I’ve meet people who have surfed all over the world. Some have been lucky enough to live in places with warm water and consistent good waves.
When we’ve talked about PNW surf there’s always some comment about how lame wearing a wetsuit is, or the cold water, or the shitty surf, or the long drives. I’ve always been so hyped on the surf in the PNW that i always have some rebuttal to those comments–rarely a crowded line up, water temps aren’t that bad, really good surf in the winter, wetsuits are stretchy, warm, make you strong, etc, etc. There’s never been a doubt in my mind that despite all the differences between warm water surf and cold water surf in the PNW, we have it pretty good.
Last week i surfed in Mexico. The water was warm–unrefreshingly warm. Temps hit near 100 degrees, humidity was 100%. I lived in board shorts.
For seven straight days myself and a handful of friends surfed our brains out. We didn’t do shit else. Wake up, surf, eat, nap, surf, eat, nap, surf, dinner, booze, repeat. A minimum of 2 sessions a day, clocking 6+ hours of surf each day. At all hours of the day the surf was on; it never got bad. We had three spots within walking distance from our pad–all were good. Waves varied from mellow entry, soft shoulders and down-the-line to heavy, top-to-bottom, and barreling.
After the first couple days the surfed-out soreness let up and long paddles stopped being lame. All of us were on the same “surf, eat, nap” program intently. We weren’t anywhere near nightlife, so surf was the only focus. By 9pm most of us started shutting down involuntarily. Tequila and beer was the only thing keeping us going if we were up much later. And poker.
Towards the end of the trip the surf got a little bigger. But for the duration of the trip, 15 to 20 second period swell breaking over reef assured that the waves didn’t let up. Nor did we. Most days we were up at 6am and paddling shortly thereafter. Everyone surfed good. Wave counts were off the charts. At the end of each day i was tripping at how many waves i’d caught and how many i watched being ridden. It was like winning the lottery over and over.
I can’t imagine anyone wouldn’t appreciate insane Mexican surf for seven days straight. But when you’re used to junky waves, driving 2 plus hours for surf, wearing wetsuits, being cold, it makes Mexico just a little more amazing.
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looks like everything a surf trip should be. oh dang, first!
yah, dude…you guys surfed Tomstones
well, if "everything" means only surfing, then yeah.
cool wit me…
surfing cat trip. cat trips = crack, therefore this surf trip = pure white coke, and don’t forget that crack is just coke anyways.
not sure what any of that means, but good trip. now you’ll have something to talk about at parties. UGH.
This trips was 100% pure too.
Even saw the Marinas flying around their coke bird searchin…
Rad trip everybody. Couldn't have done better on the conditions, best surf trip yet for me. I don't know what to do with myself now, all pumped to surf and the bouy is four feet at five seconds. I guess skate,…. and wait for Fall.
Sick sick brosheds. Dats the way it should be. Surf eat sleep repeat!
U hit the nail on the head. Mex will fuck with your head & PNW slurf, no matter how much we my love it is never worth defending cause its average at best. I kept sayin I got more waves down there than I do in 6 good months here.
Clem, keep a lookout for the new southpark sk8 park, it’s looking pretty rad. was down there yesterday, and it’s about 2/3rds complete, gonna be especially fun.
i guess this goes for everyone.
Just took a peek at some photos of that park. Looks really good. Everytime you turn your head around here a new park pops up.
to R—, yeah I think we all progressed the equivalent of an entire NW summer in one week in Mexico. Everybody was catching good waves.
I always feel naked in boardies, which I haven’t worn surfing in over a year. Can’t wait to head for the equatorial rocks this winter….
first of all…you can't surf for shit and with that being said, you shouldn't comment on any waves anywhere. second, unless you have a boat you are NOT knowing shit about good waves in the PNW. combine the two and your just another LA (or Seattle) style snowboard 'cross-over' fag looking to be 'rad' after watching to much Blue Crush. why do you feel the need to let everyone know there is waves here? i bet you ride a Lost surfboard or AL Generic just to top it all off. and for your own safety…people know who you are now…no more pictures of our 'shitty PNW surf'…. ok brah? we're watching…..the real NW LOCALS
dang titus. you got me figured out.
come up and say hi sometime. be stoked to meet you.
FIRST OFF, TITUS IS A HOT NAME. TOTES JEALOUS OVER HERE!
TITUS: I AM LOOKING TO START PNW SURFING; AM I TO READ THAT I SHOULD GET A BOAT? I CAN TOTALLY GET A BOAT TOO.
ALSO MR TITUS, GOD OF GRAMMAR: GOOD JOB ON MENTIONING PICS OF PNW WAVES ON THE ONE POST THAT HAS NOTHING BUT MEXICAN WAVES. THIS IS PROBABLY YOUR BEST MOVE.
MOVE OVER SAM-O, TITUS IS HERE!
haha. just fucking around. i love the 'NW local' topic. this site has got way too boring without it. it's way better with mindless shit-talking. didn't that used to be half-the fun with sites like this?