Saturday Surf Session

Original photo by Cyron

Last Saturday, the 28th of September, I surfed at Anderson Street.  I rode my Meyerhoffer Lemondrop because I thought a buddy of mine might join me.  He isn't a surfer by any means, not that I'm good, but I can out-surf him.  So, I thought I'd even the odds a bit by riding something that I needed to really paddle compared to his long board.

It was a perfect long board day at Anderson Street.  Thankfully, the Lemondrop is a full-foam board.  There is a lot of meat in the board and most of it is right under your chest.  Which makes it really easy to paddle.

As a result, I was still surfing lots of waves.  Granted, it was only one bottom turn and then the wave was done, but still I was catching a lot of waves and making that bottom turn.

I ended up surfing with three random guys and one girl.  It was fun.  Two of the guys were really good on their long boards.  It was fun to watch them put on a clinic.  They were doing head-dips, hang-five, hang-ten, you name it.  It was really cool to watch them do their thing and make it look SO easy.

Also, to no ones surprise, I'm sure, I saw the dolphins.  This time they had the little ones with them.  They were stirring up the bait-ball and teaching the little ones how to hunt.  It was really cool.  The babies were so tiny with their little dorsal fins.

The spooky part of that experience were all the birds.  They were chasing the bait-ball too.  Pelicans, which are huge in person, would dive-bomb into the bait-ball not two feet from where I was sitting on my board.  It's unnerving because you don't hear anything until the giant splash happens on impact.

It was a great day.  I spent a total of two hours in the water that morning.

Until next time!!
Clayton