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Some Random Guy
climber
In a chair, drinkin' a beer, watchin' the show
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Mar 30, 2013 - 01:27pm PT
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that dog is awesome! i want one..
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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nice! i'm getting some this weekend :)
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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This is mostly just a bump, but:
"some random guy" that photo of Steamers stirs up all kinds of longings and nostalgia in me.
drljefe, too.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Apr 11, 2013 - 10:00pm PT
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There is nothing quite like a good end section.
I always cringe when I'm watching from the beach and someone kicks out instead of hitting it.
You know this guy did something insane.
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splitter
Trad climber
Cali Hodad, surfing the galactic plane ~:~
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Apr 12, 2013 - 12:31am PT
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paddle in rulz...
[Click to View YouTube Video]
^ 2013 Nominees!!
edit: regarding the Cortez Bank/opening wave, that place has some San Diego history behind it going back to the late 60's, early 70's before the harvesting of abalone (deep sea/400+ feet) was halted ('72). The CB was ripe with ab, but two of the local divers were eaten by Great Whites. Evidently there is a large seal population that mate there (or use to) which attracted GW's! I was offered a job as a diver in the Spring of '69. Good bucks for a short season (3-4 months), but hard and dangerous work. $45-$50K for 3-4 months work. That was when your entry level salary for 12 months as a fireman/firefighter, police dept, etc was around $7-9K a year. Everyone new about the huge surf at CB, but also new about the huge GW's, though.
Pyro - awesome, bro! thnx!!
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Apr 12, 2013 - 01:01am PT
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Splitter
thank's for the story about the GW and cortez bank.
now take a ride with me.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Apr 19, 2013 - 05:51pm PT
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Terrific, Brownie. The original spirit of surfing, there, too. Adventure, myth, "another world". Loved it.
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Some Random Guy
climber
Under a Little Pink Umbrella
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Apr 19, 2013 - 10:04pm PT
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awesome! surfing somewhere above the arctic circle is on my bucket list
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Apr 24, 2013 - 10:30pm PT
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south swell at Zero's
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Apr 30, 2013 - 01:29am PT
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just wanted to say hi!
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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how bout a sunny south swell hello!
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Just read that the Spring Fire burned down to the coast, does anyone see it?
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Growing up by the coast (Costa Mesa), I always feel like I missed out on the whole surfing thing. My friends all started in 2nd or 3rd grade and for some reason I never did. By 8th grade, they were the hot sh#t surfers. They also became really bad students, smoked pot, cut class, etc., which was pretty much of the opposite of me and the kind of circles my folks would have let me run with. Oh well...Plus, by that time I had found climbing, so it was all over.
At this stage of my life, still living near the coast, it would be WAY easier to surf than climb on any given day.
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Some Random Guy
climber
Under a Little Pink Umbrella
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^^^ talk about timing and positioning.
i found one about the same size on the beach at point reyes once. now i'm freakin' myself out...
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