Almost three years since my last post. In that time i moved to Santa Cruz, bought a bunch of boards and sold a few. Revisited some of the spots in town that don’t work often enough for a crowd to ever catch it, and surfed the spots that are always crowded.
I don’t think I’ve discovered or surfed any new spots, but I’ll have to review my old posts to make sure.
I got an app for my AppleWatch that tracks my waves. It’s called Dawn Patrol and it works surprisingly well. I get suspicious that it shares location data with someone I don’t want to have that data, so I don’t wear it when surfing the more secret spots. I also like that the watch itself tracks my exercise so I can tell when I need to get off my couch and go get the heart pumping.
I bought a Traveler Gun from Hess and used it a few times. Some big waves, but it also works great as a longboard for waves in the head high range. Mostly I ride smaller boards, even some standard thrusters. I ordered a 6’9” Lost… Smooth Operator that I can’t decide if I want to keep. When it arrived I had already been riding smaller boards and so it wasn’t the board I picked first for a lot of situations. I’ll keep it for another winter and see if I like it when the waves are big.
I bought used boards;
- 7’ Bing Lotus that works good for steep waves.
- 6’6” Anderson Poacher that works great on all but the hollowest waves
- 6’4” CI Free Scrubber that I never quite clicked with
- 6’10 Downing Hennessy late 60’s single fin that goes fast if I can make the drop. Not great if I want to turn.
- 6’7” CI Late 60’s Single fin that is easier to surf, but not easy.
- 6’2” KG fish that goes good in soft waves.
- 6’2” Pyzel Ghost XL that I’ve caught a few good ones but am still getting the hang of it. I want to get it into some of the hollow reefs but so far haven’t managed the drops.
