Monday Surf is Looking Great! Possible Chest to Shoulder high waves , down south best bet for offshore winds SSW early to maybe SW in early afternoon 8 to 12 mph winds starting stronger in the morning.
Tuesday is looking smaller but more glass. Waist to Chest high
Video of Similar possible size for Monday, filmed in Satellite Beach:
We have a very cool, unique group of Surfer friends in the neighborhood. And I felt rather obsessed to share the still images and video that I have shot the last few years of as many of us as I could.
I apologize that 3 or 4 people, I was just not around, to get as much photos or video as I could, and in some of the photos, I was forced to shoot footage directly into the Sun, which can definitely degrade the photo or footage. But with that said, I do hope y’all enjoy this, I tried to create in a way to bridge the Young and the Old 🙂
Thanks for the Opportunity,
Oldwaverider (Art)
THREE YEARS IN REVIEW VIDEO of Johnson Avenue Surfers will be live on January 1st, 2014, yeah tomorrow 🙂
My apologies for not sharing any reports for the last couple of swells we have had; as Y’all know, my main focus, is to share the Awesome Talent and Efforts, of those that surf from around the Neighborhood, by catching them on Camera or Video. This may be at the end of our street, the Jetty, the Cocoa Beach Pier, Satellite Beach and anywhere in between.
It’s taken me 70 or so hours to compile this baby, so that’s why I’ve been away from sharing any updates, and we all know that Surfline, Seaweed and Ross are there for that purpose anyhow 🙂
I will post the Video sometime New Years Day or tonight if I finish in time. The Surfers present are Chad, Don, Dr. John, Sunny, Me (Oldwaverider), Chuck, Chris (Orlando), Joe (Boston), Lacey, Mike (my buddy from Lakeland), Dave (Sunny’s dad), Scooter, Ron, Tim C., Dennis (Core Surf), and Paul (Jeremy’s kin and the Emu Bird Man).
I apologize if I missed anyone, and if I did, and you know I have footage of you, let me know, and I will update the final Video. The Soundtrack part will be provided by Bob Marley, Guerilla Jazz of Hawaii (I hope) and perhaps one other artist. I tried to use the Shins, but they have the U.S. blocked from using their copyright, so the tunes may have some change if YouTube lets me know.
Thanks for letting me capture the Great Times and Awesome Talent & People in sharing this compilation with You!
Happy New Year, and Be Safe 🙂
Oldwaverider
Surfing Video of Tim Calderone, with some mixed footage from a couple surf sessions at the Cocoa Beach Pier in November.
Today will provide more waist to chest high wind chop Surf , with chest high sets down in Satellite Beach. Winds, go from NE to ENE thru the day, in the 10 – 15 mph range.
Saturday, size drops and the wind switches to SSE in the morning and for the day.
Sunday, more size drop with strong offshore winds. My guess, it will be mostly to small to ride except longboarders, and mostly at the Pier.
Will there be anything rideable from this big, steep angle NE swell late today, tomorrow, will there be a glassy day? … see below ;
Video clip below is from November 7th, this year at the Cocoa Beach Pier. (video by http://www.walkonwaterproductions.biz ) Marcus enjoying a nice clean right:
Today, if you don’t mind a workout, at 3 PM, go to Lori Wilson or 4rth Street North, and you could still have North winds at 30 plus mph with well overhead faces, with a few semi-clean faces. You could do the same at the Pier, but the size won’t be near the same. The angle of this swell is so steep, meaning like it is coming from a 45 degree angle, and since the ocean straight out, here at the Cape is 90 Degrees, it isn’t too hard to figure out, that our Jetty and the Cape itself, sticks out way way way, further then like New Smyrna/Ponce, so 60% or more of the swell will be blocked out unless you drive at least 2 or 3 miles South.
Below, Ride of the Year entry for Billabong XXL Awards for 2014, Maya Gabeira, first time a Woman, and she is always deserving 🙂
Thursday, the winds should be cut in half, so then, the normal animals that enjoy the Pier for a User Friendly chop paddle out with 1 to 2 foot overhead faces should be there to great you in the morning. Satellite Beach, if u want some 3 foot over head drops on the sets, and a much longer paddle out 🙂
I don’t see anything showing a glassy day, except a weak model for Tuesday. Since this is really a wind swell, our window for glass, will most likely be 3 or 4 hours, and could be morning or in the dark, but I don’t see that day being big. Most likely a waist to chest high day at best, but we’ll keep ya posted 🙂
After a great surf session in Satellite Beach, I came back to the pier, to shoot some video footage for a friend/customer, which we’ll share in the future.
This footage is around 12 PM, some candid footage of a few different surfers, Hope you Enjoy !
Today was Awesome, Waist to Shoulder high, depending on how far south you went 🙂 Johnson Ave had one of those rare days, where the form held tight and perfect for 3 or 4 hours, and very light onshore winds, with long lines, and a few hundred yard rides to be had, well, on a longboard. Below is a video I shot of the pier this morning from 9 to 10 AM.
Waves Sunday? Down below…
Weather.com is showing 6 to 8 mph offshore winds, SSW turning SW by maybe 9 or 10. MSW is showing twice that on wind speed, so I guess we’ll see which model shows up first. I go with weather.com Anyhow; Sunday should be some knee to thigh high for the Cape, and waist high plus down south. Enjoy, I believe it’s the last day of this swell 🙂
Oldwaverider
Kelly Slater, in the judges stands, 11 time ASP World Champ, so yeah, I was excited even if I am 55 🙂
Oldwaverider
Kam, an 8 year old, Don’s grandaughter, just learned to Surf today (which was Saturday, 7/20), for the first time. I would say, she has not only great potential, but perhaps, she puts a few in the neighborhood to shame 🙂 She has the right Stoke and Attitude! Note: YouTube, allowed me to flip the video that was upsidedown (you know how cell phones are), now hopefully, their processing team will make this happen, they said after I flipped it, just to sit tight, and come back 🙂
Click on the photo or here (YouTube tried to flip it for the embed version but didn’t, so, thanks for living with a link to it 🙂
SURF UPDATE , thigh high and glassy at the Pier this morning, and bigger down South, and
Saturday should be Long Board fun and glassy in the AM, thigh to waist high plus down South, and perhaps knee high plus at the Cape, smaller than today, but still fun. It is still holding strong in the 2.5 feet at 13 or 14 seconds at our near shore buoy as of 10:30 PM Friday night (now), and at the Fort Pierce Buoy, still around 4 feet at 14 seconds, so we still have a nice ground swell hanging on. The 120 buoy has been out since the 11th, but I failed to see that the last few days, so I guess my medication is working 🙂
Maybe Sunday. Smaller, but fun as this 10 day piggyback swell subsides 🙂
Carvin’ and Cruisin’ at the Pier Surf Video, as we enjoy learning the world of motion graphics, at Walk On Water Productions. With some awesome talent at the Pier, some of our Gifted Longboarders, and some shortboarders workin on their Aerials…hope you enjoy! I accompanied the video with a Jason Mraz tune, that seemed to flow with the mellow crowd yesterday morning.
Have a Great Weekend!
Oldwaverider
Johnson Avenue Surfers 