Fortune favors the bold.
Hurricane Helene made landfall near Perry, Florida as a Category 4 storm, overnight, carrying with it gusty 140 mph winds. It was the first such storm to hit the Sunshine State’s “big bend” region, where the dangly bit connects back with the contiguous 48 states there on the gulf side, since 1851.
Millions are without power with at least four fatality reported thus far. Schools, airports, roads and businesses are all closed.
Before the wild destruction, though, Helene graced the normally placid Gulf Coast with waves so gorgeous, so utterly perfect, as to transform the Redneck Riviera into a veritable surfers’ paradise.
Shayne Dye, who hails from Pensacola Beach, was there to capture the action, declaring, “Over 3k photos and 100gb of footage today! Yea #hurricanehelene was good to us.”
Gorgeous lefts streaming in, stacking up, warm wind tousling their top bits.
The near-perfect waves were particularly difficult for Californians to accept, as the Golden State is in the midst of a surf drought so severe as to have Jen See watching Trilogy films back to back. “Double Trilogy” quickly becoming shorthand to describe a 0 – 1 ft forecast that spreads out for weeks.
Enough moaning, though. Do you happen to live on Florida’s Gulf Coast? Did you enjoy the monster session of your young life?
I’ve never lived in a place that received hurricanes, other that California which received a wildly lame one last year, and wonder if there is guilt associated with enjoying the nice bits, like pumping surf, or an overarching “fortune favors the bold” vibe.
“Audaces fortuna iuvat” in the original tongue.
Speaking of Latin, did you catch Kai Lenny’s former BFF Mark Zuckerberg strutting around stage in a shirt reading “Aut Zuck Aut Nihil,” or “without Zuck there is nothing” yesterday? I had no idea, but he has a Roman fascination even naming his children August and Aurelia after famed emperors.
Kelly Slater? Are you reading?
Inspired at all?
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congratulations, you seem very impressed with your humility.
give yourself a pat on the back
LOL, yes I’m very impressed by my own humility (not bragging doesn’t imply humility. Though endless bragging might point toward some other deficiencies). But really, scholars point out I have the most humility, nobody is as humble as me. I am the best at being humble, most other people suck at it, they’re terrible. I mean really terrible. They’re so arrogant they’ll try and eat your pets.
Some say I’m more humble than Abraham Lincoln. I’m also humbled by how my crowd size on Jan 6 was so much bigger than Martin Luther Kings “I have a dream” speech. I am the only person on earth that can bring humility back to America #MAHA. Vote humility, vote for me!
Lived north of Point Conception for years and it was the best thing for my surfing life. Surfed my brains out in the cold water. Relocated to SD County and fuck me, has that ever been a downgrade in the wave action department.
man, you got some serious TDS.
it’s all Trump, all the time with you. you all messed up, kid.
you should turn off MSNBC and seek help.
MSNBC is pretty lame, don’t watch it. Really I just read lots of books on NPD and it’s fascinating to watch it play out in politics. Actually had an old friend with it. Very similar personalities, adults obsessed with name calling, never accountable for any failure, gifted at framing every loss as a win,
only Narcissists read books on NPD, so they can call other people Narcissists
pfffttt. hurricane swells v. yabadabadhabi long bored event.
at midnight, as I was just finishing some work, preparing to shut down the computer when I saw the dreaded “IT”S ON” hit my email.
I watched one heat of grown men cross stepping like ballerinas to display how long they could stand still, toesies on the nosies on a 3 ft. machine generated mush burger.
Exhilarating.
you should open a bike shop with as many hoaxes as you peddle.
I’ve got a stock tip for you, it’s called Trump Media and Technology Group. Great stock, i definitely recommend investing everything you have in it.
and I’ve got a tip for you. Its called the Fisher.
just point to the orifice.
Was doing some Google map dreaming on the gulf coast recently. Jeez there’s a lot of coastline. Would have to be some random spots lighting up with this one.
Probably a few more ‘productive’ places to google map dream that there.
Not very intrepid, especially coming from a buoy
It’s hard to move my barnacle encrusted behind too far.
I’ve wasted too many hours thinking about rare swells hitting out of the way spots, East to PNG and West Indies much more fruitful.
Yeah it’s good fun. There’s a Few mid Atlantic gems that I’ve bookmarked
But enjoy looking at those areas like the Gulf too.
South China Sea got lit up last week, solid swells hitting Vietnam, west Phillipines etc. would be so many random joints going off.
saw some clips yesterday of sterling Spencer getting nicely kegged on an 8-6 album of all things
California “severe wave drought”?
Santa Cruz was well overhead yesterday. I live in Hawaii and was able to see it. Back when I lived in SoCal, I’d drive up north if that’s where the surf was.
P.S. It still looks good.
Must be the same swell the North Shore got. Santa Cruz has such a good swell window.
It does. The wife and I are about to fly to SF today. I’ll take a photo of OB tomorrow morning. 😃
It’s been a weird September so far. It’s been more like June gloom every day instead of Indian summer. Today is supposed to be warm though.
It will be perfect tomorrow, since I’ll be there with no board or wetsuit. Haha. Too much trouble to bring for an extended 3 day weekend. Also, I haven’t worn a wetsuit in four years. Got to surf overhead waves at my local in town day before yesterday with only seven other people out, in trunks. Life is good 😄
Cunt of a place though
Bro, were talking about some chic that pretends to surf to boost her f “writing career”. She doesn’t know a f thing about where to go when “Barbs” is flat.
Corey. The only thing trump will be getting rid of are his golf clubs… So he can buy more soap to drop at Rikers island.
Be on the look out for Hurrycaine washing ashore. While the eye may have passed, the party is just getting started.
I thought Kai named his kids Red and Bull.
No thanks, I’d rather join the 200 other wankers at Ponce right now
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All those clowns and still 2 waves going unridden…
waiting for the lefts!!