Stickers on our 11th floor window in SOMA. Looks like art. :)

Hehe. :)

Today was our friend Cynthia’s birthday, so we met up with her for a surf. We had a nice sunny day with some decent conditions. We all three paddled out together with Cynthia positioning herself a bit further inside as she was on her shorter board.

I saw everyone catch several nice rides. I caught a couple of nice rights, one left, and got crunched by a couple of close outs. They waves weren’t that big (maybe shoulder high) but they did seem to have some power. All in all an awesome day!

Once again happy birthday Cynthia! :)

#142 / #48 for 2011 12:30 pm

What do you do when you paddle out to your local break and find yourself in a bad position? That’s what happened today. Emily and I paddled out at the south end at Linda Mar today, and by the time we battled out through walls of close outs conditions had changed. Tide was rising and the wind was picking up.

By the time I thought I was on the outside a OH close out was almost on top of my head. Emily just made it. The wind was crazy and the giant waves were blowing every which way. By the time we made it all the way out we just decide to paddle a bit north and try to get in during a lull. Well, there really no lulls, so we battled our way in.

I saw no one catch …

Before we left the loft we checked the forecast. It was 2 – 3 feet with some corners. The wind and the rain was not suppose to start until 6 pm. To our surprise when we got to the parking lot it looked exactly the same. We were stoked after several days out of the water.

As soon as we got out of the Jeep the weather changed quickly. At first it started drizzling. By the time we got down to waters edge it was raining. We both caught a couple of waves, and then the wind picked up. Then it really started to pick up! Soon after the rain started coming down hard. In the course of 30 minutes we went from good conditions to surfing a storm. We both had a blast!

At one point the wind and …