The Pumpkin Seed (Pepito) was a birthday gift from my lovely wife. This is the shortest board I own (and probably the shortest I’ll ever go). The sweetest feature on this short board is the width and float. Both tend to be a bit more than your usual short board which gives a little extra paddle and momentum. This board is great for swells over 3 feet. One of my best ever surf days was on this board during a big fall swell at Trestles.
My bike rack broke last week. So I was off to Harbour to pick up a new on. On the way, while driving on PCH, the waves looked fun and the sun was out, so I stopped for a quick surf session. Luckily I happened t have the Spherical Revolver in the car and a…
Yesterday, after my Jackass-like session (I should have had someone donkey punch me to soften the blow), I made my way up to Harbour to pick up my new bike rack. (See bike rack review). I installed the rack which claimed to be able to carry boards up to 10 feet. So, I grabbed my…
Waves not quite as good as yesterday, but still good. 3-4 footers, but nothing much over that at the end of the sets like yesterday. And the rip was extra strong today. I started out on the south side of the pier and by the time I got out I was at 9th Street. But…
All the guys arrived at El Porto only to find 1s and 2s at best. Josh had a hunch that Venice might be better and that we should head up and find out. So we all piled into our cars and travelled a few miles up the coast. At Venice, the wind was much more…
I was out surfing yesterday, and there was still a bit of the big swell left over from earlier last week. Left over swell tends to come infrequently. The sets coming rolling in as they will. One set comes. A second set rolls through. Three sets go by. Then something looks amiss in deep water….
I love surfing as much as the next guy. But here is another case of someone taking a sport to the XTREME! I imagine you’d have to dress up like Randy from A Christmas Story, but then how does one paddle? Paddling methods must also be XTREME! but I don’t know what that might be….