| The Kirk Report:
As everyone has reported thus far, conditions were weird and cold on Saturday.
Neal and I got kind of a late start (Bay Bridge 630AM), knowing that the
tides were screwy and with predicted 3-5' swell, the tide swing shouldn't
make too much difference.
Despite the Friday presence
of internet weenies trying to kill our positive vibe, we rolled up to Assateague-north
around 8:30, stoked and anticipating a good session. From the shore break,
we couldn't even see the outside due to fog. We paddled out on our "cheater
shortboards," and as soon as the fog started to clear through the water,
we got hit with a cleanup set. That 38 degree water will wake you up. We
still got outside without any problem and tried to scope through the fog
where the waves were breaking. We found a decent peak about 200' north
of where we paddled out, that was showing long, crumbly lefts and sectiony
rights. Neil picked off a few fun rights and worked through the closeout
sections. I didn't do too much--I never really warmed up in my 4/3. Waves
were definitely 3-5', but mushy and powerless. Continued to just freeze
out in the rain, and took a nice little left in after about an hour. A
couple lookers showed up but no one looked motivated to paddle out.
Saw Todd and Chris Smith
as they showed up, watched them surf for a little while before even standing
on the beach became too frigid. More guys showing up and deciding it was
too cold...just driving off. Snapped a few pics of Chris and Todd, and
headed back for the western shore, dreaming of Costa conditions.... 57
days away. |