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Heading to Dodge Ridge on Friday and Saturday

Saturday is the Pool Skim day so should be fun

Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz for the early. Tide was super low and waves were hard to catch. Ended up catching a nice peeler after 45 minutes that went for about 50 metres and decided to call it after that. Wasn't going to wait another 45 and I had to get back to log in for work

You are most welcome mate

My Cali pass arrived in the mail today for the 24/25 season!

alakaboo wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:46 pm

Are you interested in the SurfAid cup, Grooter?
I'm putting a team together, you get the point to yourselves.

Sure mate would love to!

BA wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:10 am

How’s the water temp compared to Vicco Grooter?

About the same mate or close to it. Haven't noticed a big difference

Further south from you at Pleasure Point (33rd avenue)

Mostly 4 foot waves, got a couple of nice long rides on the longboard. Cold but it was a beautiful morning, clear, blue skies etc...

I have not my friend, worth the extra 30 minutes to travel?

I'm going to Dodge Ridge on Sunday with the boy. Aiming to get there around 08:30 at the latest as I'm expecting it to be busy.

Yep the 9th!

Massive amount of snow starting to get dumped in the Sierra's - Tahoe will be closed tomorrow due to blizzard conditions

I've booked my lift pass for my boy and I at Dodge Ridge next Sunday - get on it Boo!

Buffet's are a lethal thing for me.

Personally I hate surfing anything double-overhead because it's just too much paddling effort for someone more amply proportioned like myself as the currents and wave speed just get too much.

Overhead or below thank you very much, I get way more enjoyment

It's directional too, even if it has minimal setback and no taper. So the writing shows you which end is the front. I had the bindings on the wrong way :oops: Never thought to check that there is a right and left foot one. Fixed it now. I set the right (back) to -9 and the front (left) to 15. I als...

Looks like you set it up backwards? Assuming you are regular, your back foot is normally somewhere between -6 and 0 (+6 for a really surfy stance) and your front foot is normally +12 to +24. With size 10 boots you may need to move the heelcup back too. I think the photo reversed or something, I'll ...

I bought the K2, 162cms.

It was well below average in California up until the weekend with the big storms that dumped a lot of snow bringing it to about 70% of average.

Another round is due next week I think

I predominantly surf in Santa Cruz. Its a good spot, plenty of options but crowded to hell on weekends and over the summer when all the kids are not at school.

I'm thinking of heading to Dodge Ridge over Presidents Day weekend with my son. Probably stay local-ish on Sunday night so we can spend two days up there and come back on the Monday.

If I didn't need to live in a good school district I'd have moved there already.

Could happily live out my days down that way