Surfing v. Climbing... Complimentary Pursuits?

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pyro

Big Wall climber
Calabasas
Jan 9, 2014 - 10:17am PT
early morning's the best time...
19 degree's but 50 in the water so nice and warm.
soo many rides i lost count.
zuma!
bob

climber
Jan 9, 2014 - 10:28am PT
I should be surfing right now, but I'm stuck in Colorado. Luckily my friends own a SUP company (Badfish) and my bro has his shop downtown!!!!!

Well, if I can't be surfing right now, I might as well be making a surfboard to try when I do. Here is what I have come with so far. I'm putting the fin box setup in late this morning, then start glassing in the evening, or tomorrow.

Its my new fun board. That is, unless it surfs like sh#t and goes on my wall as a "nice try" kind of thing. Sure is a good time though, and I think I'm learning more about surfboards in 3 weeks than I have in 15 years.

Love all the photos to keep the stoke folks. Thanks!!!!

speelyei

Trad climber
Mohave County Arizona
Jan 9, 2014 - 10:43am PT
Nice channels! You gonna do a thruster or bonzer fin configuration?

Also, I must be old or lazy, 'cause that board looks about 3' short to be a funboard to me!

The board I built:


The one that never "kicked", after reglassing in the summer
bob

climber
Jan 9, 2014 - 10:53am PT
Thruster. I don't have the measurements, but its more of a modern fun board. Its wide as hell and holds a lot of volume. Instead of stretched out its stubby (at 6'3!!!) and is thick. I will post accurate measurements once I f*#k up putting the fin boxes in. Ha!!!!!!! I designed the board to be a bit less bulky than my Hynson White Knight 6'6 which has just a bit too much volume for my light ass.


Cool fish!
Matt G

climber
Jan 9, 2014 - 08:15pm PT
Some Random Guy

climber
Jan 9, 2014 - 09:16pm PT
ocean beach, san francisco going triple overhead+ on the same swell that lit up the pipe masters a little while ago
bob

climber
Jan 9, 2014 - 09:23pm PT
SICK ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
BurntToast

climber
CA
Jan 9, 2014 - 10:06pm PT
[Click to View YouTube Video]
speelyei

Trad climber
Mohave County Arizona
Jan 10, 2014 - 10:34am PT
I hear the paddle out at Ocean Beach is a breeze....
Snicker, tee hee...
o-man

Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
Jan 11, 2014 - 06:33pm PT
North shores Maui – Moderate northeast swell through this weekend, although gradually dropping…into the first part of the new week. A large northwest swell will arrive next Wednesday, followed by what the NWS is calling a “dangerously large” NW swell by next Thursday night into Friday – requiring a high surf warning on both north and west shores!
bixquite

Social climber
humboldt nation
Jan 11, 2014 - 08:54pm PT
yeah o-man should be solid, tomorrow will be in the 17@17 range here in humboldt,
i'm hoping for a window at the harbor. but it would be great to see the Eddie go on friday. Sending aloha from the oh'ana on the other north shore
Gregory Crouch

Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
Jan 12, 2014 - 11:51am PT
Speelyei: A Progressive!

You a Goleta boy? I rode DJ's boards for years, until moving to the Bay Area and having OB treat them like kindling.
pyro

Big Wall climber
Calabasas
Jan 12, 2014 - 02:42pm PT
anybody man enuff to go out and take picture's from Monterey please? heard it's 22ft
o-man

Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
Jan 12, 2014 - 06:23pm PT
I'm "Stoked!" to see so much activity on this thread lately!
I am still nursing a very sore arm and I am finding that rest is the only thing that seems to help. I am getting some sessions in but I am being very selective with the conditions and length of my sessions.
I had to blow off two big wave light air wave sailing sessions last week because because I knew that I would be hurting after all that slogging. After all I am an elder and have proved my self in battle many times. I like to feel with age comes wisdom and when it doesn't feel right don't do it. I was ready to paddle out at Kanaha yesterday but the conditions didn't look all that great and there was also a tiger shark sighting reported so I blew it off.
A very cool thing happened this week here in my back yard.
John John Florence and some of his North Shore Oahu crew came over to play with Albie Layer,Matt Meola and the rest of the Maui Air Force and I was lucky to catch two of their evening sessions at Lanes. The waves were rather small but they made the most of it.
I shot a bunch of stuff but here's one of John John's waves.




drljefe

climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
Jan 14, 2014 - 01:07pm PT
Nice sequence there o man!

Pyro get onnit!
Some Random Guy

climber
Jan 14, 2014 - 07:39pm PT
so i'm curious to know.....how big does it have to be to be considered a "dangerously large" swell on the north shore???
Daniel @ Tenkara USA

Trad climber
Boulder
Jan 14, 2014 - 08:03pm PT
Fun to see this post here.
My three greatest passions in life are climbing, surfing and fly-fishing (specifically tenkara). I lived on the coast until very recently. For a couple of years, many years ago, I lived in Santa Barbara, CA. That was the most conducive place to do both climbing and surfing. I either surfed or climbing every other day depending on weather and swells. It was tons of fun to do both. And, I found them complementary since I wasn't over-doing either, but using different muscles and joints.
I just moved to Colorado a year ago, so no surfing for me. I miss it a bunch sometimes. Though I also go through periods when one activity seems to take priority in my life, and climbing is the main thing for me at the moment.
However, I already learned I can surf on the Colorado river (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU3RGkomCoc. There is climbing near there. And, there obviously is some fishing opportunity there too. So, this Spring I'll try doing a triathlon of climbing, surfing and tenkara!
pyro

Big Wall climber
Calabasas
Jan 15, 2014 - 10:20pm PT
smooth shoulder!
Oman great pix's
speelyei

Trad climber
Mohave County Arizona
Jan 15, 2014 - 10:41pm PT
That is a great picture.

o-man

Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
Jan 15, 2014 - 10:52pm PT

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Click on the link below for some images that I captured of John-John and the Maui gang at Lanes the day before the ones that I posted up thread.
I only had my small camera with me so quality is low but the subject is pretty cool.
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