SESSION 150 - OCT 5 - 38th

SAT OCT 5 - 5:30-7:30 - KINGFISH

AS I STATED A FEW POSTS AGO, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF WAY TO COMMEMORATE THIS MOMENTOUS SESSION. WHAT YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS THE BEST I COULD COME UP WITH. CAN YOU FEEL THE EXCITEMENT???

LONG TIME READERS WILL KNOW THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST STIMULUS IN KEEPING THIS HORACE BLOG GOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR HAS BEEN MY 2008 NEW YEAR RESOLUTION: 150 SURF SESSIONS IN 2008. TO KEEP TRACK, I STARTED LOGGING EVERY SESSION RIGHT HERE ON THE INTRAWEB IN ALL ITS GLORY FOR ALL TO SEE FOR EVER AND EVER. OF COURSE OF COURSE I RESPECT THE SURF BLOGGER CODE OF ETHICS, AM CONSIDERATE OF THE SPOTS I NAME, IN FACT IN SOME CASES I DID NOT EVEN NAME THE COUNTRY I WAS IN, HOWS THAT FOR ULTRA SECRETIVE. PLUS, MY PICTURE/WORD RATIO IS QUITE LOW, SO IT'S NOT LIKE ANYONE ACTUALLY READS ALL THIS STUFF ANYWAYS -- "WHAT, NO PICTURES?? I'M OUTTA HERE, I MEAN WHAT KIND OF KOOK NAMES HIS BLOG AFTER A CERAMIC PIG DOORSTOP??? BARNEY!!!" ANYWAYS POINT BEING I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY HATEFUL COMMENTS YET SO THAT IS A GOOD THING. (I HAVEN'T GOTTEN MANY COMMENTS AT ALL, ACTUALLY, MAYBE THE HATERS ARE JUST WAITING FOR THAT OPPORTUNE MOMENT TO POUNCE, ALL AT ONCE..)

SORRY GOT A LITTLE DERAILED THERE. BACK TO THE SURF: SESSION 150! IT WAS A GOOD ONE, A CULMINATION OF ALL MY SURF PROGRESS AND EVOLUTION THAT HAS (I HOPE) TAKEN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. FOR AS OFTEN AS I SURF, I REALLY SHOULD BE BETTER, NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT. I MEAN, 150 SESSIONS IN 9 MONTHS AND I CAN STILL HARDLY DO A DECENT CUTBACK???!! WHAT THE HELL, THIS BLOWS!! SORRY, CALM DOWN, ALL THESE CAPS ARE MESSING WITH MY CHI. LIKE I'VE SAID MANY A TIME, NOBODY EVER SAID THIS SURFING THING WAS EASY. AND IT'S NOT LIKE THERE HASN'T BEEN SOME DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT. CASE IN POINT, THE OTHER DAY I LOOKED BACK AT MY FIRST EVER SURF BLOG FROM A FEW YEARS AGO, AND ONE OF THE GOALS OUTLINED ON THAT BLOG WAS: DON'T ALWAYS BE THE WORST SURFER AT THE BREAK. IT'S TAKEN A WHILE, BUT I AM NOW CONSISTENTLY ONLY THE SECOND WORST. JUST KIDDING. ACTUALLY, I SURF HALFWAY DECENT IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF. THIS SESSION #150 WAS AN EXAMPLE...I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT AND CATCH A BUNCH OF GOOD WAVES, CROWD AND ALL. AS NORMAL THE LEFTS GOT THE FOCUS OF MOST OF MY ATTENTION, AND THEY DEFINITELY DESERVED IT, SURF WAS FIRING ON THIS EVENING, GOT SOME GOOD RIDES THAT I CAN STILL REMEMBER NOW NEARLY 3 WEEKS AFTER THE FACT. YOU KNOW IT IS A GOOD SESSION WHEN 3 WEEKS HAVE PASSED AND YOU STILL REMEMBER INDIVIDUAL WAVES. KINGFISH WAS WORKING ITS MAGIC OUT THERE, FUN BOARD FOR THAT SPOT WHEN IT IS WORKING, FUN WAVE PERIOD WHEN IT IS WORKING.

WOW ALL THIS YELLING I THINK REALLY IS STARTING TO GIVE ME A HEADACHE. IT'S ALSO WEIRD TO NEVER HIT THE SHIFT KEY (TO CAPITALIZE). INTERESTING HOW DOING THAT HAS BECOME SORT OF AN AUTOMATIC INGRAINED SELF-EDITING SYSTEM FOR ME...SLOWS ME DOWN JUST ENOUGH TO GIVE A MOMENT'S CONSIDERATION TO THE SENTENCE I JUST TYPED AND WHETHER IT IS COHERENT AND MAKES ANY SENSE OR NOT. NOT HITTING THAT SHIFT KEY MEANS NO SLOWING DOWN MEANS NO THINKING! I THINK I'VE FOUND A NEW FORMAT FOR UBER-SPEED BLOGGING!!!!

(IT ALSO EVIDENTLY MEANS LOTS OF OFF-TOPIC NONSENSICAL TANGENTS!!)

(AND LOTS OF EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!)

SO WITH ALMOST 3 MONTHS TO SPARE, I ACCOMPLISHED MY 2008 NEW YEAR RESOLUTION. 150 SURF SESSIONS IN '08. SANDBAGGING AT ITS FINEST, I'LL NOW BE ABLE TO BLOW OUT MY GOAL! SUCH AN OVER-ACHIEVER -- CONSISTENTLY EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS! IF ONLY ALL MY GOALS (AT WORK) COULD BE SO EASY (AND FUN) TO ACCOMPLISH...I'D BE GOING PLACES.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.