020: Steamer Lane

Posted on October 5, 2008
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The classic spot. Steamer Lane. We cruised south on beautiful Highway 1 to Santa Cruz, where we met up with Molly O. who was kind enough to set us up with equipment for Josie’s first west coast surf experience at Cowell’s. We gave her a lesson there, and paddled her up past indicators. The open feel, barking sea lions, and sneaker sets had her wide-eyed; but she had fun.
Afterwards, I had a go at some ultra-crowded Sunday Lane. Not too big; and due to the tide, middle peak wasn’t really even working. So it was a battle for waves at the Slot and further down. Definitely frustrating with the crowds, but it’s such a good wave when you get a good one. Constantly jockeying had me paddling in insane bursts, which tweaked my shoulder a tiny bit, but pretty decent overall.
On the way down, we had checked Scott’s Creek, which looked good with a lot of folks out. It was apparently very good there on Saturday, with double overhead plus sets.
Anyway, big thanks to Molly O. She has a great setup with her boyfriend Mike who owns a beautiful house that he designed and built just a few blocks from the Lane.