A Watercolor Wednesday Surf & Culture Report
Lost Boys & Co...
All we know is that WE didn't fuck with the timer...
Partly cloudy this morning and besides being small, it was just wrong. 10 miles visibility. Winds were fluky out of the NE by 3.3kts and the sea surface had a slight bump. The air was a brisk 47.8 and the water is down another degree to 61.5. High tide was at 9:27am +5.7' and low tide was at 4:48pm -0.3'. We have a SW swell out of 235º at 2' and it was 2' and not much push this morning. However, the surf has continued to build and as we speak the buoy is registering a 6.2' swell out of the west. Unfortunately, the wind has also picked up and it's currently 7 to 12 kts and by midnight it's forecast to be 20 to 30kts. In the wee hours of the morning it's supposed to turn from west to north. We'll just have to see if things calm down enough to be rideable... Check'um out...
#2 is our resident hellman, Hugo Vau, charging down a good sized left in Nazaré, Portugal. Can you imagine what it must feel like when you drop into the shadow of this huge wave that's literally blotting out the sun. We don't know what the rest of the session looked like, but this one looks like a winner to us...
Surf gifts for under a hundred pazoozas...
Wetsuit Gloves ($34.95 – $78.95)
A bit less common than booties are gloves. Some surfers like them and some don't. What I have found is even the ones who don't, and won't buy gloves still complain about their hands being cold. On those really cold days, maybe less than 25 days a year, if the surf is good, you want to be comfortable. These little guys will keep your hands warm, making your surf session that much better. Get surf gloves from Patagonia, Rip Curl, O'Neill, Quicksilver, and more.
Surf Backpack ($12.95 – $129.95)
Surfers have a lot of gear(much of it listed on this page), and they need somewhere to put it. Especially if they use a wetsuit. For those that like to surf the more remote locations sometimes you have to hike in, and carrying a wet wetsuit to and from the beach is not fun for anyone. By the time you get up the hill you're soaking wet, cold, and tired. We have an assortment of bags from FCS, Dakine, Channel Islands, Oakley, Patagonia, NRS, and more over at our online shop. Be sure to check out our review of the 7 Best Surf Packs for further recommendation.
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A bit less common than booties are gloves. Some surfers like them and some don't. What I have found is even the ones who don't, and won't buy gloves still complain about their hands being cold. On those really cold days, maybe less than 25 days a year, if the surf is good, you want to be comfortable. These little guys will keep your hands warm, making your surf session that much better. Get surf gloves from Patagonia, Rip Curl, O'Neill, Quicksilver, and more.
Surf Backpack ($12.95 – $129.95)
Surfers have a lot of gear(much of it listed on this page), and they need somewhere to put it. Especially if they use a wetsuit. For those that like to surf the more remote locations sometimes you have to hike in, and carrying a wet wetsuit to and from the beach is not fun for anyone. By the time you get up the hill you're soaking wet, cold, and tired. We have an assortment of bags from FCS, Dakine, Channel Islands, Oakley, Patagonia, NRS, and more over at our online shop. Be sure to check out our review of the 7 Best Surf Packs for further recommendation.
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(#3) Namasté at the beach. "Everything was so calm, until..."
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"The Professor!!
