Free at last! The road to Graveyards is being opened.

As I sit here typing this post the city crew is busily plowing the road to our favorite surf spots.  We had around 4 ft of snow on the road so it has been a couple of day project but we should be able to get to the beach tomorrow.  So to all of you Juneau and Homerite surfers…..come on down the water’s fine!  We’re in kinda of a doldrum as far as waves go for the next couple of days but…..it looks like next week we should see some head high stuff pop.  It’s been a loooong winter and we really needed this service provided by the city to keep our sanity.  60 degrees today and not a cloud in the sky…..life is good.  Stop by the shop when you come a check out our new logo’s and boards.  Til next time keep surf’n.

                                                               Jack

Still have 3ft of snow but spring is charging to Yakutat…

The birds are showing up, the herring are spawning and the waves are cleaning up….yes spring is here.  If only we could get some cooperation the rain and wind to melt the snow that seems to inching it’s way slow down.   The road to gravyards still is snowed in, so our only options are Cannon Beach which has had some nice breaks lately and skiffing it.  I thought I’d let you know what I have for sale in the Shop this spring, so here we are.

1. 10′10″ Walden SUP w/o paddle           $1395

2. 9′0″ Robert August what I ride wood, oak,ash and mahogony  $895

3. 9′0″ Donald Takayama Slater Model Red $795

4. 8′4″ South Point Mini Longboard Egg $425

5. 7′9″ Jed Noll Mini Gun (classic) $550

6. 6′10″ Walden Magic Fish $455

7. 7S 777 6′10 $369

8. 7′6″ NSP Surf Bette $329

9. 6′8″ Stretch Fletcher Four $645

10. 6′8″ Stretch Half Moon 4 fin $620

11. 5′11″ Stretch Performance Blue Swallow Tail $665

12. 6′1″ Webber short board $345

13. NSP 5′6″ Mini Fish $199 (super deal)

I have a couple 9′0″  and 10′0″ Rebel longboards expoy that run between $400 and $550.

If you have any interest let me know and I’ll get back to you…I write as soon as the road opens.

                                    Jack

Whoa Baby!!!!!!!!!

This picture is worth a thousand words……from Cordova to Sitka we should see at least 20 to 25 ft faces with possible 30 ft walls just northwest of Sitka.  Hope someone can get out, I’ll try to get some photos…..if anyone gets good surf please send me a pic.

 

                                                       Jack

Wax up your boards and put on your chaps I see a big one comin.

Well gang the days are getting longer…fast and there’s storms a brewing out west.  I see a very big storm developing  just south of the aleutians the first weekend of March, we should see it bumping into Kodiak probably around the 9th or 10th and then the mainland starting about Thursday the 12th.  I don’t know if we’ll be able to get the good spots easy here but Kodiakers and Homerites might have some great fun.  We’ve had very nice weather here this last week or two with Cannon Beach giving some suprisingly good surf…clean and head high.  I’m afraid it might be blown out with this big swell.  There’s always the skiff option to hit graveyard and the point.  Should be interesting.  We’re trying to figure out how to have a surf celebration this spring as it is our 10th year in business….any ideas would be appreciated.  

Anyway here’s shot of whats in store for us early next month.  Have a great March.

Clean small waves at Cannon Beach in February

We took a trip down to Cannon Beach to see what was going on….not much in the way of waves but they were clean.

 

 

 

It’s been getting up into the lower 30’s and we’re gaining around 3 minutes a day in daylight so there is hope! 

Check out this website, some great shots of last fall:
http://www.coastalwatch.com/news/article.aspx?articleId=5091&display=0&cateId=3&title=Icecream%20Headaches

Don’t have much to add this week so here’s another carving from NZ.

Winter time blues…..big swell….no way to get to the beach.

Well it’s typical February, 20 inches of snow and snowing, roads closed to the point and a nice big swell teasing the locals. We’ve had a week of 10 to 15 ft swells peeling into the bay trying to entice the most hardy surfer out….I haven’t heard of anyone taking the bait. I’m sure some of our Kodiak or Homerite friends are enjoying the surf and I’ve heard they’ve had a few really nice days at sandy’s there in Sitka. Here in Yakutat we can get to Cannon beach but if the wind is blowing at all it gets pretty jumbled up…very big but chaotic. Next week there’s a big swell with a pretty long fetch and a good period rolling into the entire gulf that should give all of surfers in Alaska an opportunity to catch some very nice swell…..if the can get to the beach. Take a look

On another  subject I received a picture from a friend in New Zealand who has friend who is into carving, check this out.

I was impressed, he  will send some more carving pictures next week, I’ll share them. 

Till then send some pictures from your side of the world so we call be jealous…….

Sunny with a beautiful mountain backdrop too bad it’s 2 below zero

Much like most of the rest of Alaska it has been colder than heck here, with knee high waves at best.   Our biggest challenge is shoveling off Ryan’s roof and deck of the 2 1/2 feet of snow.   I don’t see a break for at least another week as the Arctic High is parking itself right over the interior and Yukon Territory.   It makes for an opportunity to watch some new surf videos, I just got a copy of surfing 50 States, they had a pretty good shot of Cannon Beach on a great day.  

I unwrapped my new boards, I got a nice 6′2″ Webber and a very nice S777 from Australia.  I also got three girly boards at a pretty good deal so if anyone wants to suprise their sweetheart give me a call.  The rest are south points which are good durable expoy’s.   I got a new shipment of Xcel mittens and 3 fingers both in 7 mil. for those of you who are will to got out in this rediculous cold.  I’m waiting on a report on the Rip Curl H Bomb, if anyone has tried one drop me line.  I wouldn’t mind ordering a couple if they really work.   I’ll blog again when I see a good moon on the rise.   Have a great New Year and hope to see you in the spring!

Pretty flat for Yakutat for the next 10 day or so.

Well until this weather pattern does a major shift we will be looking at 4 – 5 ft swell that will be pretty mushy.  Hopefully the new year will bring some big stuff our way and some warmer weather also.  We’ve been in the single digits for low temperatures for the last couple of weeks which pretty much keeps everyone out of the water.  I did get some awesome photo’s from my friend Tony Harrington of their surf adventure here…I share a few:

Looks like some swell for Yakutat and Sitka on the shortest day of the year..

Looking at the good old WW3 , it seems that we may get around a 18 ft swell on the 21st but it’s not going to stay very long.  The way the weather pattern is setting up it looks like a fairly cold stretch past Christmas with mainly a north flow with a high parking it’s self in the Yukon.  We’ve been in the single digits as far as temperature goes and that kinda dampens the enthusiasm of most of the surfers that I know.   I just got a load of short boards in so if anyone you know wants a great deal give me a ring before the 1st of the year and I will hook you up with a nice board.  That’s about it I’ll write more when I see something develop until then cold days and big waves.

Looks like Wednesday should be pretty good

Well the swell track went to the south of where it was forecast, but there still should be a pretty nice swell in Yakutat and Sitka tomorrow.  Here’s a look at a couple of the charts I look at:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see there is some possibility for swell in Kodiak, I’m afraid that our Homer crew may be skunked on this swell.   Looking down the line it looks like it might be a couple of weeks before we see another big swell in the north gulf coast.  Maybe we’ll get a Christmas present.   The roads are getting a little sketchy to get to the beach, I’m thinking that one or two more snows we’re going to be stuck to Cannon Beach or skiffing it to the point or Graveyard.  Some of you Kodiak and Homerites let me know if you get anything out of this setup.  I’ll post again when I see something develop that may give one of us some swell.