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EPF 18: Dawn Patrol v. The TideEPF 18: Dawn Patrol v. The Tide The tide and the Dawn Patrol are swinging out of sync again.  Aaron and I paddled out early and were able to snag a high wave count before the tide elevated and the crowds...

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EPF Episode 17: Oh, Summer...EPF Episode 17: Oh, Summer... The summer doldrums continue to rain blows down on the southern California surf world.  Another week of 2-footers goes by. But as always, a dumpy surf day with friends is...

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EPF Episode 0016: Lost Winter WavesEPF Episode 0016: Lost Winter Waves Aaron asked me to grab some stills of his new board (the P-volver) from the recent video footage.  When I went back into iMovie to get them, I noticed that when I imported...

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EPF Episode 0015: No Waves Without MikeEPF Episode 0015: No Waves Without Mike NEW VIDEO! I'll disclose right from the get-go that this video is sub par.  After such a dry spell, I'd been waiting for some sort of magical day to get a new video out. ...

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On Surfari: Haiti ScreeningOn Surfari: Haiti Screening I was invited by the great guys over at Harbour Surf Shop to attend a screening of the latest On Surfari episode Haiti hosted by Shayne McIntyre at the Harbour shop.  It...

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The Maiden Voyage of the Sea NymphThe Maiden Voyage of the Sea Nymph NEW VIDEO!  I know, I know.  You thought we reached episode 13 and were cursed.  Wrong, scurvy dogs.  We just got delayed by rain and holidays.  But I am happy to bring...

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Local Report from the Eddie Aikau Big Wave ContestLocal Report from the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Contest My buddy Duane, who lives on Oahu, went over to watch the In Memory of Eddie Aikau Waiamea big wave surf contest after work yesterday.  He was only able to see the last heat,...

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El Porto Fridays Rss

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On : 03 Feb 2010
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Peter and I met up for a Dawn Patrol sesh at Sunset Blvd.  It was my first time out since all of the rain so I was looking for a pretty mellow morning, and that is exactly what we got.  The crowd was small and we had plenty of room to move around.  The waves [...]

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On : 15 Sep 2009
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We had a good morning run today with a nice sized tuesday crew: CW, Mike, Peter, Chrissy and me.  The waves were clean and mostly waist to chest with bigger sets coming through.  There were plenty of overhead waves this am.  The bigger waves were walled to closed out, but we were finding all sorts [...]

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On : 02 Sep 2009
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It was a glassy morning at Porto, pretty small, slow, but rideable surf.  Clean conditions, 1 -3 ft with an occasional +.  Most waves were waist high or below.  As the morning progressed the waves seemed to get a little better.  The bigger waves were walled to closed out, but there were some fun cruisers [...]

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On : 25 Aug 2009
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Peter and I met up for an early morning sesh at Porto.  It was a pretty nice morning.  It was sunny, warm, and conditions were good.  Clean, mostly 3s and 4s with some smaller waves.  Low tide was at 6:45, so when we first got out it was walled, with a fair amount of close [...]

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On : 24 Aug 2009
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Saturday morning was sort of a rough and tumble sesh at El Porto.  There was serious wind kicking up some chop, and really strong current that we were battling all morning.  We got some sweet rides, and that was all good, but what I really wanted to report about was the dead freaking goat on [...]