Surfing is a Trip

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

NY Times article about the North Shore. The article is pretty generic. They also spelled "haole" as "howlie." The good stuff is at the end--relatively cheap places to stay and eat. Free subscription required I think.

We had a great time at the Surf-Expo. It was amazing to see all that merchandise in one room. John and I were able to put our hands on so many boards and we talked shop with some key players in the industry. It was nice and educational to talk board design with the actual guys doing the shaping. John narrowed his fish choice down to a Kane Garden design. And I came home with a new Hydro-Epic, Dick Brewer shape. It's a 7'8" swallow tail. Carbon with red kevlar and aluminum honeycomb topdeck and carbon bottom. We checked out all the carbon competition and Hydro has some key design advantages. We've had some great luck with the surf this week, been out four times already, from overhead to clean waist high. The Brewer really flys. Super fast off the turns and light as a feather on the floaters. I picked up some wicked foiled Futures fins for it at the expo and they feel good www.futuresfins.com/vector-fin-details.php?id=20.
-using a hatchet fin for the trailer.

Nothing rideable for surf with light SE wind.
Overnight Friday NW wind is forecast to pickup So we should have rideable waves for Saturday. Looks like another quick window with winds turning NE Saturday night so only small fading leftovers for early Sunday Gulf Temp - 64

SURF EXPO Next Show Jan. 13-15 in Orlando

 


Take a look at what's headed dbreck's way for the weekend. Let me know if you think this is going to happen. The swell direction may be wrong for Destin, but Tampa looks good if the wind isn't onshore. 

 


How about his for our next trip? Check out the excerpts I pulled from the Young Guns video. The charter company's website is here.