September 2000 - Spot Just South of Pacifica, CA

We decided to try aan area other than Santa Cruz, since we were here and have the whole coast to explore. We drove north towards San Francisco with the 7 footer. We checked out Pacifica which looked ok, but then decided to go to a spot to the south that was much less crowded. This was a spot down from the cliffs. I talked to a guy who was impressed that we had MA plates, and asked if there was any surf in MA because he is moving to Boston. I told him about Winthrop, which he said he had heard about. There were a couple guys out, but I was solo in my section. It was kind of freaky because I kept thinking a shark was going to come up and bite me. I was kind of wondering why there were so few people around. The waves were about chest high but really difficult to judge. They would rear up real fast and then pound down without warning. I could't catch anything. This was getting stressful. I got wipped out a few times and finaaly went for it. Something went wrong and the wave ended up throwing me onto my board arm first. The underside of my lower left arm hit the edge or fin or something(it happened so fast) and it felt like something broke. I couldn't even paddle with that arm, it hurt so bad. that was the end of my session and I ripped my suit in that spot. I ended up getting an xray at the hospital in Burlingame. Sucked.