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Last night we had a few friends over for a game of "La Pod", more on that later, playing La Pod means that more than a few beers were consumed. Hangovers always seem to bring waves, and such was this morning. The wind has been onshore the last few days and today it wasn't! The waves weren't big, but nice clean a frames going both ways with a little punch. It was the combination of a South ground swell and a WNW wind swell, so there were plenty of peaks. It looked like too much fun to mess around with too many pictures, but I managed to take this one.

I was riding my Zippi Fish, which is a 5'11'' retro fish, but the tail is pulled in more and some other magic that Michael Zippi does that makes this thing FLY down the line and can hold in larger surf. Here is a picture of that board.

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I get in the water at about 6:50 am. The tide was rising with a high at 11am, so the rising tide was helping the waves and my cousin Dan and I had a really fun 2 hr session. Dan and I switched boards (he has a 6' MR twin with a trailer fin) and he was loving the Zippi. He had a new way to describe it every time he caught a wave. I think my favorite was "this thing is like a greased ice block! No a greased magnet!" I think he liked it....I can't say enough about it, it is really fun and makes me a better surfer than I really am.