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Bobby at Rincon

Friday, December 29, 2006

Some recent photos from Dubock at Rincon, including Bobby Martinez on the day after Christmas. Thursday at Rincon the wind and the conditions were finally clean again.




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Wind Destroys Swell, Creates Swell

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

The size of the waves on Tuesday, December 26th took many people by surprise as many were expecting Wednesday the 27th to be the monster day. We were Ventura based and observed just a couple souls attempting to surf C-Street (which sadly took the life of one good Venturan) and waves breaking beyond the pier before attempting our own session in the most sheltered spot we could find nearby. On Wednesday, wind created Havoc for surf sessions and utilities alike but created it's own localized windswell that lit up the Harvest Buoy with 26ft wave heights in a matter of hours on Wednesday afternoon. It's rare to see the SoCal Swell Model use the 4 foot increment on it's scale. Not sure what this means to actual surf conditions on Thursday.
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2006 Holiday Gift Guide

Monday, December 18, 2006

We've re-vamped the Reviews section, and reviewed three new surfing related products in the last month. We're kicking it all off with the 2006 Holiday Gift Guide. In it we review the following new items:

Surf Stronger DVD $29.95
The Review or To Buy

Go Pro Digital Hero $79.00
The Review or To Buy

HangAir Wetsuit Drying System $69.95
The Review or To Buy

It was a varied batch of products to review and we hope you enjoy reading.
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Dubock Photos and Gerry Lopez Semi Gun For Sale

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Doug has yet another board for sale, you can check it out here in classifieds.

Photos below are from Dubock at Rincon on Monday. He has more photos on Surfline, one and two. Also, Jon Shafer has some Rincon photos from Tuesday, one and two.



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More Swell Photos

More photos from the swell that started on December 9th, this time from Goleta and vicinity. These photos from Tom at Haskells Designs. You can check out his site for a lot more photos.

The surfer on the yellow board is Bobby Morris, and speaking of Bobby Morris, his sponsor Glas is having a Holiday Party. It will be this Thursday the 14th of December at Velvet Jones. There will be a sneak peak of the new Glas film "Field of Vision" and music by Todd Hannigan, Colin Giles and Special Guests. It all starts at 8:00 and more info is here.







More of Tom's Photos
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When The Con Is On

Monday, December 11, 2006

Glenn Dubock, the official photographer of Rincon, has a few beauties from this Saturday. A few are below and some more on Surfline. 1 2 3




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Blue Edge December

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Pope is going to be out of town this weekend and would appreciate photo documentation if any waves came to town over the next few days.

Surfrider Holiday Party Tonight
Thursday December 7, 2006 7:00 PM at the Watershed Resource Center at Arroyo Burro County Beach Park. Featuring Surf Photography Slide Show by Branden Aroyan.
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Blue Edge December
A slew of new articles in Blue Edge. Read online or pickup for free at your local place of business.

Butterfly Beach Bathrooms?
Tiki Wax
Bobby Martinez
Life After Clark Foam
Hot Curling

Surfing and Autistic Children
UK's Guardian Observer has a lovingly crafted story about a man's autistic son finding happiness from surfing.

I start back to shore, thinking it's over and done with; Luke got his big ride and we can all go home now. This was a lovely idea and we'll definitely return - in August, when it's, you know, summer. But as he and Zuckerman reach the shallows Luke rolls off and stands up. 'More!' he orders, pointing to sea, and to my utter disbelief, out they paddle. For almost an hour they chase waves, catching several good ones all the way in. My heart is in my throat the entire time; this man, a complete stranger, has my child in his arms and has worked some ocean voodoo on his mood. Luke's lips turn blue, then his nose and brow, but damn it all, he's not leaving.

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Shutterspeed Signing

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Alexis Cottavoz-Usher will be signing his new book "Shutterspeed" at Borders in Santa Barbara this Saturday, December 9th at 1 pm. In addition, Alexis will have his new calender "Shudda Been There Yesterday" for sale. Also, the trailer for Alexis latest video release, "In a World Gone Mad" Trailer can be viewed here and his book can be bought at Borders/Amazon or
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Richard Livsey of the East Coast as an interview with Sean Collins up on his site.

Sean Collins: "Where we draw the line is, we back off a little bit, and say okay this is the swell direction. And these are going to be general high points. At that point, we try to leave enough room for the surfers to make their own choice about where they want to go surf. Because we don’t want to tell people where to surf."

Cayucos Waves wants you to know they've got a new photo gallery with audio up on their site, called Shaka Bro and Obey Your Glasser.
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Santa Barbara Surfing. Created by Tim Maddux. Continued by Pope.