November 12th, 2008 by admin
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November 23rd, 2008 by admin
Adam and I left around 5:45 and headed up to Port Renfrew. This is my first time ever being to Renfrew, what an awesome spot, definitely coming back camping.
There was a pretty thick layer of frost covering everything it was a bit nippy but a beautiful day, not a breath of wind. Unfortunately there were no waves either. 
We could see the lines approaching in sets of 4 or 5 coming in from the Northwest. They were sooooo close, they were breaking pretty much right on shore but you could see the potential. We hung around for about an hour or so and watched the tide come right in with our fingers crossed but it just didn’t happen. I talked to a man who was camping on the beach and he said the waves were three times the size for the last four days. That was the last kick in the nuts with a frozen moccasin we could take, we headed back to Sombrio. SKUNKED!
The pic below is what the waves are supposed to look like at Port Renfrew.
At Sombrio the waves looked alright but as usual there were far too many people out there trying to catch them to be even worth suiting up.
China Beach was a mild lake. The highlight was that some way, some how, someone got a car all the way through the narrow winding trail all the way to just before the steps to get on the beach and that’s where they left it. I really have no idea how they got it down there or how the hell they will get it out.
Jordan River looked like it was going to be alright when we first past by at day break but when we got back they had died right off to the odd white cap.
The MagicSeaweed report called for 9.5 footers which was obviously way off.
November 15th, 2008 by admin
Razor and I hit up Jordan River Camp. We got out there around 10:30 and it looked very flat and there was no one around. After watching for a few minutes we noticed there was actually some nice sets rolling in from waist to shoulder height coming from the Northwest. (MagicSeaweed called for 7.5-8 footers.)
We went in straight off the parking point and got some nice little fun ones right off the bat. It is quite shallow right off the point so we would have to bail off after a fairly short ride.
There was a graveyard of logs, drift wood and debris floating around in the water. We were a fair ways out from the point now and I was riding a wave in when I looked down and saw big jagged rocks maybe 6 inches below the surface of the water. I kept cruising and luckily a couple seconds later it got a little deeper again so I bailed off, “sacrifice the body and save the board” is what was going through my head.
After a short break we decide to venture across to the center of the bay. Razor stayed and surfed here, where he said he got some nice rides in and I continued past the bay to a rock bed break.
Great waves about shoulder height. My arms were feeling the burn from being out of shape and paddling so far but I stayed out for a few hours and caught some really fun rides. Fairly shallow on some spots and big boulders rather than the gravel that makes up most of the bay. Worked a lot on my turning and feel like I am getting a much better feel for controlling my board under my feet. There was no wind at all which made it very enjoyable no fighting against the white wash coming in, it was perfect.
It was a long paddle back after I had worn myself our catching waves. When I finally got back to shore Razor told me that there was a sea lion that tailed me all the way across the bay just a few feet behind me. I imagine that the flailing of my rubber arms and my out of breath grunting probably mimicked a wounded seal pretty closely.
November 6th, 2008 by admin
Alex, Brooke, Dana, Joe, Preggers Tamara, Jeff, Christie and I hit up Long Beach. When we arrived we were the only ones in the water. Mostly white wash with a strong rip. Shoulder heights were breaking a long ways out with the rip being so strong the choice was easy to have fun in the wash.
This was actually perfect because it was Jeff and Christie’s first time surfing. I couldn’t believe how quickly they both were up riding, their a pair of mavericks.
It took a long time for me to realize that the odd nice wave that would come in every 10-15 min was not worth the wait so eventually I just started surfin the wash.
I think Al was catching every wave that went past. She gets noticeably better with each outing.
November 6th, 2008 by admin
Raeghzer, Steve, Alex, Steve’s buddy from Edmonton (we’ll call him Ed) and I. Got to the beach in fairly good time. We were greeted with some beautiful 6-7 foot swells coming in sets of 2 and 3 in about 1:30 intervals. Tide was about 3/4’s out. We veered of to the right hand side. About 2 minutes in Al decided to hit her board with her lips (not good).
With all her teeth in tact she was back out playin in no time. This was my second venture out with my new 7′2 M-13 board and after nose diving the first half a dozen waves it was apparent that I have yet to find the sweet spot.
Break time, so we went up and waited for Brooke and Dana to arrive before going back to the beach. When Kelly and I cleared the bush and got out past the tree line it took everything we had just to keep the wind from blowing the boards out of our hands. Craziness, easily 100+ km/h winds. The swells had now turned to pure chop and this was clearly the end of the road for Chesterman.
November 6th, 2008 by admin
100+ km/h winds made it possible to surf right in front of the hotel. Mostly white wash, waves didn’t have too much power because they had bounced off the islands. Brooke, Dana, Alex and I had a blast considering we were out surfing in the middle of a Typhoon.
Knowing that there was a hot tub waiting for us less than 200yds away made way for a pretty lengthy sesh.
