This morning was by far the most crowded I’ve seen it in a long time. It was like having not just two pro basketball teams on the court but more like six and then having all the fans on the court trying to take shots as well. Since surfing wasn’t actually possible I went in for a bit. The wind came up and a ton of people came in so I headed back out and pretty much surfed until dark.

The morning started off small and junky but the winds have switched and the swell is coming up a bit. Its kind of like back east now. Small and strong offshores. Here’s some pics.

There were some fun waves today. I rode my new 5’8″ and it worked really well. I’ll have a post on the board later. Here are some pics from this morning.

The waves were pretty fun at the institute this morning. Here’s a couple pics of the waves and a dolphin that we could claim is a great white for fun.

Since I’ve been back from Kauai the waves have been super tiny. So…I figured instead of posting pics of lake La Jolla, I’d share what I’ve been riding.
It’s pretty key to have some super light, small wave boards to give you every advantage when the waves offer no power.
Wednesday I rode my 5’6″x18.75″x2.38″ Dozer. I’ve been loving this shape. Not only has it been working well in the small stuff but it is a great board for medium size stuff as well since it has the standard thrusters set up. On this board I order the tail block width a little narrower than stock to help make it a bit more responsive in waves that don’t provide enough face to do more than little flicky turns.

Thursday I rode a 5’7″x18.63″x2.25″ Choppa model. This board is just plain interesting. It is a frakenstein looking thing. The board starts out as a slayer but then the back end is chopped off, hence the name “choppa”. The result is a very wide square tail which releases up, over and through sections super easy. That wide tail also makes it super fast and easy to land airs and anything else you can do on the small days. It definitely rides different than any other board I have but in a very fun way.

The other go to board that I ride when it’s absolutely tiny is my 5’6″x18.86″x2.16″ Hustler. This board just goes in anything. It especially kills it on those days when it’s ankle to knee high. The quad fin set up along with the Venturi concave make this board so fast that it almost doesn’t matter how bad the conditions are.

Click on the rusty banner next to this post and click on surfboards and you can check out these boards and all the other models that rusty makes as well.
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If you’re in the market for a board Rusty Del Mar is having a sale today and tomorrow on older and blemished boards. Go check it out.

It rained pretty much all day. The only break was right before sunset. The winds were pretty crap too but I surfed for a bit. Here’s a couple pics.

Drove around the whole island today. Got to see some sun which was radical! Here they are.

It rained tons today so I didn’t get squat for photos. Here’s a squall moving through.