I paddled out about an hour after the bottom of the low tide, thinking it would be a nice compromise of hollow waves and consistency.
It being Sunday, theoretically, I'd be dealing with fewer people as Gringos go back to their lives and get revved up for the upcoming workweek.
This was definitely the case on this session.
There were two waves of note.
The first was a right on which I swore I could get barreled. I dropped in and pivoted into a pigdog stance and immediately regretted it. I had tons of speed but no barrel. I had overshot it somehow. I tried to stand up out of it but wasn't very smooth and ended up standing awkwardly as the wave faded.
I caught a longer left on which I pumped, did a small snap, then pumped again into a bonk/floater. The whitewash had little push and I jumped down softly and again, awkwardly.
A guy asked me if I'd gotten some fun ones and I told him, "Not as fun as I'd like...!". He laughed and said it was downright shitty. I was surprised to hear such a scathing review but I admit I agree. I know I touched on this on a previous post but it's crazy seeing offshore and sometimes hollow surf and considering it to be bad for surfing. If you took a picture, you would say it's epic, but when you see it live and in motion it's downright bad. It's the epitome of paradoxical.
It being Sunday, theoretically, I'd be dealing with fewer people as Gringos go back to their lives and get revved up for the upcoming workweek.
This was definitely the case on this session.
There were two waves of note.
The first was a right on which I swore I could get barreled. I dropped in and pivoted into a pigdog stance and immediately regretted it. I had tons of speed but no barrel. I had overshot it somehow. I tried to stand up out of it but wasn't very smooth and ended up standing awkwardly as the wave faded.
I caught a longer left on which I pumped, did a small snap, then pumped again into a bonk/floater. The whitewash had little push and I jumped down softly and again, awkwardly.
A guy asked me if I'd gotten some fun ones and I told him, "Not as fun as I'd like...!". He laughed and said it was downright shitty. I was surprised to hear such a scathing review but I admit I agree. I know I touched on this on a previous post but it's crazy seeing offshore and sometimes hollow surf and considering it to be bad for surfing. If you took a picture, you would say it's epic, but when you see it live and in motion it's downright bad. It's the epitome of paradoxical.
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