December was all about periods of fun surf followed by periods of flatness. There was tons of rain and wind bringing near toxic water conditions and tricky surf conditions. Crowds were lighter then usual thanks to the weather not to mention that I think a bunch of people have already given up on surfing this winter it has been so bad. As far as Im concerned I had some great sessions in December. Unfortunately I was also plagued by a host of surf injuries mainly my lower back, knee and neck causing me to worry that my years of misuse are finally catching up to me. Here is how I made out in December of 2010 surf wise.
Number of Surf Session – 21
Days Surfed – 19
Average Wave Height – 3-4ft
Spots Surfed:
Rincon – 9
Juno Pier, Florida – 2
Civic Center, Jupiter FL – 1
South Jetty – 1
C Street – 1
Loons – 1
Sharks Cove – 1
Sand Spit – 1
Santa Clause Lane – 1
Stanley’s – 1
New Jetty – 1
Dredge – 1
Top 3 Sessions
3: 12/8/10 – 3-4ft, Loons
Loons is a magical wave and a very secret and fickle one at that. When and if you happen to find and score it the reward will more then equal the toil. This session was solid chest to head high plus with a light crowd, glassy conditions and lines running an easy three hundred yards down the point. Read Sometimes Miracles Happen Blog for more on this stellar session.
2: 12/16/10 PM Session – 4-6ft, Dredge
My afternoon surf was purely based on the wind dying out, which luckily it did. I cruised to Rincon where it was perfect oil glass but only around chest high or so at Indicator. Discouraged I called my boy Ryan down in Ventura who was claiming Dredge was solid and no one out. Dredge never has no one out especially in the afternoon. I mean the place is the exclusive surf spot of the entire Pierpont community, a society made up of 90% surfers. Dane Reynolds lives there along with my good buddy Adam Virs. With no better options I took the advice and tipped my boy Kevin off as well who was just getting off work from making mass quantities of food. I got there and it was definitely well overhead on sets and although fast more then make able if you chose the right one. Of course by this time there were 5 guys out and about another ten in the parking lot frothing. There were plenty of waves and with the strong southerly current that always plagues Dredge the crowd was not a big issue, still I managed to get a long board to the head courtesy of this decrepit old guy who was blowing every set wave he paddled for. He very courteously ditched is board right in front of me after straightening off on an overhead close out. I came up from my duck dive into his board. Besides that I managed to get a ton of great rides and boosted a few huge backside airs but came unglued on the landings. I would have to say it was by far the best session I have had since Loons last week and one of the best in December.
1: 12/20/10 – PM Session – 6-8+ft, Rincon
Sometimes Christmas comes early and today it came early at Rincon. Epic Rincon is one of those things that happen at best a dozen times or so a winter and today my friends was just that. The day had a slow start with a super high tide, small swell and rain. I decided to stay in bed and wait for the afternoon of which I knew more swell would fill in. I checked the buoys at breakfast and it was 8 ft, by noon it was ten, by 2pm it was twelve by four, 14ft. The swell grew six feet in a matter of hours and that set the pace for the entire session. I got in the water at 1pm and it was about chest to head high and every hour it grew by two feet till the occasional ten foot clean up set would wash through. Up until today I had yet to legitimately call box a wave. My first three waves all went double call box and then I had about a dozen more that were single call box. I think the worst wave I caught all session I still managed to hit ten times, on average I got around 15 hits a wave. Soooooooooooooooo Gooooooooood!!!!!!
I think this picture embodies December perfectly here in Santa Barbara.
I think this guy needs to slow down and enjoy a little famine. Maybe that is metaphoric for how I look when Im frothing on a good day at Rincon
As always if you liked this blog visit the surf log where I update my surf sessions daily.
Surfing Ruined My Life 
What if it were perfect 6-8ft rincon everyday. just like a machine everyday flawless 6-8ft rincon? and is there any new bizarre searches that have led people to here lately?
UCB: favorite ingredient to use.