Surfing is a Trip

My new Hurricane Ike Pics are posted on www.BlueMountainSurf.com.

You may need to towel off after watching this. I worked up a sweat just watching.

hey boys, just wondering if there are any chances of those on this blog attempting to gather somewhere, sometime for a surf, probably not considering the Gulf of Mexico. I could be a year or more away, is it worth the effort? Where would reasonable? Considering all the different proffessions we come from, we could set it up as a conference, possibly, to satisfy the tax man and then claim as an expense. Just a thought.

On Sunday, a group of seven of us (3 guys; 4 ladies) tried to surf Crooked Island between Panama City and Mexico Beach aka The Forgotten Coast (map).

The main surf break when the surf gets this big (the pass at Shell Island) had over 100 surfers there, so we thought the pass at Crooked Island would be a better choice. The warning sign posted at the boat landing across from Crooked Island (Point A) gave lots of different warnings regarding alligators, sharks, currents, and ended with "No Rescue Possible." No joke.

We only had one boat, so part of our group paid another boat to drop them off at the surf break in the pass at Crooked Island about 3 miles away (Point B). The plan was for the rest of the group to follow behind in our boat. The motor would not start on our boat, and we didn't have any way to contact the first group. I called my brother who happened to be in Mexico Beach for the weekend. He agreed to pick up the first group in his boat via the Gulf of Mexico route (Point C) and take them back to his marina through the pass at Mexico Beach. (Point D) The first group later drove back (Point E) to the boat landing to make another attempt at reaching the island.

Being without a boat, we decided to paddle straight across to the island and hike to the surf (Point F). Part of the group went right, instead of left, around a swamp and were not able to make it to the surf (Point G). They had to backtrack to the car. (Point H). The three of us that went left (including me) made it across the island and surfed until it got dark (Point I). The surf was head high and building fast but it was getting dark. We walked back the beach route (Point J) and one person hitched a ride to the car and returned for the group (Point K).

One of the cars broke down on the dirt road leading back to the group at the beach (Point L). Somehow we were able to get a tow truck on a holiday weekend to come help us in the middle of the woods.

Crazy times.

So, have you guys had any good waves from this storm?