For any Club and Team members who may have missed the results of the competition last weekend at Kelly Ave, the HMB Review posted the following write-up of our strong showing in difficult conditions. Congratulations to all participants in the successful contest:

http://www.hmbreview.com/articles/2009/12/10/sports/doc4b20201ee6d30633701670.txt

Folks we'll meet at Dunes Beach at 8am

-see you in th morning!

- Folks du e to the weather localy everything seems not to be cooperating so it looks like we'll be practicing at Linda Mar - We'll be in the Parking lot south of TacoBell...

See you in the morning!

To all Team and Club Members:

Please use extra caution this week starting on Tuesday when considering entering the water. Most of you are already well aware of a huge swell with a very wide fetch across the Pacific coming our way that is expected to be 4-5 times overhead in Hawaii and 3-4+ times overhead here. Even the Jetty may have heavy water with long period sets with an unusually high number of waves per set. Also the air and water temps are cold and dropping with this front. All in all a very hostile environment for surfing. Swells of this size and scope were last witnessed in 1990 and 1969, according Sean Collins, chief forecaster of Surfline, 19- and 40-years ago. It's safe to say that most of you between ages 11-13 haven't seen the likes of it in you or your parent's lifetimes, so please use extra caution this week and check with coaches if you have any questions about whether to surf or not. Check out Mav's this week; it's supposed to be sunny tomorrow, which would a good time for field trip. Here's a link that asks: "How Big is Big?"

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/how-does-next-weeks-giant-swell-stack-up-to-the-great-ones-of-the-past_39231/1/

Be safe,

Your coaches

Hey all Surf Club-Team members,

Congratulations and well done on rising to the occasion for the really challenging contest at Kelly Ave today! You guys are truly an extraordinary bunch, facing up to the raw, cold and difficult conditions with such courage and poise. All your hard work and pride is a shining tribute to the support of your families and community.

Also I am attaching a link below to a story on Surfpulse about pumping sand from the harbor over to Surfer's Beach to stop the erosion and revive your home break. A lot of people are working really hard behind the scenes to improve your beach, check it out:

http://www.surfpulse.com/2009/12/grains-of-hope-dredging-the-pillar-point-harbor-long-overdue/

We'll have a write-up on the contest results soon. Again, well done.

Assistent Coach Mike

The jr. high contest is in Half Moon Bay on Sunday, Dec 6 it will be at Kelly St (updated from The Core as of Friday night).

Please double check the website on Saturday night no later than 8pm for the confirmed location... in case it moves due to conditions.

We need all competeing surfers at the beach as Our teams first heat is at 7:00 AM.

You must be at Kelly Ave. by 6:30AM on Sunday. ( Yes! Sasha 6:30AM)

There will be a surfclub meeting 12:45 (lunch time) at the Boys and Girls club to discuss:

• This weekend's competition in HMB on Sunday the 6th for the Middle School (HS is on Sat the 5th)
• Pizza will be brought in
• Other issues to be discussed with the team (Rocky/Rusty).

Cheers

Oliver

Well, we were hoping for more of a showing from SC at the practice session in HMB. Still, fun was had none the less. Even though the Jetty delivered less than perfect waves. Jochen showed up and took some pictures of everyone so we're putting in a plug for him as he did a nice job!

To All:

There will be a Free Surf at Roosevelt Beach on Thanksgiving morning, with last years High School Surf Team. They have all come home from Collage and want spend some time in the water with you all. The gates will be open at 6:30AM. I hope you all can make it.

Rocky