4.11.2006
Windows in a Dark Hallway
The rain continues, and surf shows up like windows in a long dark hallway. Starting back on the 4th, the buoys showed some nice ground swell - 8.7 feet at 14 seconds from 305 mixed with a swell at 2.1 feet at 14 seconds from 190. Unfortunately, a storm was raging and the south wind was howling - the dark hallway. The 5th cleared and I surfed way kelpy - stringy kelpy all-over-the-place head high to over head wind swell/ground swell mix at Sharks. The next day the ocean cleaned-up, the sun came out, and the surf was fun - a window. Surfed Sharks until the LB club arrived, then hit Second Bowl. It was a fun time, waist to chest high - a couple head high, then back to the long dark hallway on Friday the 7th. Saturday cleared and the ocean served up shifty head high wind swell for the masses. I attended a seminar at kelpy post-storm Sharks - nothing left to say on that. On Sunday, another window appeared. The sun was out, the wind was light, and the swell was clean. Surfed Second Bowl in the evening waist to shoulder high - the buoys indicated a south was in the water - 2.0 feet at 14 seconds from 195. The window turned out to be a large picture window - on Monday the clean conditions and swell continued. I surfed really fun sharks - the buoy called it 2.1 feet at 14 seconds from 185 mixed with 4.7 feet at 17 seconds from 295. I rode a new addition to my school of fish - a nice John Mel twin fin. It was great fun - fast down the line. Of course as the tide dropped and I got bolder and bolder riding the new fish, I came to the defining moment of my session. Straightened out and nudged the bottom of the shallow low-tide reef at Sharks with the nose of my neeew stick - just a crease, but shit - typical. Oh well - fix'em and ride'em. As I write today, we have entered another section of the long dark hallway. Stormed all day, and the reports suggest it's going to rain until Monday. Now for some rave - W is finally decided to tell the truth - he was the one who leaked information to the Scooter. But, it's ok because he can do it when he needs to get the truth out about reasons for going to war. It was necessary to counter the straight-talk from Joe Wilson. Essentially, Joe Wilson was trying to tell SPB the reasons for war were bogus, and W was out to discredit him, his wife, his mother and father, and anyone else who disagreed with him and spoke out. We are told it was for political reasons - sounds like character assassination, lying to the people of this country, and power mongering. And how about the revelation that the Gutless Old Party (GOP) was tying up phone lines to skew the vote - rigging elections because anybody in their right mind wouldn't vote for what the GOP of late stands for - organized religion of a puritan strain. Gay marriage (what does the government have to do about a religious ritual anyway - stick to the contract law) or the environment, war or education, militaryindustrial complex or health care. Guess what, we are not building any permanent military bases in Iraq. No - they are "enduring bases" or "contingency operation" bases - at $4.5 billion so far. Complete with Domino's Pizza. Finally - google the "Constitution Restoration Act". Remember good'ol Roy from down south who planted the Ten Commandments in a public building, was told to have his addition removed, refused, and lost his job as judge. He and his friends were pissed about that and have decided to get a law passed that restricts the courts from rendering decisions on God entering the public domain - a domain the framers left for you to fill in private in any way you please, not have the G-ment cram it down your spinal column. Give me space assholes! Hey! Don't forget someone's watching.
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -James Madison, fourth US president (1751-1836)