My smile won't fade today

After waiting out the morning fog and sloppy, sloppy south wind bump, I arrived at Dogpatch with just a hope the conditions would turn around as I paddled out. As luck would have it, the wind died and the surf pushed into my little inside reef I like with lots of fun waves today. The crowds drifted away leaving me for the most part with the peak to myself. The sun came out, the sky turned blue, my forehead sunburned red, and I ripped a few head high peaks with abandon all the way to the inside and smacked a few good off the lips re-entries for a big finish. Two days of surf in a row, and even if my body complains, my smile won't fade today.

Summer Rules!

Finally, the first real swell of summer arrived today, so I high tailed it down to my favorite summer spot, Trail number 2, and found a lot of head high uncrowded waves in bath watery warm glassy blue seas. Aside from the fact I was rather kooky from lack of surf, I snagged a few big bombs that reminded me what a real wave is all about. Just a light foggy mist kept the winds down and the surface slick and mirror-like all morning. Ah, on a beautiful beach day as this one, Summer Rules!

The pick of the litter

Given a choice between great weather or great waves, the waves win every time. It was fugly overcast and drizzly this morning, so I let the fog roll in and out before I went down to check the surf. The silver grey glassy ocean was combed by an offshore wind that switched around just as I got down to Dogpatch. Lowers was completely insane, but the local schools were out today, so Dogpatch got the nod. It was smaller but much better shaped today. I had the pick of the inside bowls and did some remarkably sick insane floaters and lip launch re-entries just to make the wave, but they worked, and I made a lot more of my waves today. With all the locals getting blown out to sea and pushed north by the drift down in the KO bowl, I have to say this cool cat got the pick of the litter!