Once there were waves...

A field of waves washed clean......... and gone.

The Local Report

Cold and bumpy and crappy, sheeeit!! About like this, but the water is 48 if it's anything at all above that, I'll eat a moldy booty from the back of the truck!

Road trippin' south.......

Surftwin and I took a week down south to enjoy some wind free waves and warm waters, got lucky and scored a few days of waves despite the lack of predicted swell, there always seems to be a bump in the lineup somewhere.....



We also stopped by "The Parking Lot of Knowledge" as one person who knew put it, "If you need to know how to do something, there is always someone there who can tell you how, despite the fact they may be out of work or never having done it themselves, it won't stop them from giving you advice about it!" It seemed pretty funny at the time.....



Groms can make the waist high wind swell look size-able.....



Surfed out of town most of the time if the north westerlies weren't blowing though and met Mike Doyle checking out a beach to kitesurf at, but he didn't stick around so no pics, damn! Cool guy.

Cole Ortega

On the morning of the 6th of July while surfing at Cape Kiwanda, 14 year old Cole Ortega was struck by a dory making a landing on the beach. The propeller severed his left arm above the elbow. Due to the quick actions of a number of surfers in the water his life was saved and the arm was recovered.

On the beach an E.R. doc passing by managed to stabilse the young boy as he was carried from the ocean. An ambulance took him and his father to the Tillamook Hospital where a helicopter life flighted him to Emanuel Hospital in Portland where his arm was reattached. At the moment he is still in serious condition while they monitor him to prevent an infection and to see how well the body accepts the surgical reattachment.

A jointly managed fund, by both surfers and dory men has been established to aid the Ortega family through this crisis, if you can make a donation please mail checks to the Cole Ortega Recovery Fund. P.O.Box 423, Pacific City Ore 97135

We could use a day like this....

But all we have is lot of north-west wind at about 30knots.......

Tracks...........

(pic: ST)

Two sides of a coin leaving their mark.

Dammit I bit.....

On another addition to the quiver, 9' Stewart Hydro-Hull 2+1, well used but in great condition via the Bearhunter, at least it was well priced. And I got to July 2nd before I broke the New Year resolution (of not buying anymore boards) for the 2nd time in '08.

Now that's discipline!!

Bearhunter in the barrel.

Getting a nice one.........