Saltwater for Breakfast

From Google AI: "The marine layer is a weather phenomenon that occurs when cool, moist air from the ocean meets warmer, drier air from...

I went to the beach recently on my own. I sat in the sand on my deep blue cotton towel south of Balboa Pier and stared at the ocean for...

This has been such a big summer – expansive in many ways. I continue to stand up now and stay up on the board nearly every time. After 16...

I can so do it now, people. I don't know what has happened, but it has CLICKED. I can stand up on every wave I catch now. My feet just...

We did another class with Waterlogged this weekend -- a 6-hour extravaganza -- practicing breathing, feeling more comfortable when we don't have breath, and understanding our physical and emotional limits. We began the day by sharing what we love about the ocean and what scares us. We all love the peacefulness of the ocean, how it helps us forget the outside world for a bit. Many of us have mentioned how surfing helps us in our regular lives, either by giving us space to be o

After getting held under water a bit too long by the enormous waves at surf camp, one of the goals that emerged from our group...

I started this blog one year ago. Last year , I was out on my own at Blackies on Father's Day, the June Gloom blanketing everything in...

I now know why surfers love this place. The waves break far out into the deep. Multiple lines of waves rolling in for what seems like...

Three Months Before Surf Camp Big plans to swim every morning, lift weights, and generally increase my fitness for surf camp with Endless...

Happy First Anniversary to the Surfing Sisterhood! And to Haley, who celebrated her third Surferversary this weekend! Woot! We've had two...

I did it! After a year of surfing, I finally stood up on the board like I meant it and sailed several waves alllll the way in! I didn't...

A couple of the girls and I signed up for a different surf school this spring. They started earlier than our Favorite Surf School and it...

Secret Surf Society held a conference the other day and before we went out, we saw this washed up on the beach. Dead Common Dolphin...

Back in the water yesterday on a stormy day! Bucket list item checked: surfing in the rain. I had imagined surfing in the rain to be like...

It has been a long winter. Not a frozen-solid-under-3-feet-of-snow long winter like I grew up with in the Midwest, but a long winter by...

Boxing Day 2023. Secret Surf Society Sesh. It was still dark when I loaded the surfboard in the car. A sliver of gold and orange light...

It's cold. I've chickened out of surfing this morning, because...it's cold. Air temperature in the 40s is my limit! I'm also waiting on...

It's Tuesday. I get up in the dark to arrange the car. When I leave the house, it's 50 degrees. Surfline reports the water temperature at...

Conditions were perfect. No wind. Small, mellow, friendly waves with lots of time in between to rest. Not a struggle to get outside....

Haven't been out on the water that much this month. Life getting in the way. But dear surf sister, Sherri, went with me last weekend for...

Notes on My First Summer of Surfing As I was rinsing off at the beach shower this morning, another surfer walked up to do the same. I...

I did it -- I stood up on my board for a whole second. :) It felt great! It was a single swell day, according to our new surf instructor,...

Happy Californiaversary to me! I moved to California one year ago on Labor Day weekend! And what a year it has been! Though COVID is ever...

I was sitting at a women's college basketball game with my friend, Barb, several years ago. We were watching the warm up and chatting...