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Stand Up Paddle => SUP General => Topic started by: TallDude on August 27, 2014, 09:06:18 AM
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Hanging with the old timers at the Doheny lookout this morning, and they agreed it's the biggest they've ever seen. It was breaking at the harbor mouth. Crazy........
There are reefs breaking that I can remember ever seeing in the 45+ years I've lived here.
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WOW! that looks awesome - frothing from the EC!!
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From the looks of picture 2 I'd say someone else is enjoying the swell too. Or maybe it's just a low sun angle shadow of the surfer.
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PB, I noticed something out there.. MUST be artifact in digital display!
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Wow, that is unreal. For the people that haven't surfed there, it never breaks that far out. Thanks for the pics, TD! It figures that I'm out on the East coast when the Coast goes off.
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Jay... drive south a few hours to your friends J & K.... 6 to 8 feet tomorrow... will blow Doheney away. No names.... just call john. ;D
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He saw it barely breaking on a low tide, no swell, last weekend and he could tell how good it would be when things line up nicely. He would think he died and went to heaven if he sees it tomorrow. Boston is a short ride away Jay!
Everything has aligned perfectly for this trip, it's as if New England is doing it's best to make us move back. It's working.
See you bright and early creekster!
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it is the biggest that I have ever seen it. Its a deceptively powerful wave I saw a brand new infinity longboard get snapped in two a number of years back when it was only about 4-5 faces but jacking
I looked at san o today a good solid 10 -12 everywhere parking lot packed for the week day not one sup out at dogpatch 1 butt boarder and until you get tot he point only about 15 people scattered amongst the peaks( yes I counted) probably another 15 at the point alone. actually while big the paddle out look gruesome the set waves were massively sectioning and it was in general drop in quick bottom turn maybe an up turn then done
meanwhile at terramar I watched guys in about 5-8 foot some got waves but also sectioning one bald guy ( no offense ) was hysterical to watch. every time he would ride down the face on his knees wobble a little then get up. 2 3 5 guys on a wave all kinds old relics being dragged out of the rafters by chraing 40 year olds tha have surfed 1 or 2 times in the last year yeah I know I am getting bitchy!!!!!
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Actually, almost all the guys getting in to them were SUP's. It was breaking right in the harbor mouth making it hard for the boats to get out. But access to SUP down the channel was the 'E' ticket! It's still pump'n........
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Thanks for the pics! Big Wed for sure!
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Awesome-bigger than the 09 swell!
I caught some bombs at Fenceline and Nukes yesterday-Doho is backside for me and too crowded.
20 minute paddle out and you had to be selective and avoid the TOAD's but well worth it-tide filled in and the corners opened up and there were some actual open faces to surf.
Completely exhausted-going back again tonite!
Enjoy everyone!
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my Zapruder photo at dogpatch.
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SoCal... you "Carver" you!
More pics please
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SoCal... you "Carver" you!
More pics please
Haha actually thats my quiver killing Phoenix V3-such a great board...
No more pics because it was so hazy from all the spray in the air my wife stopped filming.
Good times!
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Here's some video from "Big Wednesday" at Doheny. This was in the evening when it was high tide. It was breaking even further out on low tide wrapping around in front of the Harbor entrance.
Guys were getting waves from there all the way to the Hammer. Watched Colin McPhillips and Dave Boehne both get rides like that. It was super fun just to post up and watch all the action!
This is a random video of the lineup from the jetty. You can see Dave ride a few out the back.
http://youtu.be/XLrZRJuxM-8
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What a day! Thanks for sharing videos and photos.
Here's a shot of Leo Cabrillo (Secos) near County line. The swell was really hitting there. Photo was taken around 12:30 on big Wednesday.
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What a day! Thanks for sharing videos and photos.
Here's a shot of Leo Cabrillo (Secos) near County line. The swell was really hitting there. Photo was taken around 12:30 on big Wednesday.
Dang how big is that?
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That was fun.... hard to believe that waves that big would be so relaxing to ride... it looked fun!
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Yes you can really see the high tide. Nice vid.
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Here's some video from "Big Wednesday" at Doheny. This was in the evening when it was high tide. It was breaking even further out on low tide wrapping around in front of the Harbor entrance.
http://youtu.be/XLrZRJuxM-8
Great video Brent! I wasn't out there Wednesday--too big for me-- but I WAS out there Thursday morning. Still plenty of size, enough to get my adrenaline pumping. Biggest waves I've ever surfed out here; it was crowded but I got my share. I was proud of myself!
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Haha actually thats my quiver killing Phoenix V3-such a great board...
No more pics because it was so hazy from all the spray in the air my wife stopped filming.
Good times!
I can't wait to try the Phoenix. Gonna go demo one this week. Especially curious about v2, but would like to try the 1 and 3.
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Here is another picture Doheny that day. Someone posted it who was on what looks like some sort of boat.
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How much fun was that!
DOH Doho ! ! !
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What a day! Thanks for sharing videos and photos.
Here's a shot of Leo Cabrillo (Secos) near County line. The swell was really hitting there. Photo was taken around 12:30 on big Wednesday.
That's Leo Carrillo, known as Secos. It sounds similar to Cabrillo, which is a beach at the tip of San Pedro, near the harbor. They happen to be the best windsurfing beaches in the LA area, although very different and about 50 miles apart.
To give some idea how big the waves in the picture are, the rock at the far right of the pic is the normal take off spot for surfers, even on "big" days. I have surfed/windsurfed Secos over the last 40 odd years and have never seen it break that far out.
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Here is another picture Doheny that day. Someone posted it who was on what looks like some sort of boat.
LOL....what the hell is that thing? Looks like they shot that pic through a periscope.
But how much fun does that wave look....especially knowing it's Doho, and where it's going. Yeehaw!
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laszio
Yes. Your correct that photo is Leo Carrillo. I used to surf that place a lot back in the day. I have never seen it as big as it was on this day. That wave broke way out in front of that mushroom rock in the mid section of the wave. That particular wave would have been rideable but no takers. Looking to the left from the cliff here's a photo of Point Zero's on an inside wave. What a terrific swell!