Frigid temps and good surf.

This time of year brings some occasional cold fronts and most people including my wife head for the covers and crank up the heater. I on the other hand, was on my way this weekend(at 5:30am) with a buddy to enjoy the frigid wind and waves that our first strong cold front had delivered. If you can brave the cold temps, the fall and winter months can bring really good surf with nobody else out.

The outside break had some bombs, but it looked better than it was.

The middle sand bar this year seems to have really come together and is delivering some absolute gems.

Yah....... it was that good.

The high winds had blown this buoy in from the gulf and I thought it looked pretty cool. If you look close you can see yet another barrel in the background.

Passing on a prayer request.

The following statement was written by a friend who puts on a local surf report. If you have time please include Mike and his family in your prayers and feel free to write them if you want to.

So... had the privilege of teaching a high school basketball coach how to surf recently, his team just made the state finals, got a box of championship tshirts and even a pair of team nike court shoes from the guy, he's pretty proud of his team I'm sure, and I'm guessing they are plenty stoked on him. Well, his name is Mike, 6'+++, big ol' boy, always wanted to surf. So he gets a few waves, pretty dang clumsy I must admit (sorry Mike) but thats to be expected for a guy in his 40's that's never surfed, but he got a few, and was stoked as any grom. He wouldn't quit emailing me about what a great time he had surfing... but its such a refresher to hear about some one's "first time". One email said that he bought a bunch of Indo Boards for the team for training...go figure. I think it was for him. Well, today his wife calls, said Mike never stops talking about surfing, but during his lesson, he felt really clumsy and uncoordinated, and so he goes to his doc for a checkup and tells doc that he felt like he couldn't keep his balance. Doc does a catscan... and Mike finds out he has a massive brain tumor. His wife called me today from the waiting room to let us know he was going through an 11 hour brain surgery. I'm not sure of his prognosis, she said he had paralysis and to pray for him. So, if any of you have a moment say a prayer for Mike, or a word of support, here's his email .

Making some time for surf.

We have been blessed to have some really fun surf the last week or so. I managed to break out the camera on one of the smaller days to grab a quick pic of my buddy Rob. Rob did a great job of showing all the fishermen there that Port Mansfield is good for something besides fishing.

ASP World Title Still Up For Grabs

With the number one and two ranked surfers being upset in the last competition at Trestles the world surfing title is still up for grabs. The next competition starts this week in France! The time difference is pretty severe, but if you get bored late, you should check out the action.

Texas State Surfing Championships

There will be thousands of people headed to the beach this weekend due to the Memorial Day holiday. If you are one of those thousands and are looking for something different to do, you can head to Isla Blaca Park where the Texas State Surfing Championships will be going on Saturday and Sunday. The TGSA competions are always a lot of fun and showcase a lot of talent.

The first heats will be in the water at 7:30am.

Billabong Pro Teahupoo

If you guys are bored you can check out the pros surfing one of the biggest, heaviest, waves around. The Billabong Pro Teahupoo is the WCT's third event of the year.

You should have been here in the morning!

Some surfers have said it, but we have all heard it. "You should have been here in the morning!" or afternoon, or whenever you were not there to validate it. Fortunately for me, I happen to have pictures to prove it. These pictures are from last week at Boca Chica. For about an hour, Boca was about as good as Boca gets. I hate to say it but.... YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE IN THE MORNING!