Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Swell #4 of the fall came in for the weekend, bringing 3 days of waves. This swell was smaller in my opinion then the last two swells, but it was a long lasting swell. Some wacky high tides during daylight hours made spot selection critical and I must say, I failed in my choices there. Two sessions on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and One on Monday can all be found in the October Reports.
4 new pics by pope. The Title Image a SBHS grom perhaps getting Pitted. The top one on the right was a WWII era plane flying close to the deck on Saturday. In the third, a skimboard may have been the best tool of choice to deal with the raging high tide shorepound at some local beachbreaks. The 4th is of the sign proclaiming PJ at the bowl. Stay tuned here at SBS for the surf forecast for the PJ concert.
It appears the Alaskan Pipeline that has brought us many solid days this October will be slowing down soon since a high pressure may soon camp out up there. However, we can turn our attention briefly back down south as Hurricane Patricia is blowing 65knt winds down off of mainland Mexico. She is predicted to continue to build, up to 90knt winds, but well out of our swell window.
For those of you with money burning holes in your pocket I have a few consumption ideas for you.
The first is a beach cruiser I bought off of Stephan, who runs Kick Ass Cruisers. This chaotic, often bewildering site is best used simply to find the phone number to ask Stephan to build you a cruiser for $85.
The other recommendation is the San Rafael Wilderness Map. I had posted the link to it before but recently pulled the trigger and bought one of these for $8.60 delivered. It is of such quality and detail that I can't stop talking about it.
Tom has a pic of his board for sale.
Stay tune here for some reader submitted pics coming in the next few days....
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Santa Barbara Surfing. Created by Tim Maddux. Continued by Pope.
