It was another one of those days here in San Diego that really makes you understand why people move here from all over the country. Fun waves and perfect weather. I took out my single fin and had a great time. Dad wound up taking a nap instead of filming so I’ll have some Bali Single footage down the road but unfortunately not today haha.
There were some fun little waves and a great sunset today. Here’s a couple pics.
I had a great session today. There were lots of ramps and also lined up walls to hit. Here is a picture somebody snapped of me this morning. I found it on www.surfinside.com under “surf reports” and then click on the calendar with todays date. There is one shot before this but unfortunately they either didn’t take the rest of the sequence or just didn’t post it. This was a no grab air reverse that I made. I was riding my 5’6″ Rusty small wave blade that Pedro Battaglin made me and it was going great. Remember to order up your small wave boards before the summer rush!
We had a quick, strong burst of north wind which made the visibility here in San Diego much, much further than normal. San Clemente island sits only 70ish miles off the coast of La Jolla but you can rarely ever see it. So when I noticed how visible the island was around sunset(2/16/12), I jumped into action. What I wound up doing was lining my iPhone up with a pair of binoculars and the results weren’t bad. The first is of north coronado island. The second is point loma, and the third is of San Clemente island. San Clemente has some spots too! It’s so close yet so far away.
I took this at the cove this evening.
I’m super excited because I just picked up my Bali Single. I got to ride one of Kerrs Bali Single fin boards this summer and I loved it. So naturally when opportunity struck(Rusty came in to the store on my birthday), I asked for the same board with a different airbrush. I can’t wait to ride it because it looks insane! Thanks Rusty!
Here’s a sequence that Jackson Daugherty took of me recently. You can check out more shots from this day at his website:
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I’ve got some friends who absolutely shred and their first language is Español!!
My first surf trip was to a little town just north of Puerto Vallarta. It was to visit my now long time friend Kalle Caranza. If you haven’t been following what he has been up to lately you need to check out his blog siesta robot
Anyway, he had invited me down and I was super excited to go. On this trip I made many more friends and one of them was Diego. He has the best style and is one of the nicest guys ever. ¡Eres cabron Diego! If you haven’t seen him surf you need to watch his part in the movie “rumors”.
Another person that Kalle introduced me to was Magnum Martinez. He will go on anything that the ocean can generate. Magnum could also give instructional courses on how to win heats. When I had stopped surfing, the picture that slapped me in the face and told me to get back in the water was this picture of Magnum Martinez.
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Ramon Navarro one time at Magnums house in Carlsbad. He had just won a big wave event in Hawaii and we were watching the “just released” Modern Collective. We were all tripping on the airs going on in the video. Ramon is trying to add a few X’s in front of the XXL awards this year.
I also got to eat dinner with Gabriel Villaran a couple times in Puerto Escondido a couple of summers ago. If you ever see him surf you will understand why he is atop this list. Another cool cat who has been showing off his skills in the innersection movies lately.
So click here and check out Kalles piece on The Top 10 Latin American Surfers:
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After a couple flat days at the end of January the waves are on the rise. I did a session at negros today and there were some fun little lefts with some head high sets coming in. I tried a 5’4″x19″x2.125″ “choppa” model today. It was super fun and erratic. If you haven’t checked one of these out yet click on the rusty banner I have on the side of the page and go to the surfboards page.
It was a great week with lots of waves and little to no wind. I hope everyone was scoring. Here’s some photos I clicked during the last week.
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