in los Barriles, 40 min north of SJD airport & about an hour south of La Ventana.
Everyone else seems to go there (LV) but i prefer Los barrilles as it has a bit more infrastructure. Besides the swell is better IMHO at North beach. Got to ride an new Santa cruz 6'4 thruster surfboard that my friend Cam sold me.
Some other friends were there at the same time, Brian (Bailey) Hewson and his lovely gal pal Gina, and Pierre. We spent the windy days chasing each other around in the swell. Got some good pics too.
I have kited with these guys a bunch along the Oregon coast.
The definite highlight of my trip was kiting in the swell amongst a pod of dolphins, as the dolphins and I cruised next to the beach and downwind towards town. Wow, my heart swelled like it was gonna burst out of my chest- thank you God or universe! I love my life!
Missed my honey, Lisa, lots but made up for it with her on Skype at night...
The wind shut off after a few days mid trip, so I extended my stay from 7 to 10 days and thankfully got some more wind before I left. Oh and I missed Christmas at home and lots of snow-dang!
Apparently I just got out before it started snowing like crazy in Vancouver for weeks and then when I returned it stopped...go figure.
I tried to convince Lisa to come down but she had family obligations to fulfill at Christmas.
So... I talked her into coming down for 10 days in Feb at valentines day instead!
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