Category: Surfing/SUP
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For nary a decade I've been posting New Year's Resolutions for the coming water year. The lists have varied from long and detailed to "the unaimed arrow never misses" (no resolutions…just sail.) This year I want some goals. Here they are, in alphabetical order: Air, on port. I can't remember the last…
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Jeff Schultz captured at Nauset Beach (MA) a few days ago. Looks like my 2014 season is over, but I'm hoping to get back on it in January! In the meantime I'll look at this photo and dream. Photo swiped from Jeff's Facebook page.
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"When are you back in the water?" Scott texted me. I haven't sailed or paddled in six weeks, largely due to being on the wrong end of a knife in a dark alley. There were three of them…you should see the other guys! No wait…that was a movie. A teense of surgery has…
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The thrice-might Dasher (my jibe guru, brother in heartfelt video, and OG Santa reindeer) took this shot recently at Palm Beach. Don't you want to be there? I do!
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There was a crowd on the water. Frank, Joe, Christian, Jeff, Jonathan, Nicholas, the Wolf, Scott (yaking) and many more, chasing the copious lefts. Thigh-to-waist high, sunny warm and beautiful, every Sunday should be this way. A highlight for me was being "perfectly slotted" according to Jon (on one wave). I am still such…
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It is dat time mon (and womon). The water is still warm, the winds are picking up, and you want/need/deserve new gear! (Also you may want to pass on some stuff you want to upgrade or no longer use.) Windsurfing swap meet, kiteboarding swap meet, stand up paddle swap meet, surfing swap meet…it's all…
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"The Wolf is the goal." For a number of us, those Puffins and Wind Chimps and assorted Fools On The Water under the age of 60 or 50…the Wolf is our beacon. He turned 70 this week. 70! And he's still out there. Every time Jan vanderWolf catches a wave or launches off…
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Jeff: "Are you around? Overhead & clean at K road." Me: "NYC. I've seen the reports. Jealous. Have an awesome day!" I am missing what will probably be one of the best days of the year. Feel my pain. Check out the Cooper Beach cam for a general idea of what's going on.
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Me, Jonathan Ford and a few dozen surfers (K finally got crowded) enjoyed 4-6 (and sometimes 5-7) foot lefts and rights. Oftentimes one had to bail out when what looked like a promising shoulder became le big closeout crunch-to-be, but those waves that held were fast and fun. Sah wheat. (This shark was the…
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Drowning does not look like drowning. I didn't know that. We who play in the water need to know what it does look like, so we can take effective action. Read this article on drowning and check out its accompanying video (or watch it below.) And check out my2fish's story about how…