"Surfing at Swami's: A Mixed Bag of Waves, Encounters, and Harmonies"
Jan 6, 2024 - 8:38amSummary: I had a fun surf session at Swami's with decent, but not exceptional, waves and started off catching a solid one. I ran into Gregory, which made the time more enjoyable, as I usually catch a fair number of waves there. There was an incident with an overly aggressive surfer, which was disappointing; he was upset about someone dropping in on him even though it's a common occurrence at Swami's and the other surfer had signaled his intent. Overall, it was a good day, I got to see dolphins while leaving the water, and I spent my time chilling and singing acoustic melodies both in my head and out loud.Transcript: I just surfed Swami's, got some decent waves, I wouldn't say they were like out of this world today or anything like that, but it was a fun time, I got like a solid wave to start and then saw Gregory out there and just kind of had a good time, kind of like as per usual caught like a fair number of waves for myself. And yeah, I mean there was one guy getting really aggressive out there which was kind of sad to see, I was like dude, you need to calm down, it's all good, like this is Swami's, people drop in on you, you gotta expect it, also the guy called that he was gonna go left and you were yelling at him for going left, so it's like bro, come on. But yeah, it was a good day and just like enjoying, again saw dolphins as I was getting out of the water and yeah, mostly just chilling and just singing acoustic melodies in my head and out loud the whole time.
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