Oct. 27, 2002 - Jeness Beach, Rye, NH

Today, I was supposed to go to RI with Laura and Alison, but after checking the reports, the conditions seemed bigger and better in NH. There was a nice solid wind and rain storm the day before, so this was after-storm conditions. I met Larry in Haverhill and we checked out the wall. It was about mid tide and the paddle out looked pretty tough since a lot of the waves were big dumpers. It was probably chest-head high, but looked like a workout. So we went up to Jeness where it was a bit mellower. We went in on the southern-most side of Jeness. It started out kind of lame, but really picked up. The waves had nice peaks so you could throw lefts or rights. I caught a bunch of nice lefts which were awesome and even some nice turns. Winds were out of the northwest at about 15-25 mph, so you got blown out to sea if you didn't paddle back in. We had this whole area to ourselves accept for one other guy that was kind of in the way. We then tried a spot up the beach a bit past a pack of surfers and again had the spot to ourselves. These waves were even cleaner but more of closeouts than the last spot. We switched boards as Larry wanted to try my WRV and I rode his Seasoned. Larry loved the board and got some real nice rides. I caught a few nice rights, then we got out to warm up but I was done after 3 hours of surfing. Larry tried his luck at the wall, as it was still waist-chest-head, but he couldn't catch anything. The entertainment value was high watching him, though. A super fun day!