Year: 2011Page 3 of 4

Sunny Sunday Stoke (Linda Mar 091811)

Looks like our late summer has arrived. Temps this upcoming week will be like today, in the upper 70s (in SF and Pacifica) and full sun even before…

Wind and Mush (Linda Mar 091511)

The forecast was actually right today. “Winds are onshore and conditions are pretty junky overall.” It was colder in Pacifica today than two days ago. We could feel…

Small Peeling Waves (Linda Mar 091311)

Max and I finally had time for a morning surf so we headed down to Pacifica as the tide was rising. We had originally wanted to check out…

Smooth (Linda Mar 090811)

Despite a relatively weak 11 sec WNW forecast, it turned out to be quite nice at LM. Crowds were light and we spotted a good peak to ourselves…

Mellow Waves (Linda Mar 090511)

Max and I celebrated Labor Day with another fun sesh at LM. The holiday crowd was out with lots of surfers, surf classes, beach goers and families having…

Fun Waves at Linda Mar 090411

This past week’s been buzzing in anticipation of the south swell’s arrival. It’s the same swell that arrived in Oahu on the last day of our trip, and…

Waikiki Beach

New Board, Fresh Waves in Waikiki 082111

We headed out a bit later this morning because of the tides and had breakfast at Lulus. It was sunny and a perfect 80-something degrees. I was psyched…

Surfing Waikiki 082011

The typhoon passed by the islands bringing some rain showers but no extra swell. The lulls between sets weren’t quite as long as yesterday. We headed for a…

Aloha Canoes 081911

Excited to be back on Oahu. Arrived yesterday and it took a few hours to adjust to the hustle of Waikiki and the heat. The sun was blasting…

Waikiki in August

Stoked at Seal Beach 081511

It was our last session in Seal Beach. We spent last night reminiscing about how great it’s been, how much we’ve learned and laughing remembering all the fun…

More Lefts and Rights at Seal Beach 081411

(Photo taken post-surf when the sun came out) Surfed Seal Beach again this morning under now-familiar overcast skies. Locals are wondering why the weather’s been so cool (upper…

Catching Endless Waves (Seal Beach 081311)

Another amazing day surfing Seal Beach with Mike Jr. Today’s class was a varied group of surfers who had been taking lessons with them off and on (Keith…

Huntington Beach

First Time Surfing Seal Beach 081111

First day surfing Seal Beach with M&M Surf School. We’ve been planning to come and get some instruction from Michael Pless and Michael Jr. after reading Peter Heller’s…