Holy somewhere south of buxton!!!!!!!!

i have my eye on buxton but i kinda dont want to drive 3 1/2 hrs.for a shoot but 8ft swells

 

Guys... I hate to break it to ya, but Frisco just get unmanageable when its that big... It starts breaking way out on the 3rd bar, the paddle out is terrible, the current gets to be ridiculous, and it really just closes out...

Where ya really wanna be surfing is the point, but you cant access that anymore... Damn Plovers!!!!

Anyways, you can try and surf frisco that big, but take it from me... Its probably gonna be gnarly as it gets... To quote someone else it will be "Great, if you like death paddle outs, insane currents, and sideways triple ups." Also I would be cautious of debris in the water, cause the pier just got destroyed in the last swell...

Anyways, If you do go, I hope it is manageable and I hope you score... I once surfed frisco about double overhead when it was actually manageable, didn't last long, but definitly dropped in on some bombs... not to mention taking more than a few on the head...

Good Luck to ya...

 

Here are some pics of the Frisco area post Danielle swell in a similiar situation; (except smaller) hard offshore winds, some double ups, closeouts, current, hard paddling, powerfull and sharky looking! LOL.

http://www.obxsurfinfo.com/photos/?album=1&gallery=5

I would love to be there, if not to just look at it but it is a 3.5 hour drive for me also.

BoneSurf you are right we need a point break, jetty, river mouth, wreck (Boilers?) Would you be refering to Pea Island in your point reference?

 

nice good luck sounds fun but to far for me.

 

i know of 4 good points with south facing beach within 4 hours of vb. So does google earth. The only problem is getting to them.
1. Frisco is pretty easy

2. Fishermans island will likely be smoking but we all know that story

3. a spot that is always surfed alone and that I wont name (central eastern shore) is accessable by 4x4 only, And finally......

4. The last time I drove over the herbert c bonner bridge (earl saturday), i noticed some picture perfect lefts reeling off of the south facing side of oregon inlet, as far south as you can drive a 4x4 at low tide. My buddy and I were drooling out the window of my 2wd car. Im not sure how willing I am go hop in the water that close to the inlet either, those are some pretty sharky and turbulant waters.... but DDAAMMMM. Not a soul on it.

 

leethestud could #4 have been Boilers? (named for the boiler stack on the shipwreck near oregon inlet, 5 miles past ranger station). So still no access on Pea Island at all because of the piping plover?

s tiurn is sort of a point break.

 

Wow!

So, a 3 hour drive to sketchy waves in sharky water with no guarantees....holy crap, it sounds like a real surf trip! That's what it's all about guys. Everything is so easy these days with the internet that you miss the real fun of it: the adventure, the uncertainty, the crazy s@#$ that happens along the way. That's all part of the fun, and don't be afraid of it! I'll be hauling ass down there with my buddies and our boards, a few blankets, firewood, and a case of beer. Figure out the rest later.

 

You guys need to stop talking about it and go. How do you think most people find the good spots? Years of patiently searching, or meeting a local who realizes you aren't a douchebag hooking you up.

And no, he isn't talking about boilers. He is talking about the inlet itself.

 

That's dedication dude. I'll be down there too, but I won't be roughing it like you!

 

so who's planning to go to buxton on sunday?

 

nevermind.... the wife asked "whatcha doin this weekend?" going down to buxton to shoot some surfing pics. "great can i come along I'll bring the dogs, we can have lunch down there. we can spend the day together." i hope Igor &h!t the bed before Sunday.
looks like nags head it's a hour shorter drive time that means a hour less of listening to lady gaga all the way down.

 

Friday is gonna be epic. I'm calling out sick and heading down to kdh. I'm thinking fisherman's island Sunday morning. Im going to get dropped off before dawn and hike in. Anyone ever done it?

 

storm is moving alot slower now. looks like the swell will be pushed back a few days

 

nope, on the nags head side of the bridge.

 

Everyone and their grandmothers
ESA starts at Buxton on the 19th

2010 The Easterns® — Grand Finals
Sunday September 19 - Saturday September 25th at Cape Hatteras, NC
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Contest HQ: Natural Art Surf Shop, Buxton, NC

 

hodad you think you take an extra hour of lady gaga. lol lol
now this changes everything. hurricane swells + pro surfers = me

 

not allowed to set foot on the beach. The only way is to take a boat or kayak from the boat launch in the first town, about 3-5 miles north of the island. If they see you surfing with no boat, they will be waiting for you on the beach. Its a hefty fine, and iv even heard of having boards confiscated.