Chatted with a surfer today. He remarked that this (PB & Crystal Pier) was different from Tourmaline which was different from Windansea. He asked if I only bodysurf. “Yes.” I asked how long he’d been surfing. “Two weeks!” He said “It’s the best. There’s nothing else like it.” Truly.
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06-Jul-2024
“STAND UP FOR YOUR PRINCIPLES AND BE LOYAL TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY” reads a cheeky art paste-up graffito. A quote from Nick Offerman, perhaps? And a lovely 2016 @alynnpaint mural from her “seasons of change” series affixed to the same building. And a crab pal I met. Magical sights I will try not to take for granted in Pacific Beach.
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05-Jul-2024
Went to OB at lunchtime. The black ball flag was up. Had fun.
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04-Jul-2024
Dawn patrol: me, Jonny & James. La Jolla Shores Lot was a third full at sunrise! 🇺🇸 is complicated. Enjoy the day, USA.
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03-Jul-2024
Independence Day Eve
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02-Jul-2024
Shuttled my Dad to the airport; went and caught waves; didn’t scavenge that shovel.
Sunny early. So today’s cosplay is “sun-protected body surfer“
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22-Jun-2024
“That was sick” one surfer said to me. The lone bodysurfer out with the surfers. And another thanked me for not dropping in on him at the end of his wave: “you coulda gone”—“plenty of waves today” I replied.
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21-Jun-2024
Hot sand and crowds
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20-Jun-2024
Solstice session
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17-Jun-2024
strong waves after work at OB
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16-Jun-2024
After a drought of bodysurfing was able to catch some waves today. Almost over this cold I got.
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09-Jun-2024
Extraordinary day at PB. Started on the south side of the pier, rode waves; pushed north by current; rode more waves; repeat.
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08-Jun-2024
My breakfast had a lot less sand in it. Good morning out there.
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05-Jun-2024
Long gap. Quality, not quantity. So lucky.
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02-Jun-2024
It’s the time of the trip where I go to a pool. Kelly came with.