-Farshore #2)
Time-NDBC Data-CDIP Data (Primary Swell Dir.)(Local Wave Ht. Avg.)
0600: 15.4 feet @ 17.4 NW - 6.6 feet @ 13.3 WNW (no data) (3-8 ft. faces)
0700: 14.1 feet @ 16 WNW - 6.2 feet @ 12.5 WNW (310) (3-8 ft. faces)
0800: 15.7 feet @ 16 WNW - 5.9 feet @ 12.5 WNW (no data) (3-8 ft. faces)
1100: 14.4 feet @ 16 WNW - 6.6 feet @ 16.7 W (310) (3-8 ft. faces)
1200: 13.8 feet @ 16 NW - 6.2 feet @ 12.5 WNW (300) (3-8 ft. faces)

Great morning SUP'ing with friends

Was a beautiful November morning water 70* f air 70*f Little surf made for SUP fun.. RuRu , BA, Jesse, Scott and I had fun on our Stand Ups. Some pics of today...