Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
PR 2008
Michael Altenbach traveled with the regulars for the first time. We caught Wildo's double overhead for two days straight. What a rush.
Our fifth consecutive winter trip to PR was another success. The crew this year — Kurtis Loftus & Scott Wagner (regulars on the PR excursion) Gary Foster, Michael Altenbach. The swell arrived (on schedule) early Sunday morning. Freight train sets bombing on the reef at Shacks had everyone awake before light. We walked to the reef break with light offshore winds and temps in the low 70’s. I’ll never forget the view when we cleared the brush and trees for our first look at the pristine, blue green Atlantic Ocean. The night before the waves were small and wind blown, that morning — a well-groomed 6 to 8 foot swell was pumping waves all down the jagged reef-rock beach. It was impressive.The pics below are not from Shacks — we unanimously opted out of that potential suicide mission. Wilderness is about a 12 minute drive from Shacks. The waves were double the size but not as dangerous (ha). Word to the wise — NEVER decide the length of the surfboard to travel with from internet forecasters. We were all SERIOUSLY under gun. For two days Wildo’s delivered double overhead (plus) surf when the forecast was for head high to three foot overhead. I think the forecasters use two separate scales when determining wave height — there must be an international scale and then a Florida scale.We all caught our share of waves and, we all took our share of punishment.We surfed Wilderness (2 sessions), The Mix (next to Wishing Well), Surfer's Beach and Las Dunas (reminds me of Log Cabins). Unfortunately the swell was basically gone by Tuesday and the trades had picked up substantially Monday evening and remained stiff throughout the day.We had a grand time.
Enjoy the pics…
Our fifth consecutive winter trip to PR was another success. The crew this year — Kurtis Loftus & Scott Wagner (regulars on the PR excursion) Gary Foster, Michael Altenbach. The swell arrived (on schedule) early Sunday morning. Freight train sets bombing on the reef at Shacks had everyone awake before light. We walked to the reef break with light offshore winds and temps in the low 70’s. I’ll never forget the view when we cleared the brush and trees for our first look at the pristine, blue green Atlantic Ocean. The night before the waves were small and wind blown, that morning — a well-groomed 6 to 8 foot swell was pumping waves all down the jagged reef-rock beach. It was impressive.The pics below are not from Shacks — we unanimously opted out of that potential suicide mission. Wilderness is about a 12 minute drive from Shacks. The waves were double the size but not as dangerous (ha). Word to the wise — NEVER decide the length of the surfboard to travel with from internet forecasters. We were all SERIOUSLY under gun. For two days Wildo’s delivered double overhead (plus) surf when the forecast was for head high to three foot overhead. I think the forecasters use two separate scales when determining wave height — there must be an international scale and then a Florida scale.We all caught our share of waves and, we all took our share of punishment.We surfed Wilderness (2 sessions), The Mix (next to Wishing Well), Surfer's Beach and Las Dunas (reminds me of Log Cabins). Unfortunately the swell was basically gone by Tuesday and the trades had picked up substantially Monday evening and remained stiff throughout the day.We had a grand time.
Enjoy the pics…
PR 2007
We didn't shoot a lot of pics or video during this trip.
Funny thing...
the waves got seriously BIG late afternoon on our last day.
Definately the largest waves that I have ever surfed.
Funny thing...
the waves got seriously BIG late afternoon on our last day.
Definately the largest waves that I have ever surfed.
Tickets 2003
This session was one of our more memorable local SJS efforts.
There was so much going on this day it would be tough to adequately describe.
Enjoy.
Gary gets props for the video.
There was so much going on this day it would be tough to adequately describe.
Enjoy.
Gary gets props for the video.
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