Baja Sur

Going Off!

April 11, 2007
Photo courtesy of Tom Moss

Humping Toads

Apparently all that good south swell down in Costa Rica got the locals feeling all frisky.

Beware of the Landlord

Hopefully his friends don't come by to collect the rent when you are in the lineup.

I can only imagine the story these fisherman have to tell.

The shortfin mako typically stays in deeper water.

San Dieguito Alumni Contest

Only from a high school in California do you have an alumni surf contest every year. This contest has been growing in popularity with every year promising to be bigger and better. This year was no exception. The event was organized by Olly Norris and Jeremy Sherwin to help raise money for the San Dieguito Surf Team.

The beach scene looked more like a WCT or WQS event than a high school alumni contest.

The scene in the water was some top notch surfing with the likes of Chris Cote getting fully barreled and then busting an air reverse in the semis.

The format called for tag team heats which kept the action rolling.

Colin Smith here laying it down for Team DSURF in his first heat.

Andrew Logreco decided to cruise down to the beach and help his team take 3rd in the event.

There were alums from the class of '74 through last years graduates representing at D Street.

Team DSURF: JP St. Pierre, Aaron Smith, Dustin Smith and Colin Smith.

The 6 team finals getting ready to hit the water.

Aaron and Cote with a little friendly rivalry

The awards party was held at Today's Pizza in Encinitas who donated all of their profits from the evening to the school.

Team Cote took home the bragging rights this year.

All in the family: Yvonne, JP, Aaron, Katherine, and Dustin celebrating the day.
Team DSURF finished 4th overall and Dustin took home an award for best 80's style.

DSURF Team Rider Daniel Jones

Daniel,DJ, or Mikala's younger brother is who he is known as, but watch out, this up and coming ripper is sure to ruffle some feathers in the years to come. Daniel is in town for the WQS event at Lower Trestles.

He stopped by the warehouse to pick up a custom coffin we built for him. This kid is as nice as they come and always has a smile on his face.

Check him out on Transworld's Checkouts

Here he is charging Sunset at home in Hawaii

More from South of the Border

The 142 Bag in Action, Again

The "Sea Kat" retro board with tri fin setup deserves the protection of the DSURF 142 bag.

surf/skate rack for the mobile

Shaka bra

Best South Swell in Years

Like we need anymore evidence that the surf was going off last week.
While SoCal got windy during the days, it was sheet glass south of the border.

Back stateside, all of the San Diego prima donna's complained about the conditions and stayed out of the water, even though it was offshore every morning until about 8:30am.
We cracked it every morning from 6 to 8:30 before the wind came up and scored numerous barrels in North County.
Everywhere was pretty much going off. Where did you catch the best south swell in years? Or are you one of the pre-Madonna's who just complained about the wind?

More Custom Bags

Here is the latest in custom bags, a kite board coffin and a snowboard coffin. Our custom coffins come complete with interior compression straps, handles and shoulder straps for your transportation comfort.

See something you like? Just give us a call (760)942-7625 to discuss your custom needs. Be prepared to pay custom prices as these bags are not cheap but they are definitely top o' the line.

Dusty Trails

Pack it up and tie it in cause the ride down south is quite bumpy.

Product testing with the new DSURF tailgate rack.

Dusty trails lead to good surf

When you are sure to pack your boards in the right kind of bag, you will score good surf when you get there.

DSURF Team Rider Jamie Sterling

Jamie Sterling, Sterls, is always charging whether he is surfing Pipe with the Pipeline Posse, towing into mega Puerto or scoring huge swell in Northern Chile. Check out his website where you can follow his travels chasing huge surf around the globe.

Sterls dropped by to pick up a new coffin and place an order for 2 new custom coffins that can hold 7-8 boards.

Did I mention the guy has balls the size of coconuts.

He just got back from a trip to Ireland where the surf didn't quite come together but the Guinness flowed freely.

Building Swell

And I thought Tuesday was going mental, well here are some more shots from just up the road of the biggest South Swell we have had in quite a while. With reports coming in from Lowers and Cottons as triple overhead, these photos seem to validate. Here is Big Corona and Newport Harbour off the chain.

Time to wax up the step up

Any takers?....didn't think so

The harbor on crack

Combo Swell

The west coast is enjoying a nice run of combo swell right now. South and north swell spots are lit up from Baja Sur all the way up into Canada. Here are some photos of Newport Beach going mental.

just a little bit of sand moving around

please stall for a barrel

The guy going left opts for the neck stall.

the cement mixer

just a few guys in the water

Also Known As: Blanks

When I grow up I want to be a surfboard.

AKA surfboards

The Peck Penetrator

Sending this board to one stoked Roy Chambers in Hawaii. This 9'10" big wave Peck Penetrator will hopefully see some big surf.

Thick stringers for thick waves

Walker Blanks

All bagged up and ready for shipping.

2 Months till Hurricane Season

Water is warming up all over as we approach summer. This means Hurricane Season is not far off. Here are a couple shots from the East Coast during last year's Hurricane Season.

A place called the Washout doing its thing.

Although its raining, still got chicks in bikinis watching. All hail the bikini season!