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WBC2026

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Thursday: 3-5 feet according to surfline. It took a bit of effort to get out. I got some big waves. They are fun, but mostly no shoulder. Better just to go straight and feel the power. If you can stay stiff enough you slide out in front of the white whater. Else, it is th ewashing machine. Out twice.
Friday: more work to get out beyaond the breakers and more big waves.
Saturday: Woke at 6:40. Breaksfast at Mary's Family Restaurant. Egg, Bacon, Hash browns.


The Contest - ROUGH HEAT. The waves were huge and coming in strong. There was a wicked side current. I had been successful on the previous two days by just getting out as fast as possible and then going back against the current. That was a bad strategy during that heat. By the time I got out beyond the breakers, I was way out of the contest area, down by the surfers! I started to motor hard to get back up towards the pier. The current was still strong, and then a huge set came in. I was just in front of them where the maximum churn is. Huge breath, dive as deep as you can, come up through the churn and then take another huge breath. The third wave was smaller. Sigh. I am tired and time has gone by. By the time I got in, the next heat was already out. Also, I forgot to put in my ear plugs, so I had to stop and do that (30 seconds out of 15 minutes). The speedos have no pocket, so I just tucked them into the bottoms at the thigh.

ScheduleEvents2026.pdf
Sunday was quite variable. Tha night I traveled to Michal Plitkins.

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Nice waves building every day.
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FromPierWBC2026 I'm in the teal cap.
See the contest tents on beach.
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Heading Out - I'm in the teal cap.
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Results for some 60-69 heats
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Tough Heat!

Only 1 out of six got any waves to speak of.
Two of us washed out. Three got fractional points.
M60-69 HEAT #13 9:30 NORTH
The heat at the bottom of the images.
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