Tag Archive for ‘Journal’
CitySurfers Journal: Winter 1998
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 Subject: Re: New Years surf Finished off this year with a sloppy session at RM5 on the 31st. It was cold as fuck, the wind was sideshore and the waves were lumpy shoulder-high mushbergers, but, hey. it was the last surf of ’97. Friday the 2nd was much better. Andrew [...]
CitySurfer's Journal: Fall 1997
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 Subject: West Coast report, Aug 28-Sep 2 >Everything was copacetic on the Left Coast, except the surf. >Arrived SFO Thursday around noon, rented a sporty red Chrystler somethingorother, set the board down on the passenger seat and drove north. >Hooked up with Mitch C. in Mill Valley and we buzzed [...]
CitySurfer's Journal: Summer 1997
This summer has been a bust wavewise. Although four named storms ascended past the 35th parallel, they were all short-lived and essentially weak. Spring brought many more consistent swells and we can only hope that fall will do the same. Here’s the whole grim story, as it unfolded: Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 From: barney [...]
CitySurfer's Journal: Summer 1996
Saturday, June 8: Took the shortboard — an old Tabeling 6’4″ — out to Rockaway. The wind was onshore, the waves were small and there were plastic bags and who-knows-what-else floating around in the water. Sunday, June 9: Heidi and I took the LIRR to Freeport and then a bus to Jones Beach. Then we [...]