We stayed in San Francisco for three nights at a friends house right on Ocean Beach. Gee and Ross surfed Ocean Beach as well as Pacifica which is a bit further south. The wind has been pretty hefty, and there was a strong rip which made things challenging for the guys. I just knew better and stayed on land!
We got some sight seeing in, crossed the Golden Gate and cruised around the Head Lands in Marin County. The last time I was in this city I couldn't see anything because of the fog, it's a cool looking city, but not much beats the view of the local Vancouver mountains.
This morning we drove further south to Santa Cruz where there was a nice south swell with some good waves. I caught one wave, and another caught me. I'm not sure I'm cut out for this surfing lark at all!
Some of the locals were shredding waves that were breaking right on the beach. It looked pretty gnarly. If a fella was to fall, he'd bounce on the sand just before getting pummeled by these waves. Cool to watch though!
After we finished up in Santa Cruz we headed for Monterey, where we registered for our races. We got a pretty big land when we found out that the organizers wanted $60 bucks a night for a camp spot. Feckin ludicrous! We ended up paying a total of $70 a night for a motel with a double bed each. Nice!
We got a cheeky run in on the course this evening too. Basically the organizers just left the cource dry out from last year, and added some new corners just by getting creative with the course tape. They spent some effort on building some sort of wooden humpty bendy back bridge at the bottom, which adds no value to the course.
But at least it's not raining! There is rain forecast for next Saturday, so heres hoping we won't have a repeat of last years nasty mud fest!
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