Filed in archive by raphael on May 24, 2005
Morning finds the surf small for the MexPipe, but very user-friendly for people like me who are simply trying to continue to possess the board that we came down here with, preferably all in one...
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by raphael on May 23, 2005
We take a slight detour from the grinding surf that has dominated our collective psyche for the last several days by heading due east on Highway 131 over the Sierra Madre Del Sur mountain range. What...
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Filed in archive by raphael on May 22, 2005
Week one of the Mexican Odyssey is complete, and now it is time to be entertained by some new blood -- Craig our ER doctor friend has busted out of the States to get his surf on! As soon......
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Filed in archive by raphael on May 17, 2005
Day two in Puerto Escondido starts off the way most days on a surf trip start - with surfing. Billy is content on resting today, so he lets me take the rental down to the point to try to......
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Filed in archive by raphael on May 14, 2005
We get a late start out of Huatulco and by the time we reach Puerto Escondido I am ready to rekindle my love affair with "La Punta". On the very far southern end of the several mile Playa...
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Filed in archive by raphael on May 14, 2005
This story stars Brad, a Marin native and Ocean Beach transplant like so many of us. Brad is a highly competent surfer. He shreds. He has stood tough in barrels all over the world including...
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Filed in archive by raphael on May 12, 2005
Sitting there and staring out at the ocean from the sea wall at VFWs, we decided, for some crazy reason that we would break the cardinal rule of surfing: drive away from "surfable" waves...
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Filed in archive by raphael on May 09, 2005
I was lucky to be still enjoying my Turkey Day. The severity of Sand dollar on that day became much more apparent when helicopters began circling the beach park later that afternoon. Apparently, an...
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Filed in archive by raphael on May 08, 2005
As far as I could see out to the horizon there were lined-up set waves. All those six to eight foot mush-burgers crumblers that were pushing us closer to the rocks were nothing but lull tasters. The...
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Filed in archive by raphael on May 07, 2005
I was feeling my oats a little bit that fateful morning. A recent string of sessions at OB had me pumped and overly confident. When we walked down to the bluffs to check it, we knew it was going......
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Filed in archive by raphael on May 06, 2005
BIG SUR- it can be one of the most spirit lifting natural places that exist on this planet. The awesome wind and water power show conducted each day on the tall, yellow bluffs of Sand Dollar Beach...
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