January 2-4, 2011

Video from the last few days. My internet is becoming a problem again, but if you want to see the video the day it is released you can find it at Youtube.com/Mdmarbach

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January 4th

December 26th, HB Surf Report

Merry Christmas. Woke up to 5-10 MPH on-shores this morning, cold dreary and wet everywhere. Hit a rode block while trying to get my morning joe, leaving me walking about for half an hour before making it onto the beach. By the time the camera got set up the winds were variable offshore to calm, and the sun was shining just a bit. The local boys had an eye on conditions and within the twenty minutes of filming i had done, about ten to fifteen people entered the water on either side of the pier. It is 10:15 now and the HB smokestack is slowly spindling upwards, without a lick of drag on its billowy cylinder. Conditions have improved since this morning


There is still lots of trash down on the beach, but the tide and winds are looking like they might make for a decent beach day. Make sure you pick up a few pieces of plastic if you make it today, every little bit helps.

ASP Update

Congratualtions Mick Fanning on winning the 2010 Quiksilver France. He moved from the number five spot on the ASP World Tour into the number three spot. Kelly Slater, who placed as runner-up behind Fanning, maintained his number one positioning despite his finish. He should be able to grab his next world title if he has good finishes at the last three events and Mick Fanning or Jordy Smith don't come in first in those three events consecutively.

The next event at Supertubos in Peniche, Portugual will begin in two days on October 7th; there is a gigantic storm swirling in the Mid-Atlantic that should be blasting the western coast of portugual just as the event begins.

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Wednesday's Non-Surf

And on a side note, no surfing for me today. I would love to have gone out but i was busy doing good deeds all day.

The swell looks nice, with plenty of west, and since June has finally arrived, so to has the much anticipated warmer water. Today was the first day in about a week, maybe more, where the afternoon winds started to dominate. I didn't see the water exactly, but the winds seem to be showing over 5 knts for most regions with much stronger gusts. I try to keep a close eye on the data I can find even when not surfing; Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were all decent wind days considering the past month, overall good surf days, and although I couldn't get out to the water, Monday and Tuesday looked decent as well. This first week of June has been predominately overcast here in Orange County, and with that hot, lingering cloud cover usually comes a relative stillness in the air. Clean conditions have prevailed, as if June itself had sheltered our home from the fickle on-shores that plague this warming season.