Let me entertain you with our 2009 camping nightmare. This is a long read, but if you like feeling someone else’s pain, please take the time. Sit back, grab a beverage, and have a chuckle at my expense.

Through the pier
Photo originally uploaded by dextr.

Took this after my session… Getting better with the new camera. This is from the north side of the pier, looking through to the south side.
I surfed northside, which was nice and clean, glassy surface. No crowd until about 6:45, and then it still wasn’t that bad. Sweet barrelling [...]

Ahhh… nothing like a good combo swell (SW + NW) to get the crowd out to River Jetties in Newport. Super clean, glassy 3-5 foot this morning… with an occassional head-high clean-up set rolling through. Wind wasn’t as offshore as they predicted, but did help the shape.
In the hour and fifteen minutes I was in [...]