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From: Lewis Samuels

Makoto caught us on skype mid-froth yesterday after a couple days of stand-up irish kegs.
He told us "No one believes your claims. Unless you have photos it doesn't count."

Unfortunately, we'd lost all our best shots to a corrupted memory card.  But as you know, Shayne Ferber does not give up easily.  (Just ask the Irish lad who witnessed Ferber sideslip over the foamball through a pigdog death-shelf barrell... The irishman paddled back out and commented to me, "Crikey! Your midget just scored an incredible tuberide!")  Shayne recovered our data too after downloading contraband German recovery software at the local pub.  Here are a few more shots for Makoto.

                 

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Avery, Ryan, Why aren't we there?

                   

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yes, I'm making the most of the music scene here in the city, and i did surf fun and peaky lincoln with craig the other night, but its still bitter sweet when your friends send you pics of deserted point breaks from half way around the world.
Shayne and lewis are out there and I'm here. next time. for sure.

I love how, even in a land of rights, lewis manages to find a left, and then convince shayne to surf it.

             

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quite a mouthful.
I drove up to the city to meet Bowen at Crissy field for the kitesurfing "worlds", which is a big deal from a kitesurfing perspective. Stefaans was racing and Boriana was catching kites and assisting contestants. The weather on the bay was awesome and the wind didn't disappoint either.
The start was crazy with the fleet split into two packs and approaching the start from different angles, trying to gain the advantage, and risking collision to do so. As expected, bay knowledge was critical from start to finish with many of the local entries grabbing the top spots by day 4.

       

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I surfed fort point with Craig on the incoming low. It turned out to be one of the better days at the fort in a long time. I sat on the inside corner just off the rocks, while ducking and dodging the longboarders and what not coming through from the outside. Its always a crap shoot as to what you get, it worked out for me with 10 or so nice waves. The thing about the fort is that everybody has their own theory about where to sit and which waves to grab, as long as your theory is slightly better/different from everyone else's you are bound to catch a few. And as always, quite a spectacle with the surfers, runners, bikers, tourists, the bridge, and container ships all in the same frame.

The kids and I ventured up to Limantour to watch Boewen and Thorsen kite.
Walked the beach to drakes, distances can be so deceiving, our leisurely walk turned into a full 5 mile expedition with biting cold winds out of the north creating exceptionally clear and crisp conditions.
It was nice to get some exercise.

Here's my obligatory plug for Chris Wilson's latest collaboration with Powerline productions.
For all you nor cal big wave junkies this is a must see, everything significant from the last 2 years. From Flea's wipeout to Ghost trees, it all here. Lots of warm water footage too.
check it out. If you can't make thursday night then catch the final cut at the red vic next week.

http://www.redvicmoviehouse.com/show.php?pageid=720