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Jul 19

First time in Oceanside in a good while. Excellent dawn patrol morning.

Joe Crawford

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Jul 17

Yesterday’s session

Joe Crawford

Even mediocre conditions can make great sessions I saw a surfer in the water smiling big. Conditions were middling. Closeouts. Pretty choppy. There were some corners to be had, but a lot of fierce paddling by surfers ending in not-ridden waves. The smiling man was smiling SO BIG. He looked like...

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Jul 12

Long week. Good to be back in the water.

Joe Crawford

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Jun 22

Sunday.

Joe Crawford

First thing firstly: I went to OB this morning. It was uneventful. Chilly. Wonderful after several days of not being in the ocean. I was in Northern Virginia / Washington D.C. Instagram used to be where I’d post trip photos. As the platform has worsened, I do it less. That obliges me to post here...

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Jun 15

I don’t believe in karmic balance.

Joe Crawford

But maybe I do. When last I posted, I mentioned that I lost a fin in the big surf. That was on June 9, Tuesday. I've lost stuff before. A fin in 2025, which I got back. And 2021, which I didn't. And gotten them back before. So when I left early to take see if the fin might have turned up on the...

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Jun 10