So glad we came back here, best session for me since Rincon broke almost a month ago. A thick but mellow crowd atop the reefs generally taking turns on the waves that would pop up and rumble to the stairs. Too many top-notch rides to remember, big walls and carves and played around with the end closeout. Landed floaters there and a few surprise ones off steeper sections further up the point. Best wave was one I tried to give away to a couple of the other guys but they declined, and there were at least five others nearly as good. One of those was enough that I could have ended my session with it happily.

SurferBob had his longboard, for some reason assuming sight-unseen it'd only be loggable and neglecting to bring the rest of his quiver along in the bus. He largely stayed to the inside and grabbed the scraps and other waves that sectioned off past the main peak, so I only saw one or two of his waves when I paddled back up. That wasn't often as most of the ones I got took me all the way to the shorebreak by the stairs, far enough that it was better just to walk back.

I mentioned that people generally took turns; one guy in particular came out on a longboard and right away something just seemed wrong. Taking off too deep, nearly running over a few people and then kicking out of the wave right atop the rock. His surfing made you think, "that guy is going to hit the rock if he's not careful," and then one kick-out comes a little late and a little low, the wave scoops the board up and throws it right onto the rock! The whoomp of the wave and rock is punctuated by the sharp crack of board and rock. The whole lineup buzzes as the guy pulls his shattered log away sporting a 3' long rail ding that goes all the way to the stringer.

Came close to the big rock myself once, taking off far too deep and driving hard just to keep from being thrown atop it before straightening out just as I cleared into the slot next to the body rock. A close call for me probably brought on by tired paddling muscles, and I went in after one more wave to the stairs.