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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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Cleaning My Used Wetsuit to Get That Stink OutCleaning My Used Wetsuit to Get That Stink Out Wetsuits, by their very nature, are nearly a perfect creation for growing stinky bacteria. As your mom and biology teacher always told you, bacteria love damp, dark, warm...

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My New Michel Junod Pumkin Seed SurfboardMy New Michel Junod Pumkin Seed Surfboard Seeing The Present was the first time I'd ever heard of Michel Junod or seen his surfboards in action.  In fact, Michel Junod was at the screening of the movie when I saw...

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How To Build a Vertical Surf Rack on the CheapHow To Build a Vertical Surf Rack on the Cheap My quiver grew to a half dozen this summer and storage was becoming scarce. All the nooks, crannies and corners were spoken for and by August I was actually storing a board...

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Dog Surfing CompetitionDog Surfing Competition I attended the Dog Surfing Competition I mentioned a while back.  Then my compy crashed.  But now I am back up to full speed and I can finally bring you my pictures from...

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EPF - Episode 8: Greg's CurseEPF - Episode 8: Greg's Curse The computer woes that plagued me all last week (and on into this week) are nearly all cleared up, enough to edit last week's video anyway.  So, pretend it was last week...

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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 [...]