As I was
paddling out this morning I thought about my mom. She was the original Gidget, surfing in
Huntington Beach in the early 60’s before there were girl surfers. She is the one who gave me the surfing bug
and I will be forever grateful to her for that.
5:00 am this
morning my alarm went off and I shot out of bed like a rocket. I had a particular spring in my step and huge
smile on my face. I got my gear, put my
surfboard on my car, got gas, grabbed Starbucks and headed over to Paul’s for a
6:15 am pick up. He was ready but I
don’t think he was excited as me. I put on Los Cadillacs “Cavilcade” for some
motivation and we set out to go to Encinitas. Originally we were going to go to
Pipes but we ended up at Escondido’s.
I had to
make sure I knew what spot I was in because this one is the first green pin and
well, I am not ultra familiar with North County. I spoke to one of the locals
and he helped me lay out a map of the spots in the area. I quickly noted the local spots as you see because my detailed map clearly
shows that from the parking lot you take the stairs down and the four spots
are: Turtles, Escondido’s, Traps and Pipes.
The paddle out was tough!!!! Paul managed quite well which really annoys
me because I have arms like flower stems and I couldn’t get past the breaks as
easily as he did. Once I managed to find a channel I got out there. Post surf synopsis we realized that Paul went left to Escondidos and I went right to Traps. I sat in the lineup for awhile because I was exhausted
and I didn’t want to try and catch the first wave until I got a feel for
it. I attempted to catch a couple waves
with no luck. The first one I got was an epic fail. I started to pop up but lost my grip, I recovered then was up and just as quickly I was closed out on; full air and face crash. As I resurfaced I had sand in my mouth. What the heck? How did that happen. I tried to get a few more like the little engine that could. Some were to mooshy, some I didn't have the speed, others I didn't get there fast enough and some lucky surfer who was better then me got the wave. When I finally got my second wave (approximately 25 min later) I popped up
and rode it all the way into shore.
Yeah, how pathetic, only two waves on the first day of my quest. Oh well, I got two and the quest has begun!
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| Paul and I at Garbage in OB checking out the surf |
Paul and I
then drove down the coast checking out the other spots from Encinitas to all the way to Garbage
in OB. He originally wanted to go there this morning but I wanted something new for my first
pin. It was kind of a bummer because
Garbage was looking good. I even saw one
guy get a small barrel ride. He might
have been right on this one but everyone gets lucky every once in awhile. J
The details:
The Forecast
Name of Spot:
San Elijo - Escondidos
Date / Time:
March 7, 2014: 7:00 am
City: Encinitas
Board: Kimberli
– “The Mexican” – 9’2”, Paul - “Mitchell” 9’
Wave
quality
|
Frequency
|
Break Type
|
Bottom
|
Nice wave
on the inside, but closed out quickly
|
3 to 4 min
|
Reef –
Rocky
|
Sandy
w/rocks
|
Wave
Direction
|
Power
|
Tide
|
Swell
|
Left and
Right
|
Med to Strong
|
Low
|
2 – 4 with
occasional 5’
|
Wind
|
Crowd Size
|
Crowd Type
|
Dangers
|
Light
|
Medium
|
SUPER
Friendly
|
Rocks
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