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Gnot the Gnar I Was Looking For

And I am not talking about the waves here - because, honestly, the surf was fun enough. What I am talking about here is water quality. The water was so gross on every level, that I came very close to not paddling out. Everything in my being was telling me not to. But this is after an hour and a half drive to get there. So of course I paddled out into the brown bubble-covered water and caught a few.

While out there, I saw a couple of balloons on the surface and paddled through a plastic bag. There was also some sort of seaweed/redtide phenomena happening. This goes down as the most gnarly surf I have ever experienced. I do not see myself going back to this particular spot for a while.

Everyday Objects

Collected in between surf sessions. Some things that you would not expect to find and some that we are getting all too used to seeing. There are 29 identified items in this small grouping (and a few mystery items, too).

1. Nylon rope, 2. Mini alcohol bottles, 3. Lobster bands, 4. Single-use plastic water bottles, 5. Plastic hair comb, 6. Plastic straws, 7. Plastic bags (packaging), 8. Plastic spoon, 9. Electrical cable, 10. Plastic utensil wrapper, 11. Assorted container caps, 12. Cigarette butts, 13. Bandaid, 14. Plastic bubble wand, 15. Single-use plastic drinking cup, 16. Paper cup from fast-food restaurant, 17. Condiment cup, 18. Candy wrapper, 19. Plastic scrub brush, 20. Aluminum can top, 21. Duct tape, 22. Nylon Fishing line, 23. Air filter, 24. Beer can, 25. Plastic zip tie, 26. Shellfish netting, 27. Lobster trap door, 28. Plastic cup top, 29. Lobster trap cage

Bright Siding It

Sometimes life gets in the way of surf. Unfortunately, this week I was only able to catch the tail end of Alberto. But this whole month has been pretty rad if you ask me. Here are a couple of the more lovely shots from last weekend. There was even time for a beach cleanup in between sessions. That's my kind of special.