Venice is on fire today.... Shoulder to head high sets rolling through and a few plus set cleanups. I actually drove out to Sunset first and it was pretty crappy because the tide was too high. The way he swell direction was and the way the waves were hitting led me to believe that Venice was going to go off.
Sure enough when I walked up to the pier Bob told me to get out there. There were a ton of rights rolling through that were more than makeable.
I opted to go Southside because there was a channel in the middle of the beach - just in case it got too gnarly. Paddle out was pretty easy but far - I was glad I brought the fish instead of the 6'0".
Took me about 30 minutes to sack up and paddle into one. My first wave sucked and was closed out. My second wave and succeeding waves were pretty sick. It was really easy to pull ahead of the waves, so you had to do a cutback and get back into the curl. The whole thing today was getting over the mental hurdle of paddling in.
There were a bunch of people out and the dudes that were posting up by the pier were getting some sick, sick rides. They also got punished if they pulled in too late.
"Lots of water, dude. Just make sure to relax when you get hit," someone told me while we were out there.
So worth it to be out today. Lots of paddling, lots of gnarly sets and some big sneaker sets that roll through. But trust me, when you catch a wave, you will be stoked to last for a few days.
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Good for you, man! I contemplated Venice after checking Sunset as well this morning. Instead, I opted for the next big point break north. Man, the shape was awesome and there were still some 6ft sets here and there. I was happy with my 4 waves considering the crowds.
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