Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Happy Holidays. Four Ventura based sessions in row over the Holidays are here: 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th. Although I won't proclaim this the Christmas Swell, we had multiple 70degree sunny days with waist to chest high nicely shaped waves. Although no mega swells were amped up, the Pacific Ocean has provided consistent energy for over two weeks in a row now. With StormWatch 2004 hanging around for the last few days no new sessions to report.
The Sumatra Earthquake and resulting Seismic Sea Wave have undoubtedly effected things globally. Keep an eye out for what a surfer in these parts could do to help out over there and report back via email.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2004
A backlog of surf reports. Reports from the swell on Friday and Saturday. Although that swell came in smaller than hyped in SB it still offered consistent waves with great shape in good conditions. Sunday was a fun mess around session in between swells, and Monday was the start of our newest swell.
Today is the Winter Solstice, looking foward to more and more surfing daylight from this day foreward. Chris is selling a nice 6'4" CI in the classifieds.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2004
The Eddie is officially on today in Hawaii. The Waimea Bay Buoy is at 15.7 feet at 17 seconds right now coming in directly from the NW. Our own little Harvest Buoy is holding its own at a respectable 10.2 feet at 11 seconds creating the conditions for this mornings report from Deveraux. Some Gulf of Alaska buoys are at 24 feet, making 3 swell events in the water now. With the kind of consistency we are expecting we can hopefully see some lineups in moderation, especially as this weekends neap tides open up new surfing windows in daylight.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2004
"Strong Possibility" that The Eddie surf contest at Waimea Bay will be run this Wednesday, December 15th. Strong possibility that the swell train continues to bring good tidings to Santa Barbara. A new report from today at Deveraux and also one from Thursday at Poles. The Friday swell as experienced along the Central Coast is also up as well as a smaller yet still potent Saturday report.
Some photographers photos from Friday in VC. Glen Henning continues to expouse on the demise of surfing in his new book "Waves of Warning."
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Thursday, December 09, 2004
New reports from Saturday and a rare SB swell on Monday. It looks like the winter storm train has finally been unleashed. Better late then never.
J. Kinney is selling two CI boards in the classifieds. J. Young is a UCSB student looking for a surf related job during winter break. Contact him if you need a hand at your surf shop or what not.
Anssi writes in to say you should visit his resort in East Sumba and check out the pictures from there.
In local news, the movie Sideways highlights SB County wineries and Vandenberg is preparing to install missile defenses.
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Santa Barbara Surfing. Created by Tim Maddux. Continued by Pope.
