Recently by Jamie Sterling

We are coming towards the end of a 12-day, non-stop Pipeline free surfing dream.  It's been fun with some serious moments at The Pipeline. A few of my friends got hurt. Mark Healey broke his left knee cap and fractured his right heel. The day after Jason Shibata and Fred Patachia fell victim to Pipe's hungry, no-mercy reef.  All three incidents resulted with the boys needing help up the beach and on the sidelines to heal up. I've had a few fun waves in the process. I've been riding a 7'8 quad. We had a 18ft swell on Thurs and I towed Phantoms with Troy Alotis my Hawaii tow partner and mentor.  Throughout the day Sean Davey and Eric Ippel hovered above us in a white chopper capturing Jamie O'Brien and I bagging a few fun ones.There's more swell on the way on Tuesday, but the boogie boarders have their event running this coming week. Second options may find me paddling Phantoms or Rock Piles. The winter has definently turned for the better. Lets hope the swells keep the momentum.

Looks like the Pacific is going to wake up and come play with us in Hawaii on Thursday and a few more sizable swells lining up after that. I've been training with Russian kettle bells, running the beach, and stand-up surfing. I'll be going over to Sydney, Australia, on Feb 11 for the ASL Oakley Big Wave Awards. I'm a finalist in the contest. My wave is from Cow Bomby on Sept 1 is in the running. Mark Visser towed me into. Should be a fun night. 

It's been an impressive winter so far...just not in Hawaii. Well, no, I take that back, the last few weeks have been good. It was weird though, every big swell that came seemed to hit California. I've done a lot more cold water surfing lately, that's for sure. But we'll get some days, maybe late season, but something will show up...and I'll let you know when it does.