Boards includes a 6' x 23.5" x 3" Mini Simmons w/Pro Box keels, shaped by me. And a 42.5" Sniper Bodyboard, PE core (Marujo surf shop), Tech2 swim fins
Days Surfed = 38
Days Head+ = 15
Big Days = 4
Clean Days = 19
Days Surfed = 38
Days Head+ = 15
Big Days = 4
Clean Days = 19
Spot | Size | Surf | Board | Results | Comments | |
6/26/2010 | Zurriola | 1-2' | Bumpy | Mini Simmons | First time out for the Mini. Weak surf, good first try | Zoe rode the mini first, in 1' waves near the jetty. She stood up the first time. Then, I had fun junk rides. First rides on a board shorter than 7' |
6/27/2010 | Zurriola | 4-6' | Semi-Clean | Mini Simmons | Tough to paddle in. Not really used to the mini. Many good surfers grabbing all the waves. Saw another mini in action | Magic Seaweed says 8'+ swell is on the way. How can this be? It's summer |
6/28/2010 | Zurriola | 4-6' | Bumpy | Boogie | Crushing at low tide. Heavy closeouts. Took off anyway. Later learned about the whole incoming tide thing | The Basque surfers have Zurriola dialed |
6/29/2010 | Zurriola | 3-5' | Clean | Boogie | Picked a better tide. Great drops, a few good barrels | First day where I was in the running for the good waves |
6/30/2010 | Zurriola | 2-3' | Clean | Mini Simmons | First session on the Mini with good, clean waves. Didn't get a lot of waves, a few good rides. Very tiring | Impressive boogie boarding seen on small waves. Very good locals |
7/1/2010 | Zurriola | 4-6' | Bumpy | Boogie | Much easier to surf this bumpy wave on a boogie | |
7/2/2010 | Zurriola | 4-6' | Bumpy | Boogie | More decent surf to be surfed | Feeling very comfortable |
7/3/2010 | Zurriola | 4-6' | Clean | Boogie | Great session. Many good waves. Short, but, great drops into little pits | |
7/4/2010 | Zurriola | 6-8' | Bumpy | Boogie | Summer in Spain has the big surf. Many steep, bumpy, drops | |
7/5/2010 | Zurriola | 3-6' | Semi-Clean | Boogie | Still good waves. Feeling good about the spot | |
7/6/2010 | Zurriola | 2-3' | Clean | Mini Simmons | Back to the mini. Much paddling, missing many waves. Got a few | Taking awhile to get used to riding a 6' board. Got some compliments on the board |
7/7/2010 | Zurriola | 1' | Clean | Swim Fins | Smallest day so far. Just a bit of body surfing with the wife | Could've pushed a rental log. Decided not give my 15 Euros to Pukas |
7/8/2010 | Zurriola | 1-3' | Clean | Mini Simmons | Clean, small waves. One of the first comfortable sessions on the mini | Met a great longboarder, Josean, who had seen my Mini on-line. A very stylish surfer |
7/9/2010 | Zurriola | 8-10' | Bumpy | Boogie | Crazy surf. Closing out Zurriola. Got a few good ones, very hollow if you pick 'em right | A guy on the far outside, with a gun, got a single ride all the way to the sand. Another guy got crushed on a completely vertical wall |
7/10/2010 | Zurriola | 4-6' | Semi-Clean | Boogie | Cleaned up, great drops. | |
7/11/2010 | Zurriola | 2-3' | Bumpy | Mini Simmons | Bumpy, disorganized. A few rides | |
7/12/2010 | Zurriola | 3-4' | Clean | Mini Simmons | Back to the mini. Plenty of surf left. Some good loggers out | Saw some good loggers, for the first time. Discussed Mini with some of the guys |
7/13/2010 | Zurriola | 2-3' | Clean | Mini Simmons | Some good loggers out | Nice waves, only getting a few. Slow paddling, exhausting |
7/14/2010 | Zurriola | 2-3' | Clean | Mini Simmons | Last small day for awhile. Started to feel comfortable with the mini | Finally learning to get rides with the mini. |
7/15/2010 | Zurriola | 6-11' | Bumpy | Boogie | Crazy surf. Sets doubling up, closing out beach. Got a few. Got crushed by a few | Close interval swell pushing a lot of water into the beach, exiting water pushing surfers out past break. Much paddling to keep position |
7/16/2010 | Zurriola | 5-8' | Clean | Boogie | Great waves. Overhead drops. Fast | Cleaned up great. Good for three solid hours |
7/17/2010 | Zurriola | 4-5' | Clean | Boogie | Still fun. Some push. Many good drops | Best winter I've had in some time |
7/18/2010 | Zurriola | 2-3' | Semi-Clean | Boogie | Leftovers. Not the right day for boogie, but, was already there | Wish I'd bought the Simmons |
7/19/2010 | Bidart | 1-2' | Semi-Clean | Mini Simmons | Quick little waves at the town plage. Mini does great | An easy morning, for a change |
7/20/2010 | Guethary | 6-8' | Clean | Boogie | Nice drops, big faces, long rides. Great wave | Amazing spot with a very long paddle out from the boat dock. Met the Italian distrib for Gato Heroi with his Robbie Keggel/Paul Frank longboard. Met a great local surfer/shaper with an amazing 8'8" that had rails like a 70's single fin |
7/20/2010 | Cenitz | 4-6' | Bumpy | Mini Simmons | Quick second session at Plage Cenitz, in Guethary. Too tired | Water was full of debris (chunks of wood, plastic, cans). Got out after two funky waves |
7/21/2010 | Guethary | 6-8' | Clean | Boogie | Nice drops, big faces, long rides. Long hold-down. Like being in the PR | Huge number of great waves, no closeouts. Big turns |
7/22/2010 | Guethary | 2-4' | Clean | Mini Simmons | Great little peaks. Super-fun leftovers on the mini | Mini Simmons does well in these conditions. Slow paddling board was a killer on the long paddle out |
7/23/2010 | Guethary | 1-2' | Choppy | Mini Simmons | Drove there, had to surf it. Almost ran over a surf school student | Bought a great "Gens De Mer" Guethary shirt from a bar in a tool shed on the port |
7/24/2010 | Zurriola | 2' | Bumpy | Mini Simmons | Surf 'till dark. Great sunset with the Basque flag flying on the old fort | Finally pushed myself into some closeouts, with success |
7/25/2010 | Zurriola | 1-2' | Clean | Mini Simmons | Small, clean, short rides. Simmons goes great on little peaks | |
7/26/2010 | Zurriola | 2-3' | Bumpy | Mini Simmons | Onshore, a few decent rides | |
7/27/2010 | Zurriola | 2-3' | Clean | Mini Simmons | Clean shoulders as the tide dropped | |
7/27/2010 | Zurriola | 2-3' | Bumpy | Mini Simmons | PM session, short rides | Slipping into some little barrels as the bottom drops out into 6" of water |
7/28/2010 | Zurriola | 2-4' | Clean | Mini Simmons | Fun hi-tide waves onto the beach. Simmons works great in these | Successful in chest hi waves on the mini. Finally. |
7/28/2010 | Zurriola | 2-3' | Bumpy | Mini Simmons | PM session, surfed until dark with 3 good loggers | Finally feeling good with the mini. Getting most of the waves I wanted. Mini a nice contrast to some fine logging |
7/29/2010 | Zurriola | 3-4' | Choppy | Mini Simmons | Afternoons session, rising winds well, much paddling | Got a few little bombs into deep water. Mini does well in those situation. Goes farther than a shortboard |
7/30/2010 | Zurriola | 2-4' | Clean | Mini Simmons | Leftover winds well on a high tide. Short, fast rides | Great on the mini. Board feeling good. Some early takeoffs |
7/31/2010 | Zurriola | 2' | Clean | Mini Simmons | Swell a bit small for the hi tide, scratched out a few short rides | Will the mini work at home? |
