On Saturday my friend Roland called me up and we made plans to meet for an early morning Ofre session. He knew he had other obligations Sunday afternoon so we took separate cars. I Lucked out and My friend Skip said I could use his Annual State Beach Parking Pass (the one that cost $195 bucks) as long as he joined me since he too had the day off. Skip picked me up at we headed south on the 405.
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| Photo by Eric Cedeno |
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| San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
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| San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
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| San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
Skip and I really lucked out and found our usual parking spot between Old Mans and the Point. I grabbed my Canon G10 and took a few pictures before paddling out on my 9'0" longboard.
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| San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
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| San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
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| San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
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| San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
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| San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
I was in the groove in no time. I'd sit about 30 yards closer to shore than the farthest guys out and caught a lot of waves that they missed. I did get run over by some blonde kid but me and my board came through with any damage. The kid was just learning so I tried not to let it ruin my session, it didn't. After a few hour of surfing it was time to head back to the car and rehydrate and snack. I brought enough food for both Skip and I and we ate and watch the surf. A few cars came and went here and there. Some older guy and his kids parked next to us and I could tell his kids were just learning to surf. A group of younger guys and gals parked on the other side of him and also behind him.
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| San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
Thats when thing started to get interesting. There had to have been about ten of them and they piled out of at least three cars. They pulled out a pop up canopy and put it right in front of the guy's car next me and not in front of their car. Skip and I were cracking up because the guy's face was priceless.
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| San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
At Ofre it's not a rule, but its more of a custom to put your stuff in front of your car and not someone else's. They started to unpack a big white plastic screen to attach to the canopy and I had to put my foot down. I said "please don't put that up, it'll block our view of the surf." They all looked confused. One of the girls ask if we were leaving and I said they we were staying all day. Then they put the screen away.
Here a picture I took as we were leaving to give you and idea of how bad it was to be the guy that had his kids next to us.
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| San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
It was getting to be a little lame with the squatters next door so Skip decided to go back out for a second session. I told skip that I would take pictures of him surfing with my Canon EOS 20D on my tripod if he agreed to take of few of me when he got out. He said no problem. Here are some of the pictures that I took of Skip surfing.
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| San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno Those kids crack me up! |
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| Skip surfing San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
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| Skip surfing San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
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| Skip surfing San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
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| Skip surfing San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
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| Skip surfing San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
Here are some of the pictures that Skip took of me surfing:
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| Eric Cedeno surfing San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Skip |
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| Eric Cedeno surfing San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Skip |
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| Eric Cedeno surfing San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Skip |
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| Eric Cedeno surfing San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Skip |
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| Eric Cedeno surfing San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Skip |
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| Eric Cedeno surfing San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Skip |
We packed up and left shortly after I got out from my second session. I took a few more pictures on our way to go eat.
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| San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
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| San Onofre 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
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| 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
After eating it was back to the free way and traffic. I noticed a dog in the back of someones truck on the freeway and at first I thought "sucks to be that dog." Then when we got closer the smile on that dogs face was priceless. That lucky dog was loving life. I guess ever dog does have its day afterall.
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| 8-12-12 Photo by Eric Cedeno |
Looks like you guys had a fun day all in all.... Great pictures... I feel like I was right there with you guys..... And I love the shot of that happy smiling dag. :) great blog!
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