November 2011 Surf Sessions in Review
I know I am like two months behind, but what would any one who reads here regularly expect. If you keep up with the daily updates in the surflog then it should not surprise you. My life is crazy and my time spread thin. I guess I will sleep when I am dead. I am only getting this done today because I happen to be sick and called out of work. I am too sick to surf even. Trust me it is firing right now with some real nice WNW action. You know I’m taking it hard if I am sitting out. I have already missed an epic El Capitan session last night. Whatever, I don’t give a fuck.
Back to November. November for the most part was one big let down after another both for waves and life. Kooky who came out here with high hopes of scoring great point surf got stuck more times then not at shitty New Jetty, which was where the majority of my surfing took place. Now in the summertime that is common place, but in the fall it should not be. There was still some choice days. There were also some terrible drunken nights at the bar that cost me a surf or two and one surfboard that got completely destroyed as a result. You can check out the November ’11 surflog for the details on the entire month. Here are the session break downs. Oh the joys of having OCD.
Number of Surf Sessions: 23
Days Surfed: 22
Total Time Spent in the Water: 35hrs
Waves Surfed: 521
Average Waves Surfed Per Hour: 15
Spots Surfed:
New Jetty: 9
Rincon: 3
Emma Wood: 2
Oxnard Shores: 2
Dredge: 1
Sharks Cove: 1
Sand Spit: 1
Little Rincon: 1
Silver Strand: 1
Gold Coast: 1
Top 4 Surf Sessions (I could not leave any of these out to only make it three)
4) 11/25/11 PM Session2: 1-3+ft, Sharks Cove
Time in Water: 2.5hrs
Waves Surfed: 32
We were on our way to battle the immense crowds down south, when Kooky spotted out some waves breaking at Sharks. I knew it would be a bit smaller there, but no one was out and I love that wave. The place is so rip-able and its right here in town. We decided to go for it. Four other guys joined us crushing my hopes of a solo session, but I knew one of them and everyone took turns and was mellow. It was a bit smaller then I would have liked. Only about waist to occasional chest, but it was perfect. I had a ton of really fun waves out there and it was just the mellow session in the midst of a hectic weekend I was looking for.
3) 11/21/11 AM Session: 3-5+ft, Rincon
Time in Water: 3hrs
Waves Surfed: 23
I love bounce back swells. This one hit the Islands and came upon us at a perfect angle. There was a dropping tide and light winds. Rincon was flawless. When I first got out there I was in the cove with about 30 people. An hour later I was sharing the place with a solid 200 crowd spread over the entire point. I had some great ones. I got burned on some that would have been great ones and I burned a few along the way. Classic Rincon. I did stick one huge six foot long gap air that I totally cleared an entire section on. I had a near 540 as well but landed on the back too far on the shoulder to ride it out. Minus the crowd I was stoked.
2) 11/24/11 PM Session: 4-7+ft, Little Rincon
Time in Water: 2hrs
Waves Surfed: 27
Oh another Turkey day west swell. I wanted to surf Rincon but it was over 300 hundred heads strong. I tried a gamble and lost with El Capitan. Little Rincon had a decent enough wave with only about thirty or so guys on it. It was a bit stretched and racy, but there were some good ones. I was having a good time till I went on this dude who was clearly not going to make the section he pulled into. Kooky said he was falling as I dropped into it. The guy paddles over to me and tells me “If you do that again I am going to break something on you”. ”Were you really going to make it” I replied. ”Thats not your call to make” he said. ”No it was the waves call and it was not having it” I retorted. He got mad and told me that when he is on a wave I don’t go. I apologized and left it alone. Then he deliberately burned me on my next wave to prove a point. The old Chris would have gone into the beach. Went to my car, got the tire iron out of my trunk and beat the bejesus out of him. The new Chris just took a deep breath and let it go. Whatever I got a wave from the hotel at Mussel Shoals all the way to the beach break at the bottom of the highway. We clocked it in the car on the way home and it was just under 7/8ths of a mile. Never done something like that there. My legs hurt so bad by the end of it I could barely turn.
1) 11/7/11 AM Session: 2-4+ft, Oxnard Shores
Time in Water: 2hrs
Waves Surfed: 28
Oooo there is nothing I love more then a good old fashioned barrel fest. Not only that but a Hatteras style barrel fest. Lindsay and I pulled up to New Jetty and it was crowded, at least thirty guys deep. Lakey Perterson was out with her little grom crew and camera. The whole place was a scene. On top of that it was a bit walled and wonky. Not nearly as good as the previous day. I noticed the wind was trying to go offshore and with plenty of combo swell still in the water, plus a dropping low tide I made the call to try the shores. The place loves such conditions. I pulled up to the closest spot to Ventura. There was some movie being filmed up on the beach with all their stupid Hollywood hoopla. Right in front looked marginal at best. Then I looked down the beach and was pretty sure I saw spitting barrels. Upon driving a few blocks south my eyes had not deceived me. All I could see in every direction was left and right bowls unloading on a shallow sand bar. I am talking throaty double ups. I got my ass seriously kicked by a few I did not make it out of. The crowd was about twenty strong but spread among an endless amount of peaks. Bobby was surfing the peak next to me just getting absolutely pitted off his skull. I had my share as well. It was a fucking great session. It lasted a solid two hours before the wind came up. What a session.
Oxnard Shores delivering.
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