Monday, November 21, 2005
New Reports
The buoys rang in at 20 seconds early in the weekend but the waves rang in at knee to waist high. Friday at Sands saw some small yet early 20 second forerunners. Saturday at Rincon saw a little more size. Sunday at C-Street saw some nice sets that were getting destroyed by intense Santa Ana's. Monday at Sands saw an uptick in buoy size and some long lulls producing three waist high waves. Photo by Dubock from Saturday in Ventura.
Bobby Martinez Mania
Although Bobby has already clinched his WCT berth next year, he does not appear to be letting up on the remainder of the WQS season. He was ranked #3 on the WQS before the OP Pro Hawaii and now the two surfers ahead of him have already been knocked out. That means that by making it to Round 4 Bobby has leaped over Shaun Cansdell to be #2 on the WQS. #1 on the WQS however is Adriano de Souza who had a 2,691 point lead over Bobby before this event. Mathmatically Bobby would have to get in the finals of this event and the Sunset event while Adriano loses early at Sunset to win the WQS for 2005. Chances are Bobby's next heat is around 12:30PST on Tuesday. De Souza might bet watching it nervously from shore.
Go Pro Hero Review Update
The inventor of the Go Pro Hero water camera emailed us in response to our Go Pro Hero Review. We've included his informative response in the review and pledge to try the camera again with better film in better light.
Rincon Parkway Parking
According to Paul Jenkin from Ventura Surfrider, day use parking may get easier along the Rincon Parkway (aka PCH, Gold Coast Beachbreaks, etc) between Solimar and Emma Wood:
Surfrider members have worked for years to try and keep the Rincon Parkway open for day use. We opposed increased RV parking that would decrease our access to park and surf at the beaches. But since that victory, a common complaint has been that the RV's have ignored the no parking signs and still taken up day use areas. The parking fines were not much more than the camping fees, so they just paid the tickets. In response to this issue, the County has raised the parking fines. So please be aware that a parking violation along the Rincon Parkway will now cost $90, but for good reason.
This should open up a lot more spots along that stretch of coast which has been taken over in recent years by miles and miles of RV's.
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Santa Barbara Surfing. Created by Tim Maddux. Continued by Pope.
