I got into the water again today. Took the roommate down to sit on the beach; he had never been to Salt Creek before. One of his friends was supposed to meet us there, but she wasn't feeling good. The waves weren't terrible, but there were so many people, and the really good break on the south end was cordoned off for a surfing competition.

There were a lot of young people out in the water. The public section was dominated by 10-16 year olds. There were actually a pair of maybe 13/14 year old girls in the public section that were awesome. I tried to let them take as many waves as they wanted, because I can't make as much out of the waves as they can. As we were leaving, one of them swapped her shortie (maybe 5 1/2 feet long, if that) for a classy looking longboard at least 7 1/2 feet. I'm sure she had a lot of fun with that.

After catching a couple (and not catching a bunch), I went into the shallows to work the whitewater. Easy to catch, easy to ride, a wave every couple minutes. Now all I need to do is to get good at catching the big waves. :)