Driving back from Kelly Ave

The Jetty looked unsurfable this morning. On my drive home it looked a little better.

Though it was pretty much breaking right on the beach -:\

Gray Whale Cove always looks cool though the waves looked a little disorganized today. They look kind of small but my guess is they were easily head+.

Kelly Ave

The waves ended up being pretty fun this morning.


Here is my buddy Eli who I surf with most of the time. I saw him get at least one wave better than this one but I didn't have my camera out.

Here are a few sequences of ED. Click on any of them to see a bigger version.









DOH! Didn't make it out.







Ed caught the most waves and had the best rides. He has also been surfing for a lot longer than us kooks. I only managed to score 2 decent rides today but that's better than some days I've had so I can't complain too much.

Surfers Beach / The Jetty @ Low Tide

This is one of my favorite surf spots at low tide. Normally those rocks in the middle of the picture are mostly under water. It is odd to see them mostly high and dry. It's also good to see them like this every once in a while so you know what is going on under you because a lot of the time the best waves roll right over them. Some times there are more rocks exposed. I think this is the most buried in sand I have seem them. Click to see a bigger version. Oh, if you want to see what it looks like when it's more fun check out this post from a few Christmases ago.

Stereo 3D helmet cam

I put this together this water proof stereo 3d helmet cam about 8 months ago. The day after I made it I took it for a test run at one of the local skate spots. After I had tested it out and found that it was really comfortable I set it aside and started skating. About 1o minutes later I tore my ACL. It has been sitting in a bin at my place for the last 8 months. I hope to take it out in the next few weeks now that I am surfing again.

Of course these pics are in 3d!

You can see the two digital recorders and the camel-back I put them in. The camel-back makes for a nice really small back pack which is almost unnoticeable when you are wearing it.

Took a still camera out

I have been surfing a little but not posting pictures. I have been trying to get my arms back after spending the better part of the last 7 months out of the water recovering from my ACL reconstruction. I figure a camera will only distract me from surfing so I have intentionally not taken any out. For some reason I thought it would be okay this past Thursday.

Here is my usual surf comrade Eli paddling out. As you can see it was not a hard paddle.


There were some waves but mostly it was just a pretty and cold morning with a nice moon set.


There were long periods of waiting and getting cold. You can't tell from this picture but the wind was really strong and Eli was freezing without a hood.


Here is about the only shot I got of a wave -:\

I shot some movies and none of them came out. I shot a ride or two and none of the pictures came out. I missed a lot of waves while trying to take pictures of waves. I am not taking my still camera back out till I have a better system worked out or I get my arms back and have more than a couple of hours in the water.

Surf is looking a little bigger this Sunday

Shot this on the roof here at OB Sunday morning.

I can surf again! And the surf is good!

6 months out of the water, 5 months after my left knee ACL reconstruction surgery and I got the go-ahead from my Doc to resume normal activities such as surfing. YEAH! And check it out the surf is good!

Don't forget to get out those red/blue glasses because a lot of these are in 3D. If you click on them you can see them bigger too.

3D opening shot out front here at Ocean Beach this morning.

Today was actually my 2nd day back in the water. I got an AM surf in on Friday before work and didn't have time to take any pictures. My surf session got cut a little short today (I'll explain later) so I went and grabbed my cameras to take some pictures.

Check out the giant bird fishing for surfers.

That is ED. I work with ED. Sometimes I surf with Ed too. We headed out to O.B. together today. His surf session wasn't cut short but by the time I got back with my cameras to take some pics of him surfing he was just getting out.

Hi Ed.

Ed makes boards for himself from time to time. That's one of them there. I had a chance to ride it before breaking my knee. It's a fun board.

Ed smiling for the camera at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA.

Here are some random people having fun this morning.

The waves ranged from just smaller than this...


...to a little bigger than this.

This guy had a good ride. To bad I didn't have any video tapes for my video cameras.









There were plenty of waves to go around today. Here's a series of shots that makes it look like a party out there. Everyone grab a wave or even use the buddy system if you want!






PARTY!

So here is why I had plenty of time to take pictures.

It doesn't look half bad like that but it was more fun about 20 min before this picture was taken. I caught my one and only wave of the day. It was probably a little over head, I dropped in made my bottom turn and started down the line. It was fast and fun. Then the wave walled up all the way down in front of me. I tried to turn to get out in front of the wave but either because I've been out of the water for 6 months or I wasn't fast enough and I got sucked up and over. It was no big deal and seemed like a pretty tame wipe out. Apparently my board wasn't as lucky as me. I can't complain after all the fun I've had on it for the past 5 years.

On the bright side my 9'2" will fit inside my Mini now -:]