NSG 07

The Creediler · Post by **The Creediler** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:44 am

Hey Bud, I'am heading over to the country tomarrow / Sun. I'll call to find out a meeting place. Did Gavin make it in? Lates, Creediler

eqKneelo · Post by **eqKneelo** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:23 pm

Looks like a sick week to be on the East Side!!!

Freddie · Post by **Freddie** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:22 pm

Hey Bud I will be there with Chuck aka: Razor and his friend Big Island on the 10th of Feb to the 18th, hope to surf with you than, I know its been at least 29 years since I paddled out with you Brother!

Bud · Post by **Bud** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:41 am

It'll be great to meet up with the crew.

Paul Wuslich should be lurking about already.

Creedler arrives today.

East Side is the go.

4-8' Kahuku yesterday.

3 of us kneeboarders with a spot to ourselves , scoring 100 yard bowling lefts during the late session.

Conditions were perrrrrrrrfect.

Near gale force storm last night.

Surf is much bigger ( 20' - 30' + ) on the North Shore today with light SW winds.

Should be very good out East today at many locations.
There'll be everything from 20' tow in surf, to 2-3' perfect bowling play waves. Take your pick, and expect a looooong paddle out to all of them.
It'll look like Indo.

Appointments in Honolulu will keep me dry docked until the late evening session.

The Creediler · Post by **The Creediler** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:24 pm

Creediler is headed over to the East Side today, I think I'll try Kahuku.

Lates, Creediler (714)362-6625

Bud · Post by **Bud** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:32 pm

SCORE!

We surfed (and paddled) our arses off during the last few days.

Lots of spots to pick from.

Really strong kona winds (SW) but do-able.

Certainly OPENED the barrels up,

and really boosted the power. It felt like the whole ocean was behind every wave.

Creedler, where were you yesterday morning?

Kahuku was still great (3-5') with much less intense swell and wind, until the wind turned NW around 9:30am as the front passed over.

NW winds persist and have torn it to bits now.
The break in action is welcome though.
Taking care of business and letting the body recover.

Should clean up again, real nice during the weekend.

Lot's of swell on the forecast with great conditions to match.

Nor Cal guys Paul Wuslich and Mike Sposeto are around.
Gavin Coleman arrives tomorrow.

Are there any others arriving this week?

BE THERE OR BE SQUARE !

KAVA · Post by **KAVA** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:24 am

in bed with the flu so no go for me

CONTIKI · Post by **CONTIKI** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:30 am

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THAT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE FLU...

Big Fred · Post by **Big Fred** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:31 am

hey bud,
cant wait to get there and meet you. hope to surf a couple sessions with you and the boys. barry and i will be there from 14th to the 25th, looking to have some good times with you.

Bud · Post by **Bud** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:03 pm

So far there's been a real mix of swell and conditions.

A couple times conditons turned foul only to turn around and get perfect a couple hours later.
If you knew where and when, you scored.

Over the last few days there's been 3 swells running at once, making for very challenging sessions.

Hard to figure out which one will be a good one and what the wave will do once you get it.

The Monster Energy / Billabong Pipeline Pro event started and stopped a few times as conditions shifted from shifty scary gnarly with some gems to full on DEATH where nobody wanted to go out.

It'd been a long time since I saw Pipe breaking with nobody out.
Somes days only a few heats were run as it got so heavy.

Check this footage of one of those "gems" that came through.

http://surfline.com/video/video_player/ ... fm?id=7769

And this for a broader view of what it was like in general.

http://surfline.com/video/video_player/ ... 788&mv=CON

Seems this season is late by 1 month.
We've been getting January weather and waves, IE big to huge and roughed up a lot of the time
.
Good news is, there's no end in sight for decent surf.

Fred and Barry,
When you guys get here it should be perfect and not too huge.
That makes for a nice introduction and warm up.
Speaking of "warm up" it's been chilly at night.
Temps dipping into the mid 50's F at times.
Don't forget some type of light wetsuit.

Keep an eye on this page for a reliable forecast.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/pages/SRF.php

Looking forward to surfing with the crew.

Aloha,
Bud

gogglefog · Post by **gogglefog** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:49 pm

i arrive tomorrow evening and will be on oahu for two weeks. hope to hook up with some of you guys.

this is the first trip i've taken in over ten years that i haven't had to bring a fullsuit - i'm amazed how light my bags are.

my phone number is 252-548-0099.

john

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:33 pm

We will be ariving 3/24 on the NS afternoonish. Hope to hook up the boys

760-550-2170

Craig

gogglefog · Post by **gogglefog** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:01 am

caught small pupukea yesterday early. not too great but would be one of the best days of the year in north carolina. nice not having to wear a six mil this time of the year.

gogglefog · Post by **gogglefog** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:00 pm

i know the gathering is over but, i met another kneelo yesterday at ehukai named sean who lives in california and will be here through saturday.

new swell filled in today and i wish that there would have been some other kneeboarders out. surfed alligator rock with really fun sets about 8-10 foot faces and only four people out for about an hour. then another hour with about a dozen people or so.

this place is an endurance test.