Santa Barbara Area Surf Reports

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More time along the sunny May beaches south of Santa Barbara. K-dog and I park and walk north of yesterday and as we look to setup camp we see the camp of Kevin, Dana and Rodney so we setup near them. A lot of people at the beach, there really is nowhere to else to go today. The cove has a dozen or so people out and Kevin recommnends heading up past that to the reef break. I have the fish in tow and head up there for a quick springsuit session. Shaun is out in the water and I follow rule #1 when I'm surfing in the proximity of world class surfers: stay the heck out of their way.

As so happens I did manage to stay out of ST's way, I didn't drop in on him nor did I stupidly get caught inside of him. I just wanted to ask why he said yes to the "In God's Hands" roll. My 2nd time surfing near him and both times I'm just too chicken to ask him that. That question aside, I had a great session working both the far out peak and the inside section. Some good sets would come thru that spoke of true solid swell, but in between there were a lot of scraps to work with. Went back in the water an hour or so later, this time in the cove. Lot's of longboards and kids in general a real low key scene out there. Occainasionaly some real nice rollers would peel thru the cove and the guys outside would get nice long rides. I hung inside more and picked up a ton shorter waves. Great day.