Super fun waves and a super sweet sunrise.

Here’s a couple pics from before I paddled out. Unfortunately the wind did the ol switcheroo twenty minutes after I paddled out. Oh well. Tomorrow it’s on!

Oh yeah, and this stand was placed inside a gas station in the middle of New Hampshire. Probably not helping move too many units but right on dane!

I found this photo of me with the caption “somebody got a good one”. Thank you, and I’d say the same to you. What a beautiful picture. It’s so lucky and cool that I happened to be out then. It was taken by Brian Nevins and if you haven’t seen some of his pictures, google him, it will be your pleasure.

To come back home right now. I love me some scripps but here’s some pics I snapped between my latest surfs.

Now you see why…

The waves pooped out by the afternoon today and when we were done hopping around in the ocean Zak had a great idea.Twisted tee mini golf, with it being only one stroke, $1 a hole-in-one….then $2 a hole-in-one…then $5 a hole-in-one games. Either pony up or pay up.
The crew got pretty deep. Zak, Cahl, Schaeffer, Ty, Ry, Manda, Dufton, Ritchie and myself. Who was working the shop you may ask? We’ll leave that for the detectives. Manda and Schaeffer pretty much cleaned up. My only drainer came after everybody had moved on to the next hole and I had to remind them that I hadn’t shot yet. I told them “even though I haven’t come close yet, the sun even shines on a goats ass once in a while”. I then took my shot and being horribly off from the get go I said “but not today”. Low and behold after a series of ridiculous ricochets and leave caused curves my ball found the bottom of the cup. We were all pissing ourselves, except Ty. Who, in a side note, was doing an ESM phone interview for the shop. Which, is super sweet and we are all so excited! Imagine if the guys down there at ESM could have seen the shop mini golf mayhem going on as Ty was doing the interview lol!! Anyway, keep your eyes peeled for that. What an epic day for the SS crew. Here’s some pics and remember tomorrow is a new day.

Here’s my ball after it found the drink

You paid for your whole seat…BUT you’re only gonna use the edge!!

Gramps took me to the airport in Buffalo at 7:30 this morning and I already knew it was good. I was in the water by high noon.

Basically…if you didn’t score today, you SURE as hell didn’t read Joel’s article a couple posts ago….and there might not be much hope of you EVER scoring, EVER! EVER!!!!!!

Here is a super sick shot my amigo Matt Berko took today.

And here are a couple of shots of yours truly. Thanks so much to Ali and Rich!

And lastly here is what I snapped around the shoreline today.

Not the HB that I think of right off the top of my head, but I did live here and liked the off season a lot.

Buffalo with Gramps

Gramps in New Caledonia during WWII. I wish he had know how to shred! Back right.

Did I mention yet that if YOU did NOT score today, you may NEVER EVER EVER EVER SCORE!!??

Bolted over to Buffalo from NH to train for wipeouts haha

HOW TO HYPE A SWELL!!!

As you could guess some east coasters get a bit excited when there is swell on the horizon. And reasonably so, because it can be long, hard gaps between opportunities to surf.
I often get a good laugh at some posts I see on FB etc…but when I asked my buddy Joel Feid if he would do a piece on overhyping swell for my blog I had no idea how hard I would actually be laughing. I’m still not fully convinced he didn’t already have it typed up ready to go because he had it to me in 30 minutes flat! Haha.
If you’ve never been to New England a Quebec license plate is as good as an Arizona plate with a touch of Front B.C. added in the mix!
Poor Joel is locked in an office like most 5 days a week but shreds harder than most people around town, so enjoy his lovingly jaded piece like I did!!

Here’s a picture of Joel. Obviously from a Saturday or Sunday swell lol.

Photo: Brian Sullivan

When Ryan asked me to do a forecast piece, I said “what the schnell”?!! Our Facebook friends were so accurate for Leslie, where could my insight possibly be useful?! Here are some fool proof steps to ensure you’ll score the best waves with the least amount of people:

– Accept all Facebook friend requests (whether you know them or not)
– Then take all their forecasts/predictions seriously (especially beginners, weekend diehards and SUPers)
– Don’t check Surfline, Wunderground, NOAA or any forecasting sites. Why waste your time? FB people have swells predicted before dust is even leaving the African coast.
– Weather patterns never change so that big blob you see on the 180 hour forecast is bound to happen! Plan your spot weeks in advance (“Man, did you see the 180 hour? Spot X is going to be so sick in two Tuesdays at 10:47”.)
– Be prepared. It might be flat today but make sure you keep that 9’0” BIC strapped to your roof at all times. Chicks dig surfers and that big stick is screaming local pro.
– Don’t go to the beach to check the surf. Webcams give an accurate depiction of all spots.
– If you must go to the beach to see for yourself – find the Quebec plates. They’re the best around and have been scoring the secret spots for years. The boardshorts over the wetsuit should have already given that away.
– Also – believe every story you hear. No one ever exaggerates!
– Finally – update FB, Instagram and Twitter with your location. A photo would be even more helpful. That’s the best crowd control around.
– Repeat for all hurricanes, nor’easters, windswells and random farts in the bathtub…

Joel checking in with one of his close Facebook friends

Photo: Matt Berkowitz

Photo: Matt Berkowitz