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Feast or Famine In Latest Swell
Monday, February 18, 2008
A solid weekend+ of surf from a long period westerly swell had Santa Barbara all abuzz with the surf. Some personal experiences had big crowds and long lulls, forcing sessions at some creative spots with much lower makability quotients. Things were a little weird on some of the beaches, old standbys not quite catching the swell as good as some of it's less surfed neighbors.
Goleta Surfing
GoletaSurfing.com has it's 1 year 
birthday, and has posted over 1000 photos and kept on the scene in the Goleta surf world. Recent content on Goleta Surfing is some great coverage of a Volcom surf contest along the Central Coast that Goleta boy Bobby Morris (pictured right courtesy Goleta Surfing) won. It's three pages so don't forget to check out the 2nd and third pages too.
Goleta Surfing also has some other February surf photos of a chilly Depressions sunset session(page has sound). One has to love the running commentary on these great pages put together by Goleta Surfing.
Tristan Prettyman
She's not from Santa 
Barbara (San Diego in fact), but Tristan Prettyman is a singer/songwriter/surfer that might be of interest. She'll be on the cover of the next issue of FOAM, will be touring with GLove, and has a new album "hello" out in April.
Conner Coffin Surfer of the Week
SB's Conner Coffin was the NSSA Surfer of the Week last week.
Age: 14
Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA
School: Carpenteria High School
Sponsors: Hurley, Al Merrick, Sex Wax, Globe, Hoven, Da Kine, Future, A Frame
Claim to Fame: In epic 4-6 foot surf conditions at Seaside Reef, Conner showed off his explosive backside surfing skills winning the Juniors division at the Open Season event #5 in a vast field of 78 surfers. But what's more impressive was the 14-year-old's strong performance in the elite and fiercely competitive Open Men's category where he took third in the final. Riding his new Dane Reynolds Proton model, Conner's dynamic vertical attack on Seaside's reeling left walls made a powerful statement.
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Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA
School: Carpenteria High School
Sponsors: Hurley, Al Merrick, Sex Wax, Globe, Hoven, Da Kine, Future, A Frame
Claim to Fame: In epic 4-6 foot surf conditions at Seaside Reef, Conner showed off his explosive backside surfing skills winning the Juniors division at the Open Season event #5 in a vast field of 78 surfers. But what's more impressive was the 14-year-old's strong performance in the elite and fiercely competitive Open Men's category where he took third in the final. Riding his new Dane Reynolds Proton model, Conner's dynamic vertical attack on Seaside's reeling left walls made a powerful statement.
