Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Grandview Surf Cam Dilemma



Grandview North San Diego Surf Spots


We've just added a new camera in North County at Grandview. Check it out here.


Dilemma

noun

1. a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
2. any difficult or perplexing situation or problem.
3. Logic. a form of syllogism in which the major premise is formed of two or more hypothetical propositions and the minor premise is a disjunctive proposition, as “If A, then B; if C then D. Either A or C. Therefore, either B or D.”

Our spot has grown up
I am trying to boycott it but have already looked at it three times this morning. Like our spot is some secret mysto spot. Still the overexposure can not be good.
We used to have just the weather radio with reports on the buoys that I actually could make sense of. Now, like everyone I try not to look at the wavewatch, wetsand, surfshot or surfline but I do.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

When can we wear our springsuits?


Average Ocean Water Temperatures in San Diego
January: 57
February: 57
March: 58
April 1-15: 59
April 16-30: 60
May 1-15: 61
May 16-31: 62
June 1-15: 63
June 16-30: 65
July 1-15: 66
July 16-31: 67
August 1-15: 69
August 16-31: 69
September 1-15: 67
September 16-30: 66
October 1-15: 65
October 16-31: 63
November: 61
December: 59

This is from noaa's data. Spring might be a misnomer, our water sometimes does not warm up until well into June then we are wearing trunks in October. However I remember several April's where it was time to lose the 4-3 and go to a spring suit.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Meet George Jetson

What is a perfect day?

Erik Baldwin gave me a flash drive with some photos he took last week. He showed up to check on his star surf student and took some insane pictures.



We pulled up to Beacons and I told Lucas that this will be one of the best days we will surf together.






Can I still surf better than my kids? The window is closing fast.




I can still come off the bottom.










Nice dolphin noseride...





Thursday, March 19, 2009

Nice Surfer's Journal Cover


Kassia Meador is the coolest surfer girl in the universe.

I see her out at Cardiff occasionally, and always with a giant smile. Here she is styling in the fifties retro gear with perfect style. She is one of the pro surfers that is always stoked to talk with my kids.

Check out her Firsthand on HULU here

Here she is is on the new Surfer's Journal Cover.

9'1" McTavish


Is there anything better than waxing a new surfboard?
Life is good

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Time for a clean up set

Is Tim Geithner becoming the biggest Kook in this economic mess or am I piling on.
Timmy, don't give me the deer in the headlights look. You have some power now. Your hurting my guy Obama. Don't tell us your outraged about AIG after the fact. It's time to start talking. You put Lawernce Summers on as the face of this mess. This could be a mistake.He is more of a 'I have face for radio guy' And, 'I might look like Kermit the Frog after a meal of Miss Piggy'.
But really, I know this guy is real smart and all, I just don't understand one thing he is trying to say. When he talks my eyes glaze over and I want a to take a nap for bordem and valuim for panic. It is fun punching AIG, but rome seems to be burning. It is time to communicate we are not going to continue to throw good money after bad. We are funding the institutions that will be solvent and move forward on our need to get credit moving now.


A clean up set to clean up the clean up set is needed