That was a reply to the guy, who was aking about being harrased when surfing in HI.Im not sayin anyones an a**hole. Anyone get any good ones on Sat ???

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/m367 Got some good ones at Full Point Sat. looks like tomorrow will be more of the same with some nice east swell out there to be had... hope the rains fade out .. Go out and get 'em ...hope all your winds are blowing off shore... Peace! .. Yo Bud- the pix as always are a blast i goota figure this camera stuff out hard when you are all Thumbs, but gotta give the shots a try ... Stay wet!

Edited by author 04-21-2002 06:32 PM
I'm a windsurfer that frequents Maui quite often, but this will be my first trip staying on Oahu. I'm having a longboard shaped for me (J. Vicente) and want to get a good idea of where would be the best place to try my first longboarding sessions and stay out of other people way at the same time. I'm guessing Waikiki, but want to make sure that I get a little swell. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

/m369 Buddy - it's cool that you're aware of being a beginner and wanting to stay clear of others. You didn't say when you'll be over here. If you're talking summer you should be ok at many Waikiki spots, especially inside Queens, just gotta look out for other dozens of people learning too... During the winter, the reform at inside Haleiwa (Alii Beach Park) is a well known spot to learn.

/m368 Hey HMark, sounds like you're stoked, glad to hear you're on top of the action. It's been so fickle lately you have to be ready to go at the drop of a hat.

/m367 Lgreanz, on Saturday, after checking up & down the NS, we ended up at Chuns. While my brother and Makani had a blast, I had the worst session in long time, reminded me why we never surf there. Surf was pretty good, glassy head high sometimes bigger, but the lonboarders had the place locked up.

To see many New Jersey surfing photos... visit localswell.com

Surfer/Webmaster from http://www.chunnsreef.com was on the beach
and happened to snap a few pics of our crew in action this past Saturday .

Originals here
http://www.chunnsreef.com/short%20boarders/short02.htm
Crew shots, reproduced with permission here -
Makani-
http://www.wavelust.com/bsl/042002m.jpg
http://www.wavelust.com/bsl/042002m1.jpg
BrotherRich-
http://www.wavelust.com/bsl/042002r.jpg
http://www.wavelust.com/bsl/042002r1.jpg
Bud-
http://www.wavelust.com/bsl/042002b.jpg

Scored gas chambers on sat and sunday bigger and better than expected which was sweet as it was my last NS session for the season as i'm being condemned to sea for 6 weeks work :(
Bud, your website'll keep me sane knowing there are waves breaking somewhere out there! cheers mate
See you all at the south bowls in June!

Yo Bud - Looking forward to a fresh S swell !!! Gona be at the places that catch 'em ( I hope ! ) try AGAIN for some pix but doubt it... Hope your winds blow off shore.... Peace!

/m374 HMark- the Christmas Isle buoy just started jumping 7' @ 16.7 secs http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.phtml?$station=51028 so we should see something Friday for sure. Just hope it stays solid!

/m373 WelshOlly- Early Saturday morning we checked the surf at Rockys/Gas Chambers and *almost* jumped in there. Looking back, I wish we had!

Edited by author 04-25-2002 08:45 PM
Updated the Links page with a link to UH's Oahu Compass Points Map http://www.wavelust.com/links.html (marked with red asterisk)

Added short Journal entries (basic session info and notes to self) for the past few sessions http://www.wavelust.com/bsl/apr02.html Lately been too busy at work to write up session details.

Added a new photo (top right here http://www.wavelust.com/bsl/110.html) courtesy Neal

Looks good for some decent summer swell over the next few days http://ilikai.soest.hawaii.edu/HILO/localsize.html. Will have to our best to out manuver the potentially bad winds though

Aloha Bud. ... Tired. Toooooo much surf the past 2 days & lotsa work hope you got yours ... I am sure Cameron did, Aloha for now 1 tired, burnt, sore shouldered, bro. Laters!

Aloha again ---- Just a quickie note to say that China's was FIRING & all the boys was going OFF! .... I sure hope the rest of the summer is going to be like this... Surfed out AGAIN! ... what a blast. got a whole bunch of waves over 5' & actually got barelled not once, but twice on a choice one. lots of waves, and hit it at the perfect tide today ( sunshine too ) ... damn i am stoked as stoked can be. Best to you hope you are as sore & tired as me. PEACE!

Yup, I'm burnt to crisp and surfed out too! Glad you been scoring. Will have new pics and stuff to share tomorrow

Added some basic session info for the last few sessions Journal http://www.wavelust.com/bsl/apr02.html
I'm planning to write some more details on some of these entries soon

Added new Photos
http://www.wavelust.com/bsl/114.html
and the pics from yesterdays session at B*g R***ts :-)
http://www.wavelust.com/bsl/115.html

Bud, could you tell me what type of camcorder you are using on some of your videos..??..What type of zoom,etc. are you using. we are planning a trip in the middle of May this year and want to try and get some good surf shots of us surfing while we are there. I currently have a sony handycam 360x zoom and I'm not sure if that will pick up shots from a distance. I never really have used it for these type of shots.Thanks

Hey Buddy, I use an older generation digital camcorder, a JVC Cybercam, it has something like 16x zoom up to 160x digital zoom. I'm far from being an expert, but I think you should have no problem with yours. I would say a tripod is mandatory, though, especially using any kind of zoom factor. Even so, most of the summer spots in town are waaaay waaay out there, and whoever is shooting better have a good idea of shooting surf video... and be able to identify you and your buds.