Sunday, October 02, 2005 @ 9:00 AM
Shooting The Pier (Sort Of)
| Location: | Central Coast | ||
| Weather: | Sun with wind picking up | ||
| Conditions: | Smaller, shifty, crumbly | ||
| Swell: | Fading NW Groundswell |
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| Surf: | Chest High Sets |
Comments:
Same time, same place, however today the swell dropped considerably from yesterday. Still some of the same guys owing the takeoff spot. However today the best spot was even closer to the pier and if you didn't want to shoot the outer pier piling, you'd be picking up scraps. So for the first time in my sessions at this spot, I started taking off and surfing thru the pilings. What first appears to be a macho thing soon appears to be neccesary to catch these waves in the one sweet spot, shoot thru the pilings, make a bottom turn, and race down the line. Any other way and you didn't have enough speed to make the section ahead.
Once again, I surfed on the Joe, the 6'3 CI I picked up used a few weeks ago. Today Joe had more wax and held my feet better than yesterday, I actually got Joe vertical a few times. There were some good kids out there, that milked the waves. Soon the waves started to get blown out and one by one we headed in for shelter.